The Basics

When a user deposits PSTN to add fuel to their gas tank, they will receive 1% daily returns for up to 365% of the amount in the tank. The amount for this calculation includes new tokens deposited as well as tokens compounded using the Nitro button.

How is This a Race?

Where the goal of real-world race car drivers is to be the fastest around the track, the goal of Piston users is to accelerate their earnings by…

Can I Exit the Race?

YES! While many projects require you to permanently forfeit any deposits, you have seven days from the start of your race to fully exit the protocol, if you wish.

However, this will require you to forfeit any pending / unclaimed rewards.

Here’s how exiting works:

If the price of PSTN has gone down during the time you’ve been in Piston, then upon exiting you will receive the same number of PSTN that you have deposited, minus rewards and subject to tax, but the USD value of the base amount will have gone down along with the price of PSTN.

If instead the price of PSTN has gone up during this time, then upon exiting you will receive fewer PSTN, also minus rewards received and subject to tax, but the base amount will have the same USD value as the sum of any PSTN deposits you have made up to that point, based on the price of PSTN at the time of deposit.

INCENTIVES

To incentivize a consistent inflow of value into the system, a distinction is made between new deposits and compounds / indirect rewards from one’s downline, as follows: The total amount in the gas tank can never go higher than five times the amount of deposits into your gas tank.

So if, for example, you deposit 100 PSTN, and then you compound daily using the Nitro function until the total amount in your tank is 500 PSTN...

• Your tank is now full.

• Your max payout at 1% per day is 1825 PSTN (500 * 3.65)

• Further compounding will be unavailable, and boosts will not be received from the transaction fees of your Pit Crew.

To re-enable compounding and receiving rewards from your downline at this point, it will be necessary to make a new deposit of PSTN. This can be done in one of two ways:

1. First claiming and then redepositing PSTN into the protocol (which benefits the system through taxes)

2. Making an entirely new purchase of PSTN and depositing it

To incentivize bringing in new users through a network of referrals, PSTN can be used to access rewards from your downline (Pit Crew) to a maximum of 15 levels.

There are two places where you can deposit PSTN in the Piston site:

1. Your gas tank, which enables you to receive 1% ROI per day on the total amount

2. The Pit Crew Boost system

What is the benefit of depositing PSTN into the Pit Crew Boost system? It allows you to receive Boosts of PSTN from the Nitro and deposit fees of users in your downline (aka your Pit Crew). Pit Crew Boosts will go directly into your gas tank.

Note: You get access to Boosts from more levels of your downline depending on the USD value (at the time of deposit) of the PSTN deposited there.

• Why base it on the USD value? Because we want everyone to be able to expand their network even when the value of PSTN increases.

• Using this approach, $100 worth of PSTN will allow you to receive Boosts from direct referrals in your Pit Crew whether one PSTN costs $10 or $500.

We are particularly pleased with how this system keeps the benefit of network referrals affordable for everyone, even as token prices rise

How do these Pit Crew levels work?

• The first level consists of your direct referrals (people who used your referral code to join the Piston project).

• The second level consists of people referred by your direct referrals.

• The third level consists of people referred by your second level.

• And so on, down to a maximum of 15 levels.

Airdrops

You can airdrop all of your direct referrals (level 1 of your Pit Crew) at once, and the designated amount will be distributed evenly among them. You can also airdrop any Piston user if you have their wallet address or nickname. An airdrop will be deposited directly into the gas tank of the recipient.