Mint a hashtag
Permanent ownership, one holder per exact text
Letters, digits and underscore. Up to 64 characters.
Their share is paid from the community fund. Nothing is deducted from what you earn.
Of the price paid, -- goes to the community fund, -- to the team and -- to running the measurement service. Each share is sent to its own address in the same transaction.
The TAGS amount is sent to an unreachable address and leaves supply permanently. It is not held by the protocol.
What you receive
An ERC-721 token whose id derives from the exact text you minted. It is transferable and permanent. The protocol cannot reassign it to anyone else.
Case is part of the name
The token id comes from the exact bytes of the text, so Bitcoin and bitcoin are two different hashtags. Both can be minted, by different people.
What happens to your payment
The native currency is split in the same transaction: the community fund, the team and the measurement service each receive their share at their own address. The fund is held in a contract with no administrative withdrawal function of any kind.
The protocol token is sent to an unreachable address. It leaves supply permanently and the protocol has no way to mint more.
Minting is not earning
A minted hashtag earns nothing until you stake it. Only staked hashtags enter the daily ranking.