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Activation
Every Ape switches itself on the same way — burn 5,000 $BAG, no more, no less, regardless of rarity.
Activation costs a flat 5,000 $BAG per Ape, no matter how rare it is. Of that, 750 (15%) goes to the dev wallet and 4,250 (85%) is destroyed. That 4,250 figure isn't arbitrary — it's the exact denominator in the Burn Progression formula, so a freshly-activated Ape always starts at exactly 1.0x burn boost.
Three states
No $BAG burned yet. Earns nothing, can't vote.
Crossed the activation threshold this epoch. Starts earning the following epoch, not immediately — this stops a holder from burning at the last moment to swing a vote whose candidates are already visible.
Active for a full epoch — earns, votes, and is counted for that epoch's distribution.
Activation is permanent. It belongs to the NFT, not the wallet that performed the burn — sell the Ape, and the buyer inherits its full burn history and Aped In status exactly as it stood.
Incremental, no packages required
- Any positive amount counts — burn 2,600 now, 1,000 later, 1,400 after that, and it all adds up toward 5,000.
- No burn is ever wasted: every extra unit burned counts toward the running total, permanently.
| Total $BAG burned | State |
|---|---|
| 0 – 4,999 | Sleeping |
| ≥ 5,000 (this epoch) | Awake |
| ≥ 5,000 (following epoch onward) | Aped In |