PoolFans

Last month we shipped an MVP: ~2,000 fans opened 10,000+ positions in @poolfans trading competitions. Today we’re expanding on our mission with a protocol for composable primitives (aka pools) that coordinate attention + liquidity onchain, powered by 💦 $FANS 💦 Most social growth hacks optimize for vanity. Pools flip that. Instead of rewarding clicks, you reward performance: participants compete on ROI, with onchain leaderboards + automatic payouts. It’s a coordination game disguised as a trading contest. Today you’re competing for best ROI but in the future there will be other merit-based competitions. We’re starting with two pool types: 1. Raise Engagement (live). 2. Raise Liquidity aka Pre-Clank (coming soon with @clanker). 1. Raise Engagement Pool is primitive for aligning rewards with performance. How it works: • Configure duration, prize token, # of winners, % split. • Add social tasks (follow/like/recast/cast-about) to earn keys 1 key = 1 position on any token. • When the timer ends, contracts resolve and payout splits hit winners’ wallets automatically. Onchain guarantees: • Pool creation, position intake, and end-of-pool resolution happen onchain. • Winners’ pot is split automatically per the configured % split. • No admin buttons, no spreadsheets—deterministic execution, auditable by anyone. • Pool Factory (Base): 0x476C1f89fFD98A5F1cDF2086E33aE0b9EA9357d3 • $FANS Token (Base): 0x04cAfd53eCfa6f6a9168dE3d6D2B837D04A51B07 2. Raise Liquidity aka Pre-Clank Pools (coming soon) is a distribution primitive. Traditional: deploy token → pray for liquidity. Here: the game itself manufactures liquidity and distribution. How it works: • Creator configures a Pre-Clank Pool (name, symbol, duration, allocations). • Participants open positions using ETH. • On completion, the ETH proceeds seed initial liquidity on Clanker. • Tokens are airdropped to participants with vesting based on ROI × contribution. This isn’t just gamification—it’s a distribution primitive. Why it matters: • Stronger initial liquidity (group-seeded, not one whale). • Performance-based distribution (less sybil theater). • Community pre-launch by construction. • Risk-managed unlocks (vesting reduces day-1 dumps). A healthier launch pattern. Zooming out: the fuel for all of this is the $FANS token: 100B supply launch on Clanker: • 70% Liquidity Pool (Uniswap v4) • 25% Creator Vault (30 day lock - 30 day vesting) • 5% Community Airdrop (1 day lock - 7 day vesting) • 0% Dev buy Utilities: • Live: Gate to create pools (hold 10M+ $FANS) • Next: Staking & power-ups (leverage, multipliers) • Next: Weekly mining (earn via XP & participation) • Next: Governance (parameter and program control) $FANS is the unit that instantiates new games and directs emissions. Pools → Distribution → Liquidity → Governance. Communities use $FANS to start competitions, fund liquidity, allocate supply, and then govern the parameters that created the value. The future isn’t “deploy and hope.” It’s bootstrapping through merit-based, onchain incentives that coordinate liquidity, distribution, and community—end-to-end.