Skill earns. Nothing else does.
Wealdor's own pool pays ~137,000 EHI every season for seventy-three seasons — the same per-season depth as The Signal's chapter pool. Distributed by final ranking, scaled by division, claimed on-chain by merkle proof. No discretion, no favor, no lock: what the chain says you earned, you claim.
Heroes trade freely on open marketplaces with a 5% on-chain royalty — history, artifacts and Echoes travel with the hero wherever it sells. The 16.25M EHI burn schedule is written into the contracts themselves, not the marketplace.
Behind Wealdor's pool stands the Future Games Reserve — capped at 21M EHI, Bitcoin's number — the largest player allocation in the entire protocol. Wealdor Heroes hold the first claim on it: when the reserve opens the next world (~2030, gated on ecosystem health), heroes import with identity, history, and Echoes intact.
A hero holder's addressable prize pool is therefore up to 31M EHI across the arc. The first world is guaranteed; the future is reserved.
50.3% of all EHI goes to player prize pools.
| Pool | EHI | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Future Games Reserve (first claim) | 21,000,000 | 28.8% |
| Scheduled burns (5M + 3 × 3.75M) | 16,250,000 | 22.3% |
| Protocol Reserve | 11,270,000 | 15.4% |
| Wealdor prize pool | 10,000,000 | 13.7% |
| Marketing | 5,000,000 | 6.8% |
| Chapter 1 prize pools (Signal · Frontier) | 5,750,000 | 7.9% |
| Team | 3,730,000 | 5.1% |
PostBTC — Chapter 2 of The Chain — is funded from the Future Games Reserve at launch confirmation. Full distribution, vesting, and burn mechanics: the EHI Protocol Whitepaper.