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# Funder rewards
Funder rewards are a source of income for Updraft participants. They allow people who create or support good Ideas to earn--even if they don't implement the Idea themselves.
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When an Idea or Solution offers a funder reward, you will see a gift 🎁 icon followed by a percentage. The percentage is the amount of each contribution that goes to previous contributors.
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## Funder reward amount
When someone creates an Idea, the funder reward is set to 10% by default.
When someone drafts a Solution, they can choose any percentage for the funder reward. Their choice creates a balance between allowing funders to earn and directly funding the Solution.
## Paying the fee
If an Idea or Solution has a funder reward, you will pay that amount as a % fee when you make a contribution. It will be automatically deducted from your contribution transaction.
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Contributions in the first *cycle* of a new Idea or Solution (usually the first 12 hours) don't pay a Funder Reward fee. Idea creators also don't pay this fee.
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## Determining earnings
How much you earn depends on three factors.
* The size of your contribution compared to other contributions.
* How much time passed since you made your contribution.
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Earning potential increases linearly with each *cycle.* A cycle is a time period used for calculating rewards. Each cycle lasts 12 hours.
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Contributors in the same cycle earn at the same rate, proportional to their contribution. This prevents *front-running,* where an attacker pays extra network fees to put a transaction ahead of another one after they've seen it.
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* How much is contributed after your contribution.
### For supporting Ideas
After you've supported an idea, you can see your *position* in that Idea, which tells you how much you've earned after subtracting the fees you paid.
Idea position
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As a general rule, if more support is added to an Idea after your contribution than was added before, you will earn a profit.
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### For funding Solutions
When you fund a Solution, part of your contribution goes to the Solution Fund and part of it goes to past contributors as funder rewards. These appear as "fees" in your Solution position.
Solution position
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You will start to earn funder rewards in the next cycle (12 hours).
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You can collect funder rewards from the Solution page as you earn them.
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