Tezos Reward Distributor (TRD)

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DISCLAIMER : TEZOS REWARD DISTRIBUTOR IS PROVIDED AS IS. IT IS UNDER CONSTANT DEVELOPMENT. EVENT THOUGH IT IS WELL TESTED, PLEASE USE IT WITH CARE. ALWAYS MAKE A PRE-RUN IN DRY MODE BEFORE MAKING ACTUAL PAYMENTS. IF YOU WANT TO RUN IN SERVICE MODE DO IT AFTER YOU ARE CONFIDENT WITH THE APPLICATION. IN SERVICE MODE ONLY UPDATE IF NEEDED.

PRIVACY : TEZOS REWARD DISTRIBUTOR COLLECTS ANONYMOUS STATISTICS. PLEASE READ OUR STATISTICS POLICY FOR MORE INFORMATION.

What’s TRD?

TRD is an open-source software for distributing delegation rewards from bakers to delegators. This is a full scale application which can continuously run in the background as a Linux service. However it does not have to be used as a service, but it can also be used interactively. The tool convinces with its simplicity and yet leaves no configuration wish unfulfilled. Whether minimum delegation threshold, or special fees for some delegators - the TRD covers just about all possible constellations. Furthermore, the tool supports complex payments, pays in batches. It uses TzKT API as backend. TRD is developed and tested extensively by the community and the source code which can be found in the following Github repo.

Since 2024, Tezos offers two kind of rewards: delegating rewards and [staking rewards](https://news.tezoscommons.org/stake-and-l-earn-a-beginners-guide-to-the-new-tezos-staker-role-7ff1cf2fc8ce). TRD pays out delegation rewards. Staking rewards are paid by the protocol, and TRD does not concern itself with them.

Who needs TRD?

The TRD is needed by bakers who want to pay delegation rewards. There are a few payout tools available in the Tezos ecosystem. However, the TRD is probably the most used open source payout tool by bakers. It ranges from small bakers with a couple of delegators to large bakers with more than thousand delegators. The maintainers strive to keep up with the growing Tezos ecosystem. This in turn enables TRD users to participate in the exploration of new business areas like baking for liquidity pools or DAOs.

In 2024, another popular payout distribution software is [TezPay](https://github.com/tez-capital/tezpay).

What else do you need for TRD?

There are currently the following options to run TRD:

  1. If you want to inject your own transactions, at least a Tezos rolling node is needed.

  2. If you don’t want to inject your own transactions, only the Tezos signer is needed.

However, for all options the Tezos signer is needed.

TzKT

The backend of the Tezos Reward Distributor is Powered by TzKT API under the following terms:

TzKT API is free for everyone and for both commercial and non-commercial usage.

If your application or service uses the TzKT API in any forms: directly on frontend or indirectly on backend, you should mention that fact on your website or application by placing the label “Powered by TzKT API” with a direct link to tzkt.io.

Funding

TRD is an open source, GPL licensed project. It is maintained by various community members.