Earnings and payouts
Where earnings come from
Supported workloads pay for the capacity they use. The Idlecash service meters each device's contribution and attributes the resulting revenue to the wallet that owns the device. Idlecash does not mint a reward token.
No estimates are published before workloads are live. Actual earnings will depend on hardware, how long a device is idle, the limits its owner sets, and workload demand.
How earnings are reported
The desktop app reports an EarningsReport (shared/src/earnings.ts):
summary— today, this week, this month, all time, and the amount accrued but not yet paid out.recent— entries per workload and period.payouts— completed payouts, each with its Robinhood Chain transaction hash.
All amounts are decimal strings in USD, so nothing is rounded in transit. The dashboard shows exactly what is reported; with no report, it shows an empty state.
Payouts
Payouts are settled in USDG (Global Dollar, 0x5fc5360D0400a0Fd4f2af552ADD042D716F1d168) on Robinhood Chain, directly to the wallet linked to the device. Payout thresholds and schedules will be published with the service; none are stated here because none are final.
From payout to assets
Idlecash never holds your keys, so it can't convert your payouts for you. Instead, the dashboard's Convert into your split action:
- splits the amount you choose across your allocation, exactly (rounding dust goes to the largest share);
- fetches a live route for each asset;
- asks you to approve exactly the amount needed, once;
- asks you to sign each conversion, one at a time, waiting for each to confirm.
See Assets and conversions for the details and safeguards.