Echo Program

If you shipped a product, tool, or onchain integration on Ink in the early days, Echo exists to recognize that work.

What Is Echo?

Echo is Ink's retroactive builder initiative, a one-time program to recognize and reward teams and projects that shipped real product on Ink during its early phase.

Echo exists to reward shipped contributions that helped form the ecosystem, and to reconnect those builders with what's coming next.

Why We Created Echo

Ecosystems don't appear overnight, they're built through shipping.

Echo was created to:

• Recognize early projects that deployed and delivered on Ink before formal programs existed
• Reward contributions that created measurable ecosystem value (usage, transactions, adoption, integrations)
• Reconnect proven early builders with Ink's next chapter

Echo is about shipped work that moved the chain forward.

Who It's For

Echo is for projects and teams that shipped on Ink in its early stage.

We're recognizing builders who:

• Shipped a live product, tool, or integration on Ink before Nov 1st, 2025
• Can provide verifiable proof of shipping (contracts, repos, releases, live links, metrics)
• Created real value for Ink users or builders through product usage or ecosystem utility

Not in scope: community-only contributions, advisory/support work, calls, moderation, marketing, or ideas/feedback without a shipped artifact.

How It Works

Echo is designed to be clear, fast, and verifiable.

1. Submit

Application form: https://forms.inkonchain.com/echo-builder-program

Share a short summary of what you shipped:

• What you built
• When it launched on Ink
• Proof of work (required):
  • Contract addresses / explorer links
  • GitHub repo / commits
  • Live product link / screenshots
  • Usage metrics (if available)

2. Review

Ink Foundation reviewers (and ecosystem advisors when needed) evaluate submissions based on:

• Shipping validity (is it real and on Ink?)
• Impact (usage, transactions, adoption, integrations, ecosystem utility)
• Authenticity (credible proof, consistent story)

3. Reward

Approved projects receive a one-time retroactive grant, and an invitation to join the builder network for future initiatives.

What You'll Get

Grant size varies based on what was shipped and its impact. Recognized projects receive:

• Retroactive grant: builder point or stablecoin award
• Recognition: public acknowledgment (optional if a project prefers privacy)
• Reconnection: invitation to private builder channels and early access to future initiatives

How to Apply

1. Submit your Echo application with proof of what you shipped on Ink
2. Review period (1–2 weeks): submissions are batch-reviewed, clarification may be requested
3. Grant + follow-up: approved projects receive grant instructions and builder network access

Looking Ahead

Ink is entering a new phase, and Echo is how we recognize the builders who shipped early and helped set the foundation.

We remember what you shipped.

Now let's build what comes next.