# KGeN

> World's largest Verified distribution protocol

KGeN helps businesses acquire verified users by providing identity verification infrastructure through gamified engagement and on-chain reputation tracking.

KGeN helps AI, DeFi, and gaming companies acquire verified users by providing privacy-preserving identity and reputation infrastructure. Users can build verifiable profiles through gamified quests and campaigns, earning rewards while companies access authenticated user cohorts. KGeN reduces customer acquisition costs through biometric-based verification and on-chain proof of engagement across gaming, commerce, and social activities. The platform operates in multiple countries with a network supporting multiple revenue partnerships.

- Type: Project
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2022-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen

## Products

- [VeriFi](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): VeriFi is a verified distribution protocol that validates real user identity and engagement through privacy-preserving verification. The system aggregates user attributes across gaming, commerce, and social activities to enable businesses to acquire authenticated users. It provides biometric-based verification, on-chain reputation tracking, and programmable loyalty mechanisms for user acquisition and retention across AI, DeFi, and gaming applications. (Developer Tooling, Live, Main Product)
- [POG Engine](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): POG Engine is an identity and reputation framework that tracks user engagement across platforms through five verification scores: Proof of Human, Proof of Play, Proof of Skill, Proof of Commerce, and Proof of Social. The system validates user actions via OAuth integrations and blockchain verification, creating portable on-chain reputation profiles. It provides developers with verified user data across gaming activity, wallet transactions, and social interactions. (Developer Tooling, Live)
- [K-Store](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): K-Store is a decentralized commerce platform enabling users to redeem rewards and access vouchers from global brands across food, travel, gaming, and entertainment. The platform accepts K-Cash rewards earned through quests and campaigns, providing seamless payment methods for purchasing digital goods and gift cards. (Online Retail Platform, Live)
- [KQuest](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): KQuest is a questing platform where users complete tasks and campaigns to earn ecosystem rewards. The system tracks user participation across social media, gaming activities, and blockchain interactions, converting engagement into verifiable on-chain credentials and reward accumulation. (Questing Platform, Live)
- [KDrop](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): KDrop is a campaign distribution platform enabling projects to distribute tokens and rewards to verified user cohorts. The system provides leaderboard-based competition mechanics and targeted airdrop campaigns, allowing businesses to reach authenticated users based on engagement metrics and reputation scores. (Customer Engagement Platform, Live)
- [KGeN Mobile App](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): KGeN Mobile App is a unified engagement platform enabling users to participate in quests, join clans, and earn rewards through gaming and social activities. The application provides access to K-Store vouchers, POG profile management, and rKGEN reward tracking with integrated wallet functionality for managing digital assets. (Wallet, Live)

## Assets

- [KGEN (KGEN)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): KGEN is the governance token of KGeN protocol. It is used for staking to earn rewards, participating in governance decisions, paying for platform fees, and accessing services. The protocol utilizes a Proof of Gamer engine that verifies user identity across five dimensions—human proof, engagement, skill, commerce, and social network—to create a portable, user-owned reputation score. (Governance)
- [KCash (KCASH)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/kgen): KCASH is the utility token of the KGeN ecosystem. It is used to redeem rewards from completing verification quests, purchase vouchers and gift cards in K-Store, and facilitate payments within the platform. The token maintains a stable pegged value and is backed by the KGeN treasury, serving as the primary reward currency that converts user engagement into redeemable value across commerce and gaming activities. (Utility)

## Links

- [Main](https://kgen.io)
- [Documentation](https://kgen.gitbook.io/kgen)
- [Whitepaper](https://docsend.com/view/hk4x68ncce4cpssy)
- [Terms of Service](https://kgen.io/terms-and-conditions)
- [Privacy policy](https://kgen.io/privacy-policy)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/www.kgen.io)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@KGEN_IO)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/KGEN_IO)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kgen_io)
- [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/kgen)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/KGEN_IO)
- [Substack](https://kgennewsletter.substack.com)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/KGeN_Community)

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