How Rewards Work
Everything in APESONUS is designed so that participating and getting rewarded happen at the same time. The more you show up, the more you accumulate.
$ONUS — The Culture Currency
$ONUS is how the culture keeps score. You don't buy it. You collect it through every action in the app — streaks, check-ins, challenges, and backing your artist.
$ONUS is an in-app culture currency with no cash value. It cannot be withdrawn, traded for real money, or sent outside APESONUS. It is not a security, not an investment, and APESONUS makes no representations or promises about any future form $ONUS may take.
When the 8B user pool is exhausted, distribution ends. There is no minting, no inflation, and no mechanism to create more. The supply is fixed.
Founders Pass
The Founders Pass costs 500 Telegram Stars — one-time, no subscriptions, no renewals. Once you unlock it, you collect $ONUS at 2× permanently and keep collecting even if you go inactive. Free users are at 0.25×. There is no in-between.
WAGMI members also get 100 $ONUS daily — automatically granted when you open the app. No check-in needed. This stacks with everything else you collect that day.
Unlock during the 45-day launch window to mint the permanent Genesis Badge with your founder number. The first 100 holders get the Top 100 Founder marker. Badge holders get priority access to future drops and perks as the platform grows.
Boost Shop
Boosts are consumable Stars purchases that multiply on top of your base rate. WAGMI members hit higher peaks, free users can still stack boosts for surge rewards.
3×
MEGA SURGE · 24h · 100 Stars
2×
Weekend Warrior · 72h · 120 Stars
A WAGMI member with MEGA SURGE active is rewarded at 6× the base rate. That's 24× what a free user gets for the same action.
The Numbers — Every Way to Earn
These are the base rewards. Your actual earn = base × your rate (tier × any active boost).
| Activity | Base | Free | WAGMI |
|---|
| Daily mood check-in | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 7-day streak (1st) | 250 | 62 | 500 |
| 7-day streak (2nd) | 300 | 75 | 600 |
| 7-day streak (3rd) | 350 | 88 | 700 |
| 7-day streak (4th+) | 500 | 125 | 1,000 |
| Fan forecast vote | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| Backing drip (per listen) | 2 | 1 | 4–8 |
| Arena challenge (varies) | 30–150 | ×0.25 | ×2.0 |
| Referral verified | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Founders Pass activation | 200 | — | 200 |
| WAGMI daily auto-grant | 100 | — | 100 |
Referral is a flat 50 for both sides (not tier-multiplied). Founders Pass activation and the daily auto-grant are flat one-time / daily drops for WAGMI only. Arena rewards vary per challenge — the admin sets the base, and your tier multiplier applies.
Daily Rewards
Auto Daily Bonus (WAGMI) — Open the app. Get 100 $ONUS. No check-in, no button, no friction. Resets every 24 hours per user.
Market Pulse — Check in once per day (Bullish, Bearish, or Neutral). Collect $ONUS at your current rate. Takes one tap.
7-Day Streaks — Listen and check in every day for 7 consecutive days. When the streak completes, you get a bonus at your current rate. Miss a day and it resets. WAGMI members get a one-day shield that protects the streak once per cycle.
Challenge Arena
Each week the Challenge Arena focuses on one artist. The challenges that week revolve around their music — recognize a snippet, name the track, match the mood. You need to actually listen to that artist's catalog to get the answers right. Correct answers are rewarded with $ONUS and Telegram Stars.
Weekly Chart
Track which songs and artists are running the culture each week. The weekly chart ranks tracks by unique listeners, showing who's on top and who's climbing.
Artist Backing
WAGMI members can pick one artist to back. Every week, you collect $ONUS based on how many unique listeners your backed artist gets. Each unique listen rewards you with a small amount, multiplied by your current rate.
On top of your base rate, there's a loyalty multiplier that grows the longer you stay with the same artist:
This stacks with your base rate. A WAGMI member (2×) who has backed the same artist for 9+ weeks is rewarded at 2× × 2× = 4× the base rate. Add a MEGA SURGE boost on top and you're at 12×.
You can switch your backed artist once every 30 days. If you switch, your loyalty timer resets to week 1. You keep everything you've already collected, but your future rate drops back to 1× loyalty. Chase whoever's hot this week at 1×, or ride with your artist at 2× because you've been there from the start.
What's Coming
Live features are the start, not the end. More ways to play, more ways to collect, more ways the culture finds itself inside the app — dropped carefully as the community grows. We'd rather surprise you than promise you.
A few directions we're exploring: deeper artist competitions, richer ways to interact with the personas, and community-driven input on where the platform goes next. When each piece is ready, it ships. Until then, showing up consistently is how you stay in the room where it happens.
$ONUS is and remains an in-app culture currency. It has no cash value, cannot be withdrawn, cannot be traded for real money, and is not an investment. Any future evolution of the platform will respect the disclaimers on this page and all applicable regulations in the relevant jurisdictions.
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