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# The drip

Every reward is granted into a drip account, not a wallet. It unlocks over a fixed length on a curve that pays little at first and most at the end. Unlocked sGAGE can be claimed at any time; the rest keeps dripping.

## The curve

The unlocked fraction at time `t` of a drip of length `L` is `(t / L)²`.

| Through the drip | Unlocked |
| ---------------- | -------- |
| One tenth        | 1%       |
| One quarter      | 6.25%    |
| Half way         | 25%      |
| Three quarters   | 56%      |
| Nine tenths      | 81%      |
| The end          | 100%     |

Slow at first, steep at the end. The figure starts moving within minutes of funding and moves every second from a few hours in, so you can watch it, and most of the value still lands at the end of the term.

```
unlocked
100% ┤                                          ●
     │                                      ●
 81% ┤                                  ●
     │                              ●
     │                          ●
 25% ┤                    ●
     │              ●
  1% ┤  ●  ●  ●
     └──┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────
       start      1/4        1/2        3/4   end
```

## Lengths

| Reward           | Drip starts                        | Drip length                   |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Deal reward      | At funding                         | The deal's term, 7 or 21 days |
| Liquidity reward | When the position's owner collects | 7 days                        |

Reclaiming early does not change a deal's drip. It still runs to the original expiry.

## What locked means

Locked sGAGE cannot be transferred, paired, sold or withdrawn early. No function, owner or otherwise, releases it early or slows it down. The rule is a contract invariant.

## On the screen

The drip component appears at three sizes:

* **Inline**, in a list: `781 / 1,240 sGAGE`.
* **Card**, on a deal page: `REWARDS · THIS DEAL · DAY 6 OF 7` · `UNLOCKED 781 sGAGE` · `STILL DRIPPING 459 sGAGE · by 8 SEP 16:40`.
* **Full**, on Rewards: every drip on its own curve with a dated axis, claimable now, pool price, burned this week, and this week's budget.

Claim takes what is unlocked. The rest keeps dripping. Claiming and reinvesting happen on the Rewards page. See [Claim and reinvest](/rewards/claim-and-reinvest.md).


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