Understanding earnings and payouts

When a player streams a game from your node, the YOM network mints $YOM tokens for that session and splits them according to the protocol’s payment rules. Operators get the largest single share. This article explains how the math works, when payouts happen, and where to look for what.

the 40% operator share

Every session settles through the protocol at a fee priced by workload tier (blending to roughly $0.13 per streamed hour network-wide). The protocol splits that fee across three destinations. The split is identical for every session, no matter who sold it:

• node operators (40%): you, for hosting the session on your node
• YOM Foundation (55%): funds protocol operations, treasury, and ecosystem incentives
• burn (5%): permanently removed from supply, keeping $YOM deflationary

So if a session settles 10 $YOM total, your earnings card increases by 4. The other 6 flow to the Foundation and the burn address automatically through the settlement contract. Studios don’t take a cut of the session fee; they’re the ones paying for the compute.

As a rule of thumb from the payout docs: a single node at moderate utilization earns ~$58/month, and a fully loaded 8-license host up to ~$466/month.

what shows up on your earnings dashboard

Open Earnings in the YOM app sidebar.

You’ll see:

• today: $YOM earned from sessions completed since 00:00 UTC today
• this month: rolling total from the first of the month
• last month: the previous calendar month’s total (for comparison)
• all-time: cumulative across the lifetime of the wallet
• pending: tokens accrued from sessions that have closed but haven’t settled on-chain yet. These move into “this month” automatically when the next payout batch runs.

Each session is logged individually with timestamp, game, duration, and operator share, so you can audit the totals at any time.

payout schedule

Settlement happens in batches. The network aggregates pending operator earnings and sends them to your wallet on-chain when the batch threshold is hit, currently every 24 hours on average. Some details that matter:

• No manual claim required. The settlement contract sends tokens directly to your wallet. You don’t have to push a button.
• Minimum threshold per batch. If your pending balance is under the gas-minimum (usually a fraction of a $YOM), the batch waits until you’ve accrued enough. This prevents the network from spending more on gas than the payout is worth.
• Avalanche C-Chain. All settlements happen on AVAX. Your wallet needs no AVAX to receive them; gas is paid by the network.
• Tax record. Every payout is a regular ERC-20 transfer visible on Snowtrace. The settlement contract address is in the TGE hub.

Today you get paid in $YOM. We are also exploring payout options in fiat or stablecoins; when that lands, it will be announced in the YOM app.

what drives higher earnings

Three things scale your $YOM per day:

1. More sessions. Players arrive when the network routes traffic to your geo and game. Coverage and game availability set the ceiling.
2. Heavier games. AAA games with high VRAM and bandwidth requirements pay more per session-minute than lighter titles.
3. Higher concurrent capacity. If your machine’s rig-check capacity is 2 or more, you host multiple sessions in parallel and earnings multiply.

If you want to push earnings higher, the practical levers are: improve your hardware (more capacity per machine), add a second node (each $349 NANO is its own host), or stay online during local peak hours (evenings + weekends in your timezone).

what doesn’t affect earnings

• Uptime past 95%. As long as your node is reliably online during the hours players are active, additional uptime doesn’t multiply earnings. The network doesn’t pay for “being on” alone, only for completed sessions.
• Manual configuration tweaks. There are no hidden settings that double earnings. Anything claiming to is a scam.

where this lives in the contracts

The 40 / 55 / 5 split is the protocol’s economic invariant, enforced by the YOM settlement contract on Avalanche C-Chain, not by an off-chain rule. Every session’s split is verifiable on Snowtrace. The contract is governed by a multisig with a 48-hour timelock for any parameter changes.