Zaps Economy
How participation enters the product, gains meaning, and powers action.
Zaps is the product. zaps is the unit used throughout it. The economy turns verifiable participation into access, signals, and visible conviction.
How zaps are earned
| Source | What it reflects |
|---|---|
| Welcome grant | Existing activity and zScore when an identity connects |
| Trading | Qualifying activity or volume from linked wallets |
| Referrals | A new participant who joins and qualifies |
Trading earnings are proportional to qualifying activity or volume.
How zaps are used
- Join or create clans.
- Endorse someone with a positive public signal.
- Flag someone with a reason attached.
- Permanently vouch for a creator.
- Use other actions priced inside the product.
Endorsing costs a small zaps fee and flagging costs more, so a signal is never free to send. A creator can lock zaps on their own profile for a fixed period to display the Staked badge. The lock pays no yield and boosts no score.
Campaign zaps
Live nowCampaign-scoped zaps measure activity toward one protocol's chosen outcome during one campaign, and begin when that campaign's trading window opens. Funded campaign rewards stay separate from ambient earning.
zaps and $ZERU
$ZERU is the Zeru network token. In the live Zaps app you do not need to buy $ZERU to join, connect wallets, build a score, create or join a clan, or earn ambient zaps.
Continue to the $ZERU page.