Picture this

Who it is for

Mama Ngozi's cafe opens a vault; regulars who stake earn rewards plus a free coffee every month, and the cafe gets a loyal crowd.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$219

$55 deposit to reserve

Vault setup, staking page, perk redemption, merchant console.

You choose: perks
You choose: accent color

Customfrom $1,700

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

What is new

Merchant loyalty tied to a PoL reward vault was not found.

Closest things out there

Infrared vaults; off chain loyalty.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Your local spot, owned a little by you.

The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

accelerator · Berachain · upcoming

Berachain Build-a-Bera / ecosystem programs

unknown

Official page ↗

Ecosystem program for shipped apps; check current terms.

Their rule on existing code: unknown

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Cafe Vault app: a cafe's regulars stake into its own reward vault, withdraw any time, and get a perk when they actually visit, with a paywall, owner console and cafe agent built in.

Base price · $219

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome

Shown once: back your cafe, show up and get a cup, honest about variable rewards.

Membership status and next actionHome

Your stake, visits this month, members and one clear next step.

Stake and withdraw any timeVault

Stake HONEY into the cafe's vault with no lockup and no fee, with rewards shown as variable.

Three member storiesVault

A regular, a member who withdraws for rent, and a remote wallet that never visits.

Till scan and punch combVisit

Scan the daily till code, fill the comb and claim the monthly perk.

Order aheadVisit

Send your usual to the counter before you arrive. Gated behind Member Plus.

Street card and birthday cupStreet

Perks at neighbouring shops and a birthday cup. Gated behind Member Plus.

Receipts, onchain and offchainReceipts

Stakes, withdrawals and perks with what is and is never on chain.

Plans and settingsMe

Pricing from the owner paywall, USDC checkout, hello consent, permissions and vision.

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Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue

MRR, cafe and member plans, incoming USDC, accepted methods, live tier and gate editing.

Member list and hellosMembers

Who visits, who has not been in, remote claims, and a personal hello in one tap.

Vault rulesRules

Smallest stake, monthly perk, stake cap, weekly cafe incentive and the visit rule.

Agent log and roadmapAgent

What the cafe agent got wrong and how it adapted, costs, plus the priced Roadmap screen.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Tasting mornings and cafe referralsGrowth

Run a tasting morning, track visits a day and cafes joining.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Members join free and can always withdraw. Cafes pay a monthly Cafe Pro plan to run their own vault and perks, and members can add Member Plus for street wide perks.

MemberFreeStake into the vault, a free cup a month when you visit, withdraw any time

Member Plus$2 a monthStreet card perks at other shops, order ahead, a birthday cup

Cafe Pro$29 a month per cafeRun the vault, perks and member list for your own cafe

No fee on stakes or withdrawals. Berachain gas is a few cents a month per cafe.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

The member card on the counter recruits walk ins
Members share their member number with friends
Tasting mornings where members bring a friend
Neighbouring shops joining a shared street card
Cafe owners referring other cafes

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The full cafe vault

Cafe reward vault with no lockup
Visit based perks with daily till code
Punch comb and member list
Receipts on and off chain
Paywall, owner console, cafe agent

Included

Street card and order ahead

Shared street card across shops
Order ahead with pickup times
Naira card top ups
WhatsApp hello digest

Add-on from $400

Cafe network

Many cafes, one member app
Roaster partnerships with shared perks
Member events and tastings
Cafe analytics across branches

Add-on from $1,000

For investors and grant reviewers

The pitch, ready

A loyalty program where a cafe's regulars stake into its own reward vault.

Problem: Paper stamp cards are easy to fake and say nothing about who the regulars are, and token rewards programs pay wallets that never walk in.

Solution: Members stake HONEY into the cafe's own vault on Berachain with no lockup. A daily till code proves visits, so perks go to people who show up, and the owner sees who to greet.

Why now: Berachain lets small apps run their own reward vaults, and phone wallets make staking a few dollars practical for a neighbourhood cafe.

Market: Independent cafes, bakeries and small shops with regulars, and the streets they sit on.

The ask: Pilot partners: five cafes in Lagos and one coffee roaster, plus Berachain ecosystem programs.

Funding is never guaranteed. Check each program's rules.

For hackathons and demo days

Your 2 minute demo

Home: Tunde at Mama Ngozi's cafe in Yaba at 7:20.
Vault: stake 50 HONEY, then play Chioma's withdrawal and the remote wallet.
Visit: scan the till code, fill the comb and claim the free cup.
Street: the street card gate for Member Plus.
Owner Agent: perks by stake alone failed, now perks need a visit.
Owner Members: say hello to Chioma.
Owner Revenue: change the Member Plus price and preview the Plans sheet.
Owner Growth and Roadmap: run a tasting morning, then request the street card.

