Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about the Noderr Protocol.

General

What is Noderr?

Noderr is an institutional-grade, self-sovereign decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol designed to generate sustainable, risk-adjusted yield.

How does Noderr generate yield?

Vault deposits are designed to earn a blended ~4% design target, driven mainly by a principal-protected Floor allocation (~78.8% of deposits, targeting ~3.75–4%); the Adaptive Tactical / active-trading sleeve has shown no distinguishable alpha to date. This target is fork-verified achievable across live Base-mainnet venues but is not yet earning on testnet – no venue is bound on-chain. These allocations deploy capital across a diverse set of market-neutral strategies, executed on-chain via the ExecutionRouter, StrategyRegistry, and Base-Rate Governor (the on-chain components behind the conceptual ATS/ATE umbrella).

Depositors who also stake $NODR and run a node can stack node-operator rewards on top of vault yield, toward a combined target range of roughly 8–28%. Those node rewards are a revenue-share (a share of protocol revenue), not a fixed APY; the 28% figure is a combined vault + node target and applies only to combined vault + node returns, never to vault deposits alone.

What is the total supply of $NODR?

The total supply is fixed at 100,000,000 NODR, all minted at genesis. The protocol has no operational emission — node and staking rewards are paid from pre-minted treasury and community allocations, not by minting new tokens — so supply is not inflated by protocol operation, and the currently deployed token contract exposes no active minting function. Any change to supply parameters would require an on-chain governance action under the protocol's timelock. The allocation is Investors 40% / Treasury 25% / Team 20% / Community 15%.

For Users

How do I deposit funds?

Please see the Deposit Guide.

What is the unstaking period?

The unstaking period is a 21-day waiting period for withdrawals. This is a security measure to protect the protocol.

For Node Operators

What are the different node tiers?

There are four node tiers, each with its own $NODR stake requirement:

Guardian additionally requires governance approval plus a protocol-minted UtilityNFT, and Oracle requires election plus a UtilityNFT. The UtilityNFT itself is free and protocol-minted. Please see the Node Operators section for more information.

How do node rewards work?

Node rewards are a revenue share rather than a fixed per-tier APY. Of protocol revenue, 40% flows to the node pool, which is split 30/30/30/10 across tiers. Target annual rewards are approximately Oracle $16,500 / Guardian $9,000 / Validator $5,500 / Micro $463.

How do I become a node operator?

Please see the Getting Started guides for your chosen tier.

Governance

How does governance work?

Protocol upgrades and core-contract administration are controlled by a 2-of-3 Gnosis Safe acting through a MultiSigTimelock with a 7-day delay; the Safe-plus-timelock is the DEFAULT_ADMIN and upgrader of the core contracts. Governance is fully on-chain (no Snapshot or other off-chain voting).

Separately, an on-chain two-chamber governance module (Oracle and Guardian chambers) handles node and oracle election and protocol parameter votes. Proposing requires at least 70% TrustFingerprint; quorum is 10%; standard approval is 60%. Major decisions (treasury and capital deployment, allocations above $100K or 5% of AUM, and strategy approval) require a 66% Oracle supermajority. This module is not the core-contract upgrade authority.

How is voting power determined?

Voting power is tier-based: Micro 1x / Validator 2x / Guardian 4x / Oracle 7x.

Network and Token

Is Noderr live?

The testnet is live now on Base Sepolia (Q4 2026, the current phase). The roadmap continues with audits in Q1 2027, an airdrop in Q2 2027, mainnet in Q3 2027, and full DAO governance in Q4 2027.

What is the reference price of $NODR?

The canonical reference price is $0.70/NODR, derived from the $70M post-money seed valuation ($12M raised at $58M pre / $70M post for 17% of supply).

How many integrations does Noderr have?

Noderr's adapter architecture targets integration with 120+ DeFi protocols. On the Base Sepolia testnet the six vault contracts are deployed and verified; the venue adapters are implemented and fork-verified against live mainnet venue state, and binding them to the vaults is being rolled out through governance.

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