> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.stakingrewards.com/staking-data/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.stakingrewards.com/staking-data/methodologies/cosmos-ecosystem-srb/kava-srb.md).

# Kava SRB

Learn how Kava staking rewards are calculated. KAVASRB annualizes the fixed per-second staking reward paid from the Kava community pool and divides it by bonded KAVA tokens; Kava has zero inflation.

KAVASRB is a benchmark representing the mean, annualized staking rate across all active Kava validators.

KAVASRB is calculated and published by Staking Rewards via the [Kava Profile](https://www.stakingrewards.com/asset/kava) and [Data API](https://www.stakingrewards.com/data-api).

> **TL;DR:** Kava has no inflation. Stakers are paid a fixed, governance-set reward per second (currently 10,000,000 KAVA per year) out of the x/community pool. KAVASRB annualizes that per-second reward, capped at what the pool balance can fund, and divides it by total bonded KAVA tokens. Validator-level rates factor in performance and commission.

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Unlike most Cosmos SDK chains, Kava does not mint staking rewards through the x/mint module: its inflation is set to 0. Instead, the x/community module transfers a fixed amount of KAVA per second (the `staking_rewards_per_second` parameter) from the community pool to the fee collector in every block, and x/distribution allocates it pro-rata to bonded stake alongside that block's transaction fees. The community tax is 0, so no share of these rewards is diverted back to the community pool.

The generic ATOMSRB reward-rate formula (annual provisions plus fees, minus community tax) therefore does not apply to Kava. The validator-level rate and the real reward rate still follow the [ATOMSRB docs](https://docs.stakingrewards.com/staking-data/methodologies/cosmos-hub-srb).
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[Cosmos Hub SRB](/staking-data/methodologies/cosmos-ecosystem-srb/cosmos-hub-srb.md)
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### KAVA Staking Rewards Rate: KAVASRB

$$
KAVASRB = (r\_s \* t\_y \* t\_d) / st, \quad r\_s = \min(r\_p, B / t\_d)
$$

<table><thead><tr><th width="145">Formula Key</th><th width="169">Metric Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="math">r_s</span></td><td>Fundable Staking Rewards Per Second</td><td>The per-second reward the x/community pool can actually pay: the configured rate, capped at what the pool balance can fund over the 24-hour observation period.</td></tr><tr><td><span class="math">r_p</span></td><td>Staking Rewards Per Second</td><td>The governance-set <code>staking_rewards_per_second</code> parameter of the x/community module, in KAVA per second.</td></tr><tr><td>B</td><td>Community Pool Balance</td><td>The KAVA balance of the x/community module account, the account the chain pays staking rewards from.</td></tr><tr><td>st</td><td>Staked Tokens</td><td>The total number of tokens bonded with active, non-jailed validators.</td></tr><tr><td><span class="math">t_y</span></td><td>Year Constant</td><td>365d</td></tr><tr><td><span class="math">t_d</span></td><td>Day Constant</td><td>86400s</td></tr></tbody></table>

* KAVASRB is non-compounded and counts all rewards, whether claimed or unclaimed.
* Transaction fees are also distributed to stakers but are excluded from KAVASRB: they are negligible next to the community-pool reward (about 0.15% of it, or roughly +0.01 percentage points of reward rate, measured over 7 days in September 2026).
* No community-tax adjustment is applied because Kava's community tax is 0.
* The reward is funded by the x/community module account, which has no inflow (no inflation, no community tax). The chain caps each payout at that account's KAVA balance, so once the pool is empty stakers stop receiving the configured reward even though the parameter is unchanged. KAVASRB applies the same cap: it uses the configured per-second reward only while the pool balance can fund at least 24 hours of it, and otherwise the rate the balance can fund over 24 hours. While the pool holds more than a day of payouts (about 8.32M KAVA, roughly 300 days, as of 10/11/2026) the cap has no effect.

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### KAVA Validator Staking Rewards Rate: KAVASRB(v)

Staking Rewards calculates the KAVASRB for each validator based on their individual performance and commission rate.

$$
KAVASRB(v) = ATOMSRB(v)
$$

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ATOM Validator Staking Rewards Rate
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### KAVA Real Reward Rate: KAVASRB^R

The real reward rate calculates the KAVASRB adjusted for inflation in the network.

$$
KAVASRB^R = ATOMSRB^R
$$

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ATOM Real Reward Rate
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#### Inflation Rate Behavior

Kava's x/mint inflation is 0 (minimum and maximum inflation are both set to 0), so no new KAVA is minted. Staking rewards are redistributed from the existing community pool rather than issued. Because the inflation rate is 0, KAVASRB^R equals KAVASRB.

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### Other Kava metrics calculated by Staking Rewards

<table><thead><tr><th width="188">Metric</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Delegated Tokens</td><td>The number of tokens delegated to validators.</td></tr><tr><td>Self Staked Tokens</td><td>The number of tokens staked by validators directly.</td></tr><tr><td>Staking Wallets</td><td>This metric refers to the number of unique delegator addresses with at least one delegation on-chain. An address delegating to several validators is counted once. It excludes considerations of any minimum delegation thresholds.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### Data Sources:

* [Staking Rewards](https://www.stakingrewards.com/) from indexed Kava Blocks and Blockchain RPC Endpoints.

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#### References:

* <https://docs.kava.io/docs/intro/>

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