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[Mak @brelgino]

Manifesto: How NOT to Run a Rewards Program

(MetaMask case)

If you publicly announce a rewards program with a fixed USD value, clear dates, and explicit numbers, you are no longer running an experiment. You are making a commitment.

- @MetaMask publicly communicated that the rewards pool would be $30M
- That number shaped user behavior, activity, and opportunity cost

1. What went wrong:
- Team members of the MetaMask stated in Discord (Consensys) that the rewards pool was allocated at the start of Season 1 (Oct 28, 2025)
- Season ended 2 weeks ago, results are still being calculated
- During this time, LINEA price collapsed from ~$0.0145 (28 Oct) to ~$0.0036 (5 Feb)
- A ~4x drawdown turned a $30M rewards pool into ~$7.5M

As of today:
- No tokens have been distributed
- No onchain proof exists of what was actually reserved

But goal no clarity whether users will receive:
- $30M equivalent (≈8.33B LINEA)
- or $7.5M equivalent (≈2.08B LINEA)

They are 4x differences in user outcomes

2. Why this is a trust failure
Users did not optimize for “number of tokens”
They optimized for $30M in value, exactly as MetaMask communicated publicly

If the final distribution is closer to $7.5M than $30M, then:
- Users were effectively misled
- Activity was farmed under false economic expectations
- Trust was monetized and then diluted by market timing

From a moral and reputational standpoint, that is a much larger loss than any treasury drawdown

3. The obvious fix (that others already learned)
If you announce rewards in USD terms:
- Buy tokens close to the end of the season, not 100 days before
- Or top up the pool to honor the promised USD equivalent

We have already seen this lesson play out:
- OpenSea publicly committed to fixed ETH/ARB/OP reward pools
- When market conditions moved, they added USDC to close the gap
- Eventually they switched entirely to stablecoin-denominated rewards to avoid this exact problem

That is how you protect user trust

Buying $30M worth of tokens 100 days before final results, only to distribute ~$8M worth after a market crash, is indefensible. Buying the same amount this week would have resulted in:
- Significantly more tokens
- ~4x higher user rewards
- Zero controversy

4. Final note
This is not the first time this mistake has happened in crypto. Which is exactly why it is unacceptable to see it repeated by a team of this size and experience

If you work in Web3 and run incentive programs:
> Do not anchor users to USD values you are not prepared to honor
> Do not shift market risk onto your most active users
> Do not stay silent when expectations and reality diverge

MetaMask should publish:
> Full transparency on the rewards allocation
> Clear confirmation of the final USD-equivalent value
> And, if necessary, top up the pool to reach the promised $30M

Anything less permanently damages trust
And trust, once broken, does not recover on the next season

[parser @evmparser]

@realRoberto38 any news for testers?

[Zun @Zun2025]

I am really happy to announce that my Antidrain wallet extension is now finally published on Chrome Web Store after multiple tries and changes in code.

🔗 Link : https://t.co/q4i3PN9xpW

Now victims can directly download from Chrome Web Store, can trust more as it is already verified by Chrome Web Store, and no more downloading from GitHub which most of you often found difficult.

Note : If you have not logged in to the Chrome Web Store you might see not available because I marked this extension as mature content.

Appreciate if you rate this extension on Chrome Web Store!

Disclaimer : This software is provided “as is”, without warranty. Rescue success is not guaranteed and may fail due to drainer activity, network conditions, or misconfiguration. You are responsible for the security and handling of private keys. This tool is intended ONLY for recovering assets from wallets you own or are authorized to use. Unauthorized use is illegal and unethical.

[Zun @Zun2025]

Last night, I saw this tweet about Flush Rewarder of Aztec Network.

Anyone can earn 100 $AZTEC per epoch just by calling the flushEntryQueue() function whenever there is a flushable validator.

So, I set up a basic bot on my VPS with regular RPC, no premium setup or anything. And within few hrs, I have already accumulated 900 $AZTEC.

It is not about the money really. It is about the game. You are racing against other people's bots, trying to optimize timing and execution. Kinda addicting tbh.

If you are into this sort of thing, might be worth checking out. Here is the forum post explaining how it works: https://t.co/wTvzGnzpk8

[Amin @Amin_3X]

Did you know you can earn AZTEC tokens by calling a single contract function on Ethereum L1?

Read my post on the Flush Rewarder
https://t.co/20j2RGYVmb

[Chuks @Chuksdakingz]

🧩 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝙰𝚙𝚙 𝚊𝚕𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚜

1/ join baseApp $2M campaign
- links in the comments
- install base app
- create a wallet on the app

- click the link here and create a baseapp account
- make a trade of $1+ on baseapp
- hold at least $5 till dec 21st (snapshot day)

2/ publish your base mini app online
- from my last guide the base mini app we create is not properly indexed (another user cannot see it from the miniapp store)

- go to your farcaster developer menu
- click on your miniapp
- click on manifests

- copy the domain and post it as a cast on farcaster
- now your miniapp is fully indexed and can be used by anyone

[Chuks @Chuksdakingz]

🧩a detailed guide to vibe coding a @base mini app

requirements:
- base mini app
- desktop and mobile

guide below 🧵

[parser @evmparser]

@billions_ntwk @wonnie When is $BILL?

