Been testing @SELF_HQ and at first I thought the interesting part was to keep your SELF node active and it automatically earns entries into Prize Draws for 5,000 $SELF daily, 50,000 $SELF weekly and 200,000 $SELF monthly. You basically leave the node running and it keeps earning entries in the background. That alone is enough to get attention. But the more I looked into SELF, the less I felt the Prize Draw was actually the main story. Because underneath the rewards mechanic, SELF is trying to build something much bigger: a private AI, messenger, email, calendar, storage vault and self-custodied wallet inside one ecosystem. And the important part is how that privacy works. — Your chats, files and other sensitive data are encrypted on your device before they ever reach SELF’s servers. So the idea isn’t to just blindly trust SELF with your data. It’s system design is such that the server can’t read it in the first place. That changes the whole framing for me. The Prize Draw attracts early users while the product gives you a reason to keep the app. And then there’s also the timing. — $SELF’s TGE is planned within the next few months, while eligible pre-TGE rewards are accumulating now and are expected to be distributed after TGE. So by the time most people eventually hear about the token, others could already have been running their nodes, earning entries and actually using the product for months. Which is probably the part I find most interesting. You don’t need to wait for TGE to start paying attention. Create the free account, activate the node, leave it running and explore the product yourself. 🔗: Join SELF at with my invite code: MarsDeFi The first 100,000 users may qualify for 100 SELF/month as Connect subscribers and 100 SELF/month per qualifying active referral. Rewards end on 31 December 2029 or when the 50,000,000 SELF allocation is exhausted, whichever occurs first.