Grow Your Community

Overview

Once your app is live, you have three levers: staking (passive income for holders), tournaments (competitions with prizes), and items (NFTs that unlock features). Here’s how to use them.

Staking

Your app ships with a staking vault. Users deposit tokens, earn 70% of trading fees. Why it matters: Stakers don’t sell. More staking = less sell pressure = healthier token.

App Modules

After launch, you can deploy additional modules from the Creator Console.

Deploying Modules

Go to your app’s detail page
Scroll to “Creator Console”
Click “Deploy Modules”
Confirm the transaction

This deploys:

AppAccess1155: NFT items and passes
EpochRewards: Seasonal reward distributions

Items (NFTs)

Create and sell NFT items that provide utility within your app.

Creating Items

In the Creator Console → Items Manager:

Click “Add Item”
Set item details:
- Name: Item display name
- Price: Cost in app tokens
- Soulbound: Whether transferable
- Max Supply: Total available (0 = unlimited)
- Time Window: Optional sale period

Item Types

Type	Use Case	Example
Access Pass	Gate premium features	Pro Membership
Cosmetic	Visual customization	Gold Avatar Frame
Power-up	In-game advantage	2x Score Multiplier
Collectible	Limited edition items	”Genesis Badge”

Burn Mechanics

100% of item purchases are burned:

User pays 100 APP tokens → 100 APP tokens burned → Item minted

This creates deflationary pressure on your token supply.

Feature Gating

Use items to gate app features:

// In your app, check if user owns item
const hasAccess = await checkFeatureAccess(userAddress, featureId, userStake);

if (hasAccess) {
  // Show premium feature
} else {
  // Show upgrade prompt
}

Soulbound vs Transferable

Soulbound	Transferable
Cannot be sold/transferred	Can trade on marketplaces
Tied to original buyer	Enables secondary market
Best for: memberships, achievements	Best for: collectibles, cosmetics

Tournaments

Run competitions with entry fees and prize pools.

Creating a Tournament

In Creator Console → Tournaments:

Click “Create Tournament”
Configure:
- Name: Tournament title
- Entry Fee: Cost to participate (in app tokens)
- Start Time: When entries open
- End Time: When entries close
- Description: Rules and details

Tournament Economics

Entry fees are split at finalization:

Recipient	Share	Example (1000 token pool)
Winners	96.5%	965 tokens
Protocol	2.5%	25 tokens
Burned	1 %	10 tokens

Running the Tournament

Entry Phase: Users pay entry fee to join
Competition Phase: Run your game/challenge
Finalization: Submit winner rankings
Distribution: Winners claim prizes via Merkle proofs

Prize Distribution

You decide how to split the prize pool:

Winner takes all
Top 3 split
Tiered payouts
Participation rewards

Generate a Merkle tree with allocations, then finalize the tournament.

Playbook

Launch Week

Hype early access — XP holders get 6 hours head start
Run a tournament — generates trading volume
Drop a genesis item — rewards early supporters
Do an AMA — Discord or Twitter Space

After Launch

Weekly tournaments — keeps people coming back
Limited items — creates urgency
Leaderboards — competition drives retention
Let holders vote — on features, formats, whatever

Holder Distribution

Monitor who holds your token on your app’s detail page:

Top 10 holders: Visible with percentages
Staked vs liquid: See engagement levels
Distribution chart: Visualize concentration

Healthy Distribution

Metric	Target	Why
Top 10 concentration	< 50%	Prevents manipulation
Staked percentage	>30%	Shows commitment
Unique holders	Growing	Wider community

Add official channels to your app page:

Go to app detail page
Click “Edit App”
Add links:
- Twitter/X
- Discord
- Telegram
- GitHub
- Website

This helps users find your community and reduces scam risks.

Team Members

List team wallet addresses for transparency:

In Edit App modal
Add team member addresses
Optionally add ENS names

Users can see:

Team wallet addresses
Link to Etherscan profiles
Build trust through transparency

Analytics to Track

Metric	What It Tells You
Trading Volume	Interest and liquidity
Unique Holders	Community size
Staking Rate	Long-term commitment
Tournament Entries	Engagement depth
Item Sales	Premium feature demand

What Works

Talk to your holders — weekly updates, respond to feedback
Reward loyalty — exclusive items for long-term holders
Don’t dump everything at once — space out tournaments and drops
Actually listen — they’re invested, their input matters

Next Steps

API Overview

Integrate with Elata programmatically

Bonding Curves

Understand pricing mechanics

概览

构建应用

应用经济

用户指南

Overview

Staking

App Modules

Deploying Modules

Items (NFTs)

Creating Items

Item Types

Burn Mechanics

Feature Gating

Soulbound vs Transferable

Tournaments

Creating a Tournament

Tournament Economics

Running the Tournament

Prize Distribution

Playbook

Launch Week

After Launch

Holder Distribution

Healthy Distribution

Team Members

Analytics to Track

What Works

Next Steps

API Overview

Bonding Curves

​Overview

​Staking

​App Modules

​Deploying Modules

​Items (NFTs)

​Creating Items

​Item Types

​Burn Mechanics

​Feature Gating

​Soulbound vs Transferable

​Tournaments

​Creating a Tournament

​Tournament Economics

​Running the Tournament

​Prize Distribution

​Playbook

​Launch Week

​After Launch

​Holder Distribution

​Healthy Distribution

​Social Links

​Team Members

​Analytics to Track

​What Works

​Next Steps

API Overview

Bonding Curves

Overview

Staking

App Modules

Deploying Modules

Items (NFTs)

Creating Items

Item Types

Burn Mechanics

Feature Gating

Soulbound vs Transferable

Tournaments

Creating a Tournament

Tournament Economics

Running the Tournament

Prize Distribution

Playbook

Launch Week

After Launch

Holder Distribution

Healthy Distribution

Social Links

Team Members

Analytics to Track

What Works

Next Steps