The higher your score, the higher your priority in new token distributions, and you may even receive additional protocol support airdrops. (Previous story: Virtuals’ secret to making money: Achieving a hundredfold return with the initial token launch?) (Additional background: Backstabbing Ethereum? Virtuals Protocol announced its expansion to Solana: launching Meteora Pool, strategic SOL reserves, and five other plans) New stock dividends and “making money with your mouth” have become two important ways to earn returns in the crypto market. The former does not require much explanation, and the latter is to increase influence by writing project-related posts on social media to obtain tokens or points. The most recent example of combining the two and creating a huge wealth effect is none other than Virtuals’ Genesis Launch. Simply put, Genesis Launch is a way for you to get “priority ticket rights” to popular new AI agent tokens by holding $VIRTUAL tokens and earning points. This approach has paid off handsomely in the past month. According to public data statistics, as of last week, a total of 24+ AI-agent new tokens were launched in Virtuals’ Genesis Launch. If the ATH is calculated, the returns range from 4 to 128 times, with an average return of 32 times. (Image source: X: @the_smart_ape, compiled by TechFlow, data as of May 21) In the increasingly difficult crypto market, even without considering the size of the amount that can be participated in, the return on investment from this pure new issuance is already very impressive. The key element of Genesis is Virgen Points, which are the points required to participate in new listings. Having more points allows you to participate in more new projects, which can be said to be the entry ticket to this game. A month after the Genesis Launch gameplay began, the rules and methods for earning points have also undergone some changes. The editor has integrated and sorted out historical information to help you quickly understand the current design and method of obtaining points, thereby improving the efficiency of new issuance. Quickly understand that the original intention of Virgen Points Genesis Launch is that AI agent projects can gain broad community support in the early stage of launch, and users can participate in it through points. The official white paper points out that the Genesis mechanism replaces traditional opaque sales with "open and quantifiable participation" to reward users who truly contribute to the ecosystem. This contribution is quantified using points. The higher your score, the higher your priority in new token allocations, and you may even receive additional protocol support airdrops. You can accumulate points by staking $VIRTUAL tokens, trading AI agent tokens, or releasing related content on X (so-called "yapping"). It is worth mentioning that the points rules have been adjusted recently. For example, the original "Diamond Hand Reward" has now been integrated into the multiplier mechanism of the Green Lock Token (the details will be explained in the next chapter). This makes the points gameplay more dynamic and also puts forward new requirements for players' strategies. In order to help you quickly grasp the core points and precautions of points, we have compiled the following table to give you an overview of the key information. Detailed explanation of two ways to obtain: Actively take + Passively send. Accumulating enough Virgen Points is the first step. Virtuals Protocol provides two main ways to earn points: Daily Active Bonus (DAB) and Daily Direct Points (DDP). These two methods have their own characteristics and are suitable for different types of players. 1. Daily Active Rewards (DAB): Double bonus for staking and trading Daily Active Rewards (DAB) is one of the core ways to obtain points, but you need to actively participate and manually claim it every day. To obtain the points brought by DAB, the first step is to stake AI agent tokens, Genesis Agents and Regular Agents; Regarding these two types of AI agent tokens, the former are tokens issued through Genesis Launch, usually newly launched AI agent projects. Such tokens often have higher appreciation potential, but may also be subject to lock-up or cooling-off periods; the latter are not tokens issued by Genesis Launch, and may come from secondary market purchases or other channels. These tokens have higher liquidity, but the points multiplier may be lower than Genesis Agents. The purpose of staking proxy tokens is to prove your support for the ecosystem by locking these tokens, thereby obtaining daily point rewards. The specific steps are as follows: Prepare tokens: Make sure you have Genesis Agents or Regular Agents tokens in your wallet. You can obtain Genesis Agents by participating in the Genesis Launch sale, or by purchasing Regular Agents on secondary markets such as decentralized exchanges. Visit the Stake page: Log in to the Virtuals official website (https://app.virtuals.io/points) and enter the "Stake" page. Choose a staking contract: You can stake through the Virtuals official staking contract or the whitelist project contract. Official contracts are usually operated directly on the official website, while whitelisted project contracts may be exclusive contracts for specific AI agent projects (need to be viewed on the project page). Confirm staking: Select the number of tokens to be staked. After confirmation, the tokens will be locked and you will start to receive points from daily active rewards. You can stake through the Virtuals official staking contract (operated on the Virtuals official website) or the whitelist project contract. If you choose to stake through a whitelisted project contract, please note that these contracts usually set a 14-day unlocking cooldown period (Delayed Agent Release, DAR for short). This means that once you stake your tokens, you cannot directly unlock or withdraw them within 14 days. This mechanism is designed to encourage long-term holding, prevent users from quick arbitrage, and ensure the stability of the ecosystem. During this period, you can still receive daily staking points rewards normally, but if you unlock them early (some contracts may allow early exit, but will lose some rewards), it may affect your points multiplier or even trigger other penalty mechanisms. Therefore, it is recommended to confirm your own fund planning before staking to avoid loss of income due to early unlocking due to short-term needs. When staking, the status of your tokens will directly affect your DAB earnings. Virtuals divides tokens into three states: Green Lock, Yellow Lock, and DYOR (unlocked). Among them, green-locked tokens refer to tokens that have been unlocked by developers for more than 7 days, symbolizing a longer lock-up period and reflecting the long-term commitment of the project party. The official purpose of designing the green lock mechanism is to reward players who are aligned with the ecosystem for a long time. If you stake GreenLock tokens, you will receive an additional points multiplier (usually 1.5x or more)