# ZABAL Update #15

*Season 2 Is Live*

By [The ZAO Newsletter](https://paragraph.com/@thezao) · 2026-01-07

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**ZABAL Season 2 is now live.**

Season 2 marks the next phase of ZABAL as an open coordination network for builders working at the intersection of **creativity, technology, and on-chain systems**. The focus remains the same: participation, alignment, and building in public.

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Season 2 Updates
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A few important changes are now in effect:

**Songjam Leaderboard Boosts**  
Boosters from **@glanker (empirebuilder)** are now applied directly to the **Songjam leaderboard**.  
If you’re stacking **$ZABAL**, you’re leveling up.

**$SANG Minimum Stake Increased**  
The minimum **$SANG** stake has increased to **250,000**.  
This raises the participation bar and keeps incentives aligned as the network grows.

**Fresh Season, Fresh Points**  
Points are now counted starting from the end of **Season 1 on January 1st, 2026**.  
Season 2 leaderboards reflect activity from that point forward.

**Early Leaders**  
Shoutout to the early leaders already setting the pace. Strong start.

Keep singing for the ZABAL.

For additional context, Adam from Songjam shared a breakdown of the Season 2 changes here:  

[![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7407197d75a29f89b449258866d6cd3fd5ea65c52abd13a107ef546021470221.jpg)](https://twitter.com/adam_songjam)

[Adam](https://twitter.com/adam_songjam)

[@adam\_songjam](https://twitter.com/adam_songjam)

[](https://twitter.com/adam_songjam/status/2008416470909292622)

ZABAL Season 2 is NOW LIVE!  
  
An open coordination network for builders working at the intersection of creativity, technology, and on-chain systems  
  
Updates for Season 2  
  
Boosters from [@glankerempire](https://twitter.com/glankerempire) are now applied to the Songjam leaderboard - keep stacking $ZABAL to level-up

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6beda343d90fe9861eb9df038587049b7f8806565fb2e7b326964d98deeae0b4.jpg)

[30](https://twitter.com/adam_songjam/status/2008416470909292622)[

12:52 AM • Jan 6, 2026

](https://twitter.com/adam_songjam/status/2008416470909292622)

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ZABAL on Empire Builder
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ZABAL uses **Empire Builder** as its coordination layer.

This is where leaderboards, boosts, and treasury logic come together in a single, visible system.

You can explore the ZABAL empire directly here:  

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ZABAL Empire
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Join the ZABAL Empire - Token utilities, airdrops, burns & community features. Build engaged token communities with Empire Builder.

https://www.empirebuilder.world

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b88a66ad14b719962ea90ac2f7d065fe1bf058ba6384d9f2b9f7559d4057fcca.png)

](https://www.empirebuilder.world/empire/0xbB48f19B0494Ff7C1fE5Dc2032aeEE14312f0b07)

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Current ZABAL Leaderboards
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![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/12d7c521bdc0b27ae106e44246d8f80c7fe1b573de4d75bd3f6dd36b3ddc3b6a.png)

We currently have **four active leaderboards** powering coordination across ZABAL:

**Farcaster-Only Leaderboard**  
This is the primary leaderboard for **social growth and presence**. It tracks Farcaster-native activity and highlights people contributing to ZABAL’s visibility and culture.

**All Wallets Leaderboard**  
A broader leaderboard that includes **all connected wallets**, capturing on-chain participation beyond any single platform.

**Songjam Season 1 Singers**  
A custom CSV leaderboard made up of the **69 wallets** submitted during **Season 1 of Songjam**. This preserves early participation and ensures those contributors remain legible in the system.

**ZAO Respect Holders (Manual CSV)**  
A manually maintained leaderboard for current **ZAO Respect** holders, anchoring ZABAL coordination to long-standing community alignment.

Together, these leaderboards allow ZABAL to:

*   Recognize different forms of contribution
    
*   Apply boosts transparently
    
*   Coordinate across social, creative, and on-chain layers
    

This isn’t about a single metric. It’s about making participation visible from multiple angles.

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More updates coming as Season 2 unfolds.

**– Zaal, from the ZABAL**

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*Originally published on [The ZAO Newsletter](https://paragraph.com/@thezao/zabal-update-15)*