ndau holders are given the opportunity to earn additional ndau through Ecosystem Alignment Incentives or EAI. Technically, EAI incentives are available only to those holders operating or contracting a node. ndau held for longer than 30 days may be awarded an incentive of ndau at a rate of 2 percent on an annualized basis. As ndau is held longer, this base rate increases in 1 percent increments each additional month up to 9 months, at which EAI base rate is capped 10 percent thereafter. Holders can take advantage of an additional bonus by locking ndau over a specified period of time.