Understanding IPRC Rewards: Boost Your Starch Mining with Smart Delegation

Welcome, miner. If you’ve already started mining $STRCH on StarchChain or are thinking about it, you may have come across something called IPRC rewards. It’s short for Inverse Potato Reverse Curve, and while the name is delightfully absurd, the mechanism is actually quite clever.

Let’s break it down.

What Is the Inverse Potato Reverse Curve (IPRC)?

The IPRC is a bonus reward system that incentivizes ADA delegation to underrepresented Cardano pools.

TL;DR: Delegate to smaller pools, earn more $STRCH.

It’s Starch’s way of promoting decentralization on the Cardano network — and rewarding miners who support it.

Proof-of-Attendance in StarchChain is a lightweight, fair-first consensus mechanism where miners earn rewards simply by being present with a valid Miner NFT — no hash wars, no validator voting games.

In short:

🧠 You earn $STRCH not by outcomputing everyone — but by being there.

How It Works

1. You mine as usual: Check in with your Miner NFT.
2. You delegate ADA: Choose a StarchPool on the Cardano network.
3. You must delegate from the same wallet that holds your Miner NFT: This is required to receive IPRC rewards.
4. You must delegate at least 100 ADA: This is the minimum to be eligible for IPRC rewards

5. The IPRC kicks in:

• Pools with fewer total ADA delegated get higher IPRC multipliers.
• Pools with more total ADA get smaller IPRC rewards.

The bonus is automatically calculated based on:

• Which pool it’s delegated to and that pool’s rewards.
• The current state of delegation among the StarchPools.

Why It Matters

• Promotes healthy decentralization
• Rewards smaller pools instead of just the biggest players
• Boosts miner earnings without needing extra hardware or effort
• Creates synergy between Cardano and Starch ecosystems

Even if you’re not deep into staking strategies, the takeaway is simple:

Delegate your ADA to a smaller pool, and you could earn more $STRCH when you mine.

How to Get Started

1. Hold ADA in a wallet like Eternl, Nami, or Lace.

2. Choose a smaller, underdelegated pool you trust — Starch pools can be found on the starch.one homepage.

3. Delegate at least 100 ADA from the same wallet that holds your Miner NFT.

4. Check in your Miner NFT as usual.

Done. You’re now eligible for IPRC rewards.

Pro Tips

• You don’t need to delegate a huge amount — but you must delegate at least 100 ADA to qualify.
• You must mine and delegate from the same wallet to receive IPRC bonuses.
• The IPRC reward is determined solely by the stake pool’s saturation level, not how much ADA you delegate.

Final Thoughts

IPRC is optional, but powerful.

It’s the kind of win-win mechanism that makes Starch unique: support decentralization, earn more rewards, and help keep Cardano healthy in the process.

So don’t just check in — check smart.

Learn more or start mining at starch.one

For help picking a pool or setting up delegation, ask the community in Discord or ping us on X: @abstractpotato / @tubertive

Stay crispy, stay decentralized 🥔