Idea: What if we used Tari L2 to power upvotes, tips & events on this forum?

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Hey everyone，Was thinking about how far Tari L2 has come, and realized… why aren’t we “dogfooding” our own tech right here on our own forum?

Here’s a fun idea I wanted to throw out there: What if we brought Tari L2 into the forum background, without changing any of the familiar Discourse experience?

No annoying Web3 popups, no learning curve for non-crypto folks—just L2 quietly making the forum way more rewarding to use.

:light_bulb: How it would actually work

  1. Auto Wallet on Signup

    • When you register, you automatically get an L2 wallet address (“Token Vault”) linked to your profile behind the scenes. Zero setup required.

  2. Upvote Rewards & 1-Click Tipping

    • Upvotes: Keep the regular upvote button, but when you get upvoted, a micro-reward drops into your vault automatically.

    • Tips: A simple “Tip” button under posts so you can instantly send a few tokens to someone who answered your question or wrote a great guide.

  3. Admin Events & Airdrops

    • Admins can host community events (bug hunts, hackathons, MVP of the month) and batch-airdrop L2 rewards to winners with a single click.

:counterclockwise_arrows_button: The Token Flywheel (L1 ↔ L2 & Burning)

To make sure tokens actually have value and don’t just hyper-inflate, here’s a simple closed-loop setup:

  • L1 ↔ L2 Move: Lock native $XTM on L1 to mint L2 tokens for forum fun. Want to cash out? Just burn L2 tokens to unlock native $XTM back to your L1 wallet.

  • Token Sinks: Projects or members can pay in L2 tokens to pin threads, buy ad space, or unlock special badges.

  • The Deflationary Burn: 50% of tokens spent on ads/badges get permanently burned, and the other 50% go back to the Community Treasury to fund future upvotes and events.

Plaintext

           ┌────────── Tari L1 $XTM (Security Layer) ──────────┐
           │                                                   │
     ① Lock $XTM                                         ④ Unlock $XTM
           │                                                   │
           ▼                                                   ▲
┌────────────────────── Tari L2 (Forum Flywheel) ──────────────┴────────┐
│                                                                       │
│   Deposit / Treasury ──► User Vault ──► Upvotes / Tips / Withdraw ──► L2 Burn
│                             ▲                  │                       │
│                             │                  ▼                       │
│                       Admin Airdrops     Ads & Premium Badges          │
│                                                │                       │
│                                                ├───► 50% to Treasury   │
│                                                └───► 50% On-Chain Burn ┘
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Just wanted to share my idea! Would love to hear thoughts from the devs, council, and fellow community members.

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@Terence I like the core of this idea. I think some of the implementation details might need refinement, but at the very least a tip button on forum posts/profiles would be a cool thing to add.

I don’t know if I want to do pinning by paying, since I think that the natural flow of conversation is going to be more valuable here, and I don’t think I want to incorporate advertisements into our forum. That sounds obnoxious to me, and we don’t need it. So those elements I’m less keen on.

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Maybe many people here don’t really care about getting rewards/tips, but this is more about a great feature showcase—letting everyone see what Tari can actually achieve.

If we aren’t willing to dogfood our own technology, it’s going to be tough to demonstrate Tari’s real value down the road. The reason I feel this way is simple: so far, I haven’t seen any examples/demo of Tari L2.