Founder · Builder · 2025
Kudos.
Recognition, minted on Base.
A Base-native NFT launchpad for teams and creators — clean, minimal drops that turn recognition into something permanent instead of a Slack emoji that scrolls away.
Context
Team recognition was broken. So I built the launchpad that fixes it.
Internal recognition programs are stuck in the same two dead ends: an awkward Slack thread that scrolls out of memory in a day, or a gift card that says nothing about the actual milestone. Neither one lasts. Neither one is ownable. Creators have the mirror-image problem — no clean, low-friction way to mint and drop a moment on-chain without wrestling with wallets, gas, and listing fees built for traders, not fans.
Base changed the economics. Cheap, fast L2 mints made it possible to treat recognition — a shoutout, a milestone, a community drop — as something worth minting instead of something worth typing and forgetting. I saw the gap and built the product to close it.
Approach
Chose Base for the L2 speed and fee economics — recognition only works if minting is cheap enough to be casual.
Designed one launchpad for two audiences: teams running internal recognition and creators running public drops.
Built bulk airdrops that accept wallet addresses or email addresses, so non-crypto-native recipients aren't blocked at the door.
Priced it at 2.5% on successful mints only — zero upfront cost, zero listing fees, incentives aligned with the creator's success.
Shipped alone — concept, product design, and build, start to finish.
Outcome
Deployed on Base
kudosonbase.com
Fee, only on successful mints
Zero upfront. Zero listing.
Solo build
Concept, design, ship.
Recipient flexibility
Airdrops meet non-crypto-native users where they are.
Reflection
Consumer web3 doesn't need more speculation — it needs products that make on-chain feel invisible. Kudos taught me that the winning UX for crypto is the one that never mentions crypto at all.