Council members are entitled to the node fees and node reward payments that they earn as node hosts for processing transactions on the Hedera network. Until February 2021, if node reward payments do not equal at least $25,000 per member, per year, Hedera will pay each Council Member a make-whole fee, in cash or coins, to offset the cost of running a node.
Council members are not otherwise entitled to distributions from Hedera. Council members are also not entitled to any proceeds upon a sale or dissolution of Hedera, nor do they enjoy any ownership rights to the hbar held in Hedera’s treasury account.