Grow Your Community

Tournaments, items, staking, and engagement tools for app builders

Overview

Once your app is live, you have three levers: staking (passive income for holders), tournaments (competitions with prizes), and items (NFTs that unlock features). Here’s how to use them.

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Staking

Your app ships with a staking vault. Users can deposit tokens to signal commitment and participate in app governance.

Why it matters: Stakers don’t sell. More staking = less sell pressure = healthier token.

Trading and transfer fees are routed through the protocol fee pipeline (FeeCollector → FeeSwapper). App-revenue fee kinds are split between the app’s ContributorSplit (default 80%) and treasury (default 20%). Check the current fee configuration for your app’s specific routing.

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App Modules

After launch, you can deploy additional modules from the Creator Console.

Deploying Modules

1. Go to your app’s detail page
2. Scroll to “Creator Console”
3. Click “Deploy Modules”
4. Confirm the transaction

This deploys:

• AppAccess1155: NFT items and passes
• EpochRewards: Seasonal reward distributions

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Items (NFTs)

Create and sell NFT items that provide utility within your app.

Creating Items

In the Creator Console → Items Manager:

1. Click “Add Item”
2. Set item details:
   • Name: Item display name
   • Price: Cost in app tokens
   • Soulbound: Whether transferable
   • Max Supply: Total available (0 = unlimited)
   • Time Window: Optional sale period

Item Types

Type	Use Case	Example
Access Pass	Gate premium features	Pro Membership
Cosmetic	Visual customization	Gold Avatar Frame
Power-up	In-game advantage	2x Score Multiplier
Collectible	Limited edition items	”Genesis Badge”

Burn Mechanics

100% of item purchases are burned:

User pays 100 APP tokens → 100 APP tokens burned → Item minted

This creates deflationary pressure on your token supply.

Feature Gating

Use items to gate app features:

// In your app, check if user owns item
const hasAccess = await checkFeatureAccess(userAddress, featureId, userStake);

if (hasAccess) {
  // Show premium feature
} else {
  // Show upgrade prompt
}

Soulbound vs Transferable

Soulbound	Transferable
Cannot be sold/transferred	Can trade on marketplaces
Tied to original buyer	Enables secondary market
Best for: memberships, achievements	Best for: collectibles, cosmetics

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Tournaments

Run competitions with entry fees and prize pools.

Creating a Tournament

In Creator Console → Tournaments:

1. Click “Create Tournament”
2. Configure:
   • Name: Tournament title
   • Entry Fee: Cost to participate (in app tokens)
   • Start Time: When entries open
   • End Time: When entries close
   • Description: Rules and details

Tournament Economics

Entry fees are split at finalization:

Recipient	Share	Example (1000 token pool)
Winners	96.5%	965 tokens
Protocol	2.5%	25 tokens
Burned	1 %	10 tokens

Running the Tournament

1. Entry Phase: Users pay entry fee to join
2. Competition Phase: Run your game/challenge
3. Finalization: Submit winner rankings
4. Distribution: Winners claim prizes via Merkle proofs

Prize Distribution

You decide how to split the prize pool:

• Winner takes all
• Top 3 split
• Tiered payouts
• Participation rewards

Generate a Merkle tree with allocations, then finalize the tournament.

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Playbook

Launch Week

1. Hype early access — XP holders get 6 hours head start
2. Run a tournament — generates trading volume
3. Drop a genesis item — rewards early supporters
4. Do an AMA — Discord or Twitter Space

After Launch

• Weekly tournaments — keeps people coming back
• Limited items — creates urgency
• Leaderboards — competition drives retention
• Let holders vote — on features, formats, whatever

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Holder Distribution

Monitor who holds your token on your app’s detail page:

• Top 10 holders: Visible with percentages
• Staked vs liquid: See engagement levels
• Distribution chart: Visualize concentration

Healthy Distribution

Metric	Target	Why
Top 10 concentration	< 50%	Prevents manipulation
Staked percentage	>30%	Shows commitment
Unique holders	Growing	Wider community

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Social Links

Add official channels to your app page:

1. Go to app detail page
2. Click “Edit App”
3. Add links:
   • Twitter/X
   • Discord
   • Telegram
   • GitHub
   • Website

This helps users find your community and reduces scam risks.

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Team Members

List team wallet addresses for transparency:

1. In Edit App modal
2. Add team member addresses
3. Optionally add ENS names

Users can see:

• Team wallet addresses
• Link to Basescan profiles
• Build trust through transparency

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Analytics to Track

Metric	What It Tells You
Trading Volume	Interest and liquidity
Unique Holders	Community size
Staking Rate	Long-term commitment
Tournament Entries	Engagement depth
Item Sales	Premium feature demand

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What Works

• Talk to your holders — weekly updates, respond to feedback
• Reward loyalty — exclusive items for long-term holders
• Don’t dump everything at once — space out tournaments and drops
• Actually listen — they’re invested, their input matters

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Next Steps

API Overview

Integrate with Elata programmatically

Bonding Curves

Understand pricing mechanics