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How it works

Understanding the platform

How quests work on Signals.

A plain-language overview of what a quest is, how the flow works from start to finish, and the task types the product supports.

What a Signals quest is

A quest is a short set of tasks attached to a funded reward pool. A project creates the quest, participants complete the tasks, and the project decides who receives rewards when the quest ends.

Structured around tasks
Each quest is a small list of actions such as following on X, joining Telegram, joining Discord, visiting a website, or completing a custom task.
Backed by a reward pool
The project funds the quest before it runs, then rewards are claimed from that pool after the project finalizes the outcome.
Completed over time
Participants join, work through the task list, wait for the quest to end, and then claim only if they were selected for rewards.

How a quest works, end to end

01
A project launches
They set the tasks, dates, and how much the reward pool is worth. They fund the pool from their wallet. The contract is deployed on Arbitrum and the pool becomes visible to everyone.
02
Your community plays
Each task verifies on completion using the platform's own login — X, Telegram, Discord. Participants click a button, do the action, come back, and the task ticks off. No screenshots. No proof uploads.
03
Winners get paid
The project reviews completions, picks who gets paid, and signs one transaction. Winners click Claim on the quest page. Tokens transfer from the quest contract directly to each winner's wallet.

What you can ask participants to do

Every quest is a list of tasks. Some are verified automatically by the platform. Some are reviewed by the project at the end. Mix them however you want.

X
  • ·Follow an account
  • ·Like a post
  • ·Repost
  • ·Reply
  • ·Quote post
Auto-verified
Telegram
  • ·Join a group
  • ·Join a channel
Auto-verified
Discord
  • ·Join a server
  • ·Hold a specific role
Auto-verified
Website
  • ·Visit a link
Auto-verified
Custom
  • ·Anything else you can describe
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How Signals compares to how quests are usually run

What people usually do
Manual spreadsheet payouts
A community manager posts a thread on X. Participants reply with wallet addresses. The manager manually checks every reply, builds a spreadsheet, and sends tokens one by one. Each quest takes hours of admin work and mistakes are common.
Why Signals is different
Tasks verify automatically. The review dashboard shows every completion, sorted, with social identities attached to every wallet. Finalize in one transaction. No spreadsheet. No mistyped address.
What people usually do
Older quest platforms (Galxe, Zealy, Layer3)
Most rely on self-reported proofs or engagement metrics. Participants upload screenshots. Bot operators automate the uploads. Creators pay out to accounts that never genuinely engaged. The platform often takes a fee from the reward pool.
Why Signals is different
Signals verifies directly against each platform's official API. No proof uploads, no self-reporting. Anti-bot checks are layered into each task type. The platform takes no fee from your reward pool. Every token you fund goes to participants.
What people usually do
Airdrops and token claims
Airdrops reach a broad audience but attract farmers with no connection to the project. After the claim, there is no retained relationship. The tokens are gone and the community did not grow.
Why Signals is different
A quest asks people to do the actions that make them part of your community: follow, join, vote. The reward goes to people who actually showed up, not to every wallet that heard about a drop. The result is a list of real participants you can message for the next one.

A few things worth knowing about the platform

Arbitrum One
Signals runs on Arbitrum One, an Ethereum layer-2 network. Gas costs a few cents per action. Rewards are distributed on Arbitrum. Participants and creators both need a small amount of ETH on Arbitrum for gas. The platform handles the network switching automatically.
Smart contracts hold the rewards
Every quest deploys its own contract. The reward pool lives in that contract, visible on chain. Neither Signals nor anyone else can move those funds. Only the project owner can finalize the quest and enable claims. Only winners can claim their specific reward. This is verifiable on Arbiscan at any time.
Verification, not self-reporting
Task verification uses the official login flow for each platform: X OAuth, Discord OAuth, Telegram bot. The platform checks the source directly. Completion data is stored off-chain for speed, but the critical data — who deployed the quest, how much was funded, who got paid — is all on chain.
The free Basic plan covers your first quests
There is no per-quest fee and no platform cut of your reward pool. Every token you deposit goes to participants you select or returns unclaimed at the end of the claim window. See the pricing page for the live cost breakdown.
Ready to try it?
Browse live quests to see what they look like from a participant's perspective, or open the creator guide to launch your own.