What is on offer

PALZ Game has put up a $2,000 prize pool, allocated across up to 500 qualifying players. Each qualifier receives the same bundle, valued by PALZ at $4 per player:

• Exclusive PALZ Beta Test Access
• 2,000 PEPZ tokens
• A Legendary Starter Pack

The bundle is fixed. If more than 500 players qualify, the first 500 across the line get the reward; the rest do not qualify, regardless of when they joined.

How to qualify (four steps)

1. Update ONTO Wallet to v4.10.0 from your device’s app store, or download it fresh if you do not have it yet.
2. Open the new Profile screen and connect your Steam account.
3. Confirm your Steam account meets both thresholds: over $5 lifetime spend on Steam, and over 10 hours total playtime on Steam.
4. Follow @PalzGame on X.

Hit all four and you are in the Proof of Play qualifying pool, up to the first 500. Verification is automatic. There is no separate application form to fill in.

How verification works

When you connect your Steam account in ONTO, the wallet verifies your account age, hours played, and spend history, then stores those facts on your device as Verifiable Credentials following the W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0 standard.

PALZ does not see your Steam login, your inventory, your friends list, or your full purchase history. They see only the three signals required to confirm eligibility: that the account exceeds $5 lifetime spend, that it exceeds 10 hours played, and that it is a real, active Steam account. The credentials stay on your device. You authorise the proof; PALZ verifies the proof; nothing in between. Hence the name: Proof of Play.

Important details

• One Steam account per ONTO wallet. Multiple wallets verifying the same Steam account count as one entry.
• Reward distribution begins shortly after the campaign closes on 18 May. Qualifiers will be contacted through PALZ and asked to confirm the wallet that should receive the PEPZ tokens and the Legendary Starter Pack.
• Beta Test Access is delivered by PALZ; look for the email or X DM from the PALZ team after the campaign closes.
• Regional eligibility follows PALZ’s terms. Check the PALZ X channel for jurisdictional restrictions before participating.
• Proof of Play is a qualification campaign, not a giveaway. There is no draw, no random pick. If you meet the criteria inside the window, you are in.

Why this matters

Steam already knows your hours, your spend, and your account history. It has not paid you for any of it. ONTO turns that data into a Verifiable Credential you own, and PALZ pays for the privilege of seeing the verified signal, not the underlying account. The disclosure is yours to authorise. The reward is yours to keep.

Proof of Play is the first of a series. The mechanic is intentionally simple, the reward bundle is real, and the verification flow is the same one the next campaign will use. Verify once, qualify many times. Sell on your terms.

Get started

Update ONTO to v4.10.0, open Profile, connect Steam, follow @PalzGame on X. That is it.

Campaign window: Tuesday 12 May 2026, to Monday 18 May 2026.

Pinned updates and any clarifications will be posted on ONTO’s X channel and in the ONTO Telegram. Connect Steam: https://onto.app

A clearer Profile

The new Profile reorganises everything you have already verified, surfaces the gaps, and shows which data dimensions qualify for active campaigns. The point is simple: you should be able to see, at a glance, whether you are ready to participate the moment a campaign opens.

Verified credentials remain on your device. They follow the W3C Verifiable Credentials standard, and they leave your wallet only when you choose to authorise a third party. Selective disclosure means you can prove what is needed without giving away what is not.

New data dimensions: ONTO Steam verification arrives

Alongside the social accounts, email, and personal data we already support, v4.10.0 adds a Steam verification flow. Connecting a Steam account turns years of gaming activity into a verifiable signal: hours played, library size, spend history, account age. For game enthusiasts, that history has been sitting idle on a single platform. From today, it can travel with you, on your terms, to campaigns that pay for it.

This is the first move in a wider data verticals push. Steam goes first because the audience is engaged, the signal is rich, and the verification is clean.

The first PALZ data campaign

PALZ Game will launch the first data monetisation campaign on ONTO. Verify a small set of data dimensions, meet the campaign criteria, and you are in for a share of a prize pool of over $2,000. The eligibility is straightforward: $5+ spent on Steam, 10+ hours played, and a follow on PALZ’s X account. The ground rule on the data side is shorter still: anything you submit must be genuine, reliable, and verifiable. Verifiable Credentials are how we enforce that.

Up to 500 qualifying players will be rewarded. Full eligibility, dates, and reward mechanics will be pinned on the ONTO and PALZ X channels.

Celebrate the launch: $500 Steam giveaway on X

To mark the v4.10.0 release, we are running a quick 2 week long giveaway off the back of the launch tweet on X. The mechanic is light: retweet our launch post and comment your favourite Steam game underneath it. We will pick 100 random winners from the comments and send each one $5. Total pool: $500.

The giveaway is open from launch and the closing date is announced on the pinned post. Whether you win or not, the better outcome is connecting your Steam account in the new Profile while you are there: the moment you do, you are eligible for the PALZ campaign and the data campaigns that follow.

Get started

Update ONTO to v4.10.0 from the App Store or Google Play, open Profile, and start verifying. If ONTO is new to you, download the wallet and create yours first. Connect Steam from the new Profile screen, then check the campaigns tab to see what is open.

This release is one move in a longer arc. The platform is built so the next campaign, and the one after that, can plug in without you redoing your work. Verify once, qualify many times, sell on your terms.