Growth Program

Communities should share in the value they help create

Most swap platforms collect fees while the communities driving the activity see nothing back. AquaVaults was built differently.

The AquaVaults Community Growth Program lets listed communities share in the platform fees generated by swaps they help drive. Communities start with a guaranteed baseline share, can increase that share through monthly performance tiers, and can unlock additional benefits through Partner status.

AquaVaults swaps remain non-custodial. Users always control their own wallets and funds, choose their own fee level, and approve their own transactions.

What the Growth Program is

The Growth Program is AquaVaults' fee-share system for listed communities. When eligible swaps happen through AquaVaults, a share of the platform fee can be routed back to the selected listed community. That community's share is based on the Growth Program rules: how the community is listed, what monthly tier it has earned, whether it has active Partner status, and whether any earned campaign reward window applies.

The live program includes guaranteed onboarding floors, monthly performance tiers, Partner status, founder dashboard visibility through the Command Center, and live Growth Program fee routing on supported swap paths.

Campaign Rewards are planned for announced campaign windows only. Communities compete during an announced campaign period, and after the campaign ends, top-performing communities may earn a temporary fee-share bonus for a defined reward window. No campaign reward applies unless AquaVaults announces an active campaign with published rules.

What "share" means

A community's share is a share of platform fees. It is not swap volume. It is not a guaranteed payout. It is not a promise of revenue. It is not related to token price or token performance.

For example, if a swap generates a platform fee, the selected community may receive a percentage of that fee based on its active share. The active share is the rate. The actual amount depends on confirmed swaps, the fee level selected by the user, and the current program rules.

Qualification is also based on platform fees, not volume. If a swap generates $1.00 in total platform fees, the full $1.00 counts toward that community's monthly tier progress — including both the community portion and the AquaVaults portion.

How the share is calculated

A community's active share is built in a fixed order:

In plain English: you receive whichever is higher — your guaranteed floor or the monthly tier you earned. Partner status adds a flat +10% on top. If your community earns a campaign reward, that temporary bonus applies after the campaign for the defined reward window announced with that campaign. Outside an earned campaign reward window, there is no campaign bonus.

Your guaranteed floor and your performance tier do not stack. The program takes the higher number, then adds any active Partner boost and any earned campaign reward bonus that is currently active.

Listing types and guaranteed floors

How a community joins AquaVaults sets its guaranteed floor. The floor is the minimum share a listed community receives when it does not qualify for a higher performance tier.

Standard listed communities

Standard listed communities start with a 50% guaranteed floor. This keeps AquaVaults open to communities that want to be listed without needing a paid subscription or special status. Standard communities can still climb through performance tiers and can still activate Partner status.

A Standard community can move from a 50% floor to Silver at 65%, or Gold at 75%, by generating enough monthly platform fees through AquaVaults activity.

Founding Communities

Founding Communities are the first communities that supported AquaVaults early. Founding Communities receive a permanent 60% guaranteed floor, Founding / OG recognition, lifetime $149/year Partner pricing, and eligibility for future founder-only opportunities when available.

Founding status is permanent and non-transferable. The Founding floor gives early communities more protection in quiet months — a Founding community that does not earn Silver or Gold still keeps its 60% floor.

Uni-Fy Connector listing

The Uni-Fy Connector path is planned / when available. When available and activated for an approved community, the Connector path is intended to provide a 60% floor. The currently planned Connector fee is $20 and applies only when Connector onboarding is available.

Monthly performance tiers

Performance tiers reward monthly activity. Tiers are earned during one UTC calendar month and apply the following month. Your active tier does not change mid-month.

If a community earns Silver this month, that Silver tier applies next month. If a community earns Gold this month, Gold applies next month. If the community does not qualify again during the next month, it returns to its guaranteed floor the following month.

There is no grace period. Tiers can move up or down from month to month based on the platform fees generated during each UTC calendar month.

What counts toward monthly progress

Monthly progress is based on total platform fees generated through AquaVaults activity. The full platform fee counts, both the community share and the AquaVaults share count toward qualification, progress is measured in fees rather than swap volume, and progress is tracked by UTC calendar month.

What does not count: swap volume by itself, token price movement, only the community's portion of a fee, activity excluded by program rules, and internal activity that is not part of community qualification.

The thresholds are intentionally low so communities can experience progress early. At a 1% platform fee, roughly $1,000 in swap volume can generate about $10 in fees, and roughly $5,000 can generate about $50 in fees. These numbers are only examples. Actual results depend on the swaps, selected fee level, tokens, routes, and market conditions.

Partner status

Partner is an optional subscription for communities making a longer-term commitment to AquaVaults. Partner status adds a flat +10% to the community's active share. It applies on top of whichever is higher: the guaranteed floor or the earned monthly tier.

Partner communities receive deeper dashboard access and enhanced analytics as soon as the purchase is verified, and a public Partner badge once Partner becomes active on the effective date. Partner may also include eligibility or priority for future opportunities when available, and early access to future features when available. The current Partner price is $149/year.

