We hosted an AMA to walk everyone through the ZKX Yakuza, a gamified community incentives program. From characters to storylines, programs, rewards and even NFTs, we’ve got you covered.

1. Eduard dishes the tldr: of the ZKX Yakuza ZKX launched Season 1 of the Community Incentives Program on Jan 25th The Contributors Incentive Program will have 3 Seasons from January to May, followed by the NFT Collection and Token launch. It is a gamified program designed around the famous Yakuza, with a storyline, 8 characters linked to specific initiatives. You can navigate the ZKX Yakuza universe as a Contributor, Ambassador, or Testnet trader. Each journey has its own leaderboard and will unlock NFTs and rewards in the future ZKX token. This level of gamification has never been seen before in a DeFi project. The Contributors Incentive Program will bring the community together in a fun way to create value.

2. 2. Breaking down the Contributors Incentive Program with Sartaj

3. It is a collection of 3 different initiatives:

4. Let’s start with the Contributors Program. You can contribute to ZKX in 3 ways: As a Moderator Doing Community Quests Picking up DAO Bounties Who are the Moderators? The Moderators hold the ‘Komon’ role in the ZKX Discord. In the Yakuza hierarchy, they are placed directly under the Saiko-Komon (Core Contributors). They are responsible for running the global languages on Discord and soon on Telegram. The forms for applying as a Komon will be released with the character blog on Feb 1st. What are Quests? Community Quests will be the stepping stones for the community to work their way up in the ZKX Yakuza hierarchy. Based on the Yakuza hierarchy, everyone in the ZKX Discord starts at OG4 (R***n). A fair chunk of our early supporters holds the OG3 (Shatei) role. The goal is to work your way up to OG2 (Kyodai) and eventually OG1 (Shateigashira). The Quests will be launched in early February on a popular platform. We will have over 60 Quests for the community to perform, earn points and make their way up the leaderboard. The higher you finish on the leaderboard (Contributors Incentive Program ends on May 15th), the higher the OG role you will receive. You want to be in the Top 1000 to earn at least an OG2 role (Kyodai), which guarantees a better NFT and higher reward in $ZKX tokens. The OG1 role is the highest (Shateigashira) and guarantees the best rewards. We will also have Monthly Competitions, and winners will receive special ZKX merch boxes! The Quests do not require a full-time commitment and can be performed in your free time while still making a significant contribution to ZKX. What are DAO Bounties? The DAO Bounties are strictly for long-term contributors who want to join the ZKX DAO. Each Bounty will require significant effort, and will be divided into categories such as Social Media, Growth, Content, Tech etc. Performing DAO Bounties gets you direct access to Core Contributors. You can work with them as apprentices till the ZKX DAO goes live, and eventually be absorbed into an official Working Group. Additionally, there is a leaderboard that will track the highest DAO Bounty contributions, and the Top 500 will receive OG2 and OG1 roles. So there’s a bit of both on offer :) Next Up — The Ambassador Program In the Yakuza hierarchy, the Ambassadors hold the Wakagashira role. They are responsible for spreading the ZKX Gospel across the Ether. We are looking for 2 types of community leaders to be ZKX Ambassadors: Crypto Twitter OGs and International Market Enablers, who can help us activate our target markets. Our program is quite flexible, and Ambassadors are encouraged to exercise their strengths across 5 different Bounty categories — Social Media, Content Creation, Growth and Referral, Cultivation, and Translations. Ambassadors can simply pick up the ones they prefer and execute them! We have space for more than 50 Ambassadors to join ZKX, so watch out for the Wakagashira blog on 6th Feb! Lastly , Testnet! Simple stuff. Participate in the upcoming Testnet Competition, and make your way up the leaderboard. The final Testnet leaderboard determines your OG role! Again, you want to be somewhere in the Top 1000 to get a decent NFT and token reward. To summarize, the entire idea of the Contributors Incentive Program is to elevate the community’s experience while contributing to the growth of the protocol.