Boost Review
Self-serve on-chain reward campaigns
of 10
Boost is an on-chain incentive protocol. Teams fund a budget and the protocol pays users when it verifies an on-chain action, or rewards them for holding a position over time, on Base, Optimism, Arbitrum and other EVM chains. It takes a 10% protocol fee on one-time action rewards.
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By Dan Reyes · Updated Sep 22, 2026
Role
Reward distribution
Website
boost.xyz
Criteria with nothing published
4 of 6
Sources last read
2026-09-22
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 6 scores — (0.0 + 0.0 + 0.0 + 5.0 + 5.0 + 0.0) ÷ 6 = 1.7.
Pros
- Documents concrete eligibility controls: address allowlists, minimum-balance and new-capital-only filters, and World ID
- An unauthenticated API returns campaign configurations, budgets and totals distributed
- Protocol code is published under GPL-3.0 and actively maintained
Cons
- Names no client programs and publishes no case studies
- No effectiveness report of any kind
- Names no legal entity and discloses no ties to campaign funders
What does Boost do?
Boost is an on-chain incentive protocol. Teams fund a budget and the protocol pays users when it verifies an on-chain action, or rewards them for holding a position over time, on Base, Optimism, Arbitrum and other EVM chains. It takes a 10% protocol fee on one-time action rewards.
In this ranking it is listed under reward distribution.
How Boost scores, criterion by criterion
Each mark comes from a fixed scale published on our methodology page, and each links to the page it was read from.
| Criterion | Mark | What we found | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Named programs | 0 | Not published. The site shows unnamed partner logos, and the documentation names no client programs. | boost.xyz, read 2026-09-22 |
| Disclosed volume | 0 | Not published for any named program; the public API gives budgets by contract address, not by program. | docs.boost.xyz, read 2026-09-22 |
| Impact report | 0 | Not published. | docs.boost.xyz, read 2026-09-22 |
| Abuse protection | 5 | The FAQ describes allowlists and filters (minimum balance, new capital only) that limit who can claim, and the homepage mentions World ID; these are eligibility settings, and no sybil-detection mechanism is described. | docs.boost.xyz, read 2026-09-22 |
| Open data | 5 | The explore endpoint of the public API returns campaign data without authentication, but the campaign analytics dashboard is for campaign owners only. | docs.boost.xyz, read 2026-09-22 |
| Independence | 0 | Not published. | boost.xyz, read 2026-09-22 |
Boost publishes nothing we could find on named programs, disclosed volume, impact report or independence, so those criteria score 0. That is a record of what is published, not a finding about what the firm does privately.
Who it suits
Teams that want to set up on-chain-verified reward campaigns themselves on EVM chains, and will measure the results on their own.
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Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.Boost: Named programs, Independence — checked
- 2.Boost: Disclosed volume, Open data — checked
- 3.Boost: Impact report — checked
- 4.Boost: Abuse protection — checked
Frequently asked questions
What does Boost do for chains and DAOs?
Boost is an on-chain incentive protocol. Teams fund a budget and the protocol pays users when it verifies an on-chain action, or rewards them for holding a position over time, on Base, Optimism, Arbitrum and other EVM chains. It takes a 10% protocol fee on one-time action rewards.
How is Boost's score of 1.7 calculated?
It is the plain average of six marks, each from a fixed published scale: named programs 0, disclosed volume 0, impact report 0, abuse protection 5, open data 5, independence 0. (0 + 0 + 0 + 5 + 5 + 0) ÷ 6 = 1.7.
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