Partner status is optional. It is not required to be listed, use AquaVaults, or participate in the Growth Program. Partner status does not guarantee revenue, volume, rankings, campaign access, rewards, or token performance.

Activating Partner

A community owner activates Partner from inside the Command Center. Open the Partner card, request a quote, and pay the quoted amount in USDC directly from your connected Solana wallet to the AquaVaults Partner treasury. AquaVaults never takes custody of the payment — it goes wallet-to-treasury, and the backend only verifies the on-chain transaction. Only a community owner can purchase Partner; team members with dashboard access cannot.

Once the payment is verified, enhanced dashboard access unlocks immediately and Partner enters a pending state. The +10% share boost and the public Partner badge begin on the effective date shown with your quote — normally the first day of the next UTC calendar month — and the Partner term runs from that effective date. The boost is not applied instantly at purchase.

Partner pricing protection

Some communities have Partner pricing protection. Founding Communities keep lifetime $149/year Partner pricing, even if they cancel and reactivate later. Early Growth communities — communities 11–20 — keep $149/year Partner pricing while continuously subscribed; if the subscription lapses, future Partner subscriptions renew at current market pricing. Standard communities renew at the current Partner price.

Pricing protection applies only to Partner subscription pricing. It does not lock tier thresholds, campaign requirements, Connector rules, or other program settings.

Example shares

Campaign reward example

Campaign Rewards are earned through placement in an announced campaign and applied afterward for a defined reward window. For example, a Gold Partner community normally has an 85% share (Gold 75% + Partner 10%).

If that community finishes 1st in an announced campaign, it may earn a +10% campaign reward. That bonus would not apply during the competition period — it would apply after the campaign ends, for the reward window announced with that campaign. During that reward window, the Gold Partner share of 85% plus the +10% campaign winner reward equals a 95% reward-window share. After the reward window ends, the community returns to its normal active share unless another program rule applies.

Campaign Rewards

Campaign Rewards are planned for announced campaign windows only. Campaigns are not live by default. No campaign reward applies unless AquaVaults announces an active campaign with published rules, dates, eligibility, goals, scoring, placement structure, and reward-window details.

When a campaign is active, communities compete during the announced campaign period. After the campaign ends, the top communities are determined based on that campaign's published rules. Campaign bonuses are not applied during the campaign itself — they are earned from campaign placement and applied afterward for a defined reward window. The length of that reward window will be announced with each campaign.

The planned placement reward structure is 5th through 2nd place earning +5% each, and 1st place earning +10%. Campaign bonuses do not stack — a community receives the placement bonus it earned, not multiple placement bonuses. Special campaigns may award up to 100% of fees, but only if explicitly announced.

How campaign timing works

Campaign Rewards have two separate windows. The campaign window is the competition period: communities push activity, and the campaign rules define what counts, how standings are measured, and how placements are determined. No campaign bonus is applied during this competition period unless a specific campaign says otherwise.

The reward window is the period after the campaign. After the campaign ends, AquaVaults determines the top communities based on the published rules, and communities that earn placement rewards receive their temporary bonus during the reward window announced for that campaign. The reward window length is not automatic — it is defined per campaign and announced with the campaign rules.

Attribution is not the same as Campaign Rewards

The Command Center may show attribution data such as source, referrer, integration origin, or campaign key. This is source tracking — it helps communities understand where activity appears to be coming from.

Attribution does not prove causation. Attribution does not automatically create campaign rewards. A campaign key is not a campaign bonus by itself. Campaign Rewards only apply when AquaVaults announces an active campaign with published rules, scoring, placements, and a reward window.

Command Center dashboards

The Command Center is the private founder portal for listed communities. It helps community owners and team members track active share, current-month progress, Monthly Performance, Growth Program tier status, Ranking, Activity Trend, Co-Op Participation, Earnings, Attribution Insights, Live Swaps, Top Tokens, Token Analytics, and Monthly History.

Some dashboard features may depend on listing type, Founding status, Partner status, or admin access.

Token Analytics

Token Analytics helps communities understand token-related activity flowing through AquaVaults. Depending on access level, it may show activity around assigned community tokens, top tokens, buy/sell flow, and other token activity signals.

Token Analytics is descriptive. It does not predict price, prove causation, guarantee volume, or guarantee token performance. It is a tool for understanding observed activity, not a promise of outcomes.

Co-Op Mining Rig participation

The Command Center may also show a summary of Co-Op Mining Rig participation. This can include participation signals such as cycle activity, contribution summaries, points, contributors, or rank depending on available data and access level.

Co-Op participation gives communities more visibility into how their community is showing up inside the AquaVaults ecosystem. It does not automatically change a community's Growth Program share, and it does not guarantee rewards, payouts, campaign placement, or future benefits unless a specific announced campaign says otherwise.

