Ozzy from Pons shared three updates: • **Buyback and burn automation:** Anyone can trigger the bot and earn a small reward. This has been the case since the contract was deployed, not something new starting today. • **New rhythm:** Every 7 days, funds are automatically claimed, spent over the next 7 days, and then the cycle repeats. The interface will be split into two sections: the Active Buyback Vault for ongoing buybacks, and the funds reserved for the next week. It's the same pool of money split into two phases, not a doubled budget. • **Burn rate:** Still at 2 ETH per hour. The Splitter currently holds about $950,000, and according to Ozzy, this rate aligns perfectly with the 7-day cycle. $950,000 divided by 7 days equals roughly $136,000 per day, which is in the same ballpark as the community's previous estimate of around $120,000 daily slow burn. **Implications for PONS:** Previously, the bottleneck was in escrow claims (he mentioned in September that claims were handled via multisig), with funds piling up in escrow while the distributor sat empty, slowing down the burn. If the chain truly automates claims every 7 days and spends funds hourly, the team can no longer use "under evaluation" as an excuse to hold back already accrued fees. Cash flow remains unchanged. The burn cap is still limited by the rate at which launchpad fees flow into the Splitter. As Ozzy mentioned during the HOOD summit interview, current off-season daily revenue is approximately $200,000–$300,000, with the majority of it allocated to buybacks. Now that the pipeline is open, the money already earned will be spent weekly. What needs to be verified in the coming week: whether the approximately $1.44 million enters the Active Buyback Vault, whether the hourly burn rate approaches 2 ETH, and whether the next claim cycle automatically occurs two weeks later. If everything checks out, then the promises are fulfilled; if not, the automation narrative will struggle to gain the community's trust.