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# PoA Rewards Pool

> See how the 14-day Contributor Ranking AE pool is funded and distributed.

The PoA Rewards Pool is a separate offchain AE ledger account dedicated to the 14-day Contributor Ranking. It is not a ROCX token pool, cash pool, or pre-funded Prediction reward pool.

Normally settled Explore winning results can allocate 5% to the PoA Rewards Pool when that mission's approved settlement rule includes the shared 10% allocation. Each mission's own payout math remains controlling.

## Initial distribution bands

| Rank band |   Users | Pool share |      Example from 10,000 AE |
| --------- | ------: | ---------: | --------------------------: |
| 1-10      |      10 |        30% | 3,000 AE total; 300 AE each |
| 11-30     |      20 |        30% | 3,000 AE total; 150 AE each |
| 31-60     |      30 |        24% |  2,400 AE total; 80 AE each |
| 61-100    |      40 |        16% |  1,600 AE total; 40 AE each |
| **Total** | **100** |   **100%** |               **10,000 AE** |

The example is not a fixed return. Actual distribution depends on the AE accumulated in the applicable round.

<Note>
  A full tie at a rank divides that rank's assigned AE equally without increasing the total PoA Rewards Pool.
</Note>

See [AE Reserve Pools](../active-energy/reserve-pools) for the separate Active Energy Reserve Pool.