BULK Exchange Referral Program: How Referrals and Access Codes Work on Mainnet

BULK mainnet is live and invite-only. Referral links carried over from Season 1 unchanged, but a brand-new referral also needs an access code from you to get in — get the details on referral code YETI and access codes here. Referrers earn AURA from a dedicated pool as their referrals trade.

Referral Program Status: Live, Mechanics Changed at Mainnet Launch (Sept 5, 2026)

Launched June 1, 2026 as a Season 1 deposit-and-hold mechanic: refer someone, they deposit $100+ and hold it, you earn AURA. That mechanic ended when pre-deposits closed at mainnet launch.

Referral links themselves persisted unchanged into mainnet. What changed is (1) referred accounts now earn you AURA through their ongoing mainnet trading activity rather than a one-time deposit-and-hold check, and (2) during the invite-only period, a new referral additionally needs one of your access codes to join at all.

Current Referral Mechanics: Links + Access Codes

How it works now:

1. Connect your wallet at app.bulk.trade
2. Find your referral link on your mainnet account — it’s the same one from Season 1 if you pre-deposited
3. For a brand-new user, also send them one of your weekly access codes — using it auto-attaches them to your referral link
4. As your referrals trade on mainnet, you earn AURA from the referral pool

Access code allotment:

• Pre-depositors received a starting weekly batch of 5-15 access codes, tiered by pre-deposit size ($1K+ vs $100K+)
• New traders start at 0 codes and earn one more per $1M in trading volume
• Codes reset every week — unused codes do not roll over

The Strategy for Maximum Referral Value

Access codes are now the scarce resource, not deposit size. During Season 1, the play was getting referrals to deposit and hold 72 hours. Now, the constraint is your weekly code supply — a referral is worthless to you if you have no code left to give them that week.

Prioritize referrals you’re confident will actually trade. Since AURA now accrues from ongoing activity rather than a one-time deposit check, a referral who trades regularly is worth more over time than one who logs in once.

How to frame it for people you refer:

• Mainnet access during the invite-only period requires a code — that scarcity is itself a reason to act on an invite rather than sit on it
• Pre-deposit-converted margin is withdrawable at any time — no lock-up risk
• Trading volume compounds two ways for them: their own AURA, and their own future access codes to invite others

Why Referral Timing Still Matters

Under Season 1, earlier deposits meant more weekly snapshots captured. Under mainnet, the equivalent dynamic is trading volume: the earlier a referral starts trading, the more weeks of AURA and access-code accrual they capture. The referral relationship itself doesn’t expire — but access codes do, weekly.

Risk Disclosure

Referral AURA earnings depend on your referrals’ ongoing trading activity, which you cannot observe or predict in advance. AURA does not have a confirmed conversion rate to BULK tokens as of this writing. This is not financial advice.

Related:

• BULK Referral Code (YETI) and Access Codes — the current mechanics in full
• AURA Points Explained — how AURA works, who earns what
• Under $500? Why Referrals Beat Deposits at Small Capital Sizes — the math behind prioritizing referrals
• What is BULK Exchange? — the platform your referrals are joining
• BULK Exchange Fee Structure — trading fee context

Trade now on BULK mainnet → app.bulk.trade

Last updated: September 5, 2026. Mainnet launch and access-code mechanics per BULK’s official Discord announcements and docs.bulk.trade/bulk-exchange/referral.