# Mingle Protocol - In a Nutshell

By [Flamingle](https://paragraph.com/@flamingle) · 2022-09-23

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_Twitter:_ [_@FlamingleLabs_](https://twitter.com/flaminglelabs)

_Website:_ [_https://flamingle.events_](https://flamingle.events)

### Introduction

**Mingle Protocol** is Flamingle Labs‘s social protocol that streamlines the contribution experience of our community and better measures users’ network effect. All participants of our beta testing will **earn EXP points** upon contributing to our system. At the end of this campaign, the Top 3 contributors will be rewarded 0.05 ETH each, and everyone will receive customized badges based on contribution level (see more details [here](https://mirror.xyz/0x8907B7751f5986E17FAB1DcF5d9089d31Db594D8/vFIaP3LvKsq7CKCldffE8MoX9qJZ-bF8MT7gXfHdnF0)). Badges can also be used to redeem more benefits in the future 🎁 ✈ 🪂 (so stay tuned with us!)

### Contribute2Earn: the better modeling network effect

You can earn EXP points by (1) inviting new users, and (2) adding new Web3 events to our aggregator. You and each new user you invite earn 5 EXP, and you earn 10 EXP for each new event you bring to our application. Apart from that, you also earn 1 EXP for each new user invited by your friends! And you earn 2 EXP for each new event created by your friends’ friends.

This tree-shaped graphic will hopefully help you better understand how Mingle Protocol works🧑‍🤝‍🧑. Consider the case where every user invites 5 friends and imports 5 events:

5 (exp) \* 5 (friends) + 1 (exp) \* 5 (friends) \* 5 (friends) +

10 (exp) \* 5 (events) + 2 (exp) \* 5 (friends) \* 5 (events) = 150 exp points

In short, you can further earn Exp through your 2nd, and 3rd connections (and more), which better leverage your network effects.

### How to join 💰

EXP points will level you up in Mingle Protocol. Level 2, Level 5, and Level 10 will be able to claim Bronze, Silver, and Gold Flamingle Badge when beta testing ends through wallet snapshot. The top 3 users ranked by EXP will be granted a one-of-one badge and 0.05ETH and those ranked 4-10 will receive 0.01ETH🔥!

**For the onboarding tutorial, read** [**this article.**](https://mirror.xyz/0x8907B7751f5986E17FAB1DcF5d9089d31Db594D8/WYCVRrnYj3rroyRWNretbZC_8eaOa-IJX3pVxAMX8vM)

Start contributing and earn together!

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_Website:_ [_https://flamingle.events_](https://flamingle.events)

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*Originally published on [Flamingle](https://paragraph.com/@flamingle/mingle-protocol-in-a-nutshell)*