Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase

💡 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 (scientific 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 No percentage is decided; figures mentioned in earlier drafts were only illustrations and are withdrawn.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 multiplier is considered more relevant than an added percentage on the reward only. 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 Figures mentioned in earlier drafts were only illustrations and are withdrawn.

The base hypothesis and its cost

A possible annual percentage increase on rewards is under study through this draft Open Call (not yet launched); no percentage is decided. This is the base hypothesis of the call, and the goal of the call is to demonstrate, or invalidate, its relevance.

If it were adopted, it would also mean an increase in the cost of the platform: typically, in ten years, the yearly subscription would be significantly higher than today. The counterpart is that this subscription is linked to global services that aim at letting users avoid separate legal advice for their commercial dealings, which is an important part of its value.

The multiplier matters more than the percentage

In this model, the multiplier is more relevant than an added percentage on the reward only: the bonding curve multiplier, applied at donation time, is what mainly shapes the potential reward; an annual percentage would only be a secondary adjustment on top of it.

If it were adopted, the interest would be to create a stable commitment, in some ways comparable to a stable state bond, but issued by the worldwide community of online commerce users. This would create a new interest group at the international level: the actors of online commerce. As everywhere in this model, this remains a donation-based, non-speculative mechanism, with no guarantee: rewards remain potential ceilings, paid only from real subscription income.

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.

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