> 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/sentinel-srb.md).

# Sentinel SRB

Learn how Sentinel staking rewards are calculated. DVPNSRB uses the Cosmos SDK formula with annual provisions, fees, community tax, and staked DVPN tokens.

DVPNSRB is a benchmark representing the mean, annualized staking rate across all active Sentinel validators.

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

> **TL;DR:** Sentinel staking rewards follow the Cosmos SDK formula (ATOMSRB): annual provisions plus annualized fees (including the 20% dVPN node revenue staking share), minus community tax, divided by total staked DVPN tokens. Validator-level rates factor in performance and commission.

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The calculations are derived from the ATOMSRB documentation, serving as the foundational reference to ensure the accuracy of relevant metrics.

For more information visit the [ATOMSRB docs](https://docs.stakingrewards.com/staking-data/methodologies/cosmos-hub-srb).
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### DVPN Staking Rewards Rate: DVPNSRB

$$
DVPNSRB = ATOMSRB
$$

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ATOM Staking Rewards Rate
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**Difference from ATOMSRB: the Daily Fees term (df).** For Sentinel, df is the full non-inflationary inflow to the fee collector, not transaction fees alone.

* Sentinel's node revenue system routes a `staking_share` of 20% of every dVPN session, subscription and lease payment from the deposit module to the fee collector.
* The distribution module sweeps it together with newly minted tokens and transaction fees, so it reaches stakers exactly like a fee: 93% goes to validators and delegators, and 7% goes to the community pool as community tax.
* This staking share dominates df. Transaction fees are only about 0.1% of minted tokens, while the staking share has measured at roughly 5–9% of minted tokens.

**How df is measured.** Because the distribution module sends exactly the community tax share of every sweep to the community pool, the pool is a cumulative counter of everything distributed. Over a height-pinned window of about 7 days:

$$
df = \frac{\Delta cp / ct - m}{t\_{window}}
$$

where $$\Delta cp$$ is the change in the community pool (DVPN), $$ct$$ is the community tax, $$m$$ is the tokens minted in the window (blocks in the window × average annual provisions ÷ blocks per year), and $$t\_{window}$$ is the elapsed time in days measured from the two block timestamps. df is gross, before community tax; the ATOMSRB formula applies $$(1 - ct)$$ itself. As in ATOMSRB, the reward rate uses the 30-day average of df. A window is discarded, never recorded as zero, if any archived read cannot be verified at its requested height, if the non-mint inflow is not positive (a community pool spend landed in the window), or if it exceeds 50% of minted tokens (a community pool deposit).
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### DVPN Validator Staking Rewards Rate: DVPNSRB(v)

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

$$
DVPNSRB(v) = ATOMSRB(v)
$$

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ATOM Validator Staking Rewards Rate
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### DVPN Real Reward Rate: DVPNSRB^R

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

$$
DVPNSRB^R = ATOMSRB^R
$$

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ATOM Real Reward Rate
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**Inflation Rate Behavior**

* Sentinel uses the standard Cosmos SDK mint module. Inflation moves within a band of 7% to 10% per year, adjusting by up to 3 percentage points per year toward a bonded-ratio goal of 67%: it rises while less than 67% of the supply is staked and falls while more is staked.
* With about 53% of the supply bonded, inflation currently sits at the 10% maximum. There is no supply cap; the total supply is about 35.55 billion DVPN.
* Inflation is measured against the actual block time rather than the protocol's target block time, as described in ATOMSRB.

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### Other Sentinel 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><tr><td>Daily Fees</td><td>The daily non-inflationary inflow to the fee collector, gross of community tax: the 20% node revenue staking share of dVPN session, subscription and lease payments, plus transaction fees.</td></tr><tr><td>Fee Revenue</td><td>Daily Fees annualized (365 days) and converted to USD.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### Data Sources:

* [Staking Rewards](https://www.stakingrewards.com/) from indexed Sentinel Blocks and Blockchain RPC Endpoints, including archived (height-pinned) community pool and mint state from Sentinel LCD endpoints.

***

#### References:

* <https://docs.sentinel.co/>
* <https://github.com/sentinel-official/hub> (node revenue `staking_share`, sent to the fee collector)

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