Staking and Rewards Platform

The nGRND Gold Platform functions as the digital staking, participation, and rewards layer of the wider nGRND Ecosystem, designed to establish a scalable global community sustained by natural wealth preservation and long-term Ecosystem growth spanning 30 to 100 years.

Through a combination of governance systems and staking, participation and reward mechanisms - including gamified features - the Ecosystem encourages active Participant engagement while sustaining the climate-neutral objectives of the nGRND Gold Protocol.

Participant Streams

The nGRND Gold Platform is designed around a multi-layered staking, participation and rewards economy in which Participants may engage with the Ecosystem through an initial range of different Participation Streams.

Participation across these Streams generates Reward Points, Participation Multipliers, boosts and streak bonuses, and broader Ecosystem incentives designed to encourage long-term engagement, governance participation, and community growth, with Participants receiving real rewards via the ESG- and SDG-sustained Protocol.

Governance

The Governance feature enables Participants to stake [NGRND] and participate directly in selected Ecosystem decisions relating to Preserved Gold Treasury deployment and acquisitions; Innovation and Sustainability Awards; new participation streams; chain expansions; and token economic updates, including the activation of the burn mechanism.

Through on-chain governance systems, the nGRND Gold Protocol seeks to establish a transparent framework through which long-term Participants may contribute toward the strategic direction of the Ecosystem. Participants may participate by submitting proposals, voting on governance initiatives, contributing to community discussions, joining working groups, and reviewing disclosures from the Dual Treasury.

Impact

The Impact Stream is designed to allow Participants to engage with the measured ESG and SDG outcomes generated by the nGRND Ecosystem. Participants may participate directly in all alternative land use project Digital Twin technology - a dynamic 3D virtual replica of each project that integrates all habitat, biodiversity and data. These digital twins allow Participants to visualise progress and verify impact with total transparency.

Participants may sponsor sustainability initiatives, engage with reporting systems, review project progress, attend impact sessions, and receive NFT-based impact certificates linked to their participation. Staking will also provide exclusive opportunities to be invited to independent carbon finance opportunities external to the nGRND Gold Token Protocol that may arise for each project’s early- and mid-stage structured investment offerings. This opportunity connects Web Zero real-world assets and business with Web3 engagement. The Stream is intended to create a transparent and measurable relationship between community participation and real-world sustainability activity and return opportunities across the Ecosystem.

Learn

The Learn feature supports education and knowledge development across the key foundations of the Ecosystem, including gold markets, ESG and SDG initiatives, sustainability, governance, Web3 infrastructure, and other technologies such as AI. The Staking and Rewards Platform seeks to encourage informed participation by providing structured educational pathways across beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Participants may complete educational modules, earn certifications, attend expert sessions, and contribute educational content to the wider community. Certifications and specialist learning pathways may also unlock enhanced participation roles, governance responsibilities, and additional Ecosystem incentives.

Play

The Play feature introduces gamified participation systems designed to encourage sustained Participant engagement and Ecosystem activity. Through seasonal missions, leaderboards, challenges, quests, and partner integrations, the nGRND Gold Protocol seeks to create an enjoyable experience for Participants aligned with the broader sustainability and natural wealth themes of the Protocol. Participants may participate individually or collectively through competitions, game integrations, play-to-earn opportunities, team activities, and progression systems linked to Reward Points and seasonal badge development.

The Refer feature provides an on-chain referral framework to support transparent and scalable Ecosystem growth. Participants generate personal referral codes to earn Reward Points based on verified referrals, resulting purchases or staking activity, and long-term community growth generated through their network.

The Advocate feature is designed for Participants who contribute toward Ecosystem growth through content creation, education, community building, and public engagement. This includes social media content, videos, livestreams, educational materials, translations, campaigns, and other forms of community advocacy.

Advocates may receive Reward Points, Multipliers, bonuses, or other Ecosystem rewards based on sustained engagement, verified reach, and community contribution to different campaigns. The feature seeks to support scalable global awareness and future community expansion across multiple regions and languages.

The Wellbeing feature aligns with broader ESG and SDG objectives by encouraging focused lifestyle activity and personal wellbeing participation aligned to SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) targets. The Stream integrates health, mindfulness, sustainability habits, and community engagement into the wider Ecosystem.

Participants may participate using wearable technologies in wellbeing challenges, sustainability tracking, group activities, partner-led initiatives, and broader lifestyle engagement systems. Sustained participation then contributes toward Reward Points, boosts, bonuses, and multiplier progression.

The Agents Stream extends Ecosystem participation to AI agents and autonomous digital systems operating through compatible Web3 and AI infrastructure. The Protocol is designed to support AI agents as active network participants capable of holding wallets, staking [NGRND], making payments, referring Participants or agents, and participating across multiple Protocol features.

