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# Staker behavior

One of the most recurrent utilities in the token economy is staking. Stakers will purchase tokens and stake them as long as the yield offered by the protocol is higher than the expected APY of the market. To model this, we need to implement several lines of Simulation Equations.

Imagine an example where the rewards for stakers are:

1. Fees from the protocol, determined by the variable *VA\_fees\_to\_stakers*.
2. Extra incentives to stakers, determined by *VA\_emissions\_to\_stakers\_value\_eavg*.

The equations would be:

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="282"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>VA_staking_equilibrium_tokens</td><td>(VA_fees_to_stakers + VA_emissions_to_stakers_value_eavg) / (VA_eavg_token_price * time_step.years * SP_competitive_market_apy_percent/100)</td></tr></tbody></table>

This first equation establishes how many tokens are required to stake at each time to reach equilibrium with the expected APY. Based on the currently staked tokens and the ones that should be staked, we calculate the total amount of tokens that will be purchased or sold in the market to achieve equilibrium. Lastly, we create some stability constraints on *VA\_staked\_tokens\_traded*.

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="321"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>VA_desired_staked_tokens_variation</td><td><p>MAX(VA_staking_equilibrium_tokens - A_stakers.total_tokens, VA_locked_staked_tokens - A_stakers.total_tokens)</p><p><br><br></p></td></tr><tr><td>VA_staked_tokens_traded</td><td>MAX(MIN(VA_desired_staked_tokens_variation.previous, market_tokens.previous * (1-EXP(-time_step.days/SP_liquidity_time_constant))), - market_tokens.previous * (1-EXP(-time_step.days/SP_liquidity_time_constant/30)))</td></tr></tbody></table>

We then have a mechanism to ensure some token staking lock-up in the following rows:

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="310"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>VA_locked_staked_tokens_array</td><td>store_amount(VA_locked_staked_tokens_array.previous, MAX(0, VA_staked_tokens_traded), SP_staking_max_timelock, time.months)</td></tr><tr><td>VA_locked_staked_tokens</td><td>stored_total(VA_locked_staked_tokens_array.previous)</td></tr></tbody></table>

To add another stream of revenue directed to the stakers, we should adapt the *VA\_staking\_equilibrium\_tokens* formula to include those revenues. Ensure that the currencies are in USD per timestep for each of them.

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