Chill Factor v2

We’re excited to introduce a major overhaul to Frosty Metrics Chill Factor, our first-in-class system for address-level analytics and scoring in the Avalanche ecosystem. 

You spoke, we listened. Chill Factor is now more intuitive and better rewards highly engaged users not just on the C-Chain, but across 22 chains in the expanding ecosystem of Avalanche Layer 1s.

With a redesigned scoring model, dynamic on-chain quests, and expanded data coverage, this new edition of Chill Factor marks a significant step forward in our data-driven mission to empower and grow the Avalanche community. The following is an overview of the key features in this new edition of Chill Factor.

We’ve expanded our data coverage to include all major Avalanche Layer 1s that have launched since the first edition of Chill Factor. Most Chill Factor metrics now support Avalanche Layer 1s, including the Transactions, Gas Paid, and Unique Contracts metrics. Additional Layer 1 support is regularly added; if you are an Avalanche Layer 1 and wish to request data support for your network, we encourage you to contact us.

To boost community engagement, we’re introducing Quests — time-sensitive point incentives that reward users for completing specific on-chain tasks. These tasks are dynamic and have a customizable degree of precision. A more general Quest could be transacting with any Avalanche DEX, whereas a more specific Quest can be providing a precise amount of liquidity to a specific protocol’s smart contract. We view Quests as a community-first way of driving engagement towards ecosystem verticals, specific protocols, Layer 1s, and ultimately, driving the growth of Avalanche as a whole. 

We’ve also added two new metrics to reward valuable cohorts of users who were previously unrepresented: Unique Layer 1s and Lending AUM. The new Unique Layer 1 metric rewards cross-chain power users participating in the rapidly proliferating universe of Avalanche Layer 1s, and the Lending AUM metric rewards users who have committed their personal capital to the Avalanche ecosystem, providing liquidity through borrow/lend platforms like AAVE, and liquid staking protocols like Hypha (formerly Gogopool) and BenQi. 

The previous Chill Factor scored addresses based on cumulative lifetime activity, which overweighted dormant addresses. The new Chill Factor rewards points each day and adds them to your total score, resulting in a much more intuitive system that makes it easy to know how to increase your score. In addition, Chill Factor used to have diminishing returns at the top-end of scores to account for highly active (bot) activity, but now, it simply applies daily caps to the amount of points you can earn for each metric each day. This rewards active users fairly while protecting against skewed bot scores from claiming leaderboard spots.

There’s even more to be excited about, including an updated set of tiers to climb with the Summit tier dethroning Subzero at the top spot, a more intuitive UI that includes a trophy case to show off your achievements, and a new leaderboard that tracks top point earners and Quest completers. 

Explore Frosty Metrics and check your Chill Factor here: https://frostymetrics.com/chill_factor

Previous blog posts 

Blog post that accompanied the original launch of Chill Factor

Data Science focused post that accompanied the original launch of Chill Factor