How does the Reward Mechanism operate?

The Reward Mechanism operates on a multifaceted approach to evaluate weather stations for reward eligibility. It considers several key criteria:

• Connection Status and Wallet Ownership: Ensuring that a station is actively connected to the network and has an associated wallet is fundamental to eligibility.
• Quality-of-Data (QoD): The mechanism assesses the quality of the weather data provided by a station, assigning a score that reflects the reliability and usability of the data.
• Proof-of-Location (PoL): Evaluating the station's location accuracy, consistency, and alignment with the registered location. Frequent relocations result in a reduction of PoL score.
• Hardware-Classes (HC): Categorizing stations based on hardware capabilities, with the goal of awarding more tokens to stations with special capabilities, increased accuracy, or unique sensor types.
• Cell-Capacity (CP): Each cell has a predefined capacity, ensuring that rewards are distributed among a manageable number of stations within a specific cell.

This comprehensive evaluation ensures a nuanced and equitable reward system, where stations are recognized based on their connection stability, data quality, accurate location proof, hardware capabilities, and adherence to network capacity.