How to Earn Yap Points on Kaito For Potential Airdrop

Kaito.ai is an AI-driven search engine designed to solve the information fragmentation issue that is prominent in the cryptocurrency sector by indexing thousands of public datasets. Users can earn Yap points by sharing valuable information on Crypto Twitter and tagging Kaito.

Key Takeaways

• Kaito.ai aims to solve the information fragmentation issue in the crypto space by introducing an AI-powered search engine that can index various Web3 sources. 

• It was founded in 2022 by Yu Hu and has successfully raised $10.8 million over two funding rounds which saw participation from Dragonfly Capital, Sequoia Capital China, and others.

• As part of their efforts to build the InfoFi roadmap, Kaito is running a Yap-to-Earn points program whereby users can earn points for posting on Crypto Twitter. 

Many Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and Perplexity’s Perplexity are trained on large datasets of language in order to understand and generate human-like texts. Users can enter a question or request and these Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can churn out an answer within a few seconds that reads like it was written by a human. These tools are especially helpful for users who might want to understand complex concepts or have many sets of data analyzed and explained in a concise way. 

Unfortunately when it comes to the crypto space, the tools might run into the information fragmentation issue and give a less satisfactory answer. This issue arises because a lot of information in crypto is still disorganized and dispersed across multiple platforms and networks. As a result, the LLMs might not be able to access, analyze, and utilize the relevant information productively. 

Kaito Introduces Crypto’s Own Search Engine

To combat the information fragmentation issue, Kaito.ai is introducing a new AI-powered search engine specifically meant to access information in the cryptocurrency sector. It will index a wide range of Web3 content across a range of sources like social media, governance forums, research, conference transcripts, podcasts, and more. 

Kaito aims to democratize crypto information for both retail users and organizations within the Web3 ecosystem by offering its platform as either an individual version or a subscription-based institutional version. By leveraging on advanced AI technologies, Kaito is focusing on empowering users to discover and interact with blockchain-related information the same way they can now with ChatGPT. 

According to Kaito’s official websites, one of the benefits that users can enjoy includes getting instant insights aggregated from more than 10,000 Web3 sources for any ticker, topic, or trend. This can help improve a user’s time to make decisions by removing the manual research process. On top of that, messages in the results can be categorized to focus on the team or core team specifically. The search engine has also transcribed thousands of hours’ worth of audio to be made searchable alongside over 50,000 research papers, blog posts, white papers, and tech documents. 

The Team Behind Kaito

The crypto search engine was founded in 2022 by Yu Hu, a former hedge fund manager at Citadel, who recognized the need for better information distribution in the cryptocurrency space.. While other team members are not explicitly shared, Kaito claims that the team is made up of researchers, builders, and investors with experience in hedge fund, machine learning, and blockchain technology.

Together, Kaito has successfully raised $10.8 million over two funding rounds held on June 22, 2023 and August 17, 2023. Notable investors include Dragonfly Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Jane Street, Superscrypt, Spartan, Mirana Ventures, and HashKey Capital. 

Kaito Pro

Kaito Pro is the AI-powered search engine that Kaito has introduced to help users navigate crypto’s fragmented and fast-evolving information landscape. It has the ability to index thousands of sources across social media, governance forums, research papers, news, podcasts, and conference transcripts. The platform uses proprietary search algorithms, semantic LLM capabilities, and real-time analytics. At the time of writing, Kaito Pro has paid subscription packages for both individuals and teams starting at $833 per month.

Users can integrate Kaito Pro as a tool for their research process whether that is to make informed investment decisions, understand market sentiment, or learn more about other projects. It is already in use by many well-known teams, researchers, and investors in the crypto space such as Berachain, Polygon, and Pantera.

At its core, Kaito Pro is built for information indexing, real-time intelligence, and comprehensive features tailored specifically for crypto. For example, it is able to continuously update its datasets to provide users with real-time insights into protocol upgrades, market trends, or new developments. 

