Vaults (Terminology)

In Tangle documentation, “vault” can refer to different on-chain components. This page clarifies the terminology.

`RewardVaults` (TNT Incentives Per Asset)

RewardVaults is an on-chain system that pays TNT incentives for delegated assets.
It maintains one vault per asset (native, TNT, etc.).
Vaults are configured by governance (deposit cap + active status).
Rewards are funded from InflationPool (pre-funded, no minting).
Rewards are split across delegators by score (principal × lock multiplier), and operators can take a commission.
Deposit caps are hard limits: deposits above the cap are rejected until capacity is freed.

Why this exists:

Keeps incentive budgets explicit (only distributed if funded).
Keeps per-asset incentives simple and measurable (deposit cap is the only throttle).
Lets integrators estimate reward capacity without guessing “hidden” emission math.

Service-fee revenue share to stakers is handled by ServiceFeeDistributor:

It receives the staker portion of service payments, per operator.
It accounts for All vs Fixed blueprint selection and optional per-asset security commitments.
Delegators claim rewards from the distributor (or through the protocol UI).