First, make one thing clear: content mining isn’t about you posting and then the platform paying you. Instead, it’s when you publish qualifying content, and your fans click the coin/ticker tag or trade component in your content—then you immediately complete a valid trade, and you receive a portion of the net fee from that trade.
The money comes from the fees of fans’ transactions, not from likes. High views and lots of comments don’t necessarily mean mining is definitely high.
What exactly is content mining mining for?
From February 9, 2026 onward, users who complete KYC will have their first qualifying content accepted and will generally automatically become eligible, without needing to sign up separately. Regional restrictions are subject to the official page.
The process is short: publish short posts, articles, videos, polls, live streams, etc. on the Square; include the coin labels from the system, such as $BTC, or insert a trading widget. Regular users and VIP1–2 users click in and immediately do spot, margin, futures, or convert. If the trade qualifies, you get a share based on that week’s commission ratio for the qualifying net fees.
Contracts exclude copy trading. Flash exchanges only count flash exchanges—not DCA and limit orders. After you publish the content, usually only trades made within 7 days can continue to generate mining rebate commissions. Starting on day 8, this post expires.
When I publish content, mining is never my first goal. But the labels must be correct. If you explain Bitcoin mechanics without mentioning $BTC, or explain contract settings but provide no trading entry, even if readers finish reading and then trade, this post still won’t be credited to you.
How are rebates calculated?
The official formula is one line: Reward = net fees generated by qualified reader trades × your net commission ratio. It’s net fees, not the gross fees you see on the page. Recommended rebates, VIP discounts, using BNB to offset fees, API rebates, and other incentives must all be deducted first. The system calculates based on the actual net fees.
The commission ratio has two layers. Base commission: 20%. All qualified creators have it. After readers click your labels and trade, if the net fees are 1 U, you first record 0.2 U. Bonus commission depends on your ranking that week.
At the end of each week, rank everyone by the base commission they earned that week; the top earners can get up to 50%.
Bonuses only apply to that week; they don’t carry over to next week. If you enter the top 30 this week, it’s 50%. If next week you drop to 101, it goes back to 20%. A simple example: a reader clicks $ETH in your content and immediately makes a futures trade with net fees of 10U.
If you didn’t make the top 100 this week: 10 × 20% = 2U. If you ranked 31 to 100 this week: 10 × 30% = 3U. If you ranked top 30 this week: 10 × 50% = 5U.
Flash exchanges are special. Many flash exchanges themselves have near-zero fees. The activity will estimate the fees at about 0.1% of the trade amount, then apply your commission ratio. Don’t interpret the flash exchange amount as the fee.
When will it be credited? Rebates are sent only after the total for that week reaches 0.1 USDC. If it doesn’t meet the threshold, it’s void for that week and starts from 0 again next week.
The payout is in the form of USDC, credited to your funds account, usually received on the Friday of the following week. Some explanations say “by Thursday,” so follow the official page for that week. The day after mining occurs, the Square mini assistant sometimes pushes an estimate for the previous day. That’s process data, not the final settlement. The final settlement is weekly.
Which trades won’t be credited to you
These are the most common ones—know them before you post:
You trade by clicking your own content
Trades made by users who register through your invitation code or invitation link
Trading pairs with 0 fees
Trades by market makers and brokers
Placing orders via API
Conversions between stablecoins, e.g., USDT/USDC
Click the label and only place the order much later—no “immediate fill”
Copy-trading trades
The content includes Q&A红包
Deleting the content within the settlement period
Low-quality, repetitive, or highly similar content—the system may only record one
Content already used to participate in the creators task hub—usually mutually exclusive with mining, so you should prioritize the task hub
Another real situation: the reader is VIP3 or above, or their trading fees have been squeezed thin by all kinds of discounts. When you see that they completed a trade, the actual net fees might be very low, so the share is naturally small too. Therefore, don’t convert automatically just because you see a large trade. You share the net fees, not the trade amount.
My real-world judgment
The easiest thing to misunderstand about content mining is to treat “posting” as “mining.” Posting frequently doesn’t mean you mine successfully. Stacking many labels doesn’t mean a higher share.
If you can’t get into the weekly ranking top 100, don’t fantasize that your rebate will be calculated at 50% every week. For most people, the one that works long-term is that 20%. Later I only focused on three things:
First, the content itself must be able to make people finish reading and then want to act. If you talk about mechanisms, settings, and risks—readers come with trading needs, so the entry should naturally be there.
Second, use the coin label that pops up from the system. Don’t type a look-alike manually. If you get the entry wrong, everything after that will be blank.
Third, don’t write induced content for the purpose of mining. Content that pressures people to like, comment, or repost may lose eligibility by itself. Relying on shouting “go trade now” to stack labels may get you a trade in the short term, but it will dirty your account. Educational content is actually very suitable for mining, but the prerequisite is that you’re really solving problems.
Once readers understand how to buy the spot and how to set up contract margin, and then place an order by clicking the label, everything happens along the way. But if you stack 20 coins just to get the share, while the main text has not a single usable piece of information, the system may not punish you, but the readers will.
A checklist you can compare before posting
Did they pass KYC?
Does this post have system coin labels or trading components?
Are the coins and the labels actually the same thing?
Are there any Q&A红包, traffic from outside the site, or induced engagement?
Will it be deleted within a week after being posted?
Is it also used to participate in mutually exclusive activities at the same time?
Is the expected bonus rate 20%, or do you really insist on dreaming it will be 50%?
Content mining is a revenue-sharing mechanism on the Square for creators, not a guaranteed salary. If you can do the math, first separate three things: the trade amount, the net fees, and your commission ratio. If you mix these up, you’ll overestimate earnings and underestimate what you should write.
The rules will change, the ratios will be adjusted. The final word is the latest announcement and FAQ on Binance Square. This post only explains the current logic clearly so you have a clear mind before you publish.