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Referrals

Every Interstate user gets a referral code. Share it, and you earn a share of the platform fees from every trade your referrals make — up to four tiers deep. How big that share is depends on your Honors tier, which you climb based on the activity of your referral network.

::: warning Web app only Referrals run through the Interstate web app (app.interstate.so). The Telegram bot does not currently support referrals. If you want to refer traders, share your web app code. :::

How the Honors program works

When someone signs up with your referral code, they become your direct referral. When they refer someone else, that person becomes your Tier 1. And so on, down to Tier 4. You earn a percentage of the platform fee on every trade at every layer.

What percentage? That depends on your Honors tier. Everyone starts at Honors I and climbs to Honors IV as the network they've built gets bigger and more active.

Honors tierDirectTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Total up to
Honors I (default)20%3%2%1.5%1%27.5%
Honors II22.5%4%2.5%2%1.5%32.5%
Honors III30%5%3.5%2.5%1.5%42.5%
Honors IV35%6%4%3%2%50%

A direct referral pays you 20% of the platform fee at Honors I, scaling all the way up to 35% once you reach Honors IV. There is no cap on volume, no time limit, and no action needed on your part — rewards accumulate automatically into your referrals balance.

Credits Passthrough (On Top of Fee Sharing)

In parallel with the Honors fee share, Airdrop Genesis also passes a slice of your direct referral's Credits back to you: 10% of their base Credits, with your own rank multiplier applied on top. See How Credits, Ranks & Rewards Work → Referrals for the full mechanic and worked examples.

These two programs are separate:

  • Honors fee share pays in SOL (a cut of real trading fees).
  • Credits passthrough pays in Credits (10% of your referee's base Credits, multiplied by your rank).

You earn both from the same referral, at the same time.

Your Referral Code

Your code is derived from your username — the first 6 characters, uppercased. You'll find it on the /referrals page in the web app along with a shareable link.

During Interstate's gated launch, a referral code doubles as an access code. Anyone you send it to can paste it on the access gate and get in immediately. One code, two uses — it's the single fastest way to get friends onto the platform right now.

How to Share

  1. Open the Referrals page in the web app at /referrals.
  2. Copy your code or shareable link.
  3. Send it to a trader. DM, group chat, tweet — wherever.
  4. They sign up with your code → they're attached to you for life.

The sooner they sign up, the longer your fee share runs. Every trade they make from day one forward pays you.

How to Claim

Referral rewards accumulate in your referral balance on the /referrals page. You can see:

  • Your current Honors tier and the percentages it unlocks
  • Everyone you've referred and their current status
  • The full pyramid — direct referrals plus tiers 1–4 — with counts per layer
  • Real-time updates (pushed over WebSocket while the page is open)
  • Your accumulated referral earnings, claimable to your wallet

Things to Know

  • Referrals are for new signups. If someone already has an Interstate account, they can't be retroactively attached to your code.
  • Four tiers of nested referrals, not infinite. You earn from your direct referrals down through four more layers — everyone below Tier 4 doesn't pay you.
  • Honors I is the default. You start at the base table (27.5% total); higher Honors tiers unlock as your referral network hits activity milestones.
  • Fee share ≠ Credits passthrough. The Honors program pays you in real trading fees (SOL). The Credits passthrough (covered in /credits) pays you in Credits. You earn both from the same referral.
  • Telegram bot referrals are disabled. Only the web app supports referrals today.

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