NCTR is your standing in the alliance. You earn it through everyday participation — never by purchasing it. You commit it to build status. Status unlocks rewards sponsored by the alliance and its partner brands. The alliance sponsors the brands that sponsor its members.
NCTR is a fixed-supply token on Base. Your alliance balance is the real thing: the alliance holds NCTR in custody on your behalf, and your dashboard is the ledger of record. No wallet, no crypto knowledge, nothing to buy — your participation writes the ledger, and the alliance's treasury holdings always stand behind every member balance.
NCTR enters members' hands one way: it is earned. Anything you may see traded elsewhere is infrastructure around the ecosystem, not how membership works.
Shop the brands you already love across a network of 5,000+ brands, complete bounties, show up. Bounties pay NCTR straight into your balance. Every member opens at Bronze, free.
Standing is commitment. Lock NCTR — the amount and the duration both count — and your status rises: Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Diamond. The Ascent.
Current member rates (effective August 2026): Bronze 11 · Silver 13 · Gold 15 · Platinum 18 · Diamond 25 NCTR per $1 of qualifying spend. Rates are published with effective dates and may evolve as the alliance grows — see “A living model,” below.
Your standing is always a function of what you have locked right now. When a lock ends and isn't renewed, standing ends with it — consistently, every time. And you will never be surprised: the alliance warns you well before any lock expires, and the best re-lock opportunities are offered in exactly that window. Paying attention pays.
Standing unlocks rewards sponsored by the alliance and its partner brands — earned through status. NCTR is never spent on rewards; your standing is the key, not the currency.
When a lock ends, transferring your NCTR to your own wallet will be an option — the alliance pays the gas. Transfer details (wallet setup, minimums, schedule) publish when the feature ships.
We are building this together. The alliance experiments and optimizes continuously, and our incentives are aligned to one goal: making membership worth more. Two commitments never change: rules evolve forward, never retroactively — what you've already earned and locked keeps the terms it was earned under. And the alliance will always tell you before anything that affects your standing happens.
Early members have the most time to build.