Latest revision as of 11:50, 3 July 2026

💡 In simple words: Maybe one day, rewards could slowly grow a little each year, like a savings jar. Nobody has decided yet. The team plans to ask everyone through an Open Call: people will send ideas and studies, and then a choice will be made.

🎯 In 20 seconds (expert summary): A possible annual percentage increase on rewards is under study. No percentage is decided; figures mentioned in earlier drafts were only illustrations and are withdrawn. The question is planned as a dedicated Open Call (draft, not yet launched) that would collect proposals and scientific and economic analyses of its positive and negative impacts. The topic gains relevance over the funding rounds, since the bonding curve multiplier is intended to decrease round after round.

Annual Value Increase (draft Open Call)

Economic question, WikiDeal R&D. Status: draft Open Call, not yet launched, not decided, not yet implemented.

Origin	🟢 WikiDeal concept
Status	Draft Open Call, not yet launched, not decided, not yet implemented
Scope	To be studied through a dedicated Open Call, at a later stage

What is it?

One recurring question from WikiDeal funders is: "what do I get back?" One idea under study is that rewards could increase slightly each year, through an annual percentage increase.

This idea is only a proposal, not a confirmed feature. At this stage:

It is not decided whether it would be implemented at all.
No percentage is defined. Figures mentioned in earlier drafts were only illustrations and are withdrawn.

A dedicated Open Call (draft)

The question is intended to be handled through a dedicated Open Call, which is currently a draft and is not yet launched or announced. When launched, it would collect:

proposals for the mechanism itself (principle, percentage, conditions),
scientific and economic analyses of the positive and negative impacts of an annual percentage increase on rewards.

A launch date, and a possible deadline, would be announced later.

Why the question grows over time

The bonding curve multiplier is intended to decrease as funding rounds progress. An indicative sample trajectory (hypothesis, to be confirmed):

Round 1: from ×100 down to ×30 (current prototype)
Round 2: from ×30 down to ×10
Round 3: possibly from ×10 down to ×2
Round 4: from ×2 down to ×1.1

The lower the multiplier, the more relevant an annual percentage increase on rewards could become. For example, a ×1.1 multiplier is only a 10% potential gain, which could be little over ten years. This is why the Open Call is planned for a later stage, not for the first prototype.

Why this framing

This page intentionally avoids presenting the increase as a fixed contractual promise. Rewards remain potential ceilings, paid only from real subscription income, with no guarantee. The principle and the percentage remain open until the Open Call process concludes.

See also: Open Calls · All innovations · Economy and funding

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{KidsIntro|Maybe one day, Credits could slowly grow in value each year, a little like a savings jar. But this is not decided yet: it is one of the money questions the team still has to study while building the first prototype.}}
+{{KidsIntro|Maybe one day, rewards could slowly grow a little each year, like a savings jar. Nobody has decided yet. The team plans to ask everyone through an Open Call: people will send ideas and studies, and then a choice will be made.}}
+{{ExpertIntro|A possible annual percentage increase on rewards is under study. No percentage is decided; figures mentioned in earlier drafts were only illustrations and are withdrawn. The question is planned as a dedicated Open Call (draft, not yet launched) that would collect proposals and scientific and economic analyses of its positive and negative impacts. The topic gains relevance over the funding rounds, since the bonding curve multiplier is intended to decrease round after round.}}
-== Annual Value Increase (open question) ==
+__TOC__
-''Economic question, WikiDeal R&D · to be studied during Prototype 1''
+= Annual Value Increase (draft Open Call) =
+''Economic question, WikiDeal R&D. Status: draft Open Call, not yet launched, not decided, not yet implemented.''
 {| class="wikitable"
@@ Line 8: / Line 11: @@
 | Origin || 🟢 WikiDeal concept
 |-
-| Status || '''Open question, not decided, not yet implemented'''
+| Status || '''Draft Open Call, not yet launched, not decided, not yet implemented'''
 |-
-| Scope || To be addressed during the realization of Prototype 1
+| Scope || To be studied through a dedicated Open Call, at a later stage
 |}
-=== What is it? ===
+<span id="what-is-it"></span>
-One recurring question from WikiDeal funders is: ''"what do I get back?"'' One idea under discussion is that the value of subscriptions / Credits could increase slightly each year.
+== What is it? ==
+One recurring question from WikiDeal funders is: ''"what do I get back?"'' One idea under study is that rewards could increase slightly each year, through an annual percentage increase.
+This idea is '''only a proposal, not a confirmed feature'''. At this stage:
+* It is not decided whether it would be implemented at all.
+* No percentage is defined. Figures mentioned in earlier drafts were only illustrations and are withdrawn.
-This is '''only a proposal, not a confirmed feature'''. At this stage:
+<span id="open-call"></span>
+== A dedicated Open Call (draft) ==
+The question is intended to be handled through a dedicated [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]], which is currently a draft and is not yet launched or announced. When launched, it would collect:
-* We do '''not''' know '''whether''' it will be implemented at all.
+* proposals for the mechanism itself (principle, percentage, conditions),
-* We do '''not''' know the exact '''percentage''' if it were.
+* scientific and economic analyses of the positive and negative impacts of an annual percentage increase on rewards.
-* The figure of '''5% is only a hypothetical maximum cap''': the real value would be ''x%'', with 5% as the ceiling of the proposal.
-It was originally imagined as an attractive mechanism, but in practice it is '''too complex to implement on Prototype 1'''. It therefore becomes one of the economic questions to be examined ''during'' the prototype's development, not a commitment made in advance.
+A launch date, and a possible deadline, would be announced later.
-=== If it were implemented ===
+<span id="why-over-time"></span>
-Should the team decide to adopt it after study, the principle would be:
+== Why the question grows over time ==
+The bonding curve multiplier is intended to decrease as funding rounds progress. An indicative sample trajectory (hypothesis, to be confirmed):
-* An increase in the value of subscriptions, '''calculated pro-rata from the launch of the project'''.
+* Round 1: from ×100 down to ×30 (current prototype)
-* A '''progressive yearly increase of x%''', with '''5% as the maximum cap hypothesis''' (not a guaranteed rate).
+* Round 2: from ×30 down to ×10
+* Round 3: possibly from ×10 down to ×2
+* Round 4: from ×2 down to ×1.1
-The aim would be a '''stable, predictable anchor''' rather than speculative volatility. It can be understood as the '''equivalent of a stablecoin''', since it would be anchored to the Swiss franc, a particularly stable reference currency.
+The lower the multiplier, the more relevant an annual percentage increase on rewards could become. For example, a ×1.1 multiplier is only a 10% potential gain, which could be little over ten years. This is why the Open Call is planned for a later stage, not for the first prototype.
-=== Why this framing ===
+<span id="framing"></span>
-This page intentionally avoids presenting the increase as a fixed contractual promise. It is an '''open economic question''' that will be debated and decided during Prototype 1, with the percentage and the very principle still to be confirmed.
+== Why this framing ==
+This page intentionally avoids presenting the increase as a fixed contractual promise. Rewards remain potential ceilings, paid only from real subscription income, with no guarantee. The principle and the percentage remain open until the Open Call process concludes.
 ----
-'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|R&D Portal]]
+'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main|Economy and funding]]
 [[Category:Migration June 2026]]
 <!-- visible -->