How we filtered over 700,000 Ethereum addresses down to the top 100,000 real contributors and specifically highlighted special power users in our community.

The first few seasons of the Rayls Community Reward Program have officially concluded and eligible wallets are now able to claim their $RLS reward from today at tokenclaims.rayls.com.  

Our goal from the very beginning was simple but ambitious: to distribute ownership of the Rayls network to genuine, active, and human contributors through the ability to own the $RLS token.

In an industry often plagued by bot farms and extractionary behavior, we took a rigorous, multi-stage approach to ensure that our rewards go to the people who truly add value to our ecosystem. With 0.5% of the $RLS token supply set aside for this reward, we wanted to get this right, and this is how we set out to do it.

Here is a transparent look at the funnel we built to determine the final allocation.

Phase 1: The Funnel Top (700k+ Candidates)

Our journey began with our community quests hosted on Fuul. The response was overwhelming. We saw nearly 700,000 addresses participate, completing onchain tasks and engaging with the Rayls ecosystem. While we were thrilled with the volume, we knew that raw numbers often hide synthetic activity.

Phase 2: Proof of Humanity (The First Cut)

To filter out the noise, we introduced a mandatory Proof of Humanity (PoH) check in partnership with Authena. We asked users to verify their personhood to ensure one person equals one reward and then pay $1 to mint an NFT proving their personhood.

This was our most significant filter. Of the initial 700k addresses, only just over 150,000 successfully completed the PoH requirements. This step alone eliminated over 75% of the pool, removing vast numbers of automated bots.

Phase 3: Advanced Sybil Analysis

Even with PoH, sophisticated actors attempt to game the system using "funding rings"—where a single entity funds tens or sometimes even thousands of wallets to simulate distinct users. A big thank you to @Connor_Kenway3 from our community who first brought this to our attention.  

We then partnered with Passport.Human.Tech to conduct a deep onchain analysis of our remaining 150k users. By mapping transaction graphs, we identified clusters of wallets with suspicious funding patterns designed to bypass standard checks. Removing these sophisticated actors brought our final list of eligible recipients down to just over 100,000 unique, high-quality users. Although there’s always a margin of error attached to these calculations, we felt this was a very positive way to preserve the token allocation to those people that truly mattered.

Phase 4: Rewarding High-Value Contribution

With a clean list of real users, we turned our attention to fair distribution. We didn't want a flat distribution; we wanted to reward effort.

We applied a weighted allocation model based on the points you earned:

• Standard Allocation: Distributed proportionally based on activity through a quadratic curve (essentially squaring every user's final points). We also operated on the basis that every eligible address should be able to claim something, even if in real terms it's a negligible amount: we wanted everyone to claim some $RLS if they so wished.
• Power User Multiplier (2x): Users who achieved over 1,000 points demonstrated exceptional commitment. To ensure their reward reflects this effort (and to ensure significant value) we applied a 2x multiplier to their allocation weight.
• Champion Multiplier (3x): For the single wallet that achieved the highest overall point score (1,180 points) we applied a 3x multiplier to celebrate their top spot on the leaderboard.

Phase 5: Compliance and Safety

Finally, before finalizing the dataset, we performed a last-mile security check. We screened every single eligible address against the Chainalysis Sanctions Oracle.

The Result

We believe this is one of the cleanest, most meritocratic distributions we could have done. By filtering out nearly 600,000 sybils and bots, we have preserved the value of participating in the community for the 100,000 of you who are here helping to build the future of finance with us.

We do know that any allocation mechanism was going to leave out some people while leaving others inevitably disappointed they weren’t awarded more $RLS. However, please note that this award was based just on the closing of season 2 of the Rayls quests. We have many more seasons to go, with an exciting mainnet launch of the Rayls Public Chain early next year.

Check your eligibility now at tokenclaims.rayls.com and welcome to the future of Rayls.