On both platforms, earning $MASKS can be as simple as engaging in conversation. When someone reacts to your message with an emoji, you receive a tip as recognition for your contributions. These reactions can occur on our partner Discord servers or in the official Telegram group, fostering an active and rewarding space for members.

On Farcaster, users are rewarded with $MASKS for posting engaging content. By casting or commenting on thought-provoking ideas, you can receive tips from other users as appreciation. This platform encourages sharing insights and unique perspectives, helping you grow your token balance through valuable interactions.

Community members can set up bounties on Discord, Telegram, and Farcaster to reward services with $MASKS. This setup allows individuals to initiate tasks or small projects that others can complete for rewards. It’s a flexible way to contribute skills, with each bounty offering unique opportunities for tokens.

For those who enjoy collaboration, occasional raids are organized on partner Discord and Telegram channels, providing an exciting way to earn $MASKS. By staying active and engaging in these coordinated activities, you’ll be eligible for rewards while supporting other community initiatives.

Joining community voice chats, brainstorming sessions, and discussions is another way to earn $MASKS. Whether you’re sharing insights during an AMA or participating in group brainstorming, these activities reward meaningful engagement and foster a deeper connection within the community.

Special events and contests are organized throughout the year, offering even more opportunities to win $MASKS. These events celebrate our community’s creativity and drive, bringing everyone together for fun, competition, and additional rewards.

Each of these options not only helps you accumulate $MASKS but also strengthens the bonds within the community. By participating, you’re contributing to a supportive ecosystem where every effort is recognized.

Start engaging, earn $MASKS, and make a difference in our community today!

To maximize its impact, we’ve extended its use to Discord, with a large-scale campaign launching today and Telegram integration arriving next week! As part of this expansion, a portion of the MASKS airdrop will now be distributed on these platforms. More details will follow in the coming days...

You can already send $MASKS tips on Discord using simple commands, and soon, a single emoji will be enough to reward content creators across all partner Discord servers and Telegram groups!

Our goal has always been to empower users to support quality content while uniting as many projects as possible under a common banner. By doing so, we aim to reward engagement and maximize our collective impact, achieving benefits we couldn’t reach individually.

We aim to integrate new partners, develop innovative use cases, and expand Masks’s influence to make it a leading reference in the ecosystem!

Expanding $MASKS to other platforms, supported by solid partner projects and this new distribution strategy, ensures both its sustainability and continuous growth. By diversifying its use cases, Masks aspires to become a pillar of the Web3 ecosystem, facilitating community interconnections and enhancing user engagement.

• Liquidity Providers: The minimum required will increase from 50,000 $MASKS to 100,000 $MASKS for those participating in the MASKS/ETH liquidity pool incentive on Uniswap (0.3% full range).

• Holders: The minimum required to hold will increase from 100,000 $MASKS to 500,000 $MASKS (wallet connected to Farcaster).

Don't forget, in addition to providing liquidity or holding $MASKS, you must follow the /masks channel on Farcaster to secure your allowance.

Our primary goal is to promote active and meaningful participation in liquidity provision. The health of our ecosystem heavily depends on the available liquidity, which ensures smooth transactions and price stability for $MASKS.
By encouraging more members to provide liquidity, we not only ensure better token stability but also offer earning opportunities through exchange fees and additional rewards for liquidity providers.

The difference in thresholds between liquidity providers and holders is deliberately accentuated to encourage the community to actively participate in the liquidity pool. By increasing the threshold for holders to 500,000 $MASKS and for the liquidity pool to 100,000 $MASKS, we are targeting the most engaged participants while keeping the liquidity pool accessible and rewarding.

This approach will strengthen the robustness of our ecosystem and contribute to the sustainable growth of the $MASKS community.

PS: There will be no further adjustments to the minimum thresholds for the next four seasons!

We thank you for your understanding and continued confidence.


For a broader perspective, check out the previous article:
More Than Just a Tipping Token.

