# Collateral Collateral is not required for LingoPod rewards. However, if you choose to deposit collateral, you can receive different levels of rewards: 1. Option 1: No Collateral * Reward: 25% reward * Description: Miners can start mining without depositing any collateral. If there is no collateral, it will be counted as 0.25 work efficiency to receive the rewards. 2. Option 2: 8993000 $LINGOAI Collateral * Reward: Full reward * Description: Participants can choose to deposit 8993000 LINGOAI as collateral for one LingoPod. This will allow them to earn full reward for their efforts. The collateral can be withdrawn anytime after 30 days since the deposit, then the participant will be automatically switch back to Option 1. Assuming a benchmark of 1,000 people and calculating based on the full reward, the total release in the first year will be 8,993,000 tokens. Each person will receive an average of 1,528,810 tokens. The annualized yield for each year will be 17%. The amount of collateral required and the rewards may be adjusted based on the network size and token circulation via voting --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.lingoai.io/introduction/lingoai-token/collateral.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.