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# Becoming an MFORGE Founding Holder

## The First 10,000

MFORGE Quest is the journey to build the first 10,000 MFORGE Founding Holders.

Every participant who completes the required journey and satisfies the qualifying MFORGE acquisition requirement can receive a permanent Founding Holder number:

**#0001 → #10,000**

Your number represents your place among the inaugural MFORGE Quest community.

Once Founding Holder #10,000 has been assigned, the inaugural Quest for the First 10,000 is complete.

## Your Journey to Becoming a Founding Holder

Becoming a Founding Holder is designed to be simple:

**JOIN → LEARN → PASS → REGISTER WALLET → ACQUIRE → QUALIFY → RECEIVE YOUR NUMBER**

Here's how it works.

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### Step 1 — Join MFORGE Quest

You may enter MFORGE Quest through an Ambassador referral link or another official METAFORGE campaign entry point.

If you enter through an Ambassador's referral link, the system records the Ambassador who introduced you to the Quest.

This allows qualifying contribution to be correctly attributed to the Ambassador.

Joining through an Ambassador does not increase the amount you pay for MFORGE and does not give the Ambassador control over your wallet or funds.
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### Step 2 — Complete MFORGE Education

Before progressing through the Quest, you will be introduced to MFORGE and the ecosystem behind it.

The orientation is designed to help you understand:

* What Magnummeta is building
* What METAFORGE represents
* What MFORGE is
* The role MFORGE is designed to play within the ecosystem
* What is currently live
* What remains in development
* MFORGE's token structure
* Important participation and market risks
* How MFORGE Quest works

The purpose of this stage is simple:

**Understand before you participate.**

Completing education does not require you to acquire MFORGE.
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### Step 3 — Complete the Knowledge Challenge

After orientation, you will complete a short knowledge challenge.

The challenge helps confirm that you understand the key information presented during orientation.

You must achieve the required passing score before your education journey is marked complete.

If you entered through a valid Ambassador referral, successfully completing this stage may count toward that Ambassador's Education contribution.

**You do not receive a financial reward simply for completing the orientation or knowledge challenge.**
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### Step 4 — Choose Your Path

Once your education is complete, you decide what you want to do next.

You can:

**Become a Founding Holder**

Continue toward qualifying as one of the first 10,000 MFORGE Founding Holders.

**Become an Ambassador**

Complete additional Ambassador Certification and apply to help educate and introduce other participants.

**Do Both**

You may independently qualify as a Founding Holder and also become an MFORGE Quest Ambassador.

You are not required to become a Founding Holder in order to become an Ambassador.
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### Step 5 — Register Your Wallet

To continue toward Founding Holder qualification, you must register a compatible BNB Smart Chain wallet address with MFORGE Quest.

Your Registered Wallet is used by the campaign system to identify qualifying MFORGE activity associated with your participation.

You remain in control of your wallet at all times.

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**MFORGE Quest will never ask for:**

**Your seed phrase**

**Your private key**

**Your wallet recovery phrase**
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You should never provide this information to METAFORGE administrators, Ambassadors, support representatives or anyone claiming they need it to verify your participation.

**Important**

Use the wallet you intend to use for your qualifying MFORGE acquisition.

A wallet already registered to another campaign participant cannot be reused to create another qualifying participant account.
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### Step 6 — Acquire MFORGE

Once your wallet has been registered, you can proceed with your MFORGE acquisition.

MFORGE is traded on BNB Smart Chain, and the official MFORGE acquisition guide provides step-by-step instructions for using PancakeSwap.

**New to PancakeSwap?**

Use our complete illustrated guide:

[**HOW TO BUY MFORGE →**](/docs/quest/participant-guide/how-to-buy-mforge-on-pancakeswap.md)

Always access MFORGE through official METAFORGE resources and verify the official MFORGE contract before completing a transaction.
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### Step 7 — Reach the Qualifying Acquisition

To become an MFORGE Founding Holder, you must reach a cumulative qualifying acquisition of at least:

**$25 equivalent in MFORGE**

You do not have to reach $25 in one transaction.

For example:

| Acquisition        | Cumulative Qualifying Amount |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------- |
| First acquisition  | $5                           |
| Second acquisition | $15                          |
| Third acquisition  | $25 ✓                        |

In this example:

**$5 + $10 + $10 = $25**

The participant qualifies when the cumulative eligible acquisition reaches the required $25 equivalent.

