Community programs
FORUM programs recognize participation, contributions and the infrastructure that keeps the platform running.
FORUM for participation in polls
We are preparing a program that rewards participation in platform polls with FORUM. Rewards will depend on confirmed participation, never on which answer you choose.
Conditions
- Planned eligibility: a verified V2 account.
- Count unique, confirmed votes in eligible polls during the announced program period.
- Exclude cancelled, duplicate, test and spam votes.
- Planned payout: the highest level reached, with a per-wallet cap for each program period.
The launch date, qualifying polls, thresholds, FORUM amounts and campaign budget will be published here before the program opens. Rewards are not accruing yet.
Explore the feedNew registrations
Paid once, for proving you are a unique human with an NFC passport. The amount falls as the network fills, so verifying early is worth more. 40% arrives when you claim, 60% once you have taken part in anything.
| Verified humans | Each |
|---|---|
| 1 – 10,000 | 1,000 |
| 10,001 – 50,000 | 500 |
| 50,001 – 150,000 | 250 |
| 150,001 – 1,000,000 | 100 |
One million verified humans exhaust this pool exactly. After that, verifying earns nothing here — only on the other programmes.
Node operators
Program pool105,000,000 FORUM
Post an ETH bond, then get paid for verified work: publishing votes, uptime, catching faults. Priced per unit of work, never by the size of the bond.
- Bond to join: 1.6 ETH to watch, 8 ETH to publish batches or relay, 32 ETH to coordinate
- The bond is in ETH, not FORUM, so it can be posted before FORUM has a market
- 105,000,000 FORUM over 36 months — about 2,916,667 a month across every operator
- Paid monthly, in arrears, once the epoch has been scored
- Half of every reward locks for six months
- No operator takes more than 15% of a month; proven faults lose the bond
Paid when: Verified infrastructure work, every epoch
Testnet contributors
Program pool84,000,000 FORUM
For the people who broke the network before real users could. The first testnet is paid backwards, from a snapshot of what people actually did.
- Season 0 closed on 30 August 2026 and is being paid now
- Dates for the next season are announced separately
- Paid backwards, from a snapshot taken after a season closes
- Scored on what you actually did, not on when you joined
Paid when: A snapshot of the testnet that already ran
Who receives the first airdrop.
The first airdrop covers 2,180 users from the testnet snapshot. The initial transfer goes only to the 194 wallets that have already moved to V2. To receive your allocation, complete the migration to V2; until then, it waits for you and is not redistributed.
- Under 10 posts2,000
- 10 to 49 posts5,000
- 50 posts or more10,000
- Donated ETH or USDT to any V2 wallet+3,000 bonus
You do not need to claim the tokens manually. After you migrate to V2, they will be sent to your V2 wallet automatically. Until then, your allocation remains reserved for you and is not redistributed. The tokens will be locked in your wallet, and transfers will be disabled.
Honest limitation: this snapshot counts posts and donations. Votes could not be recovered from the public feed, so someone who voted often but posted once lands in the first band.
Community programs
91,000,000 FORUMOne pool: referrals, the one-time claim for people who were here before the token existed, community prizes, and the votes and posts programmes when they open. The rules for each are announced separately.
Rules that hold across every program
Never paid for a vote direction.
Participation and verifiable work earn rewards. Choosing “yes” does not.
One verified human, one claim.
The same check gates every program. A second wallet earns nothing.
Every program has a cap.
Unspent budget never moves to the team, to backers, or anywhere else.
Nothing is sold.
The only way to get FORUM is to take part.
Program sizes are governance parameters, not commitments to any individual. They can change, and every distribution is published.
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