# Protocol Fee Hord charges 10% of the rewards generated from the Hord staking pool validators. The fee is applied by periodically minting hETH proportional to the rewards owed. These fees are used to fund node operation, overhead costs, and revenue share for HORD token holders. --- # 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.hord.fi/hord-eth-staking/protocol-fee.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.