Forest is still early. It’s a design choice.

Early crypto didn’t grow because everything was optimised. It grew because ideas were released into the open and allowed to behave freely. Some failed immediately. Some surprised everyone. What mattered wasn’t how polished something looked, but what happened once it was live.

Over time, creation became safer and more repetitive. The same structures. The same assumptions. The same outcomes.

FOREST exists to move back in the other direction.

Not by forcing chaos, but by creating space where real experiments can happen again.

This Trading Competition is one of the first ways we’re doing that.

The idea behind the invitation

This time, we’re focusing the experiment.

Instead of multiple playables, one playable token has been selected to stand on its own.

That token is RAMEN.

The idea is simple: let a single idea exist fully in the open and observe how it behaves when all attention, liquidity, and incentives converge in one place.

RAMEN is explicitly marked with a COMPETING (Trading Competition) flag inside the Forest interface.

This is not about comparison between tokens.

It’s about watching one idea breathe under real conditions.

What happens on January 26

On January 26, the Trading Competition begins.

It runs for 72 hours and includes only one COMPETING playable: RAMEN.

Nothing outside of this token is counted.

During the competition window, trading activity is tracked per wallet, measured in FOREST equivalent. This keeps comparisons fair and removes distortions caused by price movement alone.

A public leaderboard displays the Top 50 wallets by activity.

This is not about speed or single trades. It’s about sustained interaction across the full window.

Once the 72 hours end, the leaderboard is locked and results are final.

About rewards

The total reward pool for the Trading Competition is 500,000 SEEDS.

Rewards are distributed pro rata, based on relative trading activity. Each wallet’s base share depends on how much it contributed compared to the total trading activity across all eligible participants.

After the base distribution is calculated, multipliers are applied to the Top 3 to reward the highest performers:

#1 gets a ×3 multiplier

#2 gets a ×2 multiplier

#3 gets a ×1.5 multiplier

This creates a clear incentive to push into the top positions, while still keeping rewards proportional and transparent for everyone in the Top 50.

Why Forest is doing this

We don’t believe decks, threads, or roadmaps prove much on their own.

We believe behaviour does.

This Trading Competition isn’t about crowning winners. It’s about learning:

• how an idea moves once it’s live
• how traders interact when incentives are aligned
• what kind of playable can hold attention on its own

These signals help shape what Forest becomes next.

What this means if you’re a creator

If you’re building something and you’re curious how it performs outside of a closed circle, this is a useful moment to watch closely.

You don’t need a perfect concept.

You don’t need a long explanation.

You need something that can stand on its own once it’s live.

RAMEN is the test case.

You’ll see the Competing badge next to the token.

You’ll see the leaderboard update in real time.

You’ll see how one playable behaves when it’s given full focus under shared conditions.

Forest isn’t trying to tell you what’s good.

We’re creating situations where it becomes visible.

This is the first step.

Everything else builds on what we learn here. 🌲