Staking Growth Incentive Program via Cosmobot

Staking Growth Incentive Program via Cosmobot TL;DR This proposal introduces a growth-based staking incentive program deployed via Cosmobot directly in the Telegram ATOM Community Chat, the main hub for Cosmos Hub users. Every 14 days, Cosmobot distributes approximately 50 ATOM to participants who have increased their staked position by a defined threshold (e.g. +20%). Because this level of growth cannot be achieved through staking rewards alone, the mechanism explicitly incentivizes users to buy ATOM on the market and stake it. The program is funded by a small allocation of the community tax, uses a multisig-controlled wallet for fund management, and is designed as a lightweight, transparent, and easily scalable experiment to drive staking growth and community engagement. Overview and Objective This proposal introduces a growth-based incentive mechanism designed to encourage active participation in staking on the Cosmos Hub. Rather than rewarding passive holders, the program focuses on users who actively increase their staked ATOM over time. The objective is to strengthen network security, reduce liquid supply pressure, and foster a more engaged and dynamic community.…

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Sounds like a Self-Service Store.

1. any TG Chat is centralized.

2. How many cosmonauts really use telegram?
   There are Language Barriers and more that make this proposal highly unfair against people from countries who can’t participate.

3. is it worth to change Parameters for 3.5 atoms a day?

Personally, and this could change when atom is worth more, a fraction of an atom wouldn’t be able to incentivize me to do all that. But the value would have to go up significantly to convince me to move some of my atom to a hot wallet, connect it to a bot and then continually be buying a significant amount more and staking it. I love the idea, though, you could be on to something!

@Guinch_Roze The core concept of incentivizing net buying pressure and locking liquid supply is a good idea in theory. However, mathematically and technically, this proposal falls completely short for anyone holding significant capital. First, the 20% growth requirement scales terribly. For a small retail user, buying 10 more ATOM is easy. But for large holders, brands, or institutional players, a 20% increase requires a massive capital injection. Asking whales to risk thousands of dollars in fresh capital just to earn a fraction of a 50 ATOM prize pool is mathematically irrational—especially when the passive APR is already at 15% without taking any extra risks. Second, the security friction is a total dealbreaker. As Cosmic_Pwranger mentioned, big players do not move their funds to hot wallets or connect them to Telegram bots. Period. For this to move beyond mere assumptions and actually drive real TVL (Total Value Locked), it needs real, tangible mechanics. The rewards need to scale proportionally to the capital risked, and the execution must be completely trustless (on-chain smart contracts), not dependent on a centralized chat bot. If you want to attract big capital, you…

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Thank you for your feedback. I agree that your first point regarding the risks of centralization on Telegram is valid and important to highlight. Regarding the 20% growth requirement: you’re right that this threshold would be impractical and mathematically unattractive for large holders, whales, or institutions. Asking them to inject significant fresh capital just to chase a relatively small reward from the pool makes little sense, especially when they can already earn a solid ~15% APR passively with no additional risk. However, this initiative is not designed to attract institutional capital or whales. It is specifically targeted at retail users with smaller portfolios. For them, increasing their stake by 20% is often much more achievable, and the incentives can meaningfully encourage participation. The main goal is to create a virtuous cycle within the Cosmos Hub community: drive more retail users to our primary discussion channel on Telegram (where most crypto conversations happen), incentivize them to stake and grow their positions, reward active participation, and encourage them to bring in new people. We already have Cosmobot in place, which makes it easy to distribute…

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@Guinch_Roze I highly appreciate your receptiveness and honest reply. It speaks volumes about your commitment to the Hub. If we frame this purely as a grassroots marketing initiative targeted at retail, the perspective certainly shifts. However, even for retail, the security standard cannot be lowered. In fact, it might be even more critical. If we promote a Telegram system that isn’t 100% reliable or secure, we stand to lose much more than we gain. Small investors and newcomers are often either highly distrustful, or so inexperienced that they easily fall prey to hackers. If retail users—even those holding just 1 ATOM—get drained because of a hot wallet vulnerability, the negative word-of-mouth will severely damage the Hub’s reputation. We must protect retail capital just as fiercely as institutional capital. That being said, I consider this a great idea at its core, and I thank you for bringing it up. Let’s definitely give it another spin and see how we can execute it safely. Capturing these small investors encourages them to keep compounding. Through word-of-mouth, a foundation of 10,000 investors holding 10 ATOM each is ultimately much stronger than 1 investor holding…

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@Guinch_Roze Just to add to what we’ve just discussed: I really like the idea. You are absolutely right—there are no useless ideas, only useless people who destroy them or don’t know how to take advantage of them.

The core concept is fantastic and I love it. We just need to focus on executing it with the highest possible level of security. Let’s give it another spin; you can definitely count on my support to help figure this out!