Basin is a social network on Robinhood Chain where any post can carry a reward pool: $BASIN that's shared with the people who engage with it. It works like the social apps you know (a feed, replies, reposts, DMs, profiles), with a built-in wallet so earning and paying happen right where you post.

Sign in with any of these. Your first sign-in creates your account:

• X (also links your X account, which lets you earn from pools);
• a wallet you already use, like MetaMask or Rainbow;
• email, with a 6-digit code.

Signing up with X or email gives you a built-in wallet automatically, with no seed phrase to write down. Then you pick a username, name, and profile picture. Use the same sign-in method each time: a different method counts as a different account.

• You control your wallet. Basin's built-in wallet (made for you when you sign up with X or email) is secured by Privy; Basin can't move your funds.
• Export your private key any time from the Wallet page to use it in another app.
• If you signed in with MetaMask or Rainbow, that wallet is your Basin wallet and every send opens there for you to confirm.
• Claiming rewards never costs gas. Funding a pool or sending needs a little ETH for gas.

Basin Verified is $180/year or $18/month (yearly saves $36). Pay in USDG, or in $BASIN for 25% off. You get:

• 1.5× reward weight on every pool you engage with
• Write full-length Articles with titles and formatting
• Early access to new features in Labs
• Earn from reward pools without linking X
• Ranked higher in the For You feed and in replies
• Higher posting and engagement limits
• Verified badge on your profile and posts

Get it in Settings → Verified.

Basins are communities: each has its own feed, profile picture, header, description, links, and members. Basins are in beta. To try them, you need Verified and Settings → Labs → Beta features switched on.

• Joining: join a Basin to post in it. Posts in a Basin show its name in the feed.
• Creating: Verified members create their first 3 Basins free, then $15 each. When Basins opens to everyone, others will pay $20 each.
• Roles: the owner can do everything, including deleting the Basin and appointing admins. Admins edit the Basin and appoint moderators. Moderators hide posts from the Basin and ban members. Nobody can act on someone of equal or higher rank.
• A post hidden from a Basin stays on its author's profile.

When you post, you can attach a pool of $BASIN. The tokens move into the pool contract when you post, and everyone sees the pool on the post.

A pool stays open for 24 hours. When it closes, it's split between everyone eligible who engaged while it was open. If nobody eligible engaged, the whole pool comes back to you. Basin never takes a cut of pools.

Each kind of engagement is worth points. Your share of a pool is your points divided by everyone's.

To earn from a pool, your account needs to:

• have an X account linked (Settings) or be Verified. This keeps bots out;
• engage while the pool is still open (new accounts count too);
• not be the person who made the post.

When a pool you earned from closes, you get a notification. Open Wallet → Rewards and tap Claim, or Claim all.

• Claiming is free. Basin sends the claim for you, so you don't need ETH for gas or to approve anything.
• Rewards only ever go to your own wallet. The contract checks every claim against a fingerprint of the payout list, so nobody else can claim your share or send it somewhere else.
• You have 30 days to claim.

30 days after a pool pays out, anything nobody claimed goes back to the person who funded it. Basin does this automatically every day. You can also do it yourself from Wallet → Rewards → Pools you funded once it's due.

Every pool is held by one contract on Robinhood Chain. Its activity is public, so you can check every pool, payout, and claim yourself.

If Basin ever went offline, your money isn't stuck. If a pool hasn't been closed within 7 days, the person who funded it can take it back directly from the contract.

Two separate keys. The server's key can only close and refund pools. A second key, kept offline, can only replace the server's key, so a leaked server key can be switched off without touching anyone's pools.

• Basin will never ask for your password, seed phrase, or private key.
• Only trust $BASIN at the token address above.
• Pool amounts are set by posters. A pool is a reward, not an investment.

See also the Terms and Privacy Policy.