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# Locking & Mining Power

Examine how locked tokens, commitment duration, and wallet limits determine a participant's effective mining power.

Mining Power is defined as:

$$
\text{Mining Power} = \text{Locked Tokens} \times \min(1, \text{Days Committed} / 14)
$$

| Variable       | Meaning                                 |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Locked Tokens  | Amount of USEGPU committed by the miner |
| Days Committed | Commitment duration                     |
| 14             | Full-power commitment period            |
| min(1, x)      | Caps the time multiplier at 1.0         |

`Locked Tokens` is the amount of USEGPU committed. `Days Committed` is the commitment duration. The value `14` is the period required to reach full Mining Power. `min(1, ...)` caps the time component at 100%.

Mining Power cannot exceed the amount of tokens committed under this formula. It does not use a separate APY multiplier, boost, score, or weight.

### Power progression

The commitment requires at least 14 days. Mining Power progresses linearly according to the source:

* Day 1: approximately 10% Mining Power.
* Day 14: 100% Mining Power.
* After day 14: Mining Power remains at 100%.

The day-one percentage illustrates the stated linear model. It does not define a separate power rule.

### Wallet limit

Maximum Mining Power per wallet is 1.5% of total token supply.

At a total supply of 1,000,000,000 USEGPU:

$$
1{,}000{,}000{,}000 \times 1.5% = 15{,}000{,}000\ \text{USEGPU}
$$

The source allows multiple wallets. Each wallet has its own Commitment and wallet-level Mining Power limit.

### Token balance and Mining Power

A wallet can hold USEGPU without those tokens contributing to Mining Power. Only Locked Tokens enter the Mining Power calculation.


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