Tasks and rewards ​

To make sure you are eligible for the rewards, please read the rules carefully first.

Disclaimer: The tasks and rewards might be adjusted at any time, but will be announced in Discord if so.

Before you start on a task, please open the submission form to make sure that:

1. The task has opened (if the form is not accepting submissions, the task is not open)
2. You understand the task and the instructions which you will find in the submission form itself

To find resources such as RPC, API, block explorers and validation guides, please visit the resources page.

For validators ​

As you will see below, most of the tasks are not particularly geared towards validators. This is because we want to make sure that everyone can participate, not just validators.

More importantly, we want to align and incentivize validators long-term, which is why the delegation program will be the most important way for validators to earn rewards. Please see the delegation program for more information.

Being in the active set during the testnet is not really relevant to the delegation program (so please don't worry about that)

How to participate ​

To participate, you first need to do three things:

1. Join our Discord
2. Sign up on our Google Form
3. Grab the Circulus-1 Tester role in the # 🤝︱tester-role channel in Discord

Ensure you create a new wallet (instructions below) and use the same address for all tasks during the testnet. We will ask everyone to provide the address at the end of the testnet to match it against the Discord username you provided in the signup form.

A note on wallets: ​

Make sure you use the same wallet address for all tasks. We will collect and link all addresses to the information you signed up with. Make sure you use a new wallet, so we can't connect it to any mainnet addresses.

Take a look at this video to learn how to set up a Keplr wallet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmxx_hIulz8

Tokens for gas and stuff ​

For most of the tasks you will need some tokens to pay for gas and other stuff.

You can request tokens in the # 🔧︱faucet channel in Discord.

Please do not abuse the faucet. It will only give a small amount of tokens and there will be a cool-down before you can request more tokens. If we detect abuse you will be disqualified.

Rewards ​

For the circulus-1 testnet there are set aside 0.5%, or 1,000,000 $MPWR, from the initial supply.

All prices will be rewarded as $MPWR tokens to be vested for 1 year. (unless stated clearly otherwise)

These rewards are split among the different categories below:

Max tokens per category are split among the participants in that category according to the rules of each category (see below).

In addition, most categories have different ways to win rewards and might require you to be early to win the maximum amount of tokens.

First and last serve submissions ​

Many of the categories' tasks rewards are split among the first X submissions and the final Y submissions, with each group earning different amount of tokens. Any submissions beyond the last serve batch will not earn any tokens. There will be some lag between us confirming the maximum number of submissions, but we will try to close the submissions as soon as possible to communicate that the submissions are finalized (which means that even if you managed to submit, you might not get rewarded - if you are too late).

As an example: if a task has 15 $MPWR for first 200 and 6 $MPWR for last 500, it means that the first 200 approved submissions earn $15 MPWR each and the next 500 earn 6 $MPWR each. Anyone submitting beyond those two batches are not rewarded.

We've chosen this mechanism to get as early feedback as possible, as well as gamifying the process a little. We might change the exact numbers during the testnet itself, but will communicate this in Discord if so.

Zealy ​

Zealy tasks are different social media, marketing, and community tasks. Examples of tasks might be:

• Retweeting a tweet
• Making content
• Participating in community events
• Doing plastic waste cleanup
• More tasks likely to be added, so keep an eye out!

The exact tasks are available on Zealy: https://zealy.io/c/circulus1-empowerchain/questboard

120,000 $MPWR are set aside for Zealy tasks and will be awarded relative to the number of points/xp earned by the top 500 (subject to change!) participants.

UI Testing ​

See First and last serve submissions for details on reward mechanism.

Instructions ​

Instruction for each task can be found in the Google submission form for each task.

Create proof of existence: https://forms.gle/i2TSGvN2AL983WS16

Buy plastic credits: https://forms.gle/MDfBbZZSv3rDh11W7

Retire plastic credits: https://forms.gle/UQiyWdwatPZTJqhz9

Transfer plastic credits: https://forms.gle/mBGXAkgruZ4sGCyn9

CLI Testing ​

See First and last serve submissions for details on reward mechanism.