Many hackathons require code written at the event. See the Regatta Boardfor each race's rule.

Make it entirely yours

Custom work from $1,700: your own perks and vault rules, a till tablet app, naira payments, or a multi branch deployment. Scoped on a call.

Custom from $1,700

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The need

Independent cafes lose regulars to chains with loyalty apps, and paper stamp cards get lost. Regulars often care about their local spot but have no way to back it beyond buying coffee.

What exists and what is new

Both halves exist separately: Berachain Proof of Liquidity reward vaults (and vault managers such as Infrared) let people stake and receive variable emissions, and off chain loyalty apps give cafes stamp cards and points. Research did not find merchant loyalty tied to a cafe's own PoL reward vault. What is new is that pairing for a single local business, with perks funded by the cafe and gated on real visits. Research verdict: medium novelty; the vault mechanics themselves are not new.

The data it runs on

Member wallets and stake amounts (onchain), vault rewards and the cafe's incentive deposits (onchain), daily till QR scans and perk claims (offchain database), optional first names members choose to share for the digest.

1.The mission

Let people own a small, withdrawable stake in the places they love, and let those places thank the people who keep showing up.

2.Why people can't resist it

Fill the comb Each visit fills a hexagon on the monthly card. The free cup unlocks when you show up.

Named at the counter The owner sees who is a member and who has not been in for a while, and says hello.

Withdraw any time No lockup and no fee, so joining feels safe for people on a tight budget.

3.How it works for real

Member wallet: Privy embedded wallet with email or phone login on Berachain, so members never see a seed phrase.

Cafe vault contract: An ERC-4626 style staking vault for HONEY with a per wallet cap, deployed per cafe. Withdraw is always open.

Proof of Liquidity: The vault can apply to become a PoL reward vault so validators may direct BGT emissions to it, and the cafe can add incentives to attract them. Whitelisting goes through Berachain governance and emissions vary; until then, rewards come only from the cafe's incentives.

Visit check: A daily rotating QR at the till, signed by the cafe's key. Scans are stored offchain and unlock that month's perk, one per wallet.

Counter agent: A small model tier (for example Claude Haiku or a similar tier via OpenRouter) writes the Saturday digest: lapsed members, perk costs, vault status in plain words.

Indexer and messages: An indexer such as Goldsky or a simple RPC poller tracks stakes; WhatsApp or email messages go only to members who opted in.

4.Cost per use and pricing

Berachain gas is usually a small fraction of a cent per stake or withdraw. The weekly digest on a small model tier is under 1 cent. The real cost is the perk: in the story, 104 free cups a month at N1,800 is about N187,000, a marketing cost the owner chooses, against 410 extra cups bought. Example month: under $5 in infrastructure plus the perks.

Starter $15 a month

One cafe, one vault, till QR, member list, monthly perk.

Neighbourhood $39 a month

Several perks, Saturday digest, member messages, incentive scheduling.

Street $99 a month

A group of local shops sharing one member card, each with its own vault.

5.Growth loop

Members share their member number and the cafe's card on the counter recruits walk-ins. Other shop owners on the same street see the crowd and ask to join; a shared street card brings them in together.

6.Risks and guardrails

Financial rules: A staking product with rewards may be regulated in some countries. Rewards are described as variable and possibly zero, there is no promised return, and owners should get local advice before launch.

Variable rewards: PoL emissions depend on validators and governance and can drop to zero. The perk is funded by the cafe and never depends on them.

Smart contract risk: Use an audited vault template, a per wallet cap and no admin power over member deposits.

Perk farming: Wallets can stake without visiting. Perks need a daily till scan and are capped at one per wallet per month.

Privacy: Members choose what name the cafe sees. No location tracking beyond the till scan.

7.Build order

HONEY staking vault with cap and open withdraw on Berachain
Member sign up with embedded wallet
Daily till QR and perk claim
Cafe console with member list and perk costs
Saturday digest
Apply for PoL reward vault and incentives

8.Where this is going

Now
One cafe in Yaba, a vault on the counter and a free cup for regulars.
Next
A street of shops sharing one member card, each with its own vault.
Later
Members help fund a new oven or a second location, with clear terms they vote on.
Someday
Neighbourhood businesses are partly backed by the people who love them, everywhere.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Cafe Vault

Cafe Vault: A loyalty program where a cafe's regulars stake into its own reward vault. Using someone else's version means their rules, their brand and their revenue. Owning Cafe Vault means it is deployed under your wallet, carries your name, and every customer, partner and result builds your track record instead of theirs.