#dusk $DUSK I kept staring at DUSK’s 19.8574 DUSK block emission because the obvious number is misleading the Generator does not simply receive 80%.
The guaranteed base is 70%, or 13.90018 DUSK. Another 10%, 1.98574 DUSK, is conditional on credits included in the certificate. Development receives 1.98574, while validation and ratification committees receive 0.99287 each. I’m isolating emission here; transaction fees also enter the block reward.
That changes the behavior I care about.
For DUSK Network the comparison is headline allocation vs earned allocation. A Generator with full credits can reach 15.88592 DUSK. With zero qualifying credits, it stays at 13.90018. The unused bonus is burned, not quietly redirected elsewhere.
Some variability is fine. Incentives should reward useful consensus work, not just block production.
But does the 10% gap materially improve participation? How often do Generators actually capture the full credit bonus? Does burning missed rewards strengthen discipline, or simply make realized emissions less predictable?
That is the real test for DUSK token economics. The 70→80% range only matters if credits consistently measure behavior the network genuinely needs.
My doubt is simple a conditional reward is useful only when the condition is hard to game and worth chasing.