The partnership that won CUDOS holders who understood it
CUDOS came to us to grow their community around a decentralized cloud network that takes explaining. An AMA, a Review Programme and our server network put it in front of people who researched it, most of whom held and staked their reward airdrop for over a year while a Senior member's $100 rode the post-AMA run to $1,000.
January 2023
- The ask
CUDOS came to us to grow their community
CUDOS is a decentralized cloud computing network: instead of renting compute from a handful of centralized providers, it lets anyone supply or consume computing power across a distributed, sustainable network, positioned as an alternative to the likes of AWS. That's a genuinely useful idea, and a harder one to sell than a meme, because a general crypto audience has to understand what decentralized compute is before the token means anything to them. CUDOS reached out to us to grow their community and get in front of more users, and came with a $4,000 partnership we ran alongside our server network.
- What we did
An AMA to explain it, a Review Programme to build conviction, and the network to spread it
Decentralized compute doesn't sell itself, so we led with understanding and built reach around it.
- Hosted a live AMA with the CUDOS team, walking our community through decentralized cloud computing, how the network actually works, and why a project would use it instead of a centralized provider.
- Ran a Review Programme where members researched CUDOS and published their own analysis, the format that turns a curious audience into people who understand what they're holding.
- Published CUDOS across our Discord and partner network, and ran cross-server collaborations so the project reached engaged members well beyond our own community.
- Airdropped rewards in CUDOS to participants, $50 each or $100 for Senior members, paying people in the token they'd just researched.
- The outcome
A run of more than 900%, and holders who stayed
The post-AMA promotion ran hard: CUDOS's price went on a run that turned a Senior member's $100 airdrop into $1,000, a rise of more than 900%. But the figure CUDOS cared about was the one after the spike. Roughly 85% of the members who received their airdrop still held it more than a year later rather than selling into the run, and many of them staked it. That's the Review Programme thesis in a single number: people who research a project themselves tend to hold it. CUDOS also picked up investors who understood the decentralized cloud model on its own terms, some using it as a genuine AWS replacement, rather than traders chasing a chart. They were happy enough that they came back for a second partnership before their token merged into the ASI Alliance.
+900%Post-AMA price run~85%Held and staked for over a year2Partnerships run - In summary
Explain it well and the holders stay
CUDOS didn't need a pump; they needed people who understood decentralized compute well enough to stick with it. The AMA did the explaining, the Review Programme turned that into conviction, and the network gave it reach. The run of more than 900% was the headline, but ~85% of recipients holding and staking for over a year is the result that mattered, and the reason CUDOS came back before merging into the ASI Alliance (Fetch.ai, SingularityNET and Ocean Protocol).
What they said at the time
This has probably been my favorite AMA that I've been a part of to be honest.
You guys been great hosts, the community has been great, thanks for all the questions, thanks for joining. I'd love to come back at some point as well.
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