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<summary>What Happens If I Start With Less Than $25?</summary>

You can start below the qualification threshold.

Suppose Tiffany enters MFORGE Quest through Daniel's Ambassador referral link.

Tiffany completes orientation, passes the knowledge challenge and registers her wallet.

She then acquires:

**Day 1**

**$5 equivalent of MFORGE**

**Tiffany has not yet become a Founding Holder.**

Her progress is:

**Founding Holder Qualification**

$5 / $25

However, because a verified MFORGE acquisition has occurred, her campaign attribution to Daniel becomes locked.

Later:

**Day 3**

Tiffany acquires another:

**$10**

Her cumulative qualifying acquisition becomes:

**$15 / $25**

She is still not yet a Founding Holder.

Then:

**Day 7**

Tiffany acquires another:

**$10**

Her cumulative qualifying acquisition becomes:

**$25 / $25 ✓**

Tiffany has now reached the qualifying acquisition threshold.

Her Founding Holder qualification can proceed.

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### Step 8 — Your Founding Holder Qualification

Once your cumulative qualifying MFORGE acquisition reaches the required threshold and is successfully verified by the campaign system, your status changes to:

**QUALIFIED FOUNDING HOLDER**

At this point:

**✓ Your qualifying acquisition is recorded**

**✓ Your Founding Holder position is confirmed**

**✓ Your Founding Holder number is assigned**

**✓ Your retention journey begins**

**✓ The MFORGE Quest Founding Holder counter increases**

For example:

**YOU'RE IN**

**MFORGE FOUNDING HOLDER**

\#4,219

**One of the First 10,000**

4,219 / 10,000

**Welcome to the Quest.**
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## Your Founding Holder Number

Your Founding Holder number is assigned sequentially after successful qualification.

For example:

If the latest confirmed Founding Holder is:

**#4,218**

the next successfully qualified participant becomes:

**#4,219**

The numbering continues until:

**#10,000**

A Founding Holder number cannot be purchased separately.

It is not determined by the size of your MFORGE acquisition.

Someone qualifying with $25 does not receive a lower-status number than someone acquiring $500.

The number represents when you qualified, not how much MFORGE you acquired.

## What Counts as a Qualifying Acquisition?

For MFORGE Quest, qualifying acquisition activity must be verifiable through the approved MFORGE acquisition route and satisfy campaign integrity requirements.

A genuine qualifying acquisition may count toward your cumulative qualification threshold.

Simply receiving MFORGE from another wallet does not automatically constitute a qualifying acquisition.

For example:

**Buying MFORGE through the approved PancakeSwap route**

→ May qualify ✓

**Another person transferring MFORGE into your wallet**

* → Does not constitute a qualifying acquisition ✕

**Receiving MFORGE as a reward**

* → Does not constitute a new qualifying acquisition ✕

**Artificially moving MFORGE between wallets to create campaign activity**

* → Does not qualify ✕

Campaign activity may be subject to automated checks and, where necessary, manual review.

## Your Ambassador Attribution

If you entered MFORGE Quest through an Ambassador referral link, that referral attribution is initially valid for 30 days.

If you make a verified MFORGE acquisition during the applicable attribution period, your Ambassador attribution becomes locked for your campaign lifecycle.

**This can happen before you reach the $25 Founding Holder threshold.**

For example:

Daniel refers Tiffany.

Tiffany makes a verified $5 MFORGE acquisition.

Daniel's attribution becomes locked.

Tiffany later reaches $25 through additional qualifying acquisitions.

Daniel remains the attributed Ambassador.

This protects legitimate Ambassador referrals from being replaced after a participant has already started their MFORGE journey.

## Your Acquisition Window

There are two different 30-day periods that participants should not confuse.

**Referral Attribution Window**

Begins when you enter through an Ambassador referral.

It determines how long the initial Ambassador referral remains available to become locked by a verified MFORGE acquisition.

**Acquisition Tier Window**

Begins when your cumulative qualifying MFORGE acquisition first reaches the $25 Founding Holder qualification threshold.

It is used for applicable Ambassador contribution calculations if your qualifying acquisition increases after you become a Founding Holder.

These are separate campaign mechanisms.

Your Founding Holder status itself does not depend on continuously increasing your acquisition after you have qualified.