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Thank You Ledger

Retro funding for the quiet helpers: the community nominates who mattered, a pot pays them.

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$159one time, base tier
Built on order. Reserve it today for a $40 refundable deposit, pay the balance when it is delivered. Promised delivery within 48 hours of payment.
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Locked in a smart contract until delivery

Your USDC is locked in a smart contract, not sent to us. We can only collect it by delivering before 27 Oct 2026. If we miss it, you take it back yourself from My apps, no permission needed. We can also refund you any time. View the contract on BaseScan.

Promised delivery: 27 Oct 2026 (counted from payment).

WHAT YOU GET
  • The complete user app · see the demo
  • Basic customization · name, tagline, logo, colour, chain, domain and a short notes field
  • Deployed on your wallet · you own the contracts and the repo
  • Owner playbook · your first moves after launch
Base price, all of the above$159
OPTIONAL ADD-ONS, AFTER DELIVERY
  • Owner consoleQuoted after delivery
  • Referral and growth top-upQuoted after delivery
  • Roadmap v2: Many servers, one sponsorAdd-on from $450
  • Roadmap v3: Portable record of care workAdd-on from $950

Add-ons are not part of this payment. Once your app is delivered you can request them from My apps, and you only pay if you say yes to the quote.

HOW PAYING WORKS
  1. 1. Pay a depositIt locks in the escrow contract, not our wallet.
  2. 2. We build and deployOn your wallet, with your name and logo, by the promised date.
  3. 3. Delivered, or refundedDelivered: funds release to us. Late: you claim them back.
Want it fully custom? From $1,100 · talk to usNew to building? See why it is so doable now.Why build
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PortsOptimism · Base · Arbitrum
KindCommons
OwnerYou, on your wallet and git
Picture this

Who it is for

In a 3,000-person Discord, Jun answers newbie questions every night and nobody notices. Each quarter Thank You Ledger lets members nominate with short stories, a small jury reviews, and the pot pays Jun with a public thank-you he keeps forever.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$159
$40 deposit to reserve

Nomination form, jury review, quarterly payout from pot, permanent thank-you attestations, hall of helpers page.

  • You choose: chain
  • You choose: name and logo
  • You choose: accent color
  • You choose: round cadence
  • You choose: jury size
Customfrom $1,100
Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

  • Everything in Base
  • Custom features and design
  • Priority build
Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

Why own your own

Nomination-based retro funding is live; this is a smaller-community packaging of it.

Closest things out there

Unlock Protocol runs a monthly community-nominated retro funding pot, and Celo EasyRetroPGF and Optimism RetroPGF use nominations plus a shared pot.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Mines invisible care work into recognised reputation.
The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

grant · Optimism Collective · rolling
Optimism Retro Funding
rounds/seasons; current round unknown
Official page ↗

Needs deployed impact to qualify retroactively

Their rule on existing code: Retroactive: existing deployed projects with measurable impact required
grant · Gitcoin · upcoming
Gitcoin Grants rounds
quarterly-ish rounds; next round dates unknown
Official page ↗

Public goods tooling if open source

Their rule on existing code: Existing open-source projects OK (generally required)
What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Thank You Ledger app: community members nominate quiet helpers with stories, a small jury picked by lot decides, and a capped pot pays them with a thank-you attestation they keep.

