Shill Vault

Last Updated: 20 May 2026

This page explains how Shill Vault works for eligible coins on Trends.

Shill Vault

What is Shill Vault?

Shill Vault is a reward vault for posts that help spread a coin on X.

When creating a coin, the Coin Creator can reserve part of their fee earnings for Shill Vault. Those fees accumulate during the first 72h after the coin is created, then the vault uses them to reward the highest-performing eligible posts.

Rewards are checked and distributed on a fixed schedule. Winners can later claim their rewards on Trends.

Availability

• Shill Vault is available only for eligible new-curve coins
• It is enabled only when the Coin Creator sets the Shill Vault share above 0%
• It runs only during the first 72h after coin creation
• It does not apply to older legacy coins

How funds accumulate

After the coin starts trading, the configured Shill Vault share goes into that coin’s own vault.

• Each coin has its own separate Shill Vault
• Fees are collected only during the first 72h
• After the vault closes, any future fee share that would have gone to Shill Vault goes to the Coin Creator instead

Frequency

The Coin Creator chooses how often Shill Vault checks and distributes rewards when creating the coin.

• The frequency must evenly divide 72h
• Supported frequencies are 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 18 / 24 / 36 / 72 hours
• After the coin is created, the frequency cannot be changed

How it works

flowchart TD
  A[Coin is created with Shill Vault enabled] --> B[Fees collect in Shill Vault during first 72h]
  B --> C[Users submit eligible X posts]
  C --> D[Reward check time is reached]
  D --> E{Vault balance >= 0.2 SOL and eligible posts exist?}
  E -->|Yes| F[Rank posts by performance]
  F --> G[Send rewards to winning post authors]
  E -->|No| H[Keep eligible posts or balance for the next cycle if time remains]
  G --> I{Reached 72h close time?}
  H --> I
  I -->|No| B
  I -->|Yes| J[Run final reward check]
  J --> K[Close Shill Vault]
  K --> L[Move remaining and future Shill Vault value to the Coin Creator]

How submissions work

Users can submit X posts while the vault is open.

• The post must include the coin’s exact $ticker or exact contract address (CA)
• The same tweet id / post id can only be submitted once across Trends
• A post may contain multiple contract addresses, but it still counts as one submitted post
• Submitted posts can appear in the coin timeline
• Once the 72h Shill Vault window ends, new submissions are no longer accepted

Submission cutoff

Each reward cycle has a cutoff during its final 15 minutes.

• If a post is submitted before the cycle cutoff, it can enter the current cycle
• If a post is submitted after the current cycle cutoff but before the final 15 minutes of the vault, it can enter the next cycle
• If a post is submitted during the final 15 minutes before the vault closes, it can still appear in the timeline, but it cannot be considered for Shill Vault rewards

Coin Creator review

The Coin Creator can review submitted posts before the vault closes.

• The Coin Creator can disqualify a submitted post before the vault closes
• A disqualified post is excluded from reward evaluation
• Disqualifying a post does not delete it from the timeline
• Once the 72h Shill Vault window ends, the Coin Creator can no longer disqualify posts

How reward rounds work

Reward rounds run automatically based on the frequency chosen at coin creation.

A reward round can distribute rewards only when both of these are true:

• The current Shill Vault balance is at least 0.2 SOL
• There is at least one eligible post in that cycle

If the balance is below 0.2 SOL, eligible posts can roll into the next cycle if there is still time before the vault closes. If there are no eligible posts, the balance stays in the vault for the next cycle.

Rolled-over posts and new posts are evaluated together in the next cycle. Nothing rolls over after the 72h Shill Vault window ends.

How scoring and rewards work

Submitted posts are ranked by this score formula:

Score =
  (
    Likes^0.9 * 3
    + Retweets^0.85 * 7
    + sqrt(Comments) * 24
  )
  *
  (
    1 + log10(Views + 1) * 0.05
  )

Likes, retweets, comments, and views all count. The formula does not set a hard cap on any of them.

Comments count with softer growth because one person can leave many comments. Views also keep growing, but they work as a small boost on top of real interaction instead of creating score by themselves.

• Posts are sorted from highest score to lowest score
• At most 4 winners can receive Shill Vault rewards in one reward round
• If fewer than 4 eligible posts exist, only the available winners can receive rewards
• If the same X author has multiple high-scoring posts in one cycle, only that author’s highest-ranked post can receive rewards
• If multiple posts are tied and the tie would push the winner count above 4, earlier submitted posts take the remaining winner slots
• Reward amounts are distributed in whole units

If a reward split does not divide evenly, earlier winners are rounded down first and the last winner receives the remaining amount.

Claiming rewards

Shill Vault rewards are assigned to the author of the winning X post.

• The reward goes to the post author, not necessarily the user who submitted the post
• A winning post can still be eligible even if the author was not already shown as a Contributor when the post was submitted
• The recipient signs in on Trends with the matching X identity
• The recipient binds a Solana wallet and claims the reward

Final reward round and vault close

Shill Vault always closes 72h after the coin is created.

When the 72h Shill Vault window ends, the system makes one final reward attempt. That final attempt only considers posts that became eligible before the final 15 minutes of the vault. After that, the vault closes.

After closure:

• Any remaining Shill Vault balance is moved to the Coin Creator
• Any future fee share that would previously have gone to Shill Vault also goes to the Coin Creator
• The Coin Creator receives a vault-closed notification
• The timeline may show a vault-closed event for that coin

Important notes

• Shill Vault always closes after 72h
• Posts submitted during the final 15 minutes before close are not eligible for rewards
• The vault does not continue accepting reward posts, disqualifications, or rolled-over posts after closure
• Once closed, remaining and future value that would otherwise belong to Shill Vault goes to the Coin Creator instead
• Trends may update Shill Vault rules or related product behavior over time