Web3 Information Platform Kaito: Creating a New Ecosystem for Attention Economy

Kaito is a Web3 information platform dedicated to solving the problem of information fragmentation in the cryptocurrency world. It collects and organizes information from various data sources in real-time through an AI-driven search engine and information network. The platform utilizes large language models and semantic understanding technology to transform unstructured information into instant insights, including sentiment analysis, keyword tracking, narrative context mining, and more. Additionally, Kaito tokenizes the content published by users on social platforms into "attention tokens," quantifying real influence and encouraging the community to create and share high-quality information, thereby promoting a fair and transparent information financial ecosystem. The project was established in 2022 and completed two rounds of financing in 2023, raising a total of $10.8 million.

Kaito Connect and Yaps Points System

To incentivize community participation and reward valuable information contributions, Kaito has launched the Kaito Connect network and the Yaps points system. The Yaps program is Kaito's core incentive mechanism, encouraging users to post high-quality content related to cryptocurrency on social platforms. The system uses AI to evaluate post quality, interaction depth, and content relevance, rewarding genuine high-quality contributions. Participants are referred to as "Yappers", and the points they earn can be used to participate in reward distribution, gain eligibility for future airdrops, improve rankings, and unlock more benefits.

Kaito has also built a content incentive and project selection mechanism through the Yapper leaderboard and Launchpad. The leaderboard includes an overall ranking, an AI theme ranking, and dedicated rankings for each project. The community can vote on new projects to be listed through Launchpad; holders of Yap points or Smart Follower can participate, selecting new projects for the leaderboard each week.

Kaito Connect is an AI-based InfoFi information network that promotes information sharing and transparency through interconnected products and frameworks. Any user can participate and share cryptocurrency-related information, thereby obtaining a corresponding share of value. The network includes four types of participants: creators, ordinary users, brands, and platforms, and strives to fairly distribute rewards among these four parties.

Yaps Acquisition Mechanism

Kaito's Yaps system is not solely based on traditional "likes" or "views" but focuses on the quality of the posts. The algorithm utilizes large language models to understand content in multiple languages, filter out junk content, and reward insightful posts. It takes into account factors such as posting frequency, interaction performance, content semantics, and originality.

There are mainly two ways to obtain Yaps points:

1. Deep Interaction Strategy: Actively comment on tweets from high-influence accounts to express your own views. You can increase the likelihood of a response by supplementing with data or insights. Additionally, choose tweets about popular projects in the current market to reply to, thus enhancing the value of the interaction.

2. Write in-depth content: Focus on writing in-depth content for the projects on the weekly rankings, including technical analysis, valuation models, airdrop strategies, etc., then @ the project team and Kaito to earn Yaps and potential project team rewards.

Kaito's voting mechanism revolves around the Yapper Launchpad, with the core idea of distributing influence through holding and participation. Voting is divided into Yapper voting ( based on Yap points and the number of Smart Followers ), and Holder voting ( based on the staked KAITO to obtain sKAITO and Genesis NFT ). Holder voting accounts for 75%, while Yapper community votes account for 25%.

Popular Events

1. INFINEX: Activities are conducted by season, with a total prize pool of approximately 6 million USD equivalent uPatrons. Users participate in points competition through content creation and invitation mechanisms to earn uPatrons rewards. The points and reward amounts allocated each season gradually increase.

2. Huma Finance: The event is divided into three seasons, with a total prize pool of about 0.5% of the total Huma supply, approximately 2.3 million USD. Participants need to produce high-quality Huma-related content on social media platforms and rank in the top 500 of Huma Yapper.

3. Newton: The total prize pool for the event is approximately 0.75% of the total supply of NEWT. Users can earn rewards through content creation, recommending Agents, and interacting with the community, and a community milestone bonus mechanism and identity weighting are introduced.

4. LOUD( has ended): The design inspiration of LOUD comes from the attention( Mindshare) concept proposed by Kaito. Users can gain attention value by posting LOUD-related content on social platforms. After the project's launch, the price surged, bringing over a hundred times returns to early investors, but then it significantly corrected due to heavy selling pressure and a lack of subsequent development plans.

Summary

Kaito has built an innovative information ecosystem through Kaito Connect and the Yaps points system, effectively linking community content with project value. However, for ordinary users, the participation threshold is relatively high, requiring continuous time investment to operate accounts. Compared to the past methods of participating in a single project testnet or trading to obtain airdrops, the Kaito model presents higher costs and participation difficulty for retail investors, incentivizing long-term content creators more.