# Longterm Interest Cycle (LIC)

In order to maintain sustainability and future growth, we have introduced a Longterm Interest Cycle (LIC) component which will award $BackstabDoge token holders with continued compound interest in perpetuity.

Each Interest Cycle is 12 minutes in length and is referred to as an **EPOCH**.&#x20;

There are 43,800 EPOCH's in 1 year.

**EPOCH 1 - 43,800:** 0.01933% every EPOCH **(First 12 Months)**

**EPOCH 43,801 - 65,700:** 0.00173% every EPOCH **(Next 6 months)**

**EPOCH 65,701 - 306,600:** 0.00012% every EPOCH **(Next 5.5 Years)**

**EPOCH 306,601 +:** 0.00002% every EPOCH **(In Perpetuity until max supply is reached)**
