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Testnet Rewards
Who is given what, for what reason at what time?
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Overview
Introduction
There are two kinds of rewards associated with testnet participation.
1.The first is $tJOY, described here $tJOY , which is the native token of our testnets, and which can be used to redeem for $USD at any time.
2.The second is $JOY, described here $JOY, which is the native token of our coming mainnet. This tokens are distributed as part of our Founding Member Program (FMP), described here Founding Member Program, which is our program to reward high value community member with our mainnet token.
Council Period Cadence
The cadence of the Joystream testnet revolves around council periods, read more about council periods here Council Period Scoring. 
There is always a chance that an election cycle will not end in electing a Council. This can happen in any of three stages:
If, during the Announcing stage,  there are less than CouncilSize+MinNumberOfExtraCandidates candidates, the cycle will end and there will be a new Announcing stage instead of Voting.
If, during the Voting stage, there are less than CouncilSize votes made, the cycle will end and there will be a new Announcing stage instead of Revealing.
If, during the Revealing stage, less then CouncilSize candidates receive (revealed) votes, the cycle will end and there will be a new Announcing stage instead of a new Council. 
Currently, the CouncilSize is 5, and the MinNumberOfExtraCandidates is 1. The election stages are all 14400 blocks ~24 hours.
Council Period Parameters
Each council period a set of key parameters are updated, and these are critical for determining how much each activity will be rewarded, and under what terms.
Name
Description
JOY_BUDGET
Total $JOY available to be rewarded for all activities, except referring a friend.
REFERRER_JOY
$JOY rewarded to someone who referred someone when that person was verified.
REFERREE_JOY
$JOY rewarded to someone who was referred when verified.
tJOY_BUDGET
Total $tJOY which can be spent by DAO across all activities.
USD_SUBSIDY
The USD value which is added to the backing value of $tJOY at the beginning of the council period.
CAP
Limit for how much $JOY can be earned by unverified person.
COUNCIL_tJOY_REWARD
The council member reward in $tJOY how much each council member makes, as reward rate.
Activity Rewards
Here we cover how different kinds activities are rewarded
Refer A Friend
Read more in section Refer A Friend.
Bounties
Each bounty has an associated $tJOY budget, which is the maximum amount one may earn by completing is successfully. One may also end up earning less if the delivery is deemed partially complete in terms of scope or quality. There is also a $JOY reward associated with completing bounties, specifically, it is a share of the JOY_BUDGET for the council period in which the bounty was funded (not the period where delivery was made!) which is equal to the share the $tJOY amount awarded makes up of the tJOY_BUDGET for the period the bounty started.
Only bounties created by the Human Resources working group will count towards the JOY_BUDGET. More information on this process can be found in the Bounty Management section of the Human Resources Score.
Leads
They earn a $tJOY reward linearly over time at a rate decided by the council. Leads for different groups can, and likely will, have distinct reward rates, as seen in this dashboard.
Leads earn $JOY allocations in the same way as for bounty contributions: a share of the JOY_BUDGET equal to what share the earned $tJOY makes up of the tJOY_BUDGET.
Workers
They earn a $tJOY reward linearly over time at a rate decided by the council. Leads for different groups can, and likely will, have distinct reward rates, as seen in this dashboard.
Leads earn $JOY allocations in the same way as for bounty contributions: a share of the JOY_BUDGET equal to what share the earned $tJOY makes up of the tJOY_BUDGET.
Validators
Validators earn $JOY allocations in the same way as for bounty contributions: a share of the JOY_BUDGET equal to what share the earned $tJOY makes up of the tJOY_BUDGET.
Note that unless you use either your membership root or controller key as your validator stash or controller key, we will not be able to link the two, and your earnings here will not be registered! If your keys are linked to two different memberships, neither will be eligible for $JOY rewards.
Funding Requests
By default, the recipient of funding request will earn $JOY allocations in the same way as for bounty contributions: a share of the JOY_BUDGET equal to what share the earned $tJOY makes up of the tJOY_BUDGET. 
However, in same cases there may be a reason for the $tJOY not to eligeble, for example if the recipient is reimbursed for some reason or other. If so, this should be clearly stated in the description.
Council Member
All council members earn the same quantity of $tJOY per period, let TOTAL_COUNCIL_tJOY_REWARD denote the total $tJOY payout earned by the entire council. This value is controlled by Jsgenesis, and can change over time.
Council Members earn $JOY a bit differently, specifically, the total $JOY amount shared equally among all members are reduced by what is called the network peformance score, squared, as shown below:
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TOTAL_COUNCIL_JOY_REWARD = JOY_BUDGET * (TOTAL_COUNCIL_tJOY_REWARD/tJOY_BUDGET) * NETWORK_PERFORMANCE_SCORE^2
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where NETWORK_PERFORMANCE_SCORE, and is in the interval [0, 1]. This score, computed by Jsgenesis using public evaluation metrics, attempts to capture how well the network performed. The evaluation metrics will change from one council period to the next.