* Performing the plastic credit issuance CLI tasks requires deep knowledge about the plastic credits module as well as being given special permissions on-chain.

As such, we will conduct a quiz to determine who gets to do this line of operations Hint: it will require intimate knowledge about Plastic Credits

Instructions ​

Instruction for each task can be found in the Google submission form for each task.

SDK transactions: https://forms.gle/mfuLHV9vBshJY2by6

Proof of existence transaction: https://forms.gle/QajitMU2D1Mo7cRU7

Plastic credit issuance CLI tasks: Will be provided later to the participants who pass the quiz (which will also be provided later). In the meantime, you can read up on the Plastic Credits module.

IBC Testing ​

See First and last serve submissions for details on reward mechanism.

Instructions ​

Instruction for each task can be found in the Google submission form.

All the tasks are in the following Google Form: https://forms.gle/JJDeX5AVaZnznvqv8

Docs, guides, etc ​

For docs and guide related tasks there are is a different reward mechanism. For each task there will be maximum 1 winner and 3 runner-ups. So even if you don't win, you might still get rewarded well.

All of the above tasks needs to be submitted as Pull Requests to EmpowerChain's GitHub repo: https://github.com/EmpowerPlastic/empowerchain and to a Google Form (see below)

The docs are written in Markdown under the docs folder: https://github.com/EmpowerPlastic/empowerchain/tree/main/docs

It is recommended to reach out to someone from the team to figure out what is expected for each task, but we've added some clarifications in the instructions below.

Instructions ​

General guidelines:

• All written material needs to be in English
• All written material needs to be in Markdown
• All written material needs to be fairly grammatically correct

Some more specifics on each task:

To submit a task, you will need to do two things:

1. Create a Pull Request to the EmpowerChain repo with your changes: https://github.com/EmpowerPlastic/empowerchain
2. Submit a Google Form with a link to your Pull Request: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd5GEfcry1Mu5NMTD4B5W21kZW97tzg-xtsWxhMoDge6uViQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

And again, it is recommended to reach out to someone from the team to figure out what and how to write if you are unsure.

Build challenges ​

Most challenges have potential 2 parts: UX/UI designs & Code. You can aim to do both in a challenge, or just focus on one of them. This allows designers that don't have coders available to make an amazing concept and get rewarded for that, while coders that aren't that comfortable creating beautiful UIs can get rewarded for creating functional prototypes.

If any of these challenges seem interesting, please read through the information and documentation we have provided, and then feel very free to reach out to discuss ideas and get feedback from our team.

There are also grants available for bigger ideas and/or further development. Reach out to discuss more!

For build challenges there are is a different reward mechanism. For each task there will be maximum 1 winner and 3 runner-ups. So even if you don't win, you might still get rewarded well.

Instructions ​

All the challenges are detailed in the Build challenges page.

Submitting can be done in the following Google Form: https://forms.gle/tkmAULdirqQLV6EJ6

Bugs ​

Critical bugs and genesis bugs are not subject to vesting.

See First and last serve submissions for details on reward mechanism.

All bugs are rewarded only if you are the first to report them. If they are reported elsewhere, or by someone else first, you will not be rewarded (depending on the situation, we'll look at this on a case-by-case basis).

Make sure to check and report first at: https://github.com/EmpowerPlastic/empowerchain/issues

Instructions ​

Submit bugs in our GitHub repo: https://github.com/EmpowerPlastic/empowerchain

And submit it in this Google form as well: https://forms.gle/FXopNQoFeoZjZqPs6

Make sure to search and sure nobody has submitted the bug before you.

Security issues ​

Critical security issues are not subject to vesting.

See First and last serve submissions for details on reward mechanism.

Instructions ​

Please read everything in this section carefully.

