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~10 protocols. ~750K+ on-chain quest completions.

~10 protocols ran quests on this surface; the three featured below are the partnerships that endured. Multi-token rewards stacked on every completion. The surface Galxe and Layer3 don’t support.

~750K+
Combined quest completions
375K+
BetaStaking completions alone
~10
Protocol quest partners (3 still featured below)
156
Locales reached (most international category)
01

The wedge.

ZKPuzzle started as DAO and onchain-org tooling, expanded into dev & privacy infrastructure, then into consumer & growth tools. Along the way, we became the only product that could support both sides of the privacy-chain ecosystem — the Alchemy/Infura layer (custom indexers, RPC, dev tooling) and the Galxe/Layer3 layer (quest creation, user reach, reward distribution).

That’s why ~10 protocols ran their quest campaigns here instead of on the bigger crypto-native quest platforms. The bigger platforms didn’t support the underlying infrastructure their protocols needed.

The three featured below are the partnerships that endured at scale. Running ~10 quests of varying quality is also what taught us to curate quests tightly rather than run an open free-for-all — every quest on ZKPuzzle now goes through a fit + quality bar before it ships, and that’s why the surface still produces real on-chain volume instead of decaying into zero-effort claim mechanics.

02

The three that endured.

Three of the original ~10 protocol partnerships are featured here — the ones that ran at scale and held up over time. Three different quest mechanics, ~750K+ combined on-chain actions.

Aleo Onramp

~370K+

completions

Aleo Foundation

Onramp 1 ALEO from any exchange to Puzzle Wallet. The user-acquisition primitive — exchange holders into Aleo network participants.

Largest

BetaStaking

375K+

completions

BetaStaking

Stake 1 ALEO with BetaStaking. The single largest quest by volume — staking participation grew through daily-habit reinforcement, not one-time claim mechanics.

Arcane Finance

~10K+

completions

Arcane Finance

Buy 1 ALEO of an Arcane Launchpad presale token. Smaller scale, but proves the same quest layer works for token-launch distribution.

03

Why daily-habit beats one-time claim.

BetaStaking — 375K+ completions — is the proof. Not a one-time airdrop claim; a recurring action repeated daily by tens of thousands of users across hundreds of days. The mechanic was intentional: cap the daily quest at 1/day for free, 5/day for Pro, so usage compounds through habit rather than burning out in a single claim event.

That’s also why the geographic spread on quests is the widest of any V1 surface — 156 locales. Daily-habit quests work regardless of where the user is, as long as they have a Puzzle Wallet and a few moments per morning.

[QUOTE TBD — Howard Wu (Provable / Aleo) on the BetaStaking quest partnership, OR Arcane Finance team on the launchpad-quest experience.]

Pull quote · attribution TBD

FAQ

Questions protocols ask before they sign on.

Why did these protocols pick ZKPuzzle over Galxe or Layer3?
Galxe and Layer3 didn't support the dev infrastructure investment for custom ZK chains, and Alchemy/Infura equivalents didn't exist for that part of the ecosystem either. So protocols on Aleo or similar privacy networks had two options: build the indexers/infrastructure in-house, or partner with ZKPuzzle. We were the only product that could support both sides — dev/privacy infra plus consumer/growth tools.
How does the multi-token reward stacking work?
On Galxe or Layer3, a completed quest typically pays a single token reward. On ZKPuzzle, the same quest pays the protocol's native reward (e.g., ALEO) plus ZKPuzzle Points + Shop Points + Store Points — four reward streams stacked per action. Compared to single-currency competitor quests, ZKPuzzle users typically see roughly 2–4× the value per completed action.
Are these quests still running?
Yes — the three quests are active surfaces, with daily limits (1/day for free users, 5/day for ZKPuzzle Pro). The completion totals shown here are cumulative across the quest lifetime.

What’s next

Run a quest on ZKPuzzle.

Especially good fit if you’re a privacy-chain protocol, a token launching with distribution complexity, or a network that wants quest engagement to compound through daily habit.

Coinbase × Aleo flagship vs Coinbase / Galxe / Layer3