Kaito AI quickly rose to prominence with its “Yap-to-Earn” model, attracting thousands of users who earned significant rewards through airdrop campaigns.
However, following the launch of its KAITO token, the project faced widespread criticism regarding the token’s real-world utility.
Kaito is now undergoing major structural changes to rebuild its ecosystem and restore community trust.
“Yap-to-Earn”: Turning Posts Into Real Money
Launched in December 2024, Kaito AI’s “Yap-to-Earn” program sparked a wave of engagement across Platform X. Users simply needed to share content related to partner projects on social media to accumulate Yap Points, which then made them eligible for airdrops from partners like Initia, Wayfinder, and others.
Kaito’s scoring system uses AI-driven analysis to evaluate content quality, user engagement, and network influence, ensuring that meaningful contributions are properly rewarded. Yap points rely on three key factors: how many posts you make, how much interaction you get (likes, comments, reposts), and how credible you are within the network.
Many users have reported substantial earnings through the program. One standout case is from the project Wayfinder (PROMPT), users who reached the “emerging yapper” tier (100+ posts) and shared relevant content were rewarded with 5,000–20,000 $PROMPT tokens, worth more than $1,500 USD.
“Thank you Kaito, thank you Wayfinder, thank you anonymous upper Korean,” one user humorously posted on X. They also revealed receiving 1,000 tokens from Initia simply for being an active yapper on Kaito, even without having interacted with its testnet.
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In the case of Morpheus (MOR), users who engaged with narrative threads and responded to community-driven prompts earned 3,000-8,000 MOR, depending on their engagement metrics. Other notable airdrop allocations for social contribution include Berachain and Story Protocol, which are considered the top Layer 1s in the crypto market.
Some early Yappers even reported receiving double-digit rewards across multiple campaigns, stacking tokens from different partner projects just by maintaining a strong on-chain presence and a consistent posting rhythm on X.
Through simple “social allo” activities – sharing content on social media, users have gained access to high-quality airdrops from promising Web3 projects, highlighting the long-term potential of the Yap-to-Earn model.
Without requiring capital investment or complex interactions like traditional testnets, Kaito is creating a new entry point for everyday users to earn real value from the crypto space.
Kaito’s Return to Relevance
After the early success of its “Yap-to-Earn” program, the Kaito AI community placed high hopes on the KAITO launch in February 2025, believing it would complete the ecosystem. However, those hopes quickly gave way to a wave of criticism.
Many users who received the initial allocation offloaded their tokens quickly, citing unclear long-term value, low immediate utility, and a widening gap between the token’s role and the ecosystem’s most rewarding activities.
The issues stem not only from the low airdrop allocation (just 10% of total supply) but also from the lack of meaningful utility tied to the token.