It promises other features like MetaSearch, sentiment analytics, smart alerts, dashboards, and an audio library. Some users will probably also want to take advantage of the catalyst calendar which notes down major events such as tokenomics changes, token generation events, governance votes, and more. 

Kaito Connect

Kaito Connect is an AI-powered InfoFi (Information Finance) network that combines artificial intelligence with market forces to redefine how attention and capital flow in the Web3 ecosystem. The platform ensures that genuine contributions are rewarded and value is distributed fairly among all participants, creating a more equitable and efficient system. Anyone can participate in the network, regardless of their influence status or follower count. By directly contributing, participants can receive a fair share of the value. 

It also builds transparency between brands and creators as well as creators and users. Rewards are recorded on-chain for all to see and a public leaderboard ensures that sponsored content is automatically disclosed. How does Kaito Connect do it? Through Yaps, a proof-of-attention mechanism which we will touch on in the next section. 

The InfoFi network is designed to involve four key participants which are creators, users, brands, and networks/platforms. As can be seen in the image below, the Kaito Network aims to fairly distribute rewards to these four categories. 

Kaito Yaps

To grow the exchange of information within crypto, Kaito has developed Yaps, which acts as a proof-of-attention mechanism. Yaps is an AI algorithm-driven approach to tokenize attention and does so by extracting, interpreting, and rewarding users for their contributions. 

The project has launched its Yaps points program to reward users for sharing valuable crypto related information. Yap points can be earned through a blend of volume (more posts), engagement (meaningful real engagement with others), and semantics (how relevant and informative). At the time of writing, users can only connect their X accounts to Kaito’s Yaps program to earn points. The system uses AI to evaluate:

• Posting Frequency: Continuous output is encouraged, but quality is prioritized over quantity
• Interaction Performance: Posts that receive shares, comments, and other meaningful interactions score higher
• Content Semantics: Whether the content has analytical depth, originality, informativeness, and relevance to cryptocurrency
• Originality: Using LLM and plagiarism detection tools to combat spam content and plagiarism

Kaito has built the program to be as fair as possible and claims that it is very difficult to gamify. The program leverages LLM to be able to understand content in languages other than English, exclude low-effort content like spam, and evaluate insightfulness and originality. 

Yapper Leaderboard

The Yapper Leaderboard is a public dashboard that tracks and ranks contributions in real-time for specific brands or topics. It includes:

• Comprehensive Rankings: Tracks overall Crypto Twitter (CT) performance.
• VC Rankings: Focused on VCs (Venture Capital firms).
• AI Rankings: Tracks posts in relation to any crypto AI projects and contributions from AI agents.
• Project-Specific Rankings: Individual leaderboards for each crypto project, divided into pre-TGE and post-TGE stages.

A user might be ranked as number 1 on the Crypto x AI leaderboard but hold a lower position on the CT leaderboard. 

At the same time, the project Yapper Leaderboard measures the contribution for a particular project which is separate from Yaps. These projects are categorized as pre-token generation event (TGE) and post-TGE and include some popular projects like Berachain, Monad, Eclipse, and Initia. It can be used by projects to identify and reward key opinion leaders and supporters. Users can also see who is actively contributing to the projects mindshare and what they are posting. 

Yapper Leaderboard Updates

Significant improvements are coming to the Yapper Leaderboards based on community feedback to ensure sustainability, reduce noise, and improve quality for both users and projects:

• Reputation Threshold: Introducing a reputation threshold across all Yapper Leaderboards, measured in Yaps/Smart Followers/CT mindshare to ensure real accounts rank, prevent AI bots, and focus more on signal over grinding.
• Quality Focus: Dedicated section to highlight consistent, loyal, high-quality contributions across all accounts, with more emphasis on growing a genuine audience and presence first.
• Interest-Based Approach: Emphasizing interests and alignment instead of purely rewards-driven participation to help both farmers and genuine community members.
• Category-Based Structure: Restructuring leaderboards from a pre-/post-TGE format into category-based groupings for better organization.
• Retroactive Rewards: Building a culture of retroactive, milestone-based, and ROI-driven rewards for better provable results and more focus on genuine interest.
• Topic Leaderboards: Adding public topic leaderboards (e.g., stablecoin, RWA, ZK, AI) to recognize thought leaders with recognition and perks rather than direct rewards.
• Global Slashing Mechanism: Implementing an improved global slashing mechanism to combat misinformation, engagement farming, group farming, and low-effort AI content.

