What to Build on Status Network
Status Network combines gasless UX, Karma reputation, and privacy primitives. This unlocks products that are hard to build well on any other chains.
Below are some example products we think are a great fit for Status Network, though of course youβre not limited to these ideas.
Use the filters to find ideas aligned with your expertise and ambition. Click any card to see the full scope.
Karma-Gated Content Feed
A social feed where creators publish posts visible only to followers who meet a minimum Karma tier β think Substack meets on-chain reputation
Karma-Boosted Yield Vault
A DeFi vault where depositors with higher Karma tiers receive boosted APY β early supporters and active participants earn better returns
Karma Bounty Board
A bounty marketplace where only users above a Karma threshold can claim tasks β project teams post work (bug reports, translations, onboarding guides) and pay verified contributors
Karma-Tiered NFT Marketplace
An NFT marketplace where listing fees, royalties, and early-access windows adjust based on the buyer's and seller's Karma tier β trusted participants get better terms automatically
Stealth Address Payments
One-time receiving addresses with unlinkable spend paths
Private Payroll & Savings
Salary and savings rails that do not expose balances and recipients
Shielded Microtransactions / Card Layer
Low-value payments and subscriptions with hidden amounts/participants
Private Lending & Borrowing
Borrow/lend flows that avoid public position leakage
Private Multisig
Multisig ops where signers, threshold, and tx details are obscured
Gasless Micro-Blogging Platform
A Twitter-style micro-blog where every post, reply, and like is an on-chain action that costs the user nothing β with Karma badges that surface trusted voices
Fan Pass Platform
A platform where creators mint free digital passes that unlock exclusive content, group chats, and IRL event access β fans collect passes gaslessly
DAO Proposal & Karma-Weighted Voting App
A governance app where community members submit proposals and vote with weight proportional to their Karma tier β active contributors have a louder voice than passive holders
Fog-of-War Conquest Game
A hex-grid territory control game where troop positions are hidden via private state and every move is a gasless on-chain transaction β think Risk board game with real fog of war on-chain
Prediction Market
Markets with low-friction entries and private participant positions.
Karma-Tiered Swap Router
A swap interface that routes trades through the best on-chain pools and gives high-Karma users reduced fees and priority execution β a loyalty program baked into the DEX layer
Public Funding Interface
End-to-end grant discovery, proposal, voting, and tracking dashboard
Start building nowβ
- Quick Start
- How to use Karma for gaslessness and reputation
- Deploying Contracts on Status Network
- Telegram Builder's Community
Ecosystem & Fundingβ
Builders can earn continuous funding from the public funding pool governed by Karma holders. As your app gains traction, you gain Karma and stronger influence over future allocations.
Learn more β Ecosystem & Funding