$MASKS is more than a promise, it is already at the heart of several real applications:

• Tipping on Farcaster: Distribute $MASKS to reward active users, boosting engagement and participation within the community.

• Channel Tipping on Farcaster: Use Quidli to reward channel members collectively with $MASKS, simplifying large-scale tipping.

• Paying for Farcaster Storage: Use $MASKS via Payflow to cover your storage costs, deeply integrating the token into the ecosystem.

• Minting NFTs: Use your $MASKS to mint exclusive NFTs, offering a new way to value art.

• Tipping on Discord: Send tips in $MASKS via Tip(.)cc to encourage active participation and maintain community engagement.
  

Tomorrow’s Opportunities:

Our vision for $MASKS doesn’t stop at current use cases. In collaboration with our partners and by actively listening to our community, we explore and develop new applications:

• In the near future, your $MASKS will unlock exclusive benefits on products, services, and events, further enhancing the token’s everyday use cases. You’ll also be able to play games, adding a fun dimension to the token.

• We are exploring ways to extend $MASKS' presence on other social networks and tools, broadening its potential reach and utility.

• By holding $MASKS, you’ll soon have the opportunity to participate actively in strategic decisions, directly influencing the future of our ecosystem.
  

An Ecosystem Built by the Community, for the Community

$MASKS is the foundation of a rapidly expanding ecosystem. What we are building today is just the beginning. Together with our partners and you, the community, we will forge new use cases that will strengthen the interconnectedness and importance of $MASKS in a growing number of projects.
Every community member has the power to shape this ecosystem by adding a brick to this ever-evolving common edifice.
Together, we will create unprecedented opportunities!

Minimum Amount of $MASKS Required for Tipping

As we prepare for the new season, we want to inform you about the announced minimum requirements to continue receiving an allocation and thus sending tips.
Starting August 1, you will need to hold at least 100,000 $MASKS in your wallet connected to Farcaster. Alternatively, you can also use the MASKS/ETH liquidity pool by holding a minimum of 50,000 $MASKS in the Uniswap 0.3% full range pool. Besides giving you the ability to send tips, you participate in the ecosystem's health, earn exchange-related fees, and get rewarded with incentives (15% of the total supply) from this liquidity pool.
These requirements are set to ensure active and substantial engagement within our community.

Stay tuned as we will soon announce the 13th mystery community that will benefit from 1% of the total supply dedicated to our early partner communities.

Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm.

Allocation Details
For our planned airdrop, 10% of the total supply of $MASKS will be apportioned to the following communities:
- Mystery: 1%
- TheCryptomasks: 0.9%
- CowCow: 0.9%
- XBorg: 0.9%
- DinoVox: 0.8%
- Cryptocademia: 0.8%
- JokerClub: 0.8%
- BasedFellas: 0.8%
- CryptoBarjos: 0.7%
- BycmLAB: 0.7%
- EZC: 0.7%
- NFTC: 0.6%
- LaBergerie: 0.4%

Key Details
As an integral part of this momentous initiative, $MASKS will be disseminated to these partner communities by August 15. The founders of each community will determine how to distribute the $MASKS among their members. Furthermore, $MASKS will be progressively incorporated into each partner's community activities, ushering in new opportunities to fortify engagement and collaboration.

Implications for Communities
Each partner will receive its respective allocation of $MASKS to distribute among its members. This airdrop aspires to augment value and foster robust bonds within and between our partner communities. Each partner will reward its members in its unique manner with $MASKS, ensuring the distribution is responsible and promotes active and positive participation.

Mystery Partner
The identity of our mystery partner, whose allocation represents 1% of the total supply, will be disclosed on July 28. Stay tuned for this revelation!

Subsequent Steps
More partners will join our ranks over time, each bringing their unique use cases to $MASKS. While they won't benefit from the initial airdrop, they can align with us to leverage our collective strength. Starting in September, a collaboration manager will join our team to negotiate on behalf of all of us, securing the most favorable allocations, freemints, pre-sales, and other advantages for our communities.

