MintKudos turns your individual and team off-chain contributions into on-chain, peer-verified, soulbound tokens... with a celebratory twist!

Announcing MintKudos 🎉

# Soulbound tokens to celebrate your community and build on-chain reputation

The MintKudos team has been quietly developing for a while, and we’re excited to share that we’re officially in beta! Anyone can now mint a soulbound (non-transferable) token to capture, recognize, and celebrate community contributions using Kudos!

By minting Kudos tokens, you can build your on-chain identity and provide important context on what you’ve done, who you worked with, and which community you participated in... all with a celebratory twist!

**And yes, gas (on-chain transaction fees) are completely on us, so Kudos is 100% free! We’re on Polygon so you’ll be able to see your Kudos on Opensea, Rarible, and more.**

Want to try minting a Kudos? Follow the guide below 👇

[https://mirror.xyz/mintkudosxyz.eth/mZLH46KYRHXvA_fTBfG7crVgKK8XxwInY8LDykCyBUM](https://mirror.xyz/mintkudosxyz.eth/mZLH46KYRHXvA_fTBfG7crVgKK8XxwInY8LDykCyBUM)

# Our story

The problem our team heard over and over again was the issue of talent management and identity rooted in the pseudonymous state of web3:

* **Community managers** face hiring and retention challenges because it’s difficult to gain visibility into who their top contributors are, what they’ve done, and what skills they have. It’s also top of mind for them to think of ways to meaningfully recognize community members in order to attract and retain talent.
* **Community contributors** aren’t able to port their reputation over from one organization to another. With every new community, reputation needs to be rebuilt from scratch.
* **Community members** often have little insight into the reputation of a core team, which is partly why scams happen so frequently.

We built MintKudos to turn your off-chain contributions, achievements, and endorsements into your on-chain reputation.

MintKudos is built with three key ingredients:

1. **Authenticity.** Kudos are soulbound (non-transferable), meaning that they can't be bought or sold. The record of your contribution will be owned by you and not anyone else. We’re creating a way for people to build out a genuine history of the great things they’ve done.
2. **Community-first.** When you create a Kudos, you associate a community with it. Once minted, others in your community can be a part of the celebration and will be able to further endorse your contribution.
3. **Simplicity.** From covering minting transaction fees to the confetti we add, every detail of the Kudos product experience is rooted with delight at its core in order to make the process of minting and claiming a Kudos as simple as 123.

Ultimately, MintKudos creates a world where the reputation you’ve built, accomplishments you’ve achieved, and contributions you’ve made are fully owned by you regardless of how pseudonymous you want to be and which communities you take part in.

# Who should use MintKudos?

### Community builders of an organization

Whether you’re in a DAO or a company, if you’re a community-builder that’s focused on building community engagement, give Kudos to document and show appreciation for active contribution as well as participation. Later on, when community members want to step up for more involvement, you can check their beautiful log of accomplishments to help inform your prioritization.

### Individual contributors looking to build on-chain reputation

When you claim a Kudos that someone sent you, that Kudos becomes part of your online, decentralized identity. Over time, a collection of Kudos can become strong signals for community engagement and hiring.

We’re frequently asked “can I send myself a Kudos?” The answer is always YES. Whether you contributed to a project that you’re proud of or just got your first job in web3, give yourself a pat on the back and engrave it on the blockchain forever by sending yourself a Kudos!

# Common ways to use MintKudos

You can give Kudos to your team, another group of people, or yourself! Here are some ways Kudos is already being used:

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MintKudos — A Step by Step Guide 

## What’s a Kudos?

Kudos are a way to turn individual and team off-chain contributions into on-chain, peer-verified, soulbound tokens. To learn more about our story and common use cases, check out this [article](https://mirror.xyz/mintkudosxyz.eth/jtExIbkK7KV01meH_PMcO9NQbHMV3XmpGECUQNwtG6k).

## Let’s get started!

### Step 1: Connect Wallet 🤝

Go to [mintkudos.xyz](http://mintkudos.xyz) and connect your wallet (we support Metamask and WalletConnect). If you don’t have a wallet [here’s a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOIcgTiOgPQ) on how you can make one.

![](https://images.mirror-media.xyz/publication-images/fQbxH-d5HEhiEzmo30dgR.png?height=788&width=3200)

### Step 2: Tell us who 🧚‍♂️

You can send it to your teammates, your students, your followers, or yourself! Just gather their ENS/ETH address and plug them in. In the future you will also be able to send kudos to twitter handles or discord names.

![](https://images.mirror-media.xyz/publication-images/KJ1Gbw26Gaw4qPQ_H6zSO.png?height=1158&width=3200)

### Step 3: Choose community 🌐

Choose the community where this contribution was made. If you don’t see your community in the list, you can connect Discord and add a community directly from your servers. If your community is not on Discord, reach out to us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/xtR4gvqnWh) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/mintkudosXYZ).

![](https://images.mirror-media.xyz/publication-images/H4U3TYzy8yFupnR9Rwpuz.png?height=238&width=3200)

### Step 4: Describe the contribution 🫰

Write a headline and message to convey your thanks! The headline is publicly visible and will appear on your NFT. The message and other details are also publicly visible and will appear in the metadata, but not on the NFT.

![](https://images.mirror-media.xyz/publication-images/WBjn4wOhj7HKs5edGaTqJ.png?height=868&width=3200)

### Step 5: Mint (gas is on us) & Share 🎊

Yay all the hard work is done! If you included yourself in the mint, go ahead and click “Mint Now” and watch the magic happen. If you included others in the mint, you’ll get a link to share with others so they can claim the kudos! Gas is on us, so minting kudos is completely free!

![](https://images.mirror-media.xyz/publication-images/FAmq_13h_RApthpuyEYOZ.png?height=1800&width=3200)

### Eat, Sleep, Mint Kudos, Repeat 🔁

Congrats, you’ve sent your first kudos!! You can view your kudos on your profile on mintkudos.xyz/profile/yourAddress, Opensea, Rarible, and more! Have an important occasion? Ping us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/xtR4gvqnWh) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/mintkudosXYZ) and we can design a custom Kudos for you. Thank you for celebrating contributions and spreading the good spirit. wgmi.

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