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# Kumbaya Dares: Season 1

The internet has never been short of bad takes, ridiculous stories, questionable investments, or people willing to do stupid things for the timeline. Kumbaya Dares are challenges built around content people actually want to watch, share, and take part in.

Pick a Dare, create your entry on Kumbaya, and share it to X. The more attention your entry earns, the higher it climbs. You can take part in as many Dares as you want, as many times as you want.

Not keen on the five launched Dares? Launch your own. Or back the creators you want to see win.

**Two weeks. $10,000+ in prizes.**

## When Season 1 runs

|                       |                                  |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| **Opens**             | Monday 17 August 2026, 14:00 UTC |
| **Closes**            | Monday 31 August 2026, 14:00 UTC |
| **Winners announced** | One week after close             |

## The Season 1 Dares

### $SPICY: Confess your worst trade

Take a shot of hot sauce and confess the worst investment you've ever made. The memecoin you were convinced was going higher. The leverage you definitely shouldn't have used. The out-of-the-money call you were sure would pay off.

Take the shot. Tell the story. Show the receipts if you've got them.

### $SHAME: Put crypto's worst in the hall of shame

Nominate the worst scam, rug, or collapse you've witnessed or been part of. Tell us what happened, why it deserves the nomination, and how badly it ended.

Keep it real. Shame something that actually happened rather than inventing accusations for the sake of an entry.

### $DEN: Show us where you trade

Six-monitor command centre? MacBook from bed? Mattress still on the floor? Give us the tour of your setup and reveal the place where your best (and worst) decisions get made.

### $BIGBALLS: 100x or bust

Open a 100x leveraged trade and see what you can make from one position. Show the trade, document what happens, and post the final P\&L.

One trade. Maximum leverage. Biggest balls wins.

### $AWKWARD: Make the timeline uncomfortable

Do something awkward in public. Film it. Post it. Live with the second-hand embarrassment.

Make it uncomfortable, not dangerous: keep it legal, keep it safe, and don't harass people who didn't sign up to be part of your content.

## Prizes

Season 1 rewards original content that travels. Five prizes are up for grabs.

| Prize          | Amount | Who wins it                                                        |
| -------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 🥇 Grand prize | $5,000 | The best-performing individual entry on X                          |
| 🥈 Silver      | $2,500 | The second-best individual entry on X                              |
| 🥉 Bronze      | $1,000 | The third-best individual entry on X                               |
| 🚩 Team pick   | $1,000 | The boldest and most popular Dare, hand-picked by the Kumbaya team |
| 💜 Top tipper  | $500   | The biggest supporter of the season                                |

The first three are decided by public engagement on X. The Team Pick rewards the best original Dare somebody launched, judged on originality, audacity, and execution. Top Tipper is tracked on-chain, so you can win it without filming a thing.

## How to take part

There are three ways in, and you can do all of them.

1. **Enter a Dare.** Choose one of the live challenges, create your content on Kumbaya, and share it to X. There's no one-shot rule: enter multiple Dares, or submit another entry to the same Dare if you come up with something better.
2. **Launch your own Dare.** Got an idea that could spread further than ours? Create your own Dare and get people taking part. This is what the Team Pick prize is for.
3. **Back a creator.** Tip the entries you want to support. Tip the most across the season and you take the Top Tipper prize.

Your audience can do all of the same: engage with your entry on X, come through to Kumbaya, enter the Dare themselves, launch their own, or back the creators they want to see win.

## How entries are scored

Individual entries are scored on their engagement on X, including views, likes, reposts, replies, and quotes. The exact weighting is kept private so the leaderboard can't be gamed.

Your entry has to be created on Kumbaya and shared to your connected X account for its performance to count. Shortlisted entries may be asked to provide X analytics before prizes are confirmed.

## Frequently asked questions

**Can I enter more than one Dare?**\
Yes, and it's encouraged. Enter as many Season 1 Dares as you want.

**Can I submit more than one entry to the same Dare?**\
Yes. If you get a better idea later, make another one.

**Where do I post my entry?**\
Create your entry through Kumbaya and share it to your connected X account. Your X performance feeds back into the competition.

**Can I promote my entry?**\
Yes! Paid promotion is encouraged but remember scoring is not just from impressions alone. This means if you pay to advertise your content but the content itself is not original and does not get any engagement, its likely to be ranked lower than a non-promoted post with more engagement but less impressions!

**When are winners announced?**\
One week after the competition closes, three weeks after Season 1 launches.

**What can't I post?**\
Keep it legal, safe, and genuine. Entries involving fabricated claims, artificial engagement, dangerous behaviour, or content that puts other people at risk may be removed.

## Where to next

* [**Launching your own token →**](/launchpad/launch-a-token.md) - how to create a Dare
* [**Dares and Memes →**](/launchpad/dares-and-memes.md) - what the two launch types mean
* [**Tipping →**](/social-features/tipping.md) - how backing a creator works