The Earning Formula
The math behind your earnings.
Everything in Cash City's economy flows from one formula. Understanding it is the difference between playing casually and playing optimally.
The Formula
Your Earnings = (Your Total Efficiency / Network Total Efficiency) × Epoch EmissionsThat's it. Your share of each epoch's $CASH distribution equals your share of the network's total Efficiency. If you control 1% of the network's Efficiency, you earn 1% of emissions.
Breaking It Down
Your Total Efficiency
This is the sum of all Efficiency generated by your operation:
Every seated Intern contributes its base Efficiency (100 for Common through 20,000 for Mythic)
Advisor boosts multiply your total by their percentage
Active consumables temporarily boost individual Intern Efficiency
Example: 8 seated Interns averaging 600 Efficiency each = 4,800 base Efficiency With a Rare Advisor (+5%) = 5,040 total Efficiency
Network Total Efficiency
The combined Efficiency of every player in the game. This number grows as more players join, buy packs, and seat Interns. It's the denominator in the formula — and it's always moving.
Epoch Emissions
The fixed pool of $CASH is distributed every 15 minutes. At 10,000,000 daily emissions, each epoch distributes approximately 104,167 $CASH.
Worked Example
Suppose you have 50,000 total Efficiency and the network has 5,000,000 total Efficiency:
Now suppose 1,000 new players join and the network Efficiency doubles to 10,000,000:
Your absolute Efficiency didn't change, but your share halved because the network grew. This is why the emission scaling model (increasing total emissions as firms grow) exists — it counteracts this dilution at the macro level while keeping the competitive dynamics intact.
What This Means Strategically
The proportional model creates several important dynamics:
Growth is survival. Standing still while the network grows means your earnings shrink. Every player has incentive to keep reinvesting.
Efficiency per $CASH matters. At 200 $CASH per Intern Pack with an expected value of ~600 Efficiency, each token spent translates to a predictable (if variable) return rate. The optimal play is always the action that adds the most Efficiency per $CASH burned.
Timing matters. Early in the game's life, when the network is small, each unit of Efficiency represents a larger share. Players who establish early get a compounding advantage as their Efficiency share translates to more $CASH, which they reinvest into even more Efficiency.
Whales are visible. Since everything is proportional, a player with 1,000,000 Efficiency in a network of 10,000,000 is earning 10% of all emissions. The leaderboard isn't just a vanity metric — it's a direct readout of earnings share.
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