White Paper

Abstract
A decentralized approach to environmental monitoring can empower individuals to take part in addressing global noise and light pollution challenges while benefiting from economic incentives. Excessive noise and artificial light impact human health, wildlife behavior, and property value, yet current centralized solutions often fail to provide localized, actionable insights. Collaboration and distributed ownership are key to creating an accessible, scalable, and transparent solution.

The Polite Miner offers an innovative alternative: a decentralized environmental monitoring device that tracks real-time noise and light pollution levels. By contributing data to the Polite Network, participants help build a global dataset for research, urban planning, and conservation efforts, all while earning tokens on the Solana blockchain. The network's revenue model ensures equitable rewards, transparency, and sustainability. Together, we aim to revolutionize how environmental data is collected, shared, and utilized for the benefit of communities and ecosystems worldwide.

Introduction

Imagine a world where individuals actively monitor and mitigate environmental challenges, contributing to global efforts to reduce pollution while earning rewards. The Polite Miner makes this vision a reality by decentralizing environmental monitoring and empowering anyone to participate in building a healthier, more sustainable future.

The impacts of noise and light pollution are far-reaching. Prolonged exposure to noise above 70 dB can disrupt sleep, raise stress levels, and lead to chronic health problems. Meanwhile, artificial light alters ecosystems, affecting wildlife migration, reproduction, and growth. Traditional monitoring systems are costly, limited in coverage, and inaccessible to the average person.

The Polite Miner addresses these challenges by creating a network of decentralized sensors, enabling localized data collection and analysis. This network empowers individuals to monitor their environment, share insights with researchers and policymakers, and earn tokens as rewards.

The Polite Miner is not just a device—it’s a movement. By combining advanced sensing technology, blockchain-based rewards, and a user-friendly setup, it fosters a global community dedicated to improving environmental conditions.

The Environmental Challenge

Global noise and light pollution levels have escalated due to urbanization and industrial activity. Studies show that 83% of the world’s population lives under light-polluted skies, and over 100 million people in the U.S. alone are exposed to dangerous noise levels daily.

These environmental stressors affect not only human health but also wildlife and property values. Despite their significance, existing systems struggle to provide the real-time, localized data needed to address these issues effectively.

The Polite Miner Solution

The Polite Miner redefines environmental monitoring by offering:

  • Localized Data: Tracks noise levels (30–120 dB) and light intensity (1–10,000 lux) in real-time, providing actionable insights.
  • Decentralized Network: Builds a collaborative global dataset, free from centralized control, for research and urban planning.
  • Economic Incentives: Users earn tokens on the Solana blockchain, promoting active participation in the network.

Applications

  1. Urban Planning: Provides data for smarter zoning and infrastructure development.
  2. Wildlife Conservation: Tracks pollution impacts on ecosystems, aiding conservation efforts.
  3. Property Assessment: Helps buyers and sellers evaluate property value based on environmental factors.
  4. Community Advocacy: Empowers residents to push for changes in noise ordinances or lighting policies.

How It Works

  • Plug-and-Play: Simply plug the device into a standard wall outlet.
  • Real-Time Monitoring: Collects and shares data continuously through the Polite Network.
  • Blockchain Rewards: Participants earn tokens for data contributions, ensuring transparency and incentivization.

The Polite Miner disrupts traditional environmental monitoring systems with lower costs, faster deployment, and decentralized control. Join the Polite Network to earn rewards while contributing to a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable planet.

Tokenomics

The Polite Miner is a groundbreaking device designed to decentralize environmental monitoring by collecting noise and light pollution data. Leveraging the Solana blockchain, the Polite Miner rewards participants for their contributions while enabling researchers, urban planners, and businesses to access valuable data through tokenized credits. This ecosystem prioritizes transparency, fairness, and sustainability, encouraging participation while driving innovation in environmental advocacy and smart city planning.

Polite Token ($POLITE)

The Polite Network operates on $POLITE, a utility token designed to reward users for environmental data contributions and facilitate transactions within the ecosystem. Data collected by Polite Miners is tokenized, empowering individuals to generate rewards while helping organizations gain actionable insights.

Key Features:

  • Rewards are distributed based on network uptime and validated contributions.
  • Early participants and miners in underpopulated areas (hexes) receive higher rewards.
  • Supports the purchase of data credits, which are sold to rental companies, researchers, and urban planners.
  • Promotes decentralized environmental monitoring and data integrity.

Note: $POLITE tokens do not confer governance rights or ownership within the Polite Network, Polite Research, or its affiliates.

Environmental Monitoring Economy

The Polite Network incentivizes environmental monitoring with a decentralized, map-based reward system. Participants deploy Polite Miners in specific hexes on the map, contributing data that fuels research and innovation while earning rewards.

How It Works:

  1. Hex-Based Rewards: The world is divided into hexagonal zones. The first user to deploy a Polite Miner in a hex receives bonus rewards, incentivizing early adoption in underserved areas.
  2. Uptime and Reliability: Rewards are distributed among active miners within each hex. Higher uptime and data reliability ensure a larger share of rewards.
  3. Data Credits: Researchers, urban planners, and businesses purchase data credits to access aggregated pollution data. These credits are tied to the $POLITE token economy, ensuring a consistent demand for the network's asset.

Supply and Allocation

Total Supply: 8 billion $POLITE tokens.

Network Rewards Allocation

Token Emission

The Polite Network employs a halving mechanism to regulate token emissions, ensuring long-term sustainability. Rewards halve every 4 years, starting with 1,000,000 tokens per day in the first epoch. This controlled emission aligns with network growth while maintaining token value.

Hex Reward Math

  1. First Miner: Receives 100% of the hex rewards if alone in the hex.
  2. Second Miner: Splits the hex rewards 60/40, with the first miner maintaining a majority share.
  3. Additional Miners: Rewards are split proportionally as follows:

Reward Distribution Formula:
If n miners are in a hex:

  • First miner's share = 60n+1×n\frac{60}{n + 1} \times nn+160​×n %
  • Remaining rewards = 100−First miner’s share100 - \text{First miner's share}100−First miner’s share
  • Divide remaining rewards proportionally among other miners.

Example Reward Calculations for Hex Pool (20% of Total Emissions):

Example Scenarios with Tokens

If the total daily hex rewards are 10,000 $POLITE:

Token Emission Schedule

The Polite Network splits rewards into uptime-based rewards and location-based rewards (hex rewards). Initially, 80% of the pool is allocated for uptime rewards, and 20% for hex rewards. Over six years, the split gradually flips, with hex rewards increasing to 80% and uptime rewards decreasing to 20%.

Annual Reward Split Adjustment

Token Emission Breakdown

Example Uptime and Hex Reward Scenarios

Daily Uptime Rewards (80% of Total Rewards for Year 1):

  • Total Uptime Pool: 800,000 $POLITE/day.
  • Rewards are split proportionally among active miners based on uptime.

Hex Rewards (20% of Total Rewards for Year 1):

  • Total Hex Pool: 200,000 $POLITE/day.
  • Distributed according to the hex reward system described above.

By combining uptime and location-based rewards, the Polite Network ensures balanced incentives for both reliability and geographic coverage. This model encourages fair participation while promoting global adoption and environmental monitoring.