Product guide
How The Hold Works
From first wallet connection to collection progress, Monthly XP, and a wallet-approved swap, here is the full The Hold flow in plain English.
Seven steps from wallet to Dex
- 1
Connect your wallet
Choose a supported Solana wallet. A connection lets The Hold request the limited wallet interactions needed for verification and trading.
- 2
Verify ownership
Sign a readable verification message to prove control of the selected wallet. This is not a transfer or swap transaction.
- 3
Build your collection
The Hold reads supported holdings through server-side blockchain data, marks current qualifying entries Active, and preserves prior verified discoveries.
- 4
Earn XP and achievements
Fee-qualified The Hold acquisitions and lifecycle events earn Monthly XP; collecting milestones award permanent achievements. The systems are separate.
- 5
Choose contest participation
Monthly Contest Participation starts off. Turn it on only if you want an official Monthly XP rank, Top 5 placement, and eligibility for any announced season prize.
- 6
Compete on leaderboards
Monthly XP ranks opted-in participants. Collection Count separately compares eligible public collector profiles by verified Active entries.
- 7
Trade supported assets
Review a supported Solana swap, its route, fee, and expected result, then authorize it in your wallet.
Wallet verification
Prove control without transferring custody
The Hold asks the wallet to sign a purpose-specific message and verifies the signature. A valid signature shows that the connected wallet can authorize messages for that address. It does not grant The Hold possession of the wallet or approve a token transfer.
- Wallet verification signs a message, not a transaction.
- Swap authorization is a separate action performed in your wallet.
- The Hold cannot recover a lost seed phrase or private key.
Collection states
Active is current; Discovered is history
Active
Held at the latest successful server-verified sync. Ownership can satisfy a lifecycle bonus, but it is not proof of an acquisition on The Hold.
Discovered
Previously present in verified collection history but not currently Active. History remains visible without creating Monthly XP.
A catalog listing does not prove ownership, endorse an asset, or guarantee that it can be traded safely or at a particular price.
Progress systems
XP events and permanent achievements
Monthly XP
The Hold sums valid season events created from fee-qualified acquisitions, successful lifecycle challenges, and frozen-roster completion. Price changes do not remove earned XP.
Achievements
Achievements are permanent milestones for collecting and completion. They remain separate from Monthly XP and placement.
Independent choices
Profile visibility is not contest participation
Your profile can be public or private. Separately, Monthly Contest Participation can be on or off. All four combinations are supported.
Contest off
You continue to earn private XP and achievements, but receive no official Monthly XP rank, cannot occupy a Top 5 contest position, and cannot qualify for any announced season prize.
Private + contest on
Your profile stays inaccessible. The leaderboard may show only your username, rank, XP, qualifying activity count, and contest or winner status.
Wallet-approved trading
Review first, sign second
The Hold requests a Jupiter order, verifies its disclosed fee and wallet binding, and presents the details before wallet approval. Your wallet may add its own safety guards before signing; Jupiter then validates and executes the wallet-returned transaction against the original order request. Execution can still vary or fail because of liquidity, price movement, network conditions, token behavior, or infrastructure availability.
The Hold currently charges a 0.50% platform fee on swaps. Blockchain network costs and other transaction requirements may also apply.
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