[Andrew 10 GWEI @Andrey_10gwei]

Linea Crime Season or More Than $50 Million Extracted by @LineaBuild Through Lies

That every web3 team is selling tokens to the market—that's nothing new. It's business and companies need to earn money somehow.

But the way Linea did it - that's the pinnacle of hypocrisy and borders on outright fraud - lies and market deception to sell 3.89% of the total $LINEA token supply.

Like and retweet to give this maximum exposure.

Linea Crime Season - all the details in this thread!
--->>>

[parser @evmparser]

@morsyxbt @AleoHQ

[parser @evmparser]

Finally understanding why fintechs are going crypto thanks to @SeismicSys :)

New markets, international payments, liquidity bootstrapping - it all makes sense now. Brookwell app launched from stealth in October, and a16z crypto just led their $10M raise (Fortune covered it).

Can't wait for the @lyronctk podcast on privacy-enabled blockchain infrastructure.

#Web3 #FinTech #Privacy

[parser @evmparser]

Just caught up with @EspressoSys and the vision is wild :)

@jillgun on crosschain orderbooks that tap ALL liquidity across chains - no more fragmented markets!

@benafisch showing how web apps become appchains overnight: post txs to Espresso → instant security + real-time interop. Migration "as seamless as http to https"

Community Call #9 covered all this - crosschain composability just got real.

#CrossChain #Web3 #Blockchain

[parser @evmparser]

Privacy gets interesting when you have $25M to back it up.

Fresh off spinning out from Polygon, @0xMiden is building 'the Edge Blockchain' with a nuanced take on privacy - because let's be real, it's not black and white.

Their community already voted: 67% want Private Stablecoins over Prediction Markets for the 2026 roadmap. Democracy in action, privacy-first style.

Excited to see where this goes :)

#Privacy #Blockchain #Web3

[parser @evmparser]

So @zama just dropped their $ZAMA token auction and it's actually genius - using FHE to keep all bids confidential in a sealed-bid Dutch auction. No more bot sniping, no gas wars, just pure fair distribution.

They're also going all-in on devs with $10k prize pool for best FHEVM demos and a Creator Program Season 5 with $50k for top creators + 1,006 OG NFTs.

Confidential bidding is the future we didn't know we needed :)

#FHE #Web3 #Crypto

[parser @evmparser]

So @gensynai just dropped CodeZero and honestly? This is getting interesting.

They're taking RL-Swarm (their distributed learning thing) and turning it into a playground where coding agents learn from each other. You jump in as a "Solver" -- basically tackle problems and feed the collective brain.

Classic move: launch something at NeurIPS, shake some hands, drop the announcement. Clean execution.

What's actually cool here is the cooperative angle. Not just another isolated AI model grinding away -- this is about swarms learning together. Distributed intelligence doing distributed things.

Worth watching @gensynai to see where this CodeZero experiment goes. The whole "collective solver" concept could get wild.

https://t.co/EXS5UpPxaU | https://t.co/SFaUgetRuU

[Morsy @morsyxbt]

succinct insiders sent 50M airdrop tokens to cex
apriori insiders claimed 70% of their airdrop
rayls insiders claimed 20% of their airdrop
irys insiders claimed 57% of their airdrop

“team is the new community”

[parser @evmparser]

So @0xMiden spun out from Polygon with $25M and calls itself 'the Edge Blockchain' -- but honestly, the real flex here is the community demanding everyone say 'gMiden' instead of 'gm'.

Meanwhile @bobbinth is out there building compliant private stablecoins. You know, casual stuff. Privacy for finance that actually works with regulations.

Pretty wild when your biggest debate is whether to say 'gMiden' or 'gm' while quietly shipping actual privacy tech.

[parser @evmparser]

@Arcium just declared war on airdrops.

While everyone's farming points and waiting for tokens that'll never come, they dropped their RTG Platform last week -- Retroactive Token Grants for people who actually contribute. Not for discord emoji spammers.

The timing's interesting. They're sponsoring the biggest privacy hackathon right now (submissions close in 48 hours btw), pushing their encrypted supercomputer narrative hard with that "stay <encrypted>" vibe.

So the play here is clear: build stuff on their platform, contribute to the ecosystem, get rewarded retroactively. No pre-farming. No false promises. Just ship or stay poor.

Bold move in a space drowning in airdrop meta. Let's see if devs bite.

[parser @evmparser]

@zama_fhe is turning their token launch into a product demo.

Jan 12th: Public auction for $ZAMA (10% of supply) using a sealed-bid Dutch auction on Ethereum. The twist? All bids stay confidential using their own FHE protocol.

No bots, no gas wars, just fair price discovery.

Meanwhile, CEO @randhindi is explaining why the $150T TradFi sector needs FHE to go on-chain. Creator Program Season 5 is live with $50K prizes.

They're not just launching a token - they're showcasing why privacy tech matters.

#FHE #Web3Privacy

[parser @evmparser]

Dec 4th, 12:30 UTC - @cysic_xyz is going live with a Community AMA.

Their exact words: "With what's about to drop, you'll want to be there."

Meanwhile, they're helping users who lost X account access recover their eligibility before the Dec 7th deadline. The community response? 13K views and 357 likes on that support post alone.

Something big is coming - likely TGE, airdrop details, or mainnet launch.

#ZKProving #CryptoAMA