> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rocx.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Active Energy Economy

> AE sources, uses, reserve accounts, Explore settlement, and PoA contributor distribution.

Active Energy, or AE, is a non-transferable offchain participation unit recorded in the RocX ledger. It has no fixed cash value, cannot be immediately converted to a token, and has no fixed conversion rate to ROCX.

## AE sources

AE may arise through approved rules for:

* Daily Check-in;
* Deposit AE;
* Deposit Boost;
* PoA Ranking Rewards;
* Explore Results; and
* other approved activity.

Registering or verifying a PoA link does not create immediate AE. PoA AE is distributed after the Contributor Ranking, abuse review, and final ranking.

## AE uses

AE can be used for Explore mission participation and other approved ecosystem uses. Each use follows its applicable eligibility, settlement, expiry, and abuse rules.

## Two reserve accounts

| Reserve                        | Purpose                                                                                   | Initial source described here                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Active Energy Reserve Pool** | Common ecosystem AE reserve for approved settlement and other approved reserve accounting | 5% of an applicable normally settled Explore winning result when the mission rule includes the shared allocation, plus other approved entries |
| **PoA Rewards Pool**           | AE reserve dedicated to PoA Contributor Ranking distributions                             | 5% of normally settled winning Explore result AE                                                                                              |

The Active Energy Reserve Pool may appear as **Total AE Pool**, **Total Reserve Pool**, or **AE Reserve Pool** in user-facing interfaces. The PoA Rewards Pool is a separate offchain ledger account. Neither reserve is a token treasury, cash fund, or onchain asset pool.

## Explore settlement

Each Explore mission retains its own payout math. When that mission's approved normally settled winning result includes a shared 10% allocation, it is divided into 5% for the Active Energy Reserve Pool and 5% for the PoA Rewards Pool. Cancellation, refund, draw, loss, and failed-settlement treatment follows the applicable mission specification.

Prediction and Card Flip are not described as using separately pre-funded pools. The PoA Rewards Pool does not fund game wins; it funds the PoA Contributor Ranking.

## PoA distribution

The PoA Rewards Pool balance accumulated during a current ranking round is distributed to the top 100 eligible contributors under the initial 30% / 30% / 24% / 16% bands described in the current contributor-ranking policy.

The balance and per-contributor AE vary by round. The bands may be adjusted through operating policy and do not guarantee a fixed return.

<Warning>
  AE is not fiat currency or a token. AE does not guarantee token allocation, payment, yield, financial return, or future value, and no fixed AE-to-ROCX conversion rate exists.
</Warning>