What Is Capital Launchpad – Kaito’s Latest Innovation

Kaito, the AI-powered web3 data provider, has released a new capital allocation platform called Capital Launchpad. Kaito’s platform will enable users to invest in private token sales and new projects, similar to Echo, the angel investing platform founded by popular crypto trader Jordan Fish, better known as Cobie.

How Capital Launchpad Works

Unlike traditional first-come, first-served (FCFS) models, Capital Launchpad uses a sophisticated allocation system based on multiple criteria:

• Social Reputation: Your standing within the crypto community.
• Onchain Holdings: Your cryptocurrency portfolio and transaction history (not limited to KAITO holdings).
• Historical Alignment: Your past engagement and relevance to specific projects and sectors.
• Regional Factors: Geographic considerations for fund distribution.
• Conviction Level: Demonstrated long-term commitment to projects.

The Funding Process

The financing cycle on Capital Launchpad includes five stages, moving away from traditional first-come, first-served models to a merit-based allocation system:

1. Project Setup: Projects will be able to set the terms of their fundraising, including investment amounts, valuations, and vesting terms. Teams will also be able to review potential pledges and assign investors to specific “phases.”
2. Pledging Phase: Interested participants place a deposit to pledge their desired allocation amount.
3. Review Phase: Projects evaluate participants and determine allocations based on sophisticated criteria including:
   • Social Reputation: Your standing within the crypto community.
   • Onchain Holdings: Your cryptocurrency portfolio and transaction history (not limited to KAITO holdings).
   • Historical Alignment: Your past engagement and relevance to specific projects and sectors.
   • Regional Factors: Geographic considerations for fund distribution.
   • Conviction Level: Demonstrated long-term commitment to projects.
4. Final Allocation: Only successful participants receive final allocation offers within a specified time window.
5. FCFS Stage: If there is remaining amount that is unallocated, it will be offered to all other eligible users on Capital Launchpad on a FCFS basis.

Integration with Yaps Ecosystem

Capital Launchpad is fully integrated with Kaito’s existing ecosystem:

• Yap Points: Your accumulated points influence your allocation opportunities.
• Yapper Leaderboard: Active social media contributors get priority access.
• Community Rewards: All platform fees collected will be returned to the community in the form of future KAITO token distributions.

Technical Requirements

• Supported Currency: Currently, the platform only supports USDC on Base.
• Compliance: Participants must undergo KYC/AML review, and users in some countries are excluded.
• Identity Verification: All campaigns use Persona’s identity verification system.
• Wallet Integration: Purchases must be completed using the embedded wallet within Capital Launchpad.

KAITO Tokenomics

The KAITO token serves as the fundamental building block of the AI-powered InfoFi network with several key roles:

• Driving Market Forces: KAITO holders participate in shaping the network by influencing attention distribution.
• Network Currency: Functions as the primary medium of exchange within the Kaito ecosystem.
• Community Governance: Enables decentralized decision-making through proposal and voting mechanisms.

Token allocation includes rewards for:

• Governance participation through Yapper Launchpad voting.
• Regional yappers across different geographies.
• Emerging yappers and rising creators.
• Onchain reputation and Genesis NFT holders.
• Ecosystem partners who adopted Yapper Leaderboard early.

