Locking Rewards

How Commitment Becomes the Foundation

In the Techno Satoyama, commitment is not a word. It is an action you repeat.

Locking mawari tokens is one of the most direct ways to strengthen the foundation of the Mawari Network. It is work. And starting at mainnet, it opens exclusively to the Guardian Node community.

Why Guardian Node Holders First.

Every network is fragile at birth. The people who protect it in those earliest days are the ones who determine its trajectory. Guardian Node License holders made their commitment before mainnet existed. They are the first villagers of the Techno Satoyama, and it is their hands that tend it first.

The Locking Program opens to Guardian Node holders at launch. The broader community will gain access later this year, when the network has matured and the foundation is strong enough to support wider participation.

This is the same logic that has governed every stage of the Mawari Network. Japan first, then global. Guardian Node holders first, then everyone. The circle widens as the ecosystem grows. Never before it is ready.

What Locking Does for The Network.

When a participant locks mawari tokens, they are placing them into the foundation of the network for a defined period. Locked tokens go to work. They strengthen the base on which the entire ecosystem operates.

Locking also activates governance participation. Participants who lock receive increased voting power in the direction of the ecosystem, and the longer the commitment, the more weight that voice carries. The people who commit most deeply to the Techno Satoyama have the greatest say in how it evolves.

The 70% Principle.

Earning and locking are connected. To unlock the next month’s Activation Rewards, participants must lock a minimum of 70% of all earned rewards. This includes Activation Rewards, Node Operation Rewards, and Locking Rewards.

This is not a penalty. It is the rhythm of the Techno Satoyama. You harvest. You replant. You take what you need and return the rest to the soil. Every month is an active decision to recommit to the long-term health of the network.

This discipline protects the ecosystem in its most vulnerable stage, and it builds the instinct that sustains it for years to come. The strongest networks were built by communities who learned this early.

Three Tiers. Root, Grove, Canopy.

In a Satoyama, the landscape has layers. The roots anchor everything underground. The grove grows the living canopy above. And the canopy itself shelters and protects the entire ecosystem below.

The Locking Program works the same way. Three tiers, each reflecting a deeper level of commitment.

Root → Lock any amount of earned rewards. Your locking power grows daily. This is the foundation. Everyone who locks participates at this level.

Grove → Lock 85% or more of all earned rewards. Your locking power grows faster. You are actively cultivating the ecosystem.

Canopy → Lock 100% of all earned rewards. Your locking power grows at the highest rate. You are sheltering the network with everything you have earned.

The difference between tiers may seem modest on any given day. It is not modest over time.

How Locking Power Works.

When you lock mawari tokens, your effective locking power grows daily. This weight determines your share of the available reward pool, and the longer you lock, the larger your proportional share becomes.

Think of it as soil that becomes more fertile the longer it is tended. A participant who locks consistently for months will have a significantly larger locking power than someone who locked the same amount yesterday. Time and consistency are recognized.

The three tiers accelerate this growth. A participant at the Canopy tier sees their locking power grow meaningfully faster than someone at Root. Over the course of a year, the gap compounds. The charts below show what this looks like in practice.

Example 1: 100 tokens locked at launch.

A participant locks 100 tokens on day one and holds for a full year. The three curves show how the effective locking power diverges depending on tier.

[Chart 1: Locking Tiers Single Lock]

At Root, the effective weight reaches approximately 617 after one year. At Grove, approximately 888. At Canopy, approximately 1,276. Same tokens. Same starting point. The difference is the level of commitment.

Example 2: 100 tokens locked monthly over 12 months.

A participant locks 100 tokens each month as Activation Rewards are earned, maintaining their tier throughout the year.

[Chart 2: Locking Tiers Monthly Lock]

The divergence is even more pronounced. Root reaches approximately 3,705. Grove reaches approximately 4,776. Canopy reaches approximately 6,208. Each monthly addition compounds on top of the months before it, and the tier multiplier amplifies every layer.

Moving Between Tiers.

Tiers are evaluated daily. You move between them based on your locking ratio at any point. If you are at Canopy and your locking ratio drops below 100%, you move to Grove or Root. If you are at Grove and drop below 85%, you return to Root. You can always reclaim a higher tier in any subsequent period by increasing your locking ratio.

This is intentional. The Techno Satoyama does not lock you into a permanent path. It recognizes your commitment day by day, season by season. The ecosystem meets you where you are.

Why This Matters.

Most projects treat tokens as something to hold or sell. In the Techno Satoyama, tokens are something to put to work. Locking is how you tend the digital landscape. It is how the network distinguishes between those who participate and those who watch.

This work is recognized, and the network allocates rewards to sustain it. At first, those rewards come from a dedicated portion of the community rewards. Over time, as the network matures, the same work will be sustained by the value the network itself generates, the way a healthy ecosystem sustains the infrastructure that supports it. The principle does not change. Rewards follow work. No contribution, no reward.

The Guardian Node community has earned access first. The broader community will join when the time is right.

Details are reflected in the Mawari documentation.

Legal Disclaimer

Nothing in this document should be read or interpreted as a guarantee or promise of how the mawari token price will increase or decrease, or of how any floor price is determined.

All rewards described here are compensation for work performed in support of the Mawari Network. They are not investments, securities, dividends, interest, or passive income, and no reward is earned without the corresponding work. Reward rates, pool sizes, schedules, and program rules may change as the network develops. Participation is at your own discretion. This document is provided for information only and is not financial, legal, or tax advice. Consult your own advisors before participating.

These programs are designed to support network operation, onboarding, and security. They are not savings, lending, deposit, staking-as-a-service, or investment programs. Locking mawari tokens does not guarantee any return, income, profit, token price, liquidity, or resale value. Rewards, if any, depend on protocol rules, user actions, network conditions, eligibility, and compliance.