Abstract
In 2026, AI generates infinite content. Taste is the last scarce resource.
Tastor is the decentralized protocol that turns human judgment into permanent, ownable, verifiable on-chain signals. Every rating becomes a Taste Proof — an immutable EAS attestation that rewards participation and especially rewards predictive alpha.
We believe the future of culture is not dictated by algorithms or AI slop, but by humans who can spot greatness before the crowd. Tastor makes that judgment ownable, monetizable, and composable.
One simple action — rate 0-100 — earns $TASTE, builds your on-chain taste reputation, and contributes to the collective human filter layer the internet desperately needs.
Tastor is live on Base. Fair-launched. No VC pre-mine. No staking. No bullshit. Just taste.
1. The Problem — AI Slop & the Collapse of Signal
- • Infinite AI-generated content floods every platform.
- • Recommendation algorithms optimize for engagement, not quality.
- • Human taste is drowned out. Curators, critics, and early spotters lose power.
- • "Good" becomes whatever the model was trained on yesterday.
- • Discovery breaks. Culture stagnates.
We are in the AI Slop Era, and the missing layer is human taste at scale.
2. The Solution — Tastor: Proof of Taste
Tastor is the on-chain taste layer.
- • Humans only rate (0-100). No AI ratings.
- • Every rating is a permanent Taste Proof (EAS attestation).
- • Content (AI or human) is submitted via URL/hash.
- • $TASTE rewards both posting and tasting.
- • Predictive alpha is explicitly rewarded — the people who call the final consensus earliest and most accurately print the hardest.
- • Everything is on-chain, minimalist, and maximally simple.
Tastor turns subjective human judgment into a public good that AI agents, brands, platforms, and creators can query and build upon.
3. Core Mechanics
3.1 Taste Proofs (EAS Attestations)
- • Schema:
contentHash (bytes32), score (uint8 0-100), timestamp, attester - • One-click rating from the feed.
- • Immutable, verifiable, portable.
3.2 Rewards — Equal + Predictive Alpha
- • Base Participation: Every valid rating earns from the daily emissions pool (equal access).
- • Predictive Alpha: After a piece reaches the threshold (default 20 ratings or 7 days, configurable), retroactive bonuses go to early tasters whose scores were closest to the finalized consensus.
- • Formula (on-chain):
alphaPoints = (100 - abs(myScore - finalAverage)) × (1 / log2(order + 1)) × (1 / order) - • Daily emissions decay 0.5% per day. 70% base / 30% alpha.
3.3 Simple, Equal, Anti-Gaming
- • Max 50 ratings per wallet per day.
- • No staking, no rev-share, no bounties.
- • No multi-axis forms — just one 0-100 score.
3.4 Content Registry
- • Prevents duplicates.
- • Stores minimal on-chain metadata (hash, poster, timestamp).
4. $TASTE Tokenomics
Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 (fixed)
Allocation:
- • 50% — Emissions & Rewards Pool
- • 20% — Liquidity
- • 15% — Team / Founder (2-year linear vest, 6-month cliff)
- • 10% — Treasury (locked)
- • 5% — Genesis Community & Airdrops
Launch: Fair bonding curve on Base.
Utility: Earn by tasting and posting. Future oracle access for agents/brands.
5. Product Experience
- • Dead-simple 2000s-style UI (nat.org + Hacker News aesthetic with rare neon cyan accents).
- • One big input: paste URL or drag file.
- • Infinite feed with rising taste and alpha leaderboards.
- • Full-screen rating modal with confetti on successful attestation.
- • Profile shows your Taste Proof history and earnings.
- • Every attestation is instantly shareable with beautiful OG image.
Tastor is designed to feel like the internet should have always been — fast, text-first, content-centric, and rewarding real human taste.
6. Technology Stack
- • Chain: Base
- • Attestations: Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS)
- • Contracts: TASTE (ERC-20), Emissions (UUPS), ContentRegistry, VestingWalletCliff
- • Frontend: Next.js 15, Tailwind, RainbowKit + Wagmi
- • Indexing: The Graph subgraph
- • Storage: Pinata IPFS (dedicated gateway)
- • No off-chain database — fully on-chain + subgraph
7. Roadmap
- • Phase 1 (Live): Core tasting, posting, rewards, fair launch.
- • Phase 2 (Q3 2026): Oracle/API for AI agents & brands to query taste signals. Advanced clustering.
- • Phase 3 (2027+): Cross-platform integrations, taste NFTs, governance, multi-chain.
8. Vision & Values
We are building the decentralized immune system for culture in the age of infinite AI.
Tastor is not another social app. It is infrastructure.
Taste is subjective. We celebrate that. We reward the sharp, the early, the visionary. The consensus will always follow — but the alpha belongs to those who predict it first.
This is the product we wished existed when the slop began.
Join the taste layer.
$TASTE — Prove your taste. On-chain.
Let's build the greatest cultural filter of the AI era.