The gKAITO Mechanism: Next Evolution of Rewards

Kaito has announced the introduction of the gKAITO mechanism, representing a significant evolution in how the platform recognizes and rewards meaningful contributions. This new system is built around five core pillars:

Five Core Pillars of gKAITO

1. Thought Leadership: For those who contribute meaningfully to broader crypto conversations (Yaps) and the emerging field of InfoFi.
2. Attention: For those who bring new audiences to Kaito and actively evangelize the ecosystem.
3. Participation: For those engaged in the Kaito ecosystem – ecosystem yappers, Capital Launchpad participants, and more.
4. Ownership: For holders of sKAITO and certain related derivatives.
5. Culture: For Yapybara holders and pfp users, Kaito culture builders, and active community participants.

gKAITO Utilities

The gKAITO mechanism provides several key benefits:

• Platform Fee Sharing: Earn a share of platform fees generated across the ecosystem.
• Priority Access: Get priority access to deals and investment opportunities.
• Project Alignment: Signal alignment with partner projects within the Kaito ecosystem.
• Premium Features: Access priority features on Kaito platform.

How to Earn Yaps

Now, let’s look at how to earn Yap points for sharing information.

Step 1: Sign In to Kaito

Firstly, go to https://yaps.kaito.ai/onboarding and Sign In.

You will be prompted to connect your X (Twitter) account as the only option.

In the next window, Authorize app to give Kaito Yaps access to your account. 

You can then see a brief introduction to Yap Points which shows you the three different dimensions of the points program. As mentioned above, these include volume, engagement, and semantics.

After you have read through this, you can proceed to Become A Yapper.

Once certified, you will be shown some basic statistics about your X account which includes how many smart followers you have, who are the top smart followers, and even view a web of connected accounts. 

Before you can continue, you will need to Start Yapping which will open your X account with a pre-written post.

You can then post the pre-written post which will also include your referral link.

After that you will be able to Continue and Join the Kaito Connect waitlist.

Step 2: Input Your Wallet

Next, you can Input Your Wallet. 

You will need to enter both an Ethereum and Solana wallet address to Confirm. If you are using a wallet that supports both chains, like Phantom, then you can easily copy your chain-specific wallet addresses from there.

Step 3: Start Yapping

You will need to start posting on your X account in order to earn points. If you feel unsure about what to post, we recommend looking through accounts listed on the leaderboards to see the type of content and engagement they are posting. 

For effective content creation:

• Focus on high-quality, original crypto-related content.
• Engage meaningfully with other users’ posts through comments and shares.
• Share insights, analysis, and valuable information about cryptocurrency projects.
• Participate in discussions about trending crypto topics.
• Reference reputable sources like whitepapers, research documents, and blog posts.

If you are looking for materials, we suggest that you take the opportunity to read up on whitepapers, research documents, blog posts, and even X posts from different projects. You can also look through the vast articles and reports we have available on CoinGecko. 

Spamming the word ‘crypto’ in your posts and tagging Kaito at every opportunity will not increase your points.

Conclusion

Kaito has evolved from an information aggregation platform into a comprehensive InfoFi ecosystem where information, attention, and capital flow seamlessly together. The introduction of Capital Launchpad represents a significant milestone, enabling community-driven fundraising that moves beyond traditional first-come, first-served models to merit-based allocation.

With the upcoming gKAITO mechanism and enhanced Yapper Leaderboard features focusing on quality over quantity, Kaito is building a more sustainable ecosystem that rewards genuine contribution over engagement farming.

For users looking to maximize their participation in the Kaito ecosystem, success requires:

• Quality Engagement: Focus on meaningful contributions rather than volume
• Multi-Platform Participation: Engage across Yaps, Capital Launchpad, and community building
• Long-term Thinking: Build genuine reputation and relationships within the ecosystem

The platform’s comprehensive approach to connecting information discovery, social reputation, and investment opportunities positions it uniquely in the Web3 space, potentially reshaping how crypto communities access both information and capital.