What starts it
Storage demandApplications using the storage layer create the fees that make STOINC usage-driven.Storage Income
How storage usage can become network income.
STOINC is Xandeum Storage Income: a public overview of how storage fees, credits, pNode performance, stake, and boost rules can help determine income flow for operators and stakers who support the network.
What shapes it
Contribution signalsPerformance, storage credits, stake, wallet limits, and boost eligibility can affect earning weight.What can change
Program rulesCurrent terms, distribution shares, and governance decisions should be checked before operating or staking.SOLStorage fee source
UsagePrimary driver
2 slotsCurrent boost guidance
12Current pNode wallet cap
Model
STOINC connects storage demand to network rewards.
The key idea is simple: Xandeum storage becomes productive when real applications pay for storage operations. That makes STOINC different from reward systems based only on token emissions.
As storage demand grows, the network can connect builders, pNode operators, stakers, and governance around measurable usage, storage credits, and transparent program rules.
Income flow
Storage fees move through a usage-based reward loop.
STOINC starts with storage demand, then applies program rules before income reaches participants.
Usage-based income
Boosts
Public guidance uses a two-step boost model
Per pNode
Assigned boost NFTs multiply first
For one pNode, assigned boost NFTs are described as a product. A 1.2 boost and a 1.5 boost on the same pNode would combine into a 1.8 pNode boost factor.
Per wallet
pNode boost factors are then averaged
Across the pNodes in a wallet, the program model uses a geometric mean instead of simply multiplying every pNode together, keeping the wallet-level boost more balanced.
Limits
Program limits can change
Public guidance currently points to a 12 pNode per-wallet cap and two boost NFT slots per pNode. Final parameters may change as the program and network mature.
Flow
How STOINC is described in public updates
An application uses storage
An application creates a file system, uploads data, reads data, or otherwise interacts with Xandeum storage.
Fees are collected
The storage interaction produces fees, described publicly as SOL or wrapped SOL flowing into a distribution pool.
A reward period closes
At the end of a network reward period, the pool can be distributed according to the current program rules.
Rewards flow by contribution
pNodes and stakers receive a share based on network rules, performance, storage credits, stake, wallet caps, and applicable boosts.
Credits
Factors that can affect earning weight
Storage provided
Capacity matters because pNodes supply the storage that applications use for files, data, and application state.
Performance score
Reliable pNodes should respond to network checks and storage requests; poor performance can reduce useful credits.
Stake, wallets, and boosts
Public materials describe XAND stake, wallet-level pNode count, per-pNode boost NFTs, and program caps as factors that can affect earning weight.
Participant map
Who STOINC is for
Operators
pNode owners and managers
Operators provide storage and keep pNodes reachable. When ownership and operation are separated, clear role information helps participants understand who is responsible for performance.
Stakers
XAND holders
Stakers can help direct economic weight toward operators, including with locked XAND where supported, and may share in network rewards according to current rules.
Builders
Application developers
Storage-enabled applications create the demand side by writing, reading, and managing data on the Xandeum storage layer.
Important
Informational, not financial advice
STOINC depends on live network usage, operator performance, stake, storage credits, wallet-level pNode limits, distribution rules, boost eligibility, and future governance or program changes. This page is a public overview and should not be read as investment, legal, tax, trading, or operating advice.