Ecosystem Participants
The Minutes Network and Minutes Network Token X ecosystem is built around six core participant classes, each contributing to the network in a distinct way and receiving value through a corresponding pathway.
Infrastructure Operators
These are the participants who stake MNTx into Switch Nodes and Validation Nodes, providing the decentralised physical infrastructure on which the network runs. They earn from the 10% node holder allocation and the 60% staker pool, with outcomes shaped by their staking positions, node uptime, and the algorithmic burn calculation each epoch.
Delegated Stakers
MNTx Stakers who participate in the infrastructure economy through the public Validation Node without owning a private node. They contribute to network security through pooled staking and receive a proportional share of that node's rewards after the 50% delegated burn is applied.
Telecom Carriers
The wholesale voice carriers who send international call traffic through the network. They do not receive MNTx rewards. Their benefit is commercial: access to the lowest termination rates in the market, HD call quality, guaranteed CLI delivery, and continuous quality monitoring across every route. Their traffic is the source of the fiat revenue that funds the entire reward cycle.
Application Partners
The mobile applications that integrate the Jingle Plug-In, onboarding their user bases as reachable endpoints on the network. They receive a share of the revenue generated from voice traffic terminated over their platform, creating a new incremental revenue stream without disrupting their existing operations.
Network Users
The callers and receivers whose calls are terminated over the Minutes Network. They receive MNTx rewards through the 15% user allocation, split equally between caller and receiver pools, weighted by the call revenue associated with their number each epoch.
The Developer
Receives 15% of all epoch rewards to fund continued network development, infrastructure costs, commercial expansion, and the operational requirements of running a live telecommunications and blockchain ecosystem.