Staking

Staking Mechanism

BerrieDex offers a robust staking program that incentivizes users to stake their $BERRIE tokens for rewards. The staking mechanism balances fairness, flexibility, and growth, ensuring a consistent influx of rewards funded by DEX trading activity.

Key Staking Features

1. Stake Management: Users can stake $BERRIE tokens to earn rewards, creating a steady demand for the token.

2. Reward Distribution:

• Rewards are always distributed in $BERRIE tokens, ensuring alignment with the platform’s ecosystem.

• Mechanism: All fees collected from trading are used to buy $BERRIE on the open market, ensuring rewards are backed by real trading activity. For example, if the DEX earns $750,000 in fees, these funds are used to purchase $BERRIE, which is then allocated to stakers.

• Stakers continue to earn rewards every time the DEX makes a trade, in addition to their locked rewards that mature over time.

• Claiming Rewards: When users claim partial rewards, their remaining staked balance continues to earn rewards as new trades occur, ensuring that they still benefit from the ongoing fee distribution model.

• Rewards mature at a rate of 0.5% per day, unlocking fully after 200 days.

Example Reward Accumulation

Days Staked	Total Rewards Earned	Cumulative Claimed
10	5,000 $BERRIE (5%)	0
50	25,000 $BERRIE (25%)	5,000
100	50,000 $BERRIE (50%)	25,000
150	75,000 $BERRIE (75%)	50,000
200	100,000 $BERRIE (100%)	100,000

Unstaking Penalties

Days Staked	Penalty Applied
1-30	100% of rewards forfeited
31-200	Only matured rewards are claimable; remaining rewards redistributed
200+	No penalties, full rewards available every distribution

Price Appreciation & Buy Pressure

BerrieDex ensures eternal buy pressure for $BERRIE by allocating all collected trading fees toward continuous market purchases. This results in:

1. A self-sustaining price floor – The more trading activity on the exchange, the more buy orders are placed on $BERRIE, reducing sell-side liquidity and increasing scarcity.

2. Compounded value growth – As the exchange grows, increasing volumes naturally lead to larger purchases of $BERRIE, amplifying its value over time.

3. Token deflationary pressure – Since rewards come from already-circulating supply, and not through additional emissions, the model prevents dilution while benefiting holders.