CeloPG Season 1 - Impact Report

Thanks for the report @CPG_Stewards could you please elaborate on the validator revenue projection mentioned here

In a separate post co-authored by @LuukDAO, validator rewards are stated as approximately 109 cUSD/day per node.

Assuming 5 elected nodes over ~6 months, this would imply gross rewards on the order of:

109 cUSD × 5 nodes × ~180 days ≈ 98,000 cUSD

Given that, the ~$12k figure appears to represent ~12% of gross rewards.
Could you clarify:

  • What assumptions are being made here (e.g. election uptime, commission structure, operational costs)?
  • Whether the projection is net of costs, and if so, what the major cost drivers are?
  • Why economies of scale don’t materially reduce overhead at this validator size?

This clarification would be helpful for understanding validator economics and treasury expectations going forward.

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