# Start with Affiliate

> The V2 system is the protocol's primary business engine, rewarding those who provide liquidity and grow the ecosystem through the soulbound Pass NFT infrastructure.

## Getting Started in V2

### Step 1: Become a Member

Every participant in the protocol holds a soulbound Pass NFT. To join, mint your own Pass by designating an eligible inviter and a parent address. The mint is permanent and writes the relationship into the Pass at creation time.

### Step 2: Provide Liquidity (Eligibility Threshold)

To qualify as an inviter you must deposit at least **100,000 CELT** into the primary Liquidity Pool. The deposit is a bilateral smart-contract arrangement with independent game operators — this is the core change from V1, where the equivalent threshold was a stake into a centrally-managed pool.

### Step 3: Invite Your Team

V2 onboarding is **public self-minting**:

* The invitee mints their own Pass — the contract enforces `recipient == msg.sender` to prevent front-running.
* The invitee specifies your wallet address as their inviter at mint time. This relationship is recorded immutably on Polygon.

### Step 4: Claim Your Rewards

The Affiliate Fund contract manages two reward categories:

1. **Direct Bonuses** — 7% from invitee deposits, 0.5% from the platform edge of bets. Claimed via `claimDirectBonus()` with **no daily limit**.
2. **Service Bonuses** — tree-based rewards from your full referral subtree. Claimed via `claimBonus()`, capped daily at the lower of 10% of your LP principal or **12,000 CELT**.

### Step 5: Start Thinking Big (Governance)

Active liquidity providers gain voting power inside Celestium Protocol DAO LLC. Voting power is capped at **5% per address** and applies to protocol upgrades, fee adjustments, and registration of new games.

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## Legacy V1 Historical Reference

Before V2, the inviter threshold was a stake of at least 40,000 CELT in the legacy staking infrastructure. Two invitation methods existed:

* **Direct invitation** — single address, or bulk CSV upload (\~100 invitations per transaction, requires MATIC for gas).
* **Generated invitation link** — a shareable link directing the recipient to a landing page where they could complete onboarding.

These methods are retained for context only. New onboarding always flows through the V2 self-minting path described above.


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