We encourage you to remain informed and engaged. Together, we will continue to build a robust and united network around $MASKS!

Thank you for your unwavering support.


We value your feedback and suggestions to constantly improve our project. Join our socials on Farcaster, Telegram, and Twitter to share your ideas and stay informed of the latest news.

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TGE Success

We are proud to announce that our TGE was a resounding success! $MASKS was listed on Sunday, June 30th, at $0.00002.
21 billion tokens issued, of which less than 5% are currently in circulation, shared over 8500 holders, and a market cap approaching $3 million.
We have reached a significant milestone in our development.

Key Figures and Information

• $MASKS is the most mentioned token on Farcaster.

• On average, 50k tips are sent per day.

• Our channel /masks has surpassed 36,000 subscribers and generates the most interactions on Farcaster.

• We have an average of 16,000 active users, with about 5% confirmed bots. These bots have their allocations or balances removed weekly, which are then redistributed to real users.

• Over 1.5 million tips have been sent since day one, representing nearly 650 million MASKS.

Holding $MASKS

As planned, starting from beginning of Airdrop Campaign 2 (August 1st), it will be compulsory to hold a minimum amount of $MASKS to send tips. We believe this method is good for the short term but not sustainable in the long term. Implementing this new solution next month would be premature, so we will take the necessary time to gradually implement it. In the medium term, it will be required to participate in the liquidity pool to send tips. This ensures that all users contribute to the $MASKS economy and the overall health of the ecosystem.

Liquidity Providers Reward Program

3.15 billion $MASKS will be distributed over the next 2 years to reward liquidity providers on the Uniswap 0.3% full-range pool. One third of this amount, or 1.05 billion $MASKS, will be distributed in the first two months!

Transparency and Funding

We believe in total transparency. The $MASKS social token has been self-funded by its founding team along with a few strategic investors who are partner communities of the project. Here is how the 15% allocated to support the development team and the overall ecosystem has been distributed:

- 5% of the total tokens were sold OTC (Over-The-Counter) and are locked for 1 year.

- 5% of the tokens are reserved for the founding team and are locked for 14 months, then released linearly at a rate of 10% per month, reaching 100% after 24 months.

- 5% of the tokens are available for project development.

Additionally, the team has locked approximately 100 million $MASKS and 4 $ETH in the initial liquidity pool via FlokiFi Locker for a minimum of 6 months.

NFT Genesis Celebration and Exclusive Benefits

We are also thrilled to announce the huge success of the first NFT from the Optimistic Masks collection. Created by the artist 8th Project to celebrate our TGE, 2778 NFTs were minted on Zora for 10,000 $MASKS. 25% of the proceeds go to the artist, while 75% were sent to a burn address. All holders of this NFT can claim an additional 2% of their balance every month for 2 years!
Each month, a limited edition NFT by an artist will be available for mint (FCFS) in $MASKS, with additional benefits.

Security and Transparency

Security and transparency are our top priorities. We have implemented robust measures to ensure this security. The various smart contracts are available at the bottom of our dApp page, along with project statistics in the "stats" section. From day one, we have maintained transparent communication with our community, and we will continue to do so.

Education and Support

To help you better understand and use $MASKS, we have created several educational resources, including tutorials available on our website. If you have any questions or encounter any issues, our team is here to help.

We encourage you to continue participating actively and to stay informed about future developments. The best is yet to come!

Thank you again for your continuous support.

• As announced in our previous article, we officially launched our public API on June 13th. This API allows developers to integrate our features into their applications, opening up many possibilities and innovations.

• On June 17th, we launched a bounty campaign to encourage frame creation. This initiative aims to stimulate creativity within our community, offering a reward of 100,000 $MASKS for the best contribution until June 29th.

• On June 20th, we enhanced our independence by connecting to our own node, increasing our capacity to evolve and innovate autonomously.

