A proof-of-concept incentive program to onboard users to Cardano DeFi via Minswap. The project designs and implements a points-based rewards system to grow DEX volume, TVL and daily active addresses by incentivizing trading, liquidity provision and cross-chain bridging.
- Increase Minswap and Cardano DeFi usage metrics (DEX volume, TVL, DAU).
- Validate points-based incentive mechanics adapted for Cardano.
- Produce open-source tooling and documentation for future, larger campaigns.
- Points System — awards points for activity across:
- Trading volume and number of swaps
- Liquidity provision (amount and duration)
- Bridging in assets from other chains
- Abuse prevention — anti-bot and manipulation rules baked into the ruleset and indexer logic
- Dashboard — real-time rankings and points visibility; rewards distributed per milestone rules
- Project lead and contributors from Minswap DAO
- Tech lead: Long Nguyen
- Technical support from Minswap Labs
- Creates a reusable framework and public documentation for Cardano DeFi onboarding programs.
- If successful, the approach can scale across the Cardano ecosystem.
- All program artifacts (strategy docs, indexers, anti-bot tooling) will be published as open source.
Project coordination via Minswap DAO channels and the Project Catalyst proposer page.