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The referral program

Earn $WHUF for referring bidders, at a rate set by their Ethos score

Written by Serpin Taxt

Refer people to the sale and earn $WHUF based on their participation.

How it works

  1. Place a bid in the auction (minimum $100 USDC). Bidders receive a personal referral link.

  2. Share your link. When someone you refer places a qualifying bid, you earn a bonus.

  3. Your bonus is a percentage of your referral's purchase amount, paid in $WHUF.

Your rate depends on their reputation

The bonus percentage is determined by the referred person's Ethos score at auction close:

  • Score below 1300: no bonus

  • Rates scale continuously with score, rewarding more $WHUF to those who bring in more credible people.

Referring credible people pays more. That's intentional. It's a reputation protocol.

The rules

  • Single layer only. You earn on people you directly refer. There are no multi-level chains.

  • Both bids must clear. You earn referral bonuses only if your own bid clears at the final price — a refunded bid earns nothing, no matter how many people used your link. And your bonus is calculated on your referral's settled purchase (the USDC actually converted to tokens), not what they bid. If their bid doesn't clear, there's no bonus.

  • Referral bonuses are not linear; a $1m bid does not generate 10x an equal ethos score bid of $100k.

  • The referral pool is 100,000 $WHUF (1% of supply), separate from the Validator and Contributor XP bonus. If total referral demand exceeds the pool, all bonuses scale down proportionally.

  • Referral bonuses are distributed at TGE with the same lock as sale tokens. Referrals bonuses are not eligible for the Price Guarantee.

Do they need to register on sonar with my link, or just bid?

Registration on sonar with a referral link is not required. Referral is captured at the time of bid being placed. Ensure that you see the picture of the person who referred you at the top of the website; this will record the referral.
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If the person referred forgets to use your link, you can always have them bid a $1 increment on total amount to get the referral to count.

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