By giles Link to model
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1ASb1d50fCqK5hIhukmKpuckGVgICATV_/htmlview
Download model
https://gilesmorris.me/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/radix-bare.xlsx
My last post on this subject looked at the “budgeting” for the radix network, taking the ecosystem as a whole.
This approach does not take into account “selfish stakeholders’ and so assumes that some large bag holders would be willing to donate rewards to the DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation) to fund it.
The stablecoin treasury reserve – repurposed.
However, I was reminded of the xrd 2 billion reserve that the foundation owned that was originally meant as a stablecoin reserve.
This should largely be intact.
So I revisited my spreadsheet taking the staking rewards only on xrd 2 billion to see if the radix DAO could “wash its face” (cover basic actual costs).
Staking rewards on xrd 2 billion equate to circa $9k/mth at the current price of circa 0.00093 xrdusd.
Assumptions
Assuming mainnet validators are cut to 20, the testnet remains operational, market maker expenditure is severely curtailed, and there is no funded development and no paid staff, the answer appears to be yes, the network can wash its face.
The radix network can survive on a shoestring budget.