Base price · $159

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome
Shown once: stories not likes, a small jury decides, a thank-you they keep.
Round status and next actionHome
Round, pot, cap and one clear next step from nominate to sealed.
Friday thanks and streaksHome
A weekly two line prompt, one tap thank-yous and a streak. Gated behind Server.
Tip the potHome
Members add USDC to the round escrow through the shared checkout.
Story nominations with tagsNominate
Pick a helper, write a short story, tag the work, choose whether the jury sees your name.
Receipts on nominationsNominate
Answered threads and wiki edits attached by the receipts bot. Gated behind Server.
Jury desk with majority votingJury
Fund, hold or flag each nominee; jurors by lot; a majority funds; live split with cap and rollover.
Vote ring checkJury
Cluster flags for new accounts with matching text, with evidence for the jury. Gated behind Server.
Seal the roundJury
Escrow payouts and thank-you attestations in one step, plus a share card.
Hall of helpersHall
Funded helpers, private helpers hidden, past rounds and a funded-per-round chart.
Onchain receiptsReceipts
Round charter, story hashes, tips and payout receipts, each marked onchain or offchain.
Plans, profile and settingsMe
Server plans from the owner paywall, Friday DM prompt, hide my thank-yous, permissions and vision.
Open the full app demo
Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue
MRR, round fees, payouts, incoming USDC, live tier names, prices, gates and payment methods.
Round rulesRules
Cadence, pot, jury size, account age, cap, round fee, network, cluster flags, receipts bot, Friday prompt, gas and hiding.
Agent log and roadmapAgent
What the round helper did and how it adapted, plus the priced Roadmap.
Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Growth loops and cohortsGrowth
Sister server invites, server to server referrals, hall pages and cohort retention.
The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Members never pay to nominate, vote or keep a thank-you. Servers pay a monthly plan for the round tools, sponsors pay to run many servers, and the owner can take a small optional fee on each pot.

CommunityFreeOne round a quarter, jury of 3, up to 500 members, thank-you attestations
Server$19 a monthMonthly rounds, juries up to 7, receipts bot, vote ring checks, Friday thanks
Ecosystem$99 a monthSeveral communities under one sponsor, shared reporting, custom split rules

Optional round fee of 0 to 3% of each pot, shown on every payout receipt. Gas is a few cents per round and can be sponsored by the server.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

  • Hall of helpers pages published after every sealed round
  • Thanked helpers move to other servers and bring the habit
  • Sister server invite with a one click round template
  • Server to server referral codes worth a free month for both
  • Thank-you share card and weekly Friday thanks
Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included
The full member app
  • Nominations with stories and tags
  • Jury by lot with majority voting
  • Capped split and escrow payouts
  • Thank-you attestations and hall of helpers
  • Friday thanks, tips and receipts
Included
v2
Many servers, one sponsor
  • Ecosystem sponsor dashboard
  • Receipts from GitHub and forums
  • Slack and Telegram bots
  • Custom split rules per server
Add-on from $450
v3
Portable record of care work
  • Helper profile across communities
  • Thank-you search for hiring and grants
  • Open schema for thank-you attestations
  • Matching pots from protocol grants
Add-on from $950

The pitch, ready for investors and grant reviewers

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Your 2 minute demo script

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Make it entirely yours

Custom work from $1,100: your own receipt sources, split rules, juror eligibility, platform bots or a branded ecosystem deployment. Scoped on a call.

Custom from $1,100
BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The recipe (how it is built, the data, costs, risks, build order, the pitch and the demo script) is unlocked when your app is paid in full.

The need

Online communities run on a few people who answer questions at night, fix the docs and welcome newcomers. Sponsor money and recognition usually go to the loudest members. The quiet helpers burn out or leave without anyone noticing.

What exists and what is new

Nomination based retro funding is already live. Unlock Protocol runs a monthly community nominated retro funding pot, and Celo EasyRetroPGF and Optimism RetroPGF use nominations plus a shared pot. Research verdict: exists, low novelty. This version packages the idea for small communities such as a 3,000 person Discord: story based nominations, a small jury picked by lot, receipts pulled from the community's own tools so quiet work shows up, a vote ring check, a cap per person, and a thank-you attestation the helper keeps.

The data it runs on

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

1.The mission

Make sure the people who quietly hold a community together are seen, thanked and supported, in a way they keep.

2.Why people can't resist it

Stories, not likes A nomination is a short story of what someone did and what changed. Reading them is the best part of the round.

A thank-you you keep Every funded helper gets a sealed attestation that names the round and links the stories, even if the server closes.

Friday thanks A two line prompt each Friday: who helped you this week? One tap sends a small thank-you and keeps a streak.

3.How it works for real

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

4.Pricing

Cost per use: unlocked when your app is paid in full.

Community Free
One round a quarter, jury of 3, up to 500 members, thank-you attestations included.
Server $19 a month
Monthly or quarterly rounds, juries up to 7, receipts from Discord and a wiki, vote ring checks and Friday thanks.
Ecosystem $99 a month
Several communities under one sponsor, shared reporting and custom split rules.

