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BULK AURA: How Much Will You Earn If You Deposit Now?
43,000 wallets have AURA. 500 have deposited. 1M points drop every Saturday. Here's exactly what depositing $200, $500, or $2,500 this week earns you — and what waiting costs.
43,000 wallets have AURA. 500 have deposited. That gap is the opportunity — and it’s shrinking every Saturday.
Here’s exactly what your deposit earns at different sizes and entry times, what it might be worth at TGE, and why waiting costs more than most people realize.
The Simple Version
AURA is not a token. It’s a points system that determines your share of 30% of the total $BULK supply at launch.
Every Saturday at 13:00 UTC, 1,000,000 AURA is split between all active depositors — proportional to how much USDC they’ve deposited and how long it’s been in. The more you deposit and the longer you’ve been in, the bigger your slice of each weekly distribution.
What matters: your percentage of total AURA at TGE, not your raw count. The pool grows every week. Being early means your AURA represents a larger share of a smaller pool.
What You’d Earn: Early vs Late
This table shows estimated AURA accumulated by a $500 depositor entering at different times and holding through to TGE.
| Entry timing | TVL at entry (est.) | AURA earned over 12 weeks total | AURA earned over 26 weeks total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 (now) | ~$2.5M | ~140 | ~200 |
| Week 4 | ~$8M | ~55 | ~90 |
| Week 8 | ~$20M | ~20 | ~40 |
| Week 12 | ~$40M | — | ~18 |
The week 1 depositor earns 7–10x more AURA than the week 8 depositor on the same $500, because they hold through more snapshots when TVL is low and their share is largest.
This gap is permanent. You cannot retroactively earn AURA for time you weren’t deposited.
Use Case Examples
These are illustrative scenarios using community modeling at $2B FDV — not projections. All figures are speculative.
Alex — “Just seeing what this is”
- Deposits $200 in week 1, holds 12 weeks
- Earns ~55 AURA
- At 12-week campaign ($48/AURA scenario): ~$2,600
- Capital: $200, withdrawable any time
Jordan — “Serious airdrop farmer”
- Deposits $1,000 in week 1, holds 26 weeks
- Also holds some BulkSOL for additional AURA vector
- Earns ~500 AURA combined
- At 26-week campaign ($23/AURA scenario): ~$11,500
- Capital: $1,000 + BulkSOL position, withdrawable
Sam — “Full send”
- Deposits $5,000 in week 1, holds 26 weeks
- Runs the PT-BulkSOL loop on Loopscale for amplified AURA
- Earns ~2,500+ AURA across vectors
- At 26-week campaign ($23/AURA scenario): ~$57,500
- Capital: $5,000 deployed across pre-deposit + loop position
All scenarios use community FDV modeling ($2B FDV, 30% community pool = $600M). Token price, total supply, and AURA conversion rate are all unconfirmed. These are directional sizing tools, not financial projections.
The Community Math at $2B FDV
Community modeling from the BULK Telegram:
$2B FDV × 30% community allocation = $600M airdrop pool
$600M ÷ total AURA at TGE = value per point| Campaign length | Total AURA | Value per AURA | 500 AURA worth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 weeks | ~12.5M | ~$48 | ~$24,000 |
| 26 weeks | ~26.5M | ~$23 | ~$11,500 |
None of this is confirmed. Hyperliquid’s HYPE token peaked at $28 on a comparable community allocation structure. BULK could outperform or underperform significantly — see the HYPE comparison for the full breakdown.
Why Being Early Compounds
The formula is cumulative. Every week you’re deposited through a snapshot, you earn that week’s allocation. Holding $500 for 12 weeks is not the same as holding $6,000 for 1 week.
Time held is the variable people consistently underestimate. A wallet with $1,000 deposited from week 1 and held for 26 weeks accumulates substantially more AURA than a wallet deploying $10,000 in week 20 and holding for 6 weeks.
The compression rate:
| Week | Total AURA in pool | Your % if you earned 140 AURA |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 1,500,000 | 0.0093% |
| Week 4 | 4,500,000 | 0.0031% |
| Week 12 | 12,500,000 | 0.0011% |
| Week 26 | 26,500,000 | 0.00053% |
Every Saturday the pool grows. If you’re in early, you’re locking in a percentage from when it was small. If you enter late, you’re buying into a much larger denominator.
Pre-deposits are open now. Withdrawable anytime. Every Saturday you wait is a snapshot you miss.
Start earning AURA →The Whale Dynamic
The formula is linear — $10K deposits earn exactly 20x the AURA of a $500 deposit at the same TVL. Large wallets will enter. TVL will grow. Per-dollar AURA earnings will compress.
A single $5M deposit at current TVL would represent ~67% of all pre-deposit TVL. That position is unlikely to remain — competition will distribute the pool. The question is whether you’re already earning before that happens.
Already Have OG AURA?
If you received retroactive AURA from BulkSOL holding, alphanet, testnet, or early Discord roles (Contributor: 300 AURA, OG: 600 AURA) — it’s permanently issued and won’t decrease.
What changes is its percentage of the total pool as weekly distributions continue. Your OG allocation creates a head start on anyone entering now. But it compresses every Saturday the pool grows without you adding depositor AURA on top of it.
The fix is the same: deposit before the next Saturday snapshot and let the depositor allocation compound alongside what you already have.
The One Action
Deposit before the next Saturday 13:00 UTC snapshot. Every week you miss is AURA you cannot recover.
Minimum is $10. You don’t need to commit your full position today — deposit what you’re comfortable with, evaluate after the first snapshot, and scale if the mechanics look right.
See the full pre-deposit walkthrough for step-by-step setup and the Season 1 hub guide for all four earning vectors.
Pre-deposits are open now. Withdrawable anytime. Every Saturday you wait is a snapshot you miss.
Start earning AURA →Don't miss Saturday's allocation.
1M AURA distributed every Saturday — formula is USDC × time held. First allocation June 6. Deposits are withdrawable anytime.
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