Gaze Protocol

The most honest attention is the attention given freely. No notification. No trending page. No reason except: this creator is worth your time. Gaze is the first protocol that knows the difference. gazeprotocol.com

The leaderboard reflects this. A creator whose community shows up on weekends — when there's no trending hook, no viral moment, no algorithm push — is a creator with real depth. That depth is what the Creator Rewards Contest is measuring. Not reach. Not impressions. Watch time, weighted by commitment.

On weekdays, people watch what the algorithm surfaces. On weekends, people watch what they actually want. That's a different kind of signal. And it's the one Gaze is built to measure.

Solana processed 10.1 billion transactions in Q1 2026. The first time any chain has crossed 10 billion in a single quarter. Sub-cent fees make that possible. Sub-second finality makes it meaningful. That's the infrastructure Gaze runs on. Options accruing per second, bonding curve prices settling in real time, leaderboard scores updating continuously. The protocol does the work because the chain can handle it.

Your options accrue every second you're staked. Most people think of them as future tokens — something you claim after the period closes. But they're already an asset. Gaze's lending protocol accepts accrued options as collateral. You can borrow USDC against your position without exiting it. The period keeps running. The options keep accruing. You don't have to choose between liquidity and your stake. Collateral requirements and terms: gazeprotocol.com

Most creator monetization tools solve one problem. A tipping tool. A subscription layer. A token launch platform. Each one is a single layer — useful, but not composable. You can't borrow against your tipping balance. You can't govern a subscription protocol. You can't build on top of a token launch app. Gaze is four on-chain programs. Tokens, governance, lending, payments — each one a primitive that other things can be built on. The difference between a tool and infrastructure is whether something else can be built on top of it.

Gaze is four on-chain programs — token launches, governance, lending, payments — plus an AMM. The programs are composable. The data is public. If you could build something on top of verified watch time and creator token infrastructure, what would it be?

Four programs. One AMM. One protocol. Not an app with a backend. Infrastructure with a public interface. Anyone can build on top of it. The programs are composable. The data is on-chain. That's what "protocol, not platform" actually means. gazeprotocol.com

Mayflower AMM. External to the four programs but integrated via CPI. Battle-tested DeFi mechanics for the bonding curve trades. Sub-second settlement. Sub-cent fees. The price discovery happens in real time — no oracle lag, no batched updates.

Gaze isn't one program. It's four on-chain programs plus an external AMM — each doing a distinct job. Most creator tools are apps. Gaze is infrastructure. Here's what each piece does.

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YouTube is long-form. You commit 40 minutes to a video. You decide it was worth it, or you leave. Twitch is live. You show up when the stream starts. You stay because something might happen. These are different watching behaviors. Gaze treats them as the same signal.

There's a difference between attention being extracted and attention being put to work. Extracted: you watch, the platform records it, sells it, keeps the output. Put to work: you watch, the protocol records it, options accrue per second, you claim the output. The mechanism is the message. On Gaze, verified watch time doesn't just generate a signal. It generates options — claims on creator tokens — that accrue every second you're staked. The watching is the work. The options are the output. gazeprotocol.com

A creator's first period rarely closes at the top. Small community. Early stakers. Low mint percentage. But the options roll over. Second period: more stakers, more watch time, higher score. Third period: the early believers are still there. Still watching. Still contributing 9x. The protocol compounds loyalty. Depth beats reach. gazeprotocol.com

The creator economy is projected to hit $480 billion by 2027. 50% of creators earn under $15,000 a year. 4% earn over $100,000. The growth is real. The distribution isn't. A market that grows to $480B while half its participants earn less than a living wage isn't a creator economy. It's a platform economy with creators as the input. The question isn't how big the market gets. It's who captures the growth.