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July 2026: Scout Incentives & Migration to the New Hidden Voting Court

July 2026: Scout Incentives & Migration to the New Hidden Voting Court

July keeps the Scout incentive parameters unchanged, while introducing an important update for the dispute resolution layer of the Scout registries.

Starting July 13th, 2026, the main Scout registries will move to the newly created xDai Curation Court with Hidden Voting, following the approval of KIP-87.

1. Incentives

Explorer Tagging Requirement (ATR and Token)

In order to be rewarded, entries on Address Tag Registry and Token Registry must not already be tagged on the respective block explorer:

Ethereum Mainnet → etherscan.io
Avalanche C Chain → snowscan.xyz
zkSync → era.zksync.network
Scroll → scrollscan.com
Gnosis → gnosisscan.io
Celo → celoscan.io
Base → basescan.org
Linea → lineascan.build
Solana → solscan.io
Arbitrum One → arbiscan.io
OP Mainnet → optimistic.etherscan.io
Polygon → polygonscan.com
megaETH → mega.etherscan.io

Notes: CDN entries are not subject to this requirement.

Even if your ATR or Token Registry entry is not eligible for rewards, don’t worry. If it meets the policy criteria, it will still be accepted. Every valid contribution helps strengthen the ecosystem.

2. Incentives Parameters

Address Tag Registry (ATR)

Pool: 100,000 PNK (93,000 for submissions; 7,000 for removals)
Max reward per successful submission: 500 PNK
Max reward per successful removal: 500 PNK

ERC20, ERC721, and EIP-1167 submissions remain excluded from incentives, but they are still accepted if compliant.

Submissions:

reward_per_submission = reward_pool * ((1 / (2 * total_submissions)) +(txns_with_contract / (2 * total_txns_with_all_contracts)))

Removals:

reward_per_removal = reward_pool / total_removals

Kleros Tokens Registry

Pool: 100,000 PNK (93,000 for submissions; 7,000 for removals)
Max reward per successful submission: 500 PNK
Max reward per successful removal: 500 PNK

Solana tokens must have at least 5,000 holders to be eligible.

Submissions:

reward_per_submission = ( (token_tx / total_txns_with_all_contracts) * 0.1 * reward_pool ) +( (sqrt(token_tx) / sum_sqrt_total_txns_with_all_contracts) * 0.9 * reward_pool )

Removals:

reward_per_removal = reward_pool / total_removals

CDN Registry

Pool: 100,000 PNK (93,000 for submissions; 7,000 for removals)
Max reward per successful submission: 500 PNK
Max reward per successful removal: 500 PNK

All compliant submissions are rewarded.

Submissions:

reward_per_submission = reward_pool * ((1 / (2 * total_submissions)) +(txns_with_contract / (2 * total_txns_with_all_contracts)))

Removals:

reward_per_removal = reward_pool / total_removals

Address Tag Queries (ATQ)

Submissions pool: 60,000 PNK (max 3,000 PNK per submission)
Removals pool: 6,500 PNK (max 500 PNK per removal)
Eligible chains: All

Formula, valid for both submissions and removals:

reward = reward_pool / successful_requests

Transaction Data Refinements

Solana normalization: transaction counts are adjusted to better align with EVM chains, preventing inflated activity from dominating the distribution.

Failed transaction filtering: thanks to improved APIs, failed transactions are not counted as successful activity.

3. Scout Registries Moving to the Hidden Voting Court

Following the approval of KIP-87, the Scout registries will move to the newly created xDai Curation Court with Hidden Voting on July 13th, 2026.

The affected registries are:

  • Address Tag Registry
  • Kleros Token Registry
  • Contract Domain Name Registry
  • Address Tag Query Registry

The proposal passed through governance and can be reviewed here:
https://snapshot.box/#/s:kleros.eth/proposal/0xded610e49a6e708cdf6f6042f5d196cee68413b7947bc60c95ee005b6a9dac15

Why this change matters

The goal of this migration is to improve the fairness and integrity of disputes.

With hidden voting, jurors commit to their vote before seeing how others voted. This helps reduce vote influence and encourages more independent decision-making.

In practice, this should benefit all parties involved in disputes:

  • Submitters get a fairer review process
  • Challengers benefit from more independent juror reasoning
  • Jurors are less exposed to vote herding

This is an important step for Scout and Curate as dispute activity grows and the registries become more relevant for partners and users.

Important reminder for jurors

If you want to keep receiving future arbitration opportunities for Scout registry disputes, please move your stake to the new xDai Curation Court with Hidden Voting before the migration deadline.

Deadline: July 13th, 2026

Link to court: https://court.kleros.io/courts

TL;DR

  • Incentive parameters remain unchanged for July.
  • Explorer tagging requirement remains unchanged for ATR and Token.
  • On July 13th, 2026, Scout registries will move to the new xDai Curation Court with Hidden Voting.
  • The affected registries are ATR, Kleros Token, CDN, and ATQ.
  • Hidden voting is designed to reduce vote influence and improve dispute fairness.
  • Jurors should move their stake before the deadline to keep receiving future arbitration opportunities.