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For many users, DeFi activity is easy to forget.
You swap a token, provide liquidity, stake something, hold an NFT, and move on. Months later, those transactions can look like nothing more than entries in a wallet history.
STON.fi is now taking a different view of that history.
Through its Mile Retrodrop, users can receive up to 3,500 additional campaign miles based on eligible activity completed before the current “One Swap. Across Chains” campaign. Instead of rewarding only what users do today, the initiative looks backward at their contribution to the STON.fi ecosystem over a much longer period.
And that makes the retrodrop more interesting than a simple bonus campaign. $GRAM
The Important Part Is the Time Window
The Mile Retrodrop considers eligible AMM activity from July 3, 2023 through August 31, 2026.
That is more than three years of historical activity.
The August 31, 2026 snapshot is also used for qualifying STON holdings and eligible ecosystem NFTs.
From a user perspective, this changes the meaning of previous activity. A swap made years ago was originally useful because it executed a trade. Providing liquidity was useful because it could generate fees and other rewards. Staking STON had its own ecosystem benefits.
Now, some of those actions can also contribute toward campaign miles.
That creates an interesting feedback loop: past participation becomes relevant to a new campaign without requiring users to recreate that activity simply to qualify.
It Is More Than a Swap-Based Reward
One detail I find particularly interesting is that the Mile Retrodrop does not appear to focus exclusively on trading volume.
Eligible activity can include:
STON.fi swaps and liquidity activitySTON holdingsActive STON stakingEligible STON.fi ecosystem NFTsVerified activity across connected TON wallets
That matters because DeFi users participate in protocols differently.
One person may trade frequently but never provide liquidity. Another may hold STON and stake it for long periods. Someone else may have interacted heavily with the ecosystem through NFTs or liquidity positions.
A reward system that recognizes several forms of participation can therefore capture a broader picture of what “being an active user” actually means.
The Multi-Wallet Detail Could Be Especially Useful
There is another practical feature that should not be overlooked.
Users who interacted with STON.fi through more than one TON wallet can connect their additional wallets, allowing eligible activity to be combined into a single score.
This is important because wallet fragmentation is common in crypto.
Users may create separate wallets for security, testing, trading, liquidity provision, or simply because they changed their preferred wallet over time.
Without wallet aggregation, someone could have substantial historical activity but see only part of it reflected in a campaign.
The ability to connect additional TON wallets potentially makes the retroactive calculation more representative of a user's actual history with the ecosystem.
It Also Creates a Better Picture of User Contribution
A wallet that has interacted with STON.fi for years represents something different from a wallet that appeared yesterday because a campaign started.
That does not automatically mean one user is more valuable than another. New users are obviously important for growth.
But historical activity provides useful information about retention.
For example, someone who repeatedly swapped, supplied liquidity, held STON, or participated in ecosystem activities over an extended period has demonstrated behavior that cannot be captured by a single transaction.
This is where the Mile Retrodrop becomes strategically interesting.
It connects historical participation with future engagement.
There Is Also a UX Lesson Here
From a user's perspective, reward systems become frustrating when the rules are difficult to understand or when users have to perform unnecessary transactions simply to qualify.
The Mile Retrodrop takes a relatively straightforward approach:
Open the mission, connect the relevant TON wallet or wallets, check the calculated result, and claim the eligible miles.
That is considerably easier to understand than forcing users through a long list of artificial tasks.
The important part is that users should still check the campaign interface themselves because eligibility and scoring depend on the campaign's rules and historical data.
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