Action-Rewards: The Missing Primitive

Crypto has primitives for trading, lending, and ownership, but oddly enough, nothing for distribution itself. We can swap tokens instantly but still can’t programmatically handle “if X is done, pay Y” at scale. That’s bizarre when you think about it.

Action-rewards fix this. They are simple programmable pairs: if someone completes action X, they automatically receive reward Y. Like trading pairs, but for tasks and attention instead of tokens.

Layer3 makes this powerful by handling three pieces:

1. Validation that actions are completed
2. Automatic reward settlement
3. Programmatic matching of tasks to participants

We’ve processed millions of these pairs for hundreds of protocols, mostly via Quests, Daily Actions, and Streaks. But the interesting part isn’t just matching humans with opportunities – this infrastructure works just as well for AI agents and 1000x’s what’s possible on Layer3.

Once you see it this way, it feels obvious. Of course crypto needs a distribution primitive that works for both humans and AI. Of course we need to make tasks as tradable as tokens.

At Layer3, we make every action-reward pair on earth smart and programmable. And it’s just getting started.

As always, Balaji was right.