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Time-Based Incentives
Time-Based Incentives help teams grow sustained onchain participation by rewarding users for the positions they keep active over time. Instead of paying the same reward to every user who completes a single action, a Time-Based Incentives campaign rewards users based on the size of their eligible position and how long they maintain it. Larger positions can earn more. Longer-held positions can earn more. Users who exit early stop accruing, while the rewards they already earned remain available to claim. Use Time-Based Incentives when your goal is to build durable behavior: deeper liquidity, longer holding periods, stronger retention, or more committed participation in a protocol, vault, token, or ecosystem.Who It Is For
Protocols
Launch campaigns that align rewards with the behavior you actually want: users keeping valuable positions active through a campaign window.
Users
Earn rewards by maintaining a qualifying position. The bigger the eligible position and the longer it stays active, the more it can earn.
What You Can Build
Time-Based Incentives are flexible enough to support different growth strategies without changing the core user experience.- Bootstrap liquidity for a new market, vault, or ecosystem.
- Reward loyal users who keep positions active instead of rotating out immediately.
- Run a targeted campaign for a specific partner, segment, or allowlist.
- Protect a budget with minimum balances, caps, tiers, or reward-rate limits.
- Show users clear earnings, accrued rewards, and claimable rewards inside your own product.
How Campaigns Work
Pick the position
Choose the supported token, vault, or protocol position that should count toward rewards.
Set the campaign strategy
Define the reward token, total budget, schedule, eligibility, and any campaign controls.
Users participate
Users enter or maintain the eligible position. Their rewards accrue while the position remains eligible.
Campaign Controls
Teams can shape campaigns with a few important controls:| Control | What it answers |
|---|---|
| Target position | What user behavior should count? |
| Reward budget | How much are you willing to spend? |
| Schedule | When should rewards start and stop? |
| Eligibility | Who should be able to earn? |
| Caps and tiers | How should rewards be distributed across small and large participants? |
| Claim window | How long should users have to claim after the campaign ends? |
User Experience
From a user’s point of view, the earning model is simple:- Join an eligible campaign.
- Keep the qualifying position active.
- Watch rewards accrue over time.
- Claim available rewards when they are ready.
Why Teams Use It
Time-Based Incentives are built for programs where duration matters.Better alignment
Reward users who continue contributing value, instead of paying equally for short-lived and long-lived participation.
Budget control
Use campaign rules to manage who earns, how much balance counts, and how rewards are paced.
Clear user motivation
Give users a visible reason to maintain the position that matters to your product.
Less operational overhead
Boost handles tracking, reward accounting, campaign data, and claim infrastructure.
Keep Exploring
How It Works
Learn the campaign flow from setup through earning and claiming.
Core Concepts
Reward calculation, campaign lifecycle, and campaign modes.
Integrate
Surface campaigns, user rewards, and claims in your own product.
Have a campaign in mind that does not fit the standard flow? Reach out to the Boost team.