diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8978d01..f3a9f5a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.20.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.3.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.4.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/api v0.150.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/api v0.151.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine/v2 v2.0.5 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20231106174013-bbf56f31fb17 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b19b1b8..a84acc1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -491,14 +491,14 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0 h1:vsb/ggIY+hUjD/zCAQHpzTmndPqv/ml2ArbsbfBYTAc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0/go.mod h1:oUIGj3D77RwJdM6PPZImDpSZGDvkD9fhesHny69JFrs=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.20.0 h1:ZlrO8Hu9+GAhnepmRGhSU7/VkpjrNowxRN9GyKR4wzA=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.20.0/go.mod h1:90DRw3nfK4D7Sm/75yQ00gTJxtkBxX+wu6YaNymbpVM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0 h1:hzLeKBZEL7Okw2mGzZ0cc4k/A7Fta0uoPgaJCr8fsFc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0/go.mod h1:QZzNPQPm1zLX4gZK4cMi+71eaorMSGT3A4znnUvNNEo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 h1:tlYWfeo+Bocx5kLEloTjbcDwBuELRrIFxwdQ36PlJu4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0/go.mod h1:o1p3CA8nNHW8j5yuQLdc1eeqEaPfzug24uvsyIEJRWM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0 h1:Z1Ok1YsijYL0CSJpHt4cS3wDDh7p572grzNrBMiMWgE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0/go.mod h1:tMsIuKXuuIWPBAOrH+eHtvhTL+SntFtXF9QD68aP6p4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.20.0 h1:+yxVAPZPbQhbC3OfAkeIVTky6iTFpcr4SiY9om7mXSQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.20.0/go.mod h1:HJSK7F/hA5RlzpZ0zKDCHCDHm556LCDtKaAo6JmBFUU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 h1:WD9i5gzvoUPuXIXH24ZNBudiarZDKuekPqi/E8fpfLc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0/go.mod h1:LGbsEB0f9LGjN+OZaQQ26sohbOmiMR+BaslueVtS/qQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 h1:ZvwS0R+56ePWxUNi+Atn9dWONBPp/AUETXlHW0DxSjE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1 h1:NBol2c7O1ZokfZ0LEU9K6Whx/KnwvepVetCUhtKja4A=
@@ -763,8 +763,8 @@ google.golang.org/api v0.30.0/go.mod h1:QGmEvQ87FHZNiUVJkT14jQNYJ4ZJjdRF23ZXz513
 google.golang.org/api v0.35.0/go.mod h1:/XrVsuzM0rZmrsbjJutiuftIzeuTQcEeaYcSk/mQ1dg=
 google.golang.org/api v0.36.0/go.mod h1:+z5ficQTmoYpPn8LCUNVpK5I7hwkpjbcgqA7I34qYtE=
 google.golang.org/api v0.40.0/go.mod h1:fYKFpnQN0DsDSKRVRcQSDQNtqWPfM9i+zNPxepjRCQ8=
-google.golang.org/api v0.150.0 h1:Z9k22qD289SZ8gCJrk4DrWXkNjtfvKAUo/l1ma8eBYE=
-google.golang.org/api v0.150.0/go.mod h1:ccy+MJ6nrYFgE3WgRx/AMXOxOmU8Q4hSa+jjibzhxcg=
+google.golang.org/api v0.151.0 h1:FhfXLO/NFdJIzQtCqjpysWwqKk8AzGWBUhMIx67cVDU=
+google.golang.org/api v0.151.0/go.mod h1:ccy+MJ6nrYFgE3WgRx/AMXOxOmU8Q4hSa+jjibzhxcg=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.5.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
diff --git a/tokenomics/kyc.go b/tokenomics/kyc.go
index b3b6407..adf2b0e 100644
--- a/tokenomics/kyc.go
+++ b/tokenomics/kyc.go
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ func (r *repository) validateKYC(ctx context.Context, state *getCurrentMiningSes
 	}
 	switch state.KYCStepPassed {
 	case users.NoneKYCStep:
-		if !state.MiningSessionSoloLastStartedAt.IsNil() && r.isKYCEnabled(ctx, users.FacialRecognitionKYCStep) {
+		var (
+			atLeastOneMiningStarted = !state.MiningSessionSoloLastStartedAt.IsNil()
+			isReservedForToday      = r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay <= r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Max || int64((time.Now().Sub(*r.livenessLoadDistributionStartDate.Time)%r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay)/r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Max) == state.ID%int64(r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay/r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Max) //nolint:lll // .
+		)
+		if atLeastOneMiningStarted && isReservedForToday && r.isKYCEnabled(ctx, users.FacialRecognitionKYCStep) {
 			return terror.New(ErrKYCRequired, map[string]any{
 				"kycSteps": []users.KYCStep{users.FacialRecognitionKYCStep, users.LivenessDetectionKYCStep},
 			})
@@ -122,12 +126,12 @@ func (r *repository) validateKYC(ctx context.Context, state *getCurrentMiningSes
 			})
 		}
 	default:
-		isAfterDelay := time.Now().Sub(*(*state.KYCStepsLastUpdatedAt)[users.LivenessDetectionKYCStep-1].Time) >= r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay
-		isNetworkDelayAdjusted := time.Now().Sub(*(*state.KYCStepsLastUpdatedAt)[users.LivenessDetectionKYCStep-1].Time) >= r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Min
-		var isReservedForToday bool
-		if r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay > r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Max {
-			isReservedForToday = int64((time.Now().Sub(*r.livenessLoadDistributionStartDate.Time)%r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay)/r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Max) == state.ID%int64(r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay/r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Max) //nolint:lll // .
-		}
+		var (
+			timeSinceLivenessLastFinished = time.Now().Sub(*(*state.KYCStepsLastUpdatedAt)[users.LivenessDetectionKYCStep-1].Time)
+			isAfterDelay                  = timeSinceLivenessLastFinished >= r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay
+			isNetworkDelayAdjusted        = timeSinceLivenessLastFinished >= r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Min
+			isReservedForToday            = r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay > r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Max && int64((time.Now().Sub(*r.livenessLoadDistributionStartDate.Time)%r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay)/r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Max) == state.ID%int64(r.cfg.KYC.LivenessDelay/r.cfg.MiningSessionDuration.Max) //nolint:lll // .
+		)
 		if isNetworkDelayAdjusted && (isAfterDelay || isReservedForToday) && r.isKYCEnabled(ctx, users.LivenessDetectionKYCStep) {
 			return terror.New(ErrKYCRequired, map[string]any{
 				"kycSteps": []users.KYCStep{users.LivenessDetectionKYCStep},