How to Earn rewards on Ecency?
Ecency is powered by Hive blockchain. You can earn digital tokens on Ecency by:
Posting - By sharing your content, you can earn upvotes from community members. Depending on the upvotes you receive, you may get a portion of the “rewards pool”.
Voting and curating - If you discover a post and upvote it before it becomes popular, you can earn a curation reward. The reward amount will depend on the amount of Hive Power you have.
Purchasing - Users can purchase Hive or Hive Dollar tokens directly through their Hive wallet using Bitcoin, Ethereum, or other cryptocurrency tokens. They are also available from other markets and exchanges including Binance.
Staking/Staking - HIVE tokens that are staked (powered up) to Hive Power will earn a small amount of new tokens for holding.
Content rewards (author, curation) are paid out after 7 days of publishing time, breakdown distribution of rewards:
- 50% of the rewards you see in your local currency goes to curators/voters
- 50% goes to author (25% as Hive Power, 25% as HBD)
In addition to Hive blockchain tokens, every interaction and activity on Ecency earns you Points which can be used within Ecency ecosystem.
What kind of rewards do I have in my wallet?
There are three kinds of rewards shown in your wallet:
Curation rewards - The rewards earned for upvoting posts and comments.
Author rewards - The rewards earned by your own posts and comments.
Points rewards - Social actions and interactions like voting, commenting, posting, being active on the platform and etc, are also rewarded with Ecency points.
How do I see my post rewards?
In Wallet page (in top header on website and desktop app, bottom navigation bar on mobile app), you can see Curation rewards (the rewards earned for upvoting posts and comments) and Author rewards (the rewards earned by your own posts and comments)
You can also view the same information for other users by visiting their wallet profile.
When can I claim my rewards?
Posts and comments remain active for 7 days and rewards are fluctuates depending on votes and market price of token, that is why rewards are approximated as pending reward. When the period is over, pending reward changes to actual reward and you are able to claim earned rewards. In your Wallet, click the Claim Rewards button to add the tokens to your account.
What is curation reward?
Curators will have reward (Hive Power) from the post payout. As a result of the vote given by the curators, the post will have a certain amount of payout. The author and the curator(s) share the post payout in the ratio of 50:50. The post payout happens in 7 days. So at the end of the 7 days, the author’s and curator’s rewards are available for claim.