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$1.5M+ in token rewards, to verified humans.

Multi-token referrals at scale. ALEO + PARC + PART. Top single referrer alone brought ~1,000 verified humans.

$1.5M+
Token rewards distributed (at peak ALEO)
~60K+
Total referrals
~14K+
Unique referees
~1,000
Verified humans from one referrer
01

The mechanic.

Crypto protocols partnered with ZKPuzzle to distribute their tokens to verified humans through a referral program — not via airdrops, not via Galxe quests, not via Coinbase Earn. The structure: a user refers a friend; the referee creates a Puzzle Wallet and completes a verification flow (ZK proof of human); both the referrer and the referee get paid in multiple tokens.

Multi-token, not single-currency. That’s the differentiator from every other referral surface in the space — Layer3, Galxe, exchange referrals — they all pay one thing. ZKPuzzle pays three reward streams per successful referral, plus optional USD-equivalent gift cards in some cohorts.

02

The three reward streams.

Three tokens stacked on every referral. ALEO for network participation, PARC for in-app rewards, PART for stake in the network you helped grow.

ALEO

~250K+

~$1.5M+ at $6 peak

Network fee for the chain itself — paid out to referrers/referees as proof of network participation.

PARC

~300K+

Protocol-side reward

ZKPuzzle Arcade Coin — earned in-app and redeemed for gift cards, USD where margin permits, and shop access.

PART

~730K+

Network ownership

ZKPuzzle Network Token — stake in the network you helped grow, like Uber drivers holding Uber shares.

03

What the top referrer story tells us.

A single user moved ~1,000 verified humans into the network through one referral program (counted at the human level — wallet-level events tied to this referrer were roughly double, ~2,000). Network effects are real, but they only translate into real-money rewards when the incentive structure compounds — three token streams stacking, ALEO at peak price, ZK proof of human keeping the referee pool clean of bots.

For a crypto protocol evaluating distribution: this is the shape of what referrals can do when they’re wrapped in multi-token economics on a verified-human network. Single-currency referral programs typically max out at ~10× lower volume per top referrer.

[QUOTE TBD — top referrer if comfortable being named, OR a partner protocol on the multi-token referral structure.]

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FAQ

How a multi-token referral economy actually works.

How does $1.5M+ in rewards even happen on a referral program?
Multi-token stacking + scale + token price. ~14K verified referees were brought in by ~700 unique referrers. Each referral paid out three token streams (ALEO + PARC + PART) plus, in some cohorts, a $5–$10 USD-equivalent gift card. ALEO at its peak ($6) made the network-token leg of the rewards alone worth $1.5M+. PARC and PART contributed additional value on top.
What does the top referrer's ~1,000-humans story look like?
A single user (anonymous wallet — we won't identify them without permission) brought ~984 unique referees (verified humans) in the V1 dashboard alone, which we estimate at ~1,000+ once dashboard truncation is accounted for. Wallet-level events tied to this referrer totalled roughly ~2,000 — the human count is the deduped, ZK-proof-of-human verified subset. They earned ~3,936 reward events, ~19,680 PARC, ~42,058 ALEO, and additional PART. Real money on a real referral program.
Why is the geographic spread so even?
Referrals are the most evenly globally distributed surface on ZKPuzzle — 28% US, 14% UK, 14% Brazil, 14% India, then 80 other locales. Because referral incentives compound through social graphs, the program reaches wherever the network already has users.

What’s next

Distribute your tokenat scale.

Particularly good fit if you’re launching a token, scaling a network, or running a protocol that wants verified-human distribution at the same scale crypto-native referral programs claim — but with multi-token stacking on top.

Coinbase × Aleo flagshipvs Coinbase / Galxe / Layer3