Build Rewards S1 Project Discussion

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thank you. Having done further research I have set out my understanding of staking with Stake.link as follows. I would appreciate if this could be verified please

If you are Staking with Stake.link the following applies

For your Stake.link staked LINK (which gives you stLINK tokens), it’s different because Stake.link operates as a pooled liquid staking provider. They stake all users’ LINK together in Chainlink’s official pools, so the Cubes are awarded to the protocol as a whole (not to your wallet directly). This means:

You won’t see your personal Cubes on rewards.chain.link—there’s no individual balance to view there for pooled stakers like you.

Instead, Stake.link handles the Cubes collectively, and your share is based on how much stLINK you held during the eligibility snapshot (November 3, 2025, time-weighted).

Don’t worry—this is by design, and it’s still super beneficial (you get the same base staking rewards + these bonuses without extra hassle). Now, let’s break down your specific questions.

Can You See Your Allocated Cubes?

No, not directly like in direct staking. The protocol gets the total Cubes for all stLINK holders (proportional to the pooled LINK staked). You can’t log in to rewards.chain.link and see “your” slice because it’s not split out individually at that stage.

But you can track your eligibility and future rewards on Stake.link’s site:

Go to stake.link and connect the wallet with your stLINK.

Check the “Assets Manager” or “Airdrops” section (e.g., Liquid Staking for the Chainlink Ecosystem - stake.link)—this is where they’ll show claimable rewards once tokens are unlocked. Right now (Nov 27, 2025), it might not show Season 1 yet since allocation is ongoing, but it’ll update soon.

Your share = (Your stLINK balance on snapshot date) ÷ (Total stLINK in the pool). If you staked more LINK via Stake.link, your slice is bigger.

Do You Have to Choose How to Use Them? (Allocation & Voting)

No, you don’t have to personally allocate or choose projects—that’s the beauty of the pooled approach. The Stake.link DAO (governed by SDL token holders) decides collectively via a democratic voting process using reSDL (their locked governance token). It’s “democratic,” not the team picking alone.

Key votes for Season 1 (both done via Snapshot.org for gas-free voting):

Early Unlock vs. Loyalty Pool: Decided if the protocol grabs ~25% of tokens early (but forfeits the rest) or waits 90 days for a bonus “loyalty” share. This ended November 18, 2025—community voted to go for Loyalty Pool (patient approach, better long-term).

Cubes Allocation: How to split the total Cubes across the 9 Build projects (e.g., more to Truflation for price data or XSwap for trading?). This is still open as of today (Nov 27)—it was set to end Dec 9 but got shortened by 4 days to Dec 5 for safety (to avoid missing deadlines). Vote here if you want: Snapshot link for allocation (connect with SDL/reSDL wallet; exact URL from their X post).

Do you need to vote?

Only if you hold SDL (Stake.link’s governance token) and have locked it as reSDL—voting power is based on your time-weighted reSDL balance from Nov 3. As a pure stLINK holder (no SDL), you can’t vote, but that’s fine! The community (SDL holders) handles it democratically, and you’ll get your pro-rata share of whatever they choose. If you’re happy letting them decide (like you said), do nothing here—no action required from you.

Will You Lose Rewards If You Do Nothing?

Absolutely not! Your Cubes won’t expire or get lost just because you’re not voting or allocating personally. The protocol:

Allocates the Cubes as a group (by Dec 5).

Claims the resulting Build tokens on behalf of all eligible users (stLINK holders like you included).

Distributes them fairly via the Stake.link site—you just claim your share later (no rush; they’ll do monthly claims over the 90-day unlock starting Dec 16, 2025, plus a final loyalty bonus).

Timeline for you:

Dec 5: Allocation finalizes.

Dec 16 onward: Tokens start unlocking; Stake.link claims and lets you grab yours from their dashboard (small gas fees, but batched to save costs).

One tip: If you want to influence the vote (e.g., push for more to a project you like), buy/lock some SDL into reSDL before the snapshot next time—but it’s optional.

Who Gets the Rewards? (Eligibility Check)

You’re definitely eligible as a stLINK holder! Full list:

stLINK holders (you!).

