Trailblazers is a program that constantly adds new features and exciting mechanics to the mix, just the way you like it! For Season 3, we’ll enhance existing features and introduce new ones. Join us, and let’s embark on this journey together!

Season 3 Begins: December 16th at 12:00:01 UTC

Season 3 Ends:  March 17th at 12.00 UTC

Reward Pool: 6 million TAIKO tokens, divided as follows:• 4 million for the Users Leaderboard• 1.2 million for the Liquidity Royale Leaderboard• 800k for dApps Leaderboard

Liquidity Royale: TVL Masters Edition has been a game-changer for Trailblazers, helping us surpass $400 million in TVL. Now, it’s back with an even bigger prize! For Season 3, the top 100 liquidity providers will each win 12,000 TAIKO tokens. A total of 1.2 million TAIKO tokens has been allocated, ensuring that as long as you rank within the top 100, you’ll secure 12,000 TAIKO tokens, no matter your position. For more details, check out our Liquidity Royale announcement.

Another favorite, the Lockdown Campaign continues as well! This campaign lets you put your TAIKO tokens to work while earning up to 90x Trailblazers XP. Simply choose your preferred liquidity provision method, lock your TAIKO tokens, and start reaping the rewards! For more details, check out our Lockdown Campaign announcement.

Seasoned Trailblazers know, we try our best to keep reward distribution fair. After Season 2 ends, we will begin the checking process. This includes conducting a Sybil analysis with our third-party partner, performing an internal review, and then announcing the rewards.

Rest assured, we will do our best to expedite the process and deliver your well-deserved rewards as quickly as possible. The experience we gathered during Season 1 will help us fasten the checking process for Season 2.

Keep an eye out for the rewards announcement!

What’s New for Season 3?

Faction Battle Arena

The main focus for Season 3 will be the long-awaited Faction Battle Arena (FBA), where participants can send the Faction Badges they control to compete. We will launch the system and make balance tweaks to the tournament format, laying the groundwork for future enhancements to the mini-game and adding a new dimension to the Trailblazers program. More information will follow as we approach the launch.

Badges

In Season 2, we introduced the Badge Recruitment system, allowing users to send their S1 Devs out to recruit new Badges for their collection. This feature will continue in Season 3, along with additional methods for participants to obtain Minnow and Whale Badges. Keep in mind that some of these Badges are intentionally harder to obtain, so you’ll need to stay active and attentive if your goal is to collect them all.

XP & Multipliers

In addition to the S2 Badges, participants will notice optimizations to XP calculations. XP now appears sooner on your profile page, and multipliers are applied in “real time.” This means you will receive the multiplier for the NFTs you own immediately when you make a transaction.

Here’s a reminder of how the multipliers work:

• Snaefel Multiplier = 0.1

• Taikoon Multiplier = 1

• Devs Multiplier = 1 + 0.05 × Number of Unique Dev NFTs (max 1.4x)

• Minnows Multiplier = 1 + 0.05 × Number of Unique Minnow NFTs (max 1.4x)

• Whales Multiplier = 1 + 0.05 × Number of Unique Whale NFTs (max 1.4x)

• Global Multiplier = 1 + Devs Multiplier + Snaefel Multiplier + Taikoon Multiplier (max 2.5x)

• Transaction Points = Base Tx Points × Minnows Multiplier × Global Multiplier

• Transaction Value Points = Base Tx Value Points × Whales Multiplier × Global Multiplier

Example:

If you make a transaction that earns 1,000 base points and own 2 Minnow NFTs, you’ll earn:

1,000 × 1.1 (0,05 for each)= 1,100 points.

If you also own global multipliers, your XP will go even higher! For instance, owning 2 Dev NFTs and 1 Taikoon equals a 2.1x Global Multiplier (1.1x from 2 Dev NFTs + 1x from Taikoon). In this case, you’ll earn:

1,100 × 2.1 = 2,310 XP.

By holding these NFTs, your total multiplier becomes 2.31x (1.1 × 2.1).

Carry Over XP for Season 3

To thank participants who continue to blaze the trail with us, there will once again be a transfer of some of your XP from Season 2 to Season 3. The formula for determining the transfer amount will differ from Season 1 and will be shared at a later date.

Point Categories

Participants can earn points in two categories:

• Transaction - All transactions will earn XP based on the gas spent on them on whitelisted smart contracts.

• Transaction Value - Transactions can also earn points based on the Value being exchanged between users and smart contracts. .

We have big plans for the future of Trailblazers and are constantly working to improve the program. Feel free to connect with us on Discord to provide feedback or share suggestions for features you’d like to see implemented.

Time flies when you’re Trailblazing! 🚀 As we gear up for Season 3, we’re thrilled about exciting times ahead. Your passion and commitment to the Trailblazers program mean the world to us, and we can’t wait to unveil what’s in store for you. With every step, our community grows stronger, and our ecosystem flourishes.

Gear up, Trailblazers, and let’s make Season 3 unforgettable! 🚀🌟

(1) If the number of the same points exceeds the percentile, we reserve the right to divide up the total reward of that tier among all the people in that same tier (2) Taiko reserves the right to modify the above-mentioned conditions (3) Sybil detection will be applied throughout the season. Taiko reserves the right to blacklist any address from the Trailblazers program (4) Only transaction/contract interactions with the contracts in the dApp leaderboard will be considered to reduce spam.

Explore open positions on our job board.

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