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Scoring and Reward Example
To clarify how the scoring and rewards works, here is straightforward example. Note that the inputs are somewhat random, so don't set your expectations based on them.
Council Period Parameters and weights
Name
Value
JOY_BUDGET
2,000,000/0.2%/USD120,000
USD_SUBSIDY
2,000
tJOY_BUDGET
80,000,000
COUNCIL_tJOY_REWARD
10,000,000
Group
Weight
B_W
5
C_W
3
D_W
6
F_W
1
HR_W
5
M_W
2
P_W
2
SU_W
2
LO_W
1
SUM
27
Budget Allocation
Of the tJOY 80M in the budget, we assume tJOY 78.5M was spent, as shown below:
Purpose
Spending [MtJOY]
Workers (ex Lead)
Lead [MtJOY]
Workers [MtJOY]
Builders
15
5
3
2.4
Content
10.5
6
1.8
1.45
Distributor
17
8
3
1.75
Forum
3
2
1.5
0.75
Human Resources
16
20
2
0.7
Marketing
7
3
1
2
Council
10
5
NA
1.2
SUM
78.5
49
12.3
62.2
Note The tables show:
total spending (in tJOY rewards) for the group
amount of Workers in each group
The Lead rewards
The (average) Worker rewards
WG Rewards
As the WG rewards are not (directly) impacted by their performance, we get the following rewards for the Workers and Leads.
Purpose
Spending [MtJOY]
Workers (ex Lead)
Workers [MtJOY]
Workers [JOY]
Workers [USD]*
Lead [MtJOY]*
Lead [JOY]
Lead [USD]
Builders
15
5
2.4
60000
60 - 3600
3
75000
75 - 4500
Content
10.5
6
1.45
36250
36.25 - 2175
1.8
45000
45 - 2700
Distributor
17
8
1.75
43750
43.75 - 2625
3
75000
75 - 4500
Forum
3
2
0.75
18750
18.75 - 1125
1.5
37500
37.5 - 2250
Human Resources
16
20
0.7
17500
17.5 - 1050
2
50000
50 - 3000
Marketing
7
3
1.5
50000
37.5 - 2250
2.5
62500
62.5 - 3750
SUM
68.5
44
54.7
1367500
1368 - 82050
13.8
345000
345 - 20700
* denotes the USD value of their tJOY and JOY rewards respectively
CM Rewards
For the CMs, the tJOY reward is independent of the NETWORK_PERFORMANCE_SCORE, whereas the JOY reward is not.
To calculate the NETWORK_PERFORMANCE_SCORE, we need the individual groups scores: Scores
Group
Weight
Score
Contribution
Builders
5
0.64
3.2
Content
3
0.45
1.35
Distributor
6
0.8
4.8
Forum
1
0.5
0.5
Human Resources
5
0.6
3
Marketing
2
0.44
0.88
Plan
2
0.8
1.6
Summary
2
0.6
1.2
Lead Opportunities
1
0
0
SUM / AVG / SUM
27
0.537
16.53
That means:
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NETWORK_PERFORMANCE_SCORE = 16.53/27 = 0.612
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This allows us to calculate the total and individual rewards for the Council Members:
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COUNCIL_JOY_REWARD = JOY_BUDGET * (TOTAL_COUNCIL_tJOY_REWARD/tJOY_BUDGET) * NETWORK_PERFORMANCE_SCORE^2
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# denominated in JOY
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COUNCIL_JOY_REWARD = JOY 2000000 * (10/80) * 0.612^2 = JOY 93636
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# denominated in USD
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COUNCIL_JOY_REWARD = USD 120000 * (10/80) * 0.612^2 = USD 5618
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For the sake of comparison:
Purpose
Spending [MtJOY]
Workers (ex Lead)
Workers [MtJOY]
Workers [JOY]
Workers [USD]
Lead [MtJOY]
Lead [JOY]
Lead [USD]
Builders
15
5
2.4
60000
60 - 3600
3
75000
75 - 4500
Content
10.5
6
1.45
36250
36.25 - 2175
1.8
45000
45 - 2700
Distributor
17
8
1.75
43750
43.75 - 2625
3
75000
75 - 4500
Forum
3
2
0.75
18750
18.75 - 1125
1.5
37500
37.5 - 2250
Human Resources
16
20
0.7
17500
17.5 - 1050
2
50000
50 - 3000
Marketing
7
3
1.5
50000
37.5 - 2250
2.5
62500
62.5 - 3750
Council
10
5
2
50000
50 - 1123.6
NA
NA
NA
SUM
78.5
49
64.7
1617500
1618 - 87668
13.8
345000
345 - 20700
If the NETWORK_PERFORMANCE_SCORE was 1:
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COUNCIL_JOY_REWARD = JOY 2000000 * (10/80) * 1^2 = JOY 250000
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COUNCIL_JOY_REWARD = USD 120000 * (10/80) * 1^2 = USD 15000
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We see the NETWORK_PERFORMANCE_SCORE is of major importance to the Council, but not for Workers or Leads *.
* Which should make the Council pay close attention to the performance of the groups!