SDL stakers.

Curve LINK/stLINK LP providers (50/50 positions, including Beefy vaults).

Node operators and core contributors (small shares).

If your stLINK was from different wallets, just connect each one to Stake.link’s claim page later—rewards are per-wallet based on holdings.

Next Steps (Super Easy)Now (Nov 27): Allocation vote ongoing—watch @stakedotlink on X for updates.

Monitor: Follow @stakedotlink on X or join their Discord/forum (talk.stake.link) for vote results and claim updates.

Hold tight: Keep your stLINK staked—it’s earning base rewards (~4-5% APY) + these bonuses.

Claim when ready: From Dec 16, hit up stake.link/assets-manager/airdrops, connect wallet, and claim (they’ll guide you).

If zero shows up: Double-check your snapshot balance or ping their support (Discord is fastest)—could be a wallet mismatch.

This pooled setup means less work for you but still full upside. If the DAO picks well (they usually do), you’ll get diversified tokens from hot projects without lifting a finger.

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Tokens made available MAX TOKEN SUPPLY Percent of company given to BUILD REWARDS
truf 10,000,000 1,000,000,000 1
sxt 76,880,159.96 5,000,000,000 1.537603199
dolomite 10,000,000 1,000,000,000 1
bkn 5,004,200 143,000,000 3.499440559
bcut 10,000,000 1,000,000,000 1
folks 250,000 50000000 0.5
fhe 15,000,000 1,000,000,000 1.5
suku 22,500,000 1,500,000,000 1.5
xswap 10,500,000 350,000,000 3

Some thoughts:

  1. Folks finance has provided the least amount of relative tokens to the BUILD REWARDS system. However, I like the team a lot. Professional. Founder led. Vision. And is working in concert with us to increase stLINK/wstLINK composability as they have initiated a pool for us to be able to lend. Review of leadership passes my tests. On the one hand, we could consider decreasing our contribution to it; on the other hand, as it is ranking as a #253 coin, our exposure and acquisition of $FOLKS necessarily comes at a premium.
  2. $TRUF. I’ve been seeing a lot of negative comments on this. Data analytics, data confirmation, data publication, economic data. If you look under the hood, and if you review daily US and UK inflation data, what they do is remarkable, because they are not simply a plug-in to the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) in the United States, they aggregate data from a whole consortium of private / public entities and synthesize a highly accurate real-time CPI feed–a whole new way of doing a CPI index. And that is just for ONE economic indicator in ONE country. This has a massive potential to scale and is incredibly important to the future of decentralized finance. This is founder led–which is a plus. And the founder has a sophisticated educational background which I like.
  3. $SXT. Pretty sophisticated team. founder led. Microsoft backed. this also has a massive ability to scale.
  4. $DOLO. this is cool. VC funded it appears. “The Dolomite Foundation has entered into a $10 million private placement and strategic partnership with Stewards Inc., a diversified financial company advancing its Digital Asset Strategy through on-chain infrastructure and tokenized finance.” White paper short, not as exhaustive as I’d like. Founder led, which I like. What I like even more is that the co-founders went to same college, which means they are friends, and I like that a lot. One of the founders, Corey Caplan, is the Chief Tech Officer of World Liberty Financial–which is cool and interesting.
  5. $BKN. Highest percent of company is being given out as BUILD rewards. a lot of competition in this field–compliant tokenization of RWAs. iono. we are at 10% allocation–i advise going down to 5% (or even less…unfortunately people at this DAO have decided to steal people’s votes with their inane proposal to eliminate any allocation below 5%, which is regrettable and indicative of high level stupidity–basically satanic.)
  6. $BCUT. Backed by coinbase ventures. totally founder led. CEO’s background is super impressive. a lot of competition in this space as well in data forensics and fraud prevention. We would need to learn more about whether they possess a durable competitive moat relative to other emerging competitors. we are currently at 1%. Either boost to 5% to safeguard a position or cut it. (as discussed above the level of sheer stupidity it takes to add a SLURP proposal to steal people’s votes is on a level that is unimaginable. It really takes a grain of sheer idiocy, one with purpose and intent of thievery and a je ne sais quois backwards idiot lack of upbringing to want to eliminate people’s votes–not to mention how it would undercut people’s desires to learn more about these projects and violate some of the positive tenets of ChainlinkLabs’ founders.)
  7. $FHE. On its face, Mind Network sounds awesome. I have a few questions about its current leadership. CEO does not explicitly have a coding background–that I’ve detected thus far–but does have a career rich in marketing. I don’t really like leadership to have a strong foothold in marketing. We are at 1.18% on this. I’d like to cut this until we learn more. I’m not saying anything negative; I just need to determine if the founder has skin and knowledge in the game. I don’t know enough to make a decision on this.
  8. $SUKU. At first I was on the fence about this. But then they discuss Latin American payment rails…which is a massive market with a massive TAM. we are at 1.1%. I’d like to see this go to at least 5%. I like this. This idea has massive potential. It’s got a coinbase listing. I like embedded remittances by teaming up with major banks. There’s potential here.
  9. $XSWAP. we are at 5.8%. Not sure why we are so high, but I’d be happy with 5%. Not sure entirely what they do? it is a DEX with AI integration? On the other hand, they are provisioning 3% of their total token float into BUILD Rewards distribution.

