# What happend to the pyaout for Dec and Jan

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/what-happend-to-the-pyaout-for-dec-and-jan/11646>\
**Category:** Node Operators\
**Tags:** payouts\
**Created:** [February 8, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/what-happend-to-the-pyaout-for-dec-and-jan/11646 "2021-02-08T15:16:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/what-happend-to-the-pyaout-for-dec-and-jan/11646/8 "2021-02-09T08:51:24Z")

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> [@max-was-here](#):
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> Communication about the minimum amount for a month’s payout would be nice, I understand it’s in relation to transaction fees, but communicating a clear threshold for a month would be helpful for everyone so we won’t have to do some guesswork.

> [@Feb. 8 Update on SNO Payouts and High Ethereum Gas Prices](https://forum.storj.io/t/feb-8-update-on-sno-payouts-and-high-ethereum-gas-prices/11654/3):
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> One concrete followup - the threshold for the payouts going out now is $69.62. Here’s how we calculated this: The median gas price from the last 12 hours is 278 GWei. Looking over the last 8 days, today looks like the best day since the 1st. STORJ token transactions cost a variety of different Gas amounts, depending on circumstances like whether the destination has received STORJ before. Gas can be as high as 51508, but could be as low as 36496. For the purposes of calculating a minimum, we ass…

> [@max-was-here](#):
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> Same thing about the payout date, it always seems arbitrary… what actually triggers the payout? Is it the mood of the team or waiting for a specific phase of the moon? Or worse, betting on a Storj price raise to pay less token? Just saying, being clearer on how you decide to pay at a specific time would remove those doubt, or better fix it in time, or even better bake it in a smart contract.

The satellites should complete invoicing and include all orders from storagenodes, so they are waiting at least 48-96 hours for storagenodes to complete orders, then invoicing to the customers, then reporting for payout and finally - start of payout (preferable during workdays).  
The payout period is the first two weeks of each month.  
The price of the token doesn’t matter and doesn’t considered in the payout script as a trigger, you are paid in USD denominated in STORJ tokens on payout date (every 5 minutes intervals).

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