Rewards system allows decentralized messaging app users to earn crypto

Rewards system allows decentralized messaging app users to earn crypto

Make Sense Labs, a decentralized application firm backed by Tim Draper, now allows users of its social messaging app to earn rewards in crypto.

According to an announcement from Make Sense, the firm launched the crypto rewards feature on Monday on its Sense Chat app first developed in 2018. The application reportedly allows users to earn native SENSE tokens when they perform such tasks like interacting with others users online, subscribing to different channels, inviting new users and creating message threads. SENSE token is based on the EOS blockchain and currently valued around $0.005.

Crystal Rose Pierce, CEO of Make Sense and spouse of controversial crypto figure Brock Pierce, said the project was developed to be free of third-party data-harvesting typically associated with high-profile social media and messenger companies like Facebook. She claimed that users will retain control of their data while maintaining privacy.

“We believe that a person's data is uniquely their own, and the value of that data should be theirs,” said Pierce. “By using Sense Chat, members are empowered to have more control over their experience, reward one another, and curate content using their SENSE tokens as a vote.’"