• On June 21st, our token was deployed on Optimism. The smart contracts are now accessible via our dApp.

• A bonus of 20,000 $MASKS was added to the balances of all users with a 🎭 emoji in their display name on Farcaster on Sunday, June 23rd.

• To celebrate the final week of the first month of our Airdrop 1 campaign, allowances have been doubled.
  

In the Next 7 Days

• The next important step will be the creation of the initial liquidity pool by our team on June 30th, which will be locked for six months.

• On the same day, users will be able to claim their $MASKS via our dApp. A step-by-step guide with detailed instructions will be provided.

• To encourage participation and support from our community, 15% of the total supply will be distributed during the reward campaign for liquidity providers on the Uniswap pool at 0.03%, starting immediately after the $MASKS claim. A step-by-step guide will also be available.

• The day after the claim period begins, we will celebrate our TGE with an open edition on Optimism by artist 8th Project, mintable on Zora for 48 hours for 10,000 $MASKS. This event offers a unique opportunity to own an exclusive piece of art representing our shared history.

To secure your tokens, be sure to follow our security recommendations. Avoid scams by never sharing your private keys and always verifying the authenticity of sites and applications used. The best way is to use the official links available on our website.

SocialFi is an important narrative for the coming years. We are at the beginning of our adventure with this first social token on Optimism. The possibilities are endless and we are excited about the future. Your support and participation are essential to explore the vast opportunities of this new era of social finance.

We value your feedback and suggestions to constantly improve our project. Join our socials on Farcaster, Telegram, and Twitter to share your ideas and stay informed of the latest news.

Next Steps

1. Launch a public API.

2. Initiate a bounty campaign for the best custom frames.

3. Deploy the token on Optimism and the associated smart contracts.

4. Create the initial liquidity pool on Uniswap.

5. Enable users to claim their tokens.

6. Commemorate the token generation event by minting a NFT on Optimism with $MASKS.
   

Project Ambitions

• Reward users for their engagement on social networks.

• Encourage constructive interactions within communities.

• Actively highlight creators, the true pillars of web3.

• Build a strong foundation with current and future partners, united under one banner.

• Facilitate the development of use cases by the team, partners, and the community.

• Continually adapt and enhance based on community feedback.

With these initiatives, $MASKS aims to cultivate a sustainable ecosystem where every user is recognized and rewarded for their contribution. The project evolves with a clear vision and a determination to innovate and inspire.

Once again this week, all users received the same allocation as early adopters.
Starting next week, a more advanced allocation system will be implemented. It is based on a formula that considers several parameters: Likes, Reposts, Comments, Mentions, and User Behavior. This formula is designed to avoid large disparities between small and big accounts and will be adjusted over time based on community feedback to ensure optimization.

How to Improve Your Allocation

• Like other users' posts.

• Share interesting content.

• Comment and engage in discussions.

• Mention other users.

• Follow good conduct rules.
  

Rules Compliance

• Users who do not follow the behavior rules will not receive a weekly allocation.

• In case of recurrence, their monthly balance will be reset.

Reminders

• To get an allocation: Follow /masks channel to receive an allocation as the following Monday.

• To download the action: Download the action once to be able to send tips.

• To send tips: Comment by adding a 🎭 emoji then validate the action by clicking on the "action" button (the 4 small squares) "TIP $MASKS" at the bottom right of the post or comment you want to reward.

For more details, visit our website and consult our behavior policy and FAQ.

Your allocation/balance is at 0 even though you had one or had received tips

• Users who did not respect the "behavior policy":

• Minor offenses receive a warning and do not get an allocation for a week.

• Major offenses involving proven cheating do not get an allocation for a week, and their monthly balance is reset to zero. This week, the reset amounts were redistributed equally into the balances of all users with a 🎭 emoji in their display name at the time of the snapshot on 06/03 at 8:00 AM CET.

Reclamation Form

If and only if you think you have been wrongly sanctioned, submit a request via the form. Your situation will be reviewed and resolved quickly.