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# Emergency Exit

Understand the early-exit mechanism, returned balance, and penalty routing to the mining pool.

Emergency Exit is the early-exit mechanism for a Locked Position.

```
Locked Position
  ↓
Emergency Exit
  ├── 85% returned to miner
  └── 15% added to Mining Pool
```

An Emergency Exit returns 85% of Locked Tokens to the miner. The remaining 15% is sent to the Mining Pool as the Emergency Exit penalty.

The penalty does not guarantee an increase in any other miner's return. Its effect on individual rewards depends on the overall Mining Pool and Mining Power distribution.

### Normal and early-exit paths

| Path              | Result                                                                    |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Normal Commitment | Mining Power progresses to 100%, then 15% of Locked Tokens unlock per day |
| Emergency Exit    | 85% of Locked Tokens returned, 15% sent to Mining Pool                    |

The normal lifecycle is specified in [Unlock Schedule](/mining/unlock-schedule.md).


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