Kaito Tokenomics And The Shift Towards Enhanced SocialFi

2 days ago

Yo, Kaito’s blowin’ up right now as the ultimate Web3 info hub, crypto bro! It’s got all the tools to simplify your life in the Cryptoverse, no cap. If you’re trying to flip the Web3 game on its head and change the whole status quo, now’s your chance to become a Certified Yapper with Kaito and rack up those YAPs!

Here’s the deal! Projects and protocols can now easily search and track all the tickers, topics, and narratives across thousands of Web3 sources. They’re turning all that messy info into actual insights. Meanwhile, all the X degens are out here trying to flex and earn some YAPs by getting loud about crypto.

Quality over quantity! Yaps aren’t going to just hand themselves out. They ain’t some “click a button, earn a point” kind of game. You got to put in some real effort, no easy volume farming.

The Cryptoverse was not ready for this! When Kaito announced that $KAITO will function as the main currency of our AI-powered InfoFi ecosystem, the X world gone insane! This airdrop changed some lives, and made some millionaires! I wasn't one of them but I am happy I've been included!

The $KAITO tokens will be the driving Market Forces, as holders shape the network by influencing attention distribution. It will serve as network currency, and the main medium for transactions and interactions within the ecosystem.

Obviously the tool for community governance, with token holders propose, vote on, and implement protocol changes. Where voting is in place... rewards come to complement the commitments! Holders can earn rewards and voting rights by supporting the network.

The allocation was simple and with a big chunk devoted to "community and ecosystem", a massive 56.57% dedicated to fuelling ecosystem expansion through grants, marketing, incentives, and other initiatives that drive sustained adoption and innovation. Of that, 19.5% going towards initial and long term community airdrops and incentives.

For the Initial Community and Ecosystem Claim a 10% slice included the initial Kaito Yapper community, Genesis NFT holders, and ecosystem yappers! I was one of those yappers, and brought along 257 new friends! Good number... not going to lie!

The overall approach of this airdrop was guided by two key principles: distributing $KAITO to those who are most aligned with the Kaito community and most likely to actively participate in our InfoFi roadmap , and maintaining a merit-based system while ensuring fairness and equity!

The Kaito team have gone beyond simply counting total yaps by doing a comprehensive AI-powered analysis to assess various factors, including Kaito value alignment, long-term loyalty, ecosystem participation. PVM was there early, and since December 2024 had governance involvement, onchain reputation, and worked hard to spread the word!

While the Yaps system was intentionally designed with a social reputation threshold, the collective contributions of the broader yapper community was considered. This was the first ever airdrop that was distributed through X, and linking a wallet for the claim was easy enough!

I was a bit surprised by my allocation, not because 496 $KAITO was a lot... but because most of the recent airdrops were rubbish! However, this one was impressive for several reasons, such as method of distribution, the fairness of the allocations and above all a pattern that wasn't pump&dump upon launch!