Three early stage blockchain projects run points programs

Three early-stage blockchain projects—Primus Labs, TermiX and GenLayer—are using points programs and task campaigns to attract users before their products reach a wider market, combining wallet activity, social engagement and profile setup with reward scores that may shape future community incentives.

The campaigns differ sharply in what users are asked to do. Primus Labs combines its points portal with privacy-focused on-chain tools and a social-transfer feature. TermiX assigns points for tasks inside an AI-agent development environment. GenLayer directs users through wallet connection, email binding and social activities tied to its AI-native blockchain portal.

None of the project materials reviewed on Sept. 30 specifies a token allocation, conversion rate, token launch date or a guaranteed financial value for the points. Participants therefore face a familiar early-stage crypto trade-off: small on-chain costs and personal time in exchange for reward balances whose eventual use has not been set out publicly.

Primus links rewards to privacy infrastructure

Primus Labs is positioning its product as infrastructure that brings privacy and verifiable data to existing blockchains rather than as a standalone network. Its technical approach combines zero-knowledge transport layer security, or zkTLS, with fully homomorphic encryption, known as FHE.

zkTLS is designed to prove that data came from a particular Web2 source—such as a webpage or application programming interface—without exposing the underlying data itself. FHE, meanwhile, allows computations to be performed on encrypted information. Together, the tools could allow an application to verify selected facts from off-chain sources while limiting disclosure of raw user data.

The project announced in February 2025 that it had raised $6.5 million across pre-seed and seed financing rounds. Dispersion Capital, Symbolic Capital and VanEck led the rounds, according to Primus Labs, while Samsung NEXT, Alchemy and Maelstrom Fund also participated.

Its user-facing app includes a “Vaults” section that lists staking using U or USDT, as well as a separate “Shield” function that accepts amounts denominated in U or USDT. Project materials do not provide a detailed explanation of the U denomination in the supplied app flow, so users would need to assess the asset and transaction terms before committing funds.

Primus also operates a social-transfer page at pay.primuslabs.xyz/send. The tool prompts a sender to specify an amount and identify a recipient through an X, Gmail or TikTok-linked identifier. To receive a transfer, the recipient is directed to sign in through the selected account and install the Primus browser extension from the Chrome Web Store.

That design places identity verification at the center of a crypto transfer flow. It could make transfers easier for users who know a social identity but not a wallet address, while requiring recipients to connect a mainstream online account to the Primus process.

The project additionally links users to its points portal at points.primuslabs.xyz/home and a Kaito campaign page. Kaito has become a common venue for crypto projects seeking measurable social engagement, often rewarding users for content, discussion or other community activity.

TermiX builds an AI-agent onboarding funnel

TermiX is taking a more developer-oriented route. The project describes itself as an AI-native decentralized application framework based on a React component library, with tools intended to let developers use natural-language prompts, call smart contracts and connect Model Context Protocol, or MCP, tools.

MCP is a standard used to connect AI models with external tools and data sources. In a blockchain setting, that type of integration could allow an agent interface to interact with wallets, contracts or applications through defined permissions and instructions.

TermiX says it was a preferred winning project in Binance’s Season 9 Most Valuable Builder accelerator. Its materials also state that it has integrated the Google Agent Payment Protocol, which it describes as a framework for automated payments initiated by AI agents.

The onboarding path sends users to agent.family, where they are asked to sign in, apply for an Agent domain, choose an avatar and complete profile information. The instructions note that a small amount of network gas is required, meaning users must hold enough cryptocurrency to pay blockchain transaction fees.

A campaign section offers points for completing listed activities. One recently posted task, called “TermiX × Custom AI 3D Holographic,” advertises a reward of 1,000 points upon completion.

TermiX’s campaign structure connects user acquisition to a product thesis centered on software agents. Rather than asking participants only to follow social accounts or join a chat group, the flow pushes them to establish an agent-linked identity and become familiar with the platform’s intended interface.

GenLayer targets community participation around AI consensus

GenLayer’s portal uses a more conventional task-reward format, though its underlying network makes a more unusual technical claim. The project describes itself as an AI-native blockchain using an “Optimistic Democracy” consensus model, in which validator nodes run different large language models and use majority voting with an appeals process.

GenLayer compares the process to a synthetic judicial system operating on-chain. The model appears aimed at handling decisions where a blockchain must interpret information or evaluate judgments that cannot be easily reduced to a simple numerical rule.

In August 2024, GenLayer announced a $7.5 million seed round led by North Island Ventures. Node Capital and Arrington Capital participated, according to the company.

The project’s portal, hosted at portal.genlayer.foundation/china/, directs users to connect a wallet, log in and bind an email address before completing social tasks for points. The setup creates a link between a blockchain address, an email account and campaign participation, a common structure for projects attempting to limit duplicate entries while building a contactable community.

Unlike an on-chain liquidity campaign, GenLayer’s listed steps emphasize identity setup and social engagement. That approach may be more useful for building an early user base and measuring community activity than for testing the network’s core validator design.

Points programs carry cost and uncertainty

The three campaigns show how early projects are blending product onboarding with rewards distribution. Primus focuses on privacy tools, transfers and browser-extension use; TermiX introduces users to an agent-oriented identity layer; GenLayer connects wallet holders to a task portal around its AI-consensus network.

Participants should distinguish between points and transferable assets. Points balances can support access, reputation, campaign rankings or future reward decisions, but their purpose depends on rules set by each project. A points total does not by itself establish a claim on tokens, revenue or any future distribution.

Users also need to account for practical exposure. Wallet connections, browser extensions, account logins and gas payments each involve different security and privacy considerations. Checking official project domains, reviewing wallet approval requests and avoiding signatures that are not clearly explained are basic safeguards, particularly when campaigns combine social accounts with on-chain actions.

For the projects, the campaigns offer a relatively direct way to test onboarding flows and identify active users. For participants, they are a chance to explore three distinct approaches to blockchain infrastructure—private verifiable data, AI-agent applications and AI-assisted consensus—before any stated public token market exists.