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Builder-first perp DEX: invite-only points, builder code and API.

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The thesis

Every cycle produces one or two venues where the people who showed up early and BUILT, not just traded, ended up owning a real piece of the upside. Hotstuff is engineered to be one of those venues. It is not an app renting blockspace: it runs its own Layer 1 secured by DracoBFT consensus, with a full exchange on top - perps to 50x, spot, 200+ tokenized real-world assets, and vaults - all sharing one margin account. When the venue owns the whole stack, the people it rewards are the people who grow the stack.

That is the world-adjusting part: Hotstuff pays builders on-chain, structurally. Builder codes plug directly into its order-fee logic, so a bot, an interface, or an analytics layer you ship earns a verified share of every fee it routes - forever, automatically. On top of that sits a dedicated pool of up to 2,000,000 builder points (announced June 24, 2026, with 82k already paid to early teams), separate from the weekly trader emissions. Most farms reward clicking. This one rewards shipping.

The window matters because the numbers are small: roughly 1,800 users shared the first retroactive snapshot, weekly emissions are hard-capped at 1.5M points, and the program ends no later than Q3 2026. Venture backing from Delphi Ventures, Dialectic and Stake Capital says the token, when it comes, will not be built on sand.

For a hunter becoming a founder, Hotstuff is a full apprenticeship: trade the boosted RWA markets to learn the venue, then ship the smallest useful tool against its API and let the fee share teach you what owning infrastructure feels like. If the build is beyond you, that is exactly what Deployr exists for. Our deep guides cover the farm and the build path .

Earning beyond the drop

Farm points by trading and vaults, then claim the builder and creator pool by shipping a tool, integration, or content. Build it with Deployr if it is beyond you.

Risk flags

alpha softwaretoken unconfirmedleverage risk

Official links

Join HotstuffRead the build guideBuild it on DeployrBecome a founder · ceoism

Hotstuff FAQ

Is Hotstuff worth farming or using?

Every cycle produces one or two venues where the people who showed up early and BUILT, not just traded, ended up owning a real piece of the upside. Hotstuff is engineered to be one of those venues.

How do you earn on Hotstuff beyond the airdrop?

Farm points by trading and vaults, then claim the builder and creator pool by shipping a tool, integration, or content. Build it with Deployr if it is beyond you.

What are the risks of Hotstuff?

The honest flags: alpha software, token unconfirmed, leverage risk. Only use funds you can afford to lose, stick to official domains, and never share a seed phrase.

How do I start on Hotstuff safely?

Start from our tested airdropSEA invite on this page so you begin from a safe link. Then follow our step-by-step guide, Read the build guide, for the full walkthrough.

Care about this one with a crew.

Track Hotstuff with your crew, share research, and qualify together, not against each other.

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