Through integrations including infrastructure, on-chain attribution systems, account abstraction, and AI-compatible payment protocols, the Agents feature positions the nGRND Gold Protocol Ecosystem within the convergence of modern artificial intelligence, autonomous economic activity, and Web3 participation networks.

Sustained by the Ecosystem and approved through the governance process, Innovation and Sustainability Awards (ISAs) create ongoing Ecosystem value. Applicants can request funds and/or [NGRND] to support their ISA-qualified project, provided it fits the ethos of nGRND, is aligned to one of the 17 UN SDGs, and can potentially add value to the Ecosystem.

Reward Points

The nGRND Gold Ecosystem allocates Reward Points to a Participant’s Rewards Account as a participation-based rewards system to align long-term Ecosystem growth with active Participant contribution. Instead of rewarding passive token holding alone, the nGRND Gold Protocol rewards Participants according to their overall engagement, contribution quality, sustainability participation, and long-term alignment with the Ecosystem.

Participants accumulate Reward Points through participation across the Participation Streams. Examples of qualifying activity include governance participation, learning progression, referrals, content creation, integrated gameplay, AI agent activity, and long-term participation streaks in any of the individual features.

These accrued points then reward Participants via several integrated mechanisms:

Dynamic Soul-Bound Token (DSBT)

Each Participant receives a DSBT, which functions as their persistent on-chain identity and digital membership within the nGRND Gold Protocol. Unlike traditional transferable NFTs, the DSBT is permanently associated with the Participant and evolves dynamically over time according to their participation activities and staking levels. The DSBT therefore acts as a transparent and verifiable on-chain record of Participant activities, staking and reputation across the Ecosystem. Based on activities and rewards, a Participant can upgrade their DSBT image and attributes.

Staking Reward Levels

As Participants stake more tokens, they progress through a dynamic system referred to as Staking Reward Levels. Staking Reward Levels are designed to drive the accumulation of more Reward Points for Ecosystem contribution, with upgraded access, greater daily rewards, discounts, greater governance influence, increased Staking Rewards benefits, and enhanced personal reputation within the community.

Participation Multipliers

Participants may also earn additional Reward Points from relative Participation Multipliers through active engagement with the Participation Streams, rewarding individual milestones such as achieving an educational certification or attaining a level or status in a sponsored game, as well as rewarding ongoing participation such as governance and voting or completing health and wellness diaries for an entire week or month. These Participation Multipliers apply weighting bonuses monthly to earned Reward Points, further increasing the Participant’s effective Staking Reward Level position and therefore their collective proportional share of Staking Rewards.

Badges, Bonuses and Boosts

By achieving certain milestones, Participants can receive badges and bonuses (such as streak bonuses) that add to their daily earned Reward Points. In some instances, these rewards may be stacked to increase their Participation Multipliers and/or Reward Point awards, and/or provide potential collectible NFTs. Participants can also acquire boosts that temporarily increase their Point production, raising the effective staking position via increased relative Participation Multipliers and therefore their proportional share of Staking Rewards.

Participants can engage with their nGRND Gold Protocol Rewards Account and Reward Points via an integrated Dashboard, powered by the DSBT and online account. The Dashboard functions as the gateway to participation activities, streams, staking, and the Ecosystem.

Reward Points therefore function as the core measurement of Ecosystem participation (Participation Multipliers) and are used to determine the effective weighting for each Participant that has staked tokens (Staking Reward Levels).

Effective Reward Points Received = Relative Staking Reward Level x Participation Multiplier x (Reward Level Daily Points + Badge / Bonus / Boost enhancements)

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Collectively, the DSBTs, Staking Reward Levels, Participation Multipliers, Reward Points, Badges, Bonuses, and Boosts form the core participation economy of the nGRND Gold Protocol Ecosystem. They are designed to gamify and reward Ecosystem contribution, strengthen community alignment with the sustainability objectives of the nGRND Gold Protocol, and generate increasing demand for tokens as the Ecosystem

On-chain smart contracts will control the nGRND Gold Token Ecosystem’s core token movement and rewards logic, including vesting, staking, calculations for multipliers, rewards, redemption and rewards distribution, and manage reward staking pools.

The Staking and Rewards Platform will utilise smart contracts for the user interface, statistics, administration tools, and reporting.

The integration of smart contracts provides the foundational programmatic enforcement engine of the Ecosystem. The smart contracts provide intrinsic value by automating issuance, hardwiring strict rules of access, and eliminating the need for human intermediaries and error probability.

All Gaming Participation Stream Smart Contracts are written and operated wholly outside the BVI and exclude BVI Residents.