Time-Locked Reward Vault Contract

[Mkalbani]

Location: contracts/reward_vault
Labels: smart-contract, soroban, good first issue
Estimated Time: 6 hours
Difficulty: Medium

Description

Create reward vaults with time-locks where players earn bonuses for committing to long-term hodling of tokens/NFTs.

Tasks

• Design time-lock vault structure
• Implement deposit with lock period selection
• Add bonus calculation based on lock duration
• Create early withdrawal with penalties
• Implement maturity date tracking
• Add automatic bonus distribution
• Create vault extension options
• Write vault flow tests
• Add emergency unlock (with penalty)
• Implement vault transfer (inheritance)

Acceptance Criteria

• Deposits locked for chosen period
• Bonuses increase with longer locks
• Early withdrawal penalized
• Maturity triggers full payout
• Extensions work correctly
• Contract deployed to testnet

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[Abidoyesimze]

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