Fee routing

Growth Program fee routing is live. The active share shown for a community is the basis for how eligible platform fees are routed when supported swaps occur. Eligible fee routing currently applies to standard AquaVaults swap flows, including manual swaps, AutoSwap, Flip-Flop, and EVM swaps.

Limit orders use a separate fee path and do not currently apply the Growth Program community split.

Users choose their own fee level on each swap. If a user sets the platform fee to zero, no platform fee is charged and nothing is routed. AquaVaults remains non-custodial — users always control their wallets, funds, and approvals.

Why the Growth Program matters

The Growth Program is designed to make community support measurable and meaningful. Instead of asking communities to promote swaps through platforms that send all value elsewhere, AquaVaults gives listed communities a way to participate in the platform fees they help generate.

Campaign Rewards add a future fourth layer: competition. When campaigns are announced, communities can compete during a defined campaign window for temporary fee-share bonuses that apply afterward during a defined reward window. The result is a system where communities can grow with AquaVaults instead of simply sending activity away from themselves.

What listed communities can do now

Listed communities can share their AquaVaults community swap link, encourage members to swap through AquaVaults when it makes sense, promote the AquaVaults widget where appropriate, track monthly progress in the Command Center, watch how close they are to Silver or Gold, use dashboards to understand activity and sources, and prepare for future announced campaign windows.

The strongest communities are the ones that make their swap route easy to find, easy to use, and part of their normal community flow.

Important disclaimers

Campaign rewards, when available, are earned through announced campaign rules and apply afterward for a defined reward window. No campaign reward is automatic or always-on. Dashboard values are informational tracking and reporting tools only.

Program terms, thresholds, pricing, campaign windows, reward windows, features, and operational settings may change over time. Changes are announced before they take effect, are not applied retroactively, and do not revoke a tier already earned for an active month. AquaVaults is non-custodial — users control their own wallets and funds.

FAQ

Does every listed community get the same share?

No. A community's share depends on its listing type, earned monthly tier, Partner status, and any earned campaign reward window that applies. Standard communities start with a 50% floor. Founding communities have a 60% floor. The planned Uni-Fy Connector path may provide a 60% floor when available and activated.

What is the difference between a floor and a tier?

A floor is the minimum share a community receives based on how it is listed. A tier is earned through monthly platform fees generated by that community's AquaVaults activity. The floor and tier do not stack — the community receives whichever is higher.

What is Base?

Base means the community did not reach Silver or Gold during the qualification month. When a community is at Base, its guaranteed floor applies.

How does a community earn Silver or Gold?

A community earns Silver by generating $10 or more in platform fees during a UTC calendar month (65% the following month), and Gold by generating $50 or more (75% the following month).

When does a tier apply?

A tier earned during one UTC calendar month applies the following month through scheduled program processing. For example, Gold earned in July applies in August.

Can a tier change mid-month?

No. A community's active tier is fixed for the month. Tiers can move up or down from month to month.

Does swap volume count toward tier progress?

Not directly. Tier progress is measured in platform fees generated, not total swap volume. Volume can help generate fees, but the tier threshold is based on fees.

Does Partner status help with monthly qualification?

Partner adds +10% to the active share after the floor or tier is determined. It does not replace the monthly tier system.

Are Campaign Rewards live?

No. Campaign Rewards are planned for announced campaign windows only. When a campaign is announced, communities compete during the campaign period. After the campaign ends, the top five communities may earn a temporary fee-share bonus for a defined reward window: 5th through 2nd place earn +5%, and 1st place earns +10%. The reward window length is announced with each campaign. No campaign reward applies unless AquaVaults announces an active campaign with published rules and dates.

Do campaign bonuses apply during the campaign?

No. Campaign bonuses are earned during the campaign based on final placement, then applied afterward for the defined reward window announced with that campaign.

How long does a campaign reward last?

The reward window is defined per campaign and announced with each campaign. Campaign rewards are temporary — they are not permanent tier changes.

Does a campaign key mean my community gets a campaign reward?

No. A campaign key in dashboard attribution is source tracking only. It does not automatically create a campaign reward.

Is the Uni-Fy Connector listing live?

Connector listing is planned / when available. Its 60% floor and fee rules apply only when Connector onboarding is available and activated for an approved community. Connector attribution, affiliate locking, and automated Connector payouts are not live today.

Can someone buy a Connector badge and automatically get listed?

No. Connector activation should only apply to approved communities. Buying or receiving a Connector badge does not automatically guarantee listing approval.

Do limit orders count for Growth Program fee sharing?

Limit orders use a separate fee path and do not currently apply the Growth Program community split.

Does the dashboard guarantee revenue?

No. The Command Center is a tracking and reporting tool. It does not guarantee revenue, rewards, rankings, payouts, or future results.

Is AquaVaults custodial?

No. AquaVaults is non-custodial. Users connect their own wallets, control their own funds, choose their own fee level, and approve their own transactions.