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# The Reward & Compete Principle

Since the goal of the Trac Network is to become the fastest finalizing Crypto network, it is of upmost importance that validators and app deployers provide sufficient performance:

* Their nodes must have as little downtimes as possible.
* Their network connectivity must be sufficient.

To achieve this, the rewards are generous but are only granted under the rules of competition:

* Apps & users may choose validators individually if necessary to get transactions validated.
  * This is akin to broadcast transactions into the Mempool of specific mining pools of Bitcoin for example.
  * Leads to validators trying to achieve the best performance and compete with each other over availability and quality.
  * Individual license identities can be grouped into pools, opening market opportunities for validator pools.
  * ⇒ Creates an open and fair validator-to-user (b2c) market.
* Validators may decide to help validating an app network and compete with each other over the most successful apps for earning additional rewards.
* App deployers may ask the best validators to help validating their apps in return for further rewards.
* ⇒ Creates an open validator-to-deployer (b2b) market and unlocks more incentives.
* Users may choose an app over their overall availability and quality, as well and contribute heavily to the success of an app.
* ⇒ Creates a true consumer market on app level (b2c).