5.Growth loop

Every funded helper gets a shareable thank-you, and every round produces a hall of helpers page. Helpers move between communities and bring the habit with them; sponsors like seeing where their money went.

6.Risks and guardrails

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

7.Build order

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

8.Where this is going

  1. Now
    One server's quiet helpers get a real thank-you each quarter.
  2. Next
    Friday thanks between rounds, so care is noticed while it is happening.
  3. Later
    A helper's thank-yous across communities form a portable record of care work they can show anywhere.
  4. The big picture
    Invisible care work online is recognised and supported as normally as code or content.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

NRevenueVentureBuilder statusHackathonsProductivityInspire othersPartnershipsPortfolioAgencyTHANK YOU LEDG

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Thank You Ledger

Thank You Ledger lets your community nominate the quiet helpers, a small jury reviews, and a shared pot pays them with a public thank-you they keep forever. Running it on someone else's tool means their rules and their branding; owning it means your community, your cadence, your jury and a hall of helpers that stays yours. It turns invisible care into recognised reputation.

What’s stopping you?

“Where does the money for the pot come from?”

Start small: a sponsor, a slice of your community treasury, or members chipping in. Even $200 a quarter split among three helpers says more than a thousand likes. Grow the pot only once people see it working.

“What if it turns into a popularity contest?”

Nominations need a short story of what the person actually did, and a small jury reviews them. Publish the jury's reasons. Rotate jurors each round so no clique holds it.

“I can't code.”

You set the cadence and jury size, share the nomination form and press payout. DEPLOYR ships it configured.

“Is it really mine?”

Yes. The pot contract and thank-you attestations are deployed from your wallet. Helpers keep their attestations even if you stop running rounds.

“Are there tax issues with paying helpers?”

Possibly for recipients, depending on where they live and how much they get. Keep amounts modest, describe payouts as community awards, and tell recipients to check local rules.

The million-dollar ladder

Thank You Ledger earns by hosting rounds for other communities, DAOs and companies, charging per round or per month, plus a small platform fee on pots. Your own community is the showcase. This is a target to aim at, not a promise.

$300
$5,000
$18,000
$85,000
First 10 communities
10 communities running a quarterly round
$30 per month
A known tool for Discords
100 communities
$50 per month
DAO and company plans
60 DAOs and companies running monthly rounds
$300 per month
Recognition layer for organisations
170 organisations on an enterprise plan
$500 per month
  • Run your own round publicly and share the stories, which is the best marketing.
  • Make the hall of helpers page beautiful so recipients share it.
  • Sell to companies as peer recognition for staff and contributors.
  • Partner with sponsors who want to fund pots in communities they care about.

Illustrative stages, not a forecast. Results depend on you and the market; nothing here is guaranteed.

Pick your destination

Grow it to a million-dollar app
Every community has quiet helpers and almost none have a way to pay them. Running rounds for other communities is a clear service.ARRIVE: Your first round paid out and 10 other communities paying to run rounds.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Raise for it
Retro funding is something Optimism and Gitcoin actively care about, and a small-community version is a fit for their programs.ARRIVE: Two applications submitted with real round data.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Become a real builder on a chain
Rounds create nominations, votes and payouts from your contract on Optimism, Base or Arbitrum.ARRIVE: A verified contract from your wallet, a builder profile, and a completed round onchain.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Win with it at hackathons
Public goods, governance and community tracks match retro funding well.ARRIVE: One submission to a public goods or community track with a new feature.5 moves · first one within the hour →
Run your own work on it
Recognising helpers by hand takes hours of tracking. A round does it on a schedule.ARRIVE: Quarterly recognition running with under one hour of your time per round.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Get your people moving
When people see helpers being thanked, more people help. That is the whole point.ARRIVE: Nominations double between your first and third round.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Partner with founders and projects
Sponsors want to support communities authentically. Funding a thank-you pot is a clean way.ARRIVE: One sponsor funding a pot in your or a partner's community.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Prove your skills with it
Running fair community funding shows you can design incentives and lead people.ARRIVE: A case study of two rounds linked on your CV.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Sell it as a service
DAOs and community managers want recognition programs but not the setup work.ARRIVE: Three paying clients running rounds you set up.4 moves · first one within the hour →
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