The Economics of Staking: How Hayabusa Rewards Real Activity

Our new economic model has a simple idea at its core: active participation should correlate with protocol rewards. In Hayabusa, this approach is a central tenet. VTHO is no longer generated idly, but instead, solely as the product of staked VET, rewarding those who actively contribute to the network’s economic security viaStarGate

Conversely, every time someone creates a transaction, they pay VTHO as gas, with the base fee 100% burned. Any ‘priority fee’ payments go straight to the Validator who mined the respective block. Block rewards for any given block are split between Validators and their Delegators, at a 30:70 ratio.

VeBetter complements this flywheel. It transforms everyday user actions, into on-chain transactions, consumes VTHO and gives circularity to the model. The more people act through VeBetter and other applications, the more demand for VTHO, and so, the more rewarding staking becomes.

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Getting Paid to Participate

From a VET holder’s point of view, the process of benefiting from Hayabusa is simple:

You stake VET through StarGate and receive a staking NFT that represents your collateral. That NFT passes through a short maturity period, or you can use Boost to skip the wait by paying a fee in VTHO, which is then burned. Once the maturity period has passed and the NFT is eligible, you delegate it to a Validator, with Validator reward cycles operating in periods of 7, 15, or 30 days.

This ensures staking has a clear rhythm — a known cycle, and a defined moment when rewards are made available.

Delegator, Validator, or Non-stakers

You can breakdown the new economics into three simple roles:

Delegator (staked VET holder) If you hold VET and contribute your stake to a Validator, you are a Delegator. You earn VTHO only while your VET stake is delegated. Your share of rewards is calculated by your effective stake, which equals the amount of VET staked multiplied by your NFT tier multiplier. Rewards accrue during the Validator’s 7, 15 or 30-day period and become claimable at its end.

Validator Validators run VeChainThor’s critical infrastructure. In return, they receive 30 percent of block rewards plus 100 percent of any priority fees on blocks they produce. The remaining 70 percent of block rewards flows to Delegators, split by effective stake. Good uptime, clear communication, and fair commission rates make a Validator attractive to Delegators over time.

Non-staked VET holder If you hold VET but choose not to stake and delegate, you do not generate or earn VTHO after Hayabusa. You still have exposure to network upside, but you are not participating in the reward stream.

Earning VTHO rewards is no longer about simply owning VET. It is about being rewarded for your role in contributing to the security of our network.

How Rewards Arise

When a user interacts with an application and writes to the blockchain, they create transactions that require fees paid in VTHO. The base fee is burned permanently, and any priority fees are paid to the Validator who mined the respective block.

In the background, the protocol generates VTHO block rewards in a dynamic fashion, as a product of an issuance curve derived from total VET staked. Those rewards are split 70 percent to Delegators and 30 percent to the Validator which is distributed according to each participant’s effective stake. A new interconnected economic web where you and your stake play a central role.

From a Delegator’s perspective, rewards depend on three things:

• How often your Validator mines a block
• How much stake, and what combination of tiers, are delegated to that Validator
• Total VET stake across the network

VTHO Issuance Becomes Dynamic

Under the old model, VTHO was generated continuously for all VET, regardless of whether it was actively securing the network or not. Hayabusa changes that.

Issuance now routes to Delegators and Validators only. In other words, VTHO is generated solely as a reward for those who commit stake and run or support Validators. At the same time, VeChain’s fee system burns the base fee of every transaction. As adoption grows, burn scales up and accelerates deflationary effects for VTHO.

The result is a cleaner balance between issuance and burn. More stake means more participants sharing the reward pool. More real-world usage increases burn and offsets issuance. Over time, this combination is designed to reduce inflation pressure and improve the quality of yield for active contributors, refining the network’s tokenomics and serving the needs of every stakeholder.

Staking Choices and Models

Hayabusa gives VET holders two main ways to participate in securing the network.

Running a validator This path suits participants who can manage infrastructure. Validators commit stake, maintain uptime and compete on performance and reputation. They earn a fixed share of block rewards and keep all priority fees from the blocks they propose.

Delegating stake Most holders will delegate. You stake through StarGate, choose a Validator, and your staking NFT does the heavy lifting behind the scenes. You do not manage servers. You simply monitor your Validator’s performance, renew or exit at the end of each period, and decide whether to claim or restake your rewards.

Tiers add another layer of choice. Higher tier NFTs apply higher multipliers to your staked VET, which increases your share of the reward pool at a given validator. For long term participants, tier strategy can become an important part of their approach.

Closing the Loop: Staking and VeBetter

VeBetter is where the economics of staking meet everyday life.

VeBetter applications let people earn from actions that are useful in the real world: wellness habits, sustainable choices, community tasks and more. Each verified action becomes an on-chain transaction. That transaction consumes VTHO gas. The base fee burns and then the transaction is packaged into a block that helps generate the reward stream for validators and delegators.

If you stake and delegate, you participate in this flow. As VeBetter grows, as more brands and communities build into it, the volume of these actions increases. That means more transactions, more burn, and a stronger foundation for staking rewards.

Join A Global Movement

Getting involved with Hayabusa, Staking and VeBetter is simple — all thanks to our official wallet, VeWorld.

1. and secure your VET.Download VeWorld
2. and enjoy boosted rewards as Hayabusa approaches.Stake through StarGate
3. and see how your actions and the network’s activity flow into the same reward stream. Have you used a reusable coffee mug today?Try a VeBetter application

Stake, act and build with us, and help VeChain turn today’s sustainable choices into the foundation of tomorrow’s economy.