Again, I really like Ari’s previous discussion on the importance of using this BUILD Rewards distribution as a mechanism for a positive flywheel effect. I think it’s important to review each of these projects; vote on them accordingly; and through our collective decentralized presence commit to owning these tokens for 3-5 years. Each of these companies are founded by people with genuine stories and a vision, and it would be regrettable to not share in their purpose; especially since we have our own story with this company. It would be grossly hypocritical to demand that flywheels take off in our venture with stakedotlink which is grounded in the broader success of the Chainlink ecosystem; yet for these 9 projects incubated in that very system, many of you are disregarding the greater vision and the possibilities and the requirements for the success of that vision. In essence, a certain grain of stupidity resides in some of you, that is visible, detectable, putrid–you are unlovable. So my suggestion, do some broader due diligence. Read about these companies. Develop a thesis. Develop an angle. Present your thesis–as Ari did. And do the opposite of Satan’s work. Share with the rest of the team your ideas, and do so properly.

The mathematical pseudo-science previously discussed is interesting and can be entertained, but it is merely a portion of the thought process that goes into portfolio allocation. There are other factors that need to be thought of. And one more thing, maybe, just maybe, don’t steal other people’s coins because you want to pump your own coins so hard because you want to sell your coins–and in so doing sharing the purpose of life with that of a clown. Don’t be an idiot.

Present a properly formulated portfolio, provide the calculation you’ve discovered, and co-locate it with other investor motifs such as idea, TAM, competitive moat, potential, leadership, how many people are employed. But stop playing grab-ass with the DAO mission and purpose. These projects are just as important and provision integument and structure to the chainlink ecosystem and stakedotlink. These mathematical ideations are good, but they don’t always provide results the way you think they do with a 3-5 year horizon. In fact, as reSDL holders, we can even have a collective metric of chainlink ecosystem project ownership we possess; who knows? maybe years from now, that might give even greater clout in other emerging fields.

Take the positive approach, and let’s find a proper way to allocate these items.

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Yes @PRynne, that is correct. Follow our socials on X or Telegram to see when claiming of the BUILD rewards for eligible parties is enabled. You will have 180 days in total to claim all rewards, directly from our website - in the Dashboard page.

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I have just gone through the rewards allocated to my staked link and cannot understand them. As a brief summary I have a total of 61922 st link in various wallets and another 15000 link staked in staking.chain.link.
Once again the chainlink site is transparent and easy to understand. Whilst the stake.link site is confusing and hard to follow. Having complained about this many times in the past and always giving you the benefit of the doubt, I can only come to the conclusion that you are being less than honest in your presentation and I am very worried about what it is that you are hiding. I chose several coins in common with the ones chosen by you. I will give you an example with the xswap allocation as follows.
For 15000 link staked with staking.chain.link I was allocated 32,567 xswap tokens, 6,938 of which I can claim now. It’s very clear and transparent
For the 61,922 st link that I have staked with stake.link I have been allocated 540 xswap tokens
Can anyone explain this? It would appear that you are shafting the marines? I have pleaded with you in the past for transparency and simple explanations but I fear the lack of response is based on greed. Please tell me I’m wrong.

