What is a Kioke?
Traditional ponzu ferments in cedarwood barrels called a Kioke. Koji is the brewing culture. In the Ponzu protocol, Kioke Cards are NFTs used for curation across the factory. They shape the culture and signal conviction. Kioke holders select which projects receive their backing and earn bonuses from tokens they endorse. Every token launch earns 10 voting credits called a Koji, and they are spent quadratically. We call it Quadratic Voting Token Curation (or Koji Voting for short)One Collection Per Chain
Ethereum and Robinhood Chain each run their own barrel collection, their own pricing curve, and their own curation pools. A barrel on Ethereum earns Koji from projects launched on Ethereum. A barrel on Robinhood Chain earns Koji from projects on Robinhood. Same mechanics, separate accounting, separate Kioke contracts. Koji accrues from launches on your barrel’s chain and is used to curate projects on that chain. Nothing bridges.Two Reward Streams
Crafting
1% of presale ETH across every project launched on Ponzu flows to Kioke Card holders who vote. Split equally among the minted Kioke on that project’s chain. If a project raises 100 ETH, 1 ETH enters that chain’s Kioke pool and compensates for curation. You don’t choose which projects. You don’t stake anything. Hold a barrel, and vote. But you can only claim after you vote. If you spend half your Koji, you still accumulate your full share, but you can only claim half. Contribute koji to claim the rest.Fermenting
A cut of swap fees at Ponzuki, taken before the remainder reaches the Distributor. That pool doesn’t split equally across the 300 barrels on that chain. Kioke can earn boosted weight for that token by allocating more Koji credits as a signal of conviction. Your share of the Kioke pool for any project = your Koji burned on that project / total Koji burned on that project, scaled quadratically. Active curators with good judgment are rewarded, those who are passive cant claim. Your Koji is rate limited like every other Kioke, so curation becomes key.Both streams depend on third-party founders launching projects on your barrel’s chain. If nothing launches, nothing accrues. A Kioke barrel is a curation NFT, not a security or a claim on anyone’s revenue. See the Disclaimer.
Koji Credits
How Koji accumulates, how endorsement works, and claims on Koji rewards.
Genesis Sale
Genesis Kioke sale. Linear pricing from 0.1 ETH. How to claim yours.