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5.1 No Expectations, Just Norms CHONK does not promise rewards. There are no guaranteed returns, no staking APY, no tokenomics schedule promising X% to contributors. This is intentional. What exists instead is a culture: Memes and shills are often voted on by holders of the network Sending even 1 CHONK shows you appreciate someone's contribution People who vote on good content tend to receive more votes on their own content (reciprocity emerges naturally) Over time, patterns develop: what gets voted, what gets ignored, what spreads outside the community This is how culture forms. No one has to participate. No one is paid to participate. People participate because it's interesting, fun, and might lead somewhere. Early Bitcoin holders weren't promised their coins would be worth millions. Satoshi didn't promise to keep mining or that nodes would stay online. People participated because they believed in the idea, and if the majority of the network behaves honestly, value emerges. CHONK operates on the same principle. 5.2 Why Voting Matters Long-Term For this to work beyond the early stages, voting must become a self-sustaining behavior. If people stop voting, the mechanism breaks. But consider why people might keep voting: Reciprocity: If you vote on others' content, they're more likely to vote on yours Curation: Voting surfaces the best content, making the platform more enjoyable for everyone Identity: Your voting history becomes a record of your taste and judgment Ownership: You're shaping the culture and direction of the network Even if initial distribution comes from a concentrated source, the long-term health of CHONK depends on the community internalizing the voting culture. If that happens, distribution continues organically. If it doesn't, CHONK becomes just another dead memecoin. white paper proof of meme FAQ