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Your wallets at chainlink labs maybe have a better historic rating. Not all of our stake is historic v1 so that would explain why the same amount in both vary

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Also we have the same seasonal weight so ensure you were staked from the snapshot (same time as chainlink labs)

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Also if you looked, we don’t use the same weighting for cubes that you do. Please see the prior slurps describing this process and outcomes

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Michael thank you for your reply. I dont know how to get this accross to you but, I cannot understand how stake.link operate and I can understand how chainlink labs site operates. The chainlink labs site is clear, transparent and does not hide behind technical language. As you can tell I am very frustrated by this and have been on various discussion pleading for a simple to use transparent site that is open and honest with all users. I am a simple marine who is doing his best to make a return on my investment. The idea that I have to look up slurps and join chat forums is mad. I should be able to come on a site, have the process explained, and be confident that I can understand what is being done. If you forget about me and other simple marines, you will lose the trust of the community. I dont understand and I think stake.link have a responsibility to explain in one simple document how the rewards are allocated. I reserve the right to compare how chainlink labs allocate their rewards and I want to know why one allocated many more than the other. I dont want technical language, I would like it explained to me like I am 10 years old. Surely someone with a full understanding of this process can ask AI (grok etc) to break it down for the simple investor to reassure us that we are not being scammed by a technical management class who can run rings around us non technical investors. I believe in the link project but I have strong reservations about Stake.link

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Think of BUILD Rewards as “bonus airdrops” on top of your normal staking yield. When new projects join the Chainlink BUILD program, they give a portion of their tokens to the Chainlink network. stake.link collects these tokens and passes them on to you.

Here is the simple breakdown of how they work, who gets them, and the specific fees involved:

1. Who gets the Airdrop?

You are eligible for these bonus rewards if you are doing any of the following three things inside the stake.link protocol:

• Holding stLINK: You hold the liquid token in your wallet.

• Staking SDL (reSDL): You are staking the governance token.

• Providing Liquidity: You have put your stLINK into the Curve pool (the system counts this as if you are still holding the tokens directly).

2. The “Time-Weighted” Rule (No Cheating)

You cannot just buy stLINK five minutes before the airdrop to get free money.

• The protocol uses a Time-Weighted Average (TWA).

• Translation: They measure your balance every day over a specific period (a “season”). If you hold 1,000 stLINK for the whole season, you get a full share. If you only hold it for the last day, you get almost nothing. This rewards loyal Marines who hold through the volatility.

3. The Fee Split (Different from Normal Rewards)

The protocol takes a slightly different “cut” of these bonus airdrops compared to the normal LINK rewards.

• Total Fee: roughly 28% of the airdrop is kept by the protocol.

• Where it goes:

◦ **20%** goes to **SDL Stakers** (This is higher than usual—if you own the governance token, you get a bigger chunk of these airdrops).

◦ **5%** goes to the **Node Operators**.

◦ **3%** goes to the **Core Contributors**.

4. Important: The 180-Day Rule

Unlike your stLINK rewards which auto-compound (grow automatically), BUILD rewards are not automatic.

• Manual Claim: You must go to the website and click “Claim” for these specific tokens.

• Expiration: You have 180 days from the moment they are distributed to claim them. If you forget, you lose them.

Summary for the Simple Marine: BUILD rewards are extra tokens from new projects. If you hold stLINK or stake SDL for the long term (“the season”), you get a share. You must log in to the website to claim them, or they expire in roughly 6 months.

If you go to Liquid Staking for the Chainlink Ecosystem - stake.link

You can see “Claim” buttons, or “Claim All” to claim everything you can. Every two weeks or so, more tokens will be available for claiming. The “Total Rewards to Vest” is the amount you will be able to claim / claimed once the 180 days are completed.

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If this is still unclear to you, please reach out to me via Telegram - my handle is @Tokenized2027