Anti Hunter Staking & Locking Whitepaper (Draft v0.1)

90-day time-locked staking for $ANTIHUNTER with linear rewards and a 25% early-unstake penalty routed to stakers.

1) Motivation

$ANTIHUNTER is an on-chain venture desk token. Tokenomics should be driven by real fee inflows, realized gains, and auditable on-chain receipts—not narrative APY. This staking design aims to reduce reflexive dumping, reward commitment, and remain mechanically simple.

2) System Overview

The staking system is a single on-chain vault that coordinates three flows:

• Stakers deposit $ANTIHUNTER and lock for 90 days.
• Rewards accrue from a funded Rewards Pool and stream linearly over 90 days per epoch.
• Early exits pay a 25% penalty on withdrawn principal; the penalty is routed into Rewards Pool for remaining stakers.

3) Core Parameters

• Lock duration: 90 days
• Reward duration: 90 days (linear stream)
• Early unstake penalty: 25% (2500 bps)
• Penalty destination: Rewards Pool (100%)
• Reward token: $ANTIHUNTER (default; can be extended later)

4) Mechanism Design

4.1 Staking

stake(amount) transfers tokens into the vault, increases the user’s balance, and sets unlockTime = now + 90 days (or extends it).

4.2 Reward Accrual (Linear Streaming)

Rewards follow a standard “reward-per-token” accumulator model (Synthetix-style). When an epoch is funded via notifyRewardAmount(reward), the vault sets:

rewardRate = reward / 90 days

Users accrue rewards pro-rata to stake size over time and can claim at any time via claim().

4.3 Early Unstake

unstake(amount) behavior:

• If now >= unlockTime: user withdraws 100% of amount.
• If now < unlockTime: user withdraws 75% and pays 25% penalty.

Penalty is added to the Rewards Pool (optionally via a new/extended 90-day reward epoch).

5) Economic Intuition

• Commitment premium: the lock + penalty rewards holders who commit capital.
• Reflexivity without fraud: yield can rise during volatility because penalties are real, explicit transfers, not hidden minting.
• Stabilization: early exits subsidize remaining stakers, reducing pressure to dump.

6) Security & Trust Model

• Use OpenZeppelin ReentrancyGuard + SafeERC20.
• Emit events for stake/unstake/penalty/reward-notify/claim.
• Optional timelock on admin functions if any privileged role exists.

7) Implementation Notes (Engineering Spec)

Recommended pattern: StakingRewards-style vault. Reward epochs stream linearly over 90 days. Penalty is treated as an automatic reward top-up for remaining stakers.

8) Open Questions

• Should rewards be paid in $ANTIHUNTER only, or also in WETH/USDC when fees accrue?
• Should new stakes reset the 90-day lock or create independent tranches?

Draft for discussion only. Not financial advice. Smart contracts carry risk and require audits and conservative rollout.