Yaps were Kaito’s attention points, earned by creators for scored contributions to crypto conversation on X and used to rank creators on leaderboards. Kaito announced the sunset of the Yaps program in January 2026, following X’s API policy changes, and subsequently repositioned its creator rewards around Katalyst’s attribution model. The term remains widely recognized as the defining example of the yap-to-earn era.
Per Kaito’s published materials, creators earned Yaps for scored contributions to crypto conversation on X, and those totals ranked them on the Yapper Leaderboard. Projects used the resulting rankings to identify and reward contributors, which made the points a shared currency between creators seeking rewards and projects seeking reach.
Kaito announced the sunset in January 2026, following X’s API policy changes. Those changes restricted the engagement-farming mechanics that scored-posting programs depended on. Kaito subsequently repositioned its creator rewards around Katalyst’s attribution model, which credits rewards against criteria including clicks, sign-ups, and deposits rather than scored posting alone.
The program has ended, but the term remains widely recognized as the defining example of the yap-to-earn era. It appears throughout writing about the 2024 to 2025 generation of attention platforms, so readers researching that period will encounter it. For authoritative detail on the program and its closure, refer to Kaito’s own documentation and announcements.
Points are the general term for non-tradable units any campaign uses to track contribution before rewards are distributed. Yaps were a specific implementation: Kaito’s attention points, scored against contributions to crypto conversation on X and used to rank creators on leaderboards. Every Yap was a point; most points are not Yaps.
Readers should note the tense throughout. Yaps were a program that has ended, and current writing that describes them in the present is usually describing the 2024 to 2025 period rather than anything currently running.
Yaps were Kaito’s attention points, used to rank creators on leaderboards based on scored contributions to crypto conversation on X. Projects used those rankings to identify and reward contributors during campaigns. For authoritative detail, refer to Kaito’s published materials. The program has since ended.
Kaito announced the sunset of the Yaps program in January 2026, following X’s API policy changes. Kaito subsequently repositioned its creator rewards around Katalyst’s attribution model. The precise timeline and terms are documented in Kaito’s own announcements. Creator rewards were subsequently repositioned around Katalyst.
Per Kaito’s announcement, creator rewards were repositioned around Kaito Katalyst, a reward layer that attributes rewards using criteria including mindshare, clicks, sign-ups, deposits, and in-platform activity, rather than scored posting on X alone. The repositioning followed X’s API policy changes in January 2026, which restricted the mechanics scored-posting programs relied on.
Yaps were a specific implementation of the broader idea. Points are non-tradable units any campaign uses to track contribution before rewards are distributed. Yaps were Kaito’s attention points in particular, scored against contributions to crypto conversation on X. The distinction matters when reading older material, where the two terms are often used interchangeably.