Submit issues related to EmpowerChain in our GitHub repo: https://github.com/EmpowerPlastic/empowerchain

And submit it in this Google form as well: https://forms.gle/FXopNQoFeoZjZqPs6

• Upstream security issues should:
  • Be reported to the upstream project
  • Be reported to us
  • Be reported in private
• Upstream security issues will:
  • Be rewarded by us
  • Most likely be rewarded by the upstream project as well
    • If not, we will reward you (amount depending on severity)

All security issues are rewarded only if you are the first to report them. If they are reported elsewhere, or by someone else first, you will not be rewarded (depending on the situation, we'll look at this on a case-by-case basis).

Make sure to check and report first (unless critical, see note below) at: https://github.com/EmpowerPlastic/empowerchain/issues

IMPORTANT! If you discover a security issue in an upstream library that is used by EmpowerChain, please report it in private. Disclosing security issues in public can be harmful to all users of that software in live systems.

Stress testing ​

Make sure you are following all the instructions laid out here. Especially the windows for stress testing, the scope for each window, and only using a single wallet is very important!

Always check back here before each window as we might change the exact scope if we find it necessary.

For stress testing we will reward evenly across all submissions that meet the requirements. The total number of tokens to be distributed is 30,000 $MPWR.

25,000 $MPWR will be distributed evenly across transactions that meet the requirements, and 5,000 $MPWR will be distributed to the top 3 participants who can prove they have stress tested the frontend in a meaningful way (a scripted headless browser for instance?).

The stress test phase will last from 21st of June to EOD (or early next day) 25th of June.

The plan is not to stress test the whole network all the time, but to focus stress testing on specific parts of the network at specific times (windows).

The plan is as follows:

On 21st of June, we will start with a stress test of the network at a single window of 1 hour. The next days we will have 3 windows where we will only ask to stress test our custom modules, not the whole network. If we find anyone is stress testing the whole network, they will be disqualified from the stress testing rewards.

The windows are as follows:

It is important that you don't keep spamming the network outside of these windows, if we find anyone doing this, they will be disqualified from the stress testing rewards (and potentially previous rewards if they are causing harm).

Instructions ​

Each participant is only allowed to stress test with a single account, the same account they have been using for the previous tasks. Using multiple wallets will not help you in any way. So be smart with your transactions and tokens (* remember: you can bundle many messages in a single transaction if you know what you are doing*).

We are not going to give detailed instructions on how to stress test the network, but we will give some important notes.

We are increasing the number of tokens given out by the faucet, so you can have enough tokens a lot of transactions. (Keep in mind: there is 0 point in spending those tokens on delegating to your validator, it doesn't help your case in any way).

For "Everything, throw transactions of any kind at the network", you can use any transaction type you want. Just throw transactions at the network within the assigned window.

For "Plastic credit purchase, transfer and retire transactions", do any of the following (ideally all of them):

• Purchase plastic credits
  • Either on the marketplace website or using cosmwasm execute directly (Rust msg.rs for reference)
  • Please: only buy 1 or a few at a time so others can also buy some
• Transfer plastic credits
  • Either on the marketplace website or using the cli/gprc/api directly (cli reference)
• Retire plastic credits (makes them non-transferable)
  • Either on the marketplace website or using the cli/grpc/api directly (cli reference)

At any point during the stress test phase, but before the end of the stress test phase, you can submit your participation with the account you have been using here: https://forms.gle/XPt6hPwx8amy7DmDA

For the frontend stress testing mentioned earlier, we are not going to give any instructions, but leave it open to you to figure out how to stress test the frontend in a meaningful way. If you can prove you have done this, fill in the form here: https://forms.gle/EAWS38XGvJCArkKw8

Community helper ​

For the community helper reward there will be maximum 1 winner and 3 runner-ups. So even if you don't win, you might still get rewarded well.

To be eligible for this reward you need to be active in the community and help others. This can be in the form of answering questions, helping people with issues, helping people with their submissions, etc. If you can prove that you have been active in the community and helped others, you can win this!

Submit your proof here: https://forms.gle/UMgJWK6m7M1in5Hq9