> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ctrl.finance/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Rewards
> How Ctrl's 80% creator rewards, 5% referrals, 2.5% graduation bounty, and native-ETH claims work.
Every Ctrl trade can reward the people who create markets, distribute them, and help it growth. Rewards accrue in native ETH inside **CtrlFeeVault**.
All rewards are centralized inside the [Reward page](https://app.ctrl.finance/reward) for a better overview!
The creator payout receives 80% of every Ctrl fee generated by its token.
A registered referrer receives 5% of each Ctrl fee on a trade attributed to them.
Before graduation, 2.5% of each Ctrl fee builds the market's bounty.
Ctrl charges a **1% trading fee in native ETH**. The percentages above divide that fee—not the full trade. The Uniswap V4 pool fee is 0%.
## How the 1% fee moves
For a 1.000 ETH exact-input buy:
| Movement | Amount | |
| --------------------- | --------: | - |
| Trader pays | 1.000 ETH | |
| Ctrl fee | 0.010 ETH | |
| ETH entering the pool | 0.990 ETH | |
| | | |
For a sell whose pool output is 1.000 ETH:
| Movement | Amount |
| --------------- | --------: |
| Pool produces | 1.000 ETH |
| Ctrl fee | 0.010 ETH |
| Trader receives | 0.990 ETH |
### Allocation
| Recipient | No referral, before graduation | Registered referral, before graduation | No referral, after graduation | Registered referral, after graduation |
| ----------------- | -----------------------------: | -------------------------------------: | ----------------------------: | ------------------------------------: |
| Creator | 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| Graduation bounty | 2.5% | 2.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Referrer | 0% | 5% | 0% | 5% |
| Ctrl treasury | 17.5% | 12.5% | 20% | 15% |
Unregistered referrer never blocks a trade, the unassigned 5% remains with Ctrl.
## Creator rewards
The creator chooses **a payout wallet** during launch. That wallet receives 80% of the token's Ctrl fees before and after graduation.
## Referral rewards
1. **Register**: Connect your wallet and choose a unique referral username.
2. **Share**: Send your referral link to anyone you want to invite.
3. **Remember**: When someone opens your link, Ctrl saves your referral for their future activity.
4. **Earn**: You earn a share of the trading fees whenever they trade through Ctrl.
5. **Claim**: Your rewards accumulate across all Ctrl markets and can be claimed from the Rewards page.
Referrals are optional, and users can change or remove their saved referrer at any time.
## Graduation bounty
Before graduation, each market reserves 2.5% of its Ctrl fees. The buy that moves net ETH principal from below **4.2 ETH** to at least **4.2 ETH** determines the winner.
Every pre-graduation fee contributes to the token's reserved bounty.
A buy reaches the 4.2 ETH net-principal threshold.
The hook marks graduation and assigns the full reserve to the trade's nominated beneficiary.
The beneficiary withdraw the available ETH.