Wallet Score Benefits

Wallet Score is the primary gating mechanism for SHIP utility. It is designed as an incentive and prioritization system that rewards sustained participation over time. Importantly, Wallet Score does not mechanically remove tokens from circulation and does not restrict transfers on the open market. Instead, it allocates governance weight and ecosystem benefits toward wallets that maintain a stronger score across the rolling measurement window.

Staking is the mechanism that enforces hard lock-ups. When SHIP is staked, tokens are contractually locked for the selected duration and cannot be withdrawn until the lock expires. In practice, Wallet Score can discourage short-term turnover by making long-term aligned behavior more valuable, while staking is what directly reduces liquid supply through enforced token locks. This distinction is intentional: the score aligns incentives, and staking provides the supply-locking primitive.