🎙Neko Morning Show Season 9 Episode 7 recap 🔹️ Hosts: Soos & Nono 🔸 Guest: PlatoRob 📌Topic: NMS with Plato 2 Earn 🌐INTRODUCTION Rob and his co-founder got into Web3 in 2017, They started by investing and speculating in ICOs. Later, in 2021, they shifted to building projects. 🔹️ The idea was to create food traffic for Rob's uncle who ran a Chinese restaurant in New Jersey and due to the COVID-19 pandemic suffered low customer patronage at his restaurant which later birthed PLATO. 🔸️ PLATO is a rewards protocol that allows customers to earn $FAT rewards for dining at restaurants worldwide through the Eat2Earn program. 🔹️Plato's goal is to build a vast database of user-generated content about food, verified by receipts, which we powered the AskPlato AI Connoisseur, providing quick insights when users search for "restaurant near me". 🍲 THE ASK PLATO This is an AI connoisseur that is trained on the reviews and activities of past users to help the new users get optimal use and satisfaction from the App. 🔹️ Activities like recommendations for the best dishes at nearby restaurants based on ratings and reviews from previous users, which you can also give ratings. 🌼 WHY PLATO? PLATO has designed a model that rewards the users while serving its purpose. 🔹️ PLATO is activating its users, who are the agents of decentralized data collectors, bringing them into the restaurant to create comprehensive verified, user-generated content rewarded with $FAT Dollars, while also boosting foot traffic and encouraging in-person dining at local restaurants. 🔸️ This model has already been proven with over $1.2 million driven in local restaurants in over 60 countries through 2023. 🔹️ This mechanism will not only help users find what to eat, but it will also help to find where to eat. 💰 $FAT DOLLAR Before the Plato token generation event, through the Plato Eats dApp, you acquire our $FAT Dollar, equivalent in value to USDC. 🔹️ Throughout the Seasons, with a Season Pass, you can receive between 10% and 50% cashback in $FAT Dollars. 🔸️ For instance, dining out and spending $50 (USD equivalent) on food can earn you 5 $FAT Dollars and potentially up to $25 $FAT Dollars using the Plato Eats dApp. 🔹️ FAT Dollar equals real cashback post-dining. Pre-TGE, 1 $FAT Dollar = 1 USDC. At TGE, 1 $FAT Dollar = $1 of $FAT Token, capped at 4% of total supply, likely distributed via airdrop as a staked token. 🔘 HOW TO GET CASH BACK ▪️ Check-in at IRL restaurant with Plato Eats dApp ▫️ Capture receipt via app ▪️ Get PAID in USDC equivalent During the Plato Season, users with Plato Eats Pass can earn up to 50% at in-network restaurants. 🎮 GAMIFY DINING EXPERIENCE Plato Labs aims to add excitement to dining out while also backing local community restaurants. 🔹️ With the Plato Eats Pass, you achieve precisely that, all while earning cashback of up to 50%. 🔸️ With a Plato Eats Pass, Plato users can earn 30% cashback. If you upgrade a Plato Eats Pass to Rocket Level, you will get 40% cashback. If you upgrade a Plato Eats Pass to Moon Level, you will get 50% cashback + you will be able to get into exclusive restaurants that otherwise would require weeks of waiting 🥘 FOODIE COLLECTIONS The Foodie NFT collections started in December 2022 and were minted on Magic Eden Launchpad. 🔸️ The Plato Core Team integrates Foodies into the Plato Eats dApp to bring real-life advantages to owning these PFPs. 🔹️ By gathering 15 Plato Foodies featuring various foods, users can attain Plato Supper Club status, unlocking benefits such as decreased cool-down periods between earnings in the Plato Eats dApp, exclusive airdrop allocations, and additional real-world perks. 📛 CUISINE CONNOISSEUR BADGE This helps to streamline the reviews and ratings from users to a more special and genuine one, which will help the restaurants and users to draw more genuine inferences to improve/select dishes and restaurants. There are 5 levels of badges a user can get, for instance, 1️⃣Level 1: Visit 3 or more of the same cuisine restaurant. 2️⃣Level 2: Visit 8 or more of the same cuisine restaurant. 3️⃣Level 3: Visit 20 or more of the same cuisine restaurant. 4️⃣Level 4: Visit 45 or more of the same cuisine restaurant. 5️⃣Level 5: Visit 100 or more of the same cuisine restaurant. 🔹️ A user who checked in for Japanese cuisine in 3 different restaurants will have a level 1 badge, and a user who checked in for Japanese cuisine in 10 different restaurants will get a level to badge. 🔸️ A rating from a level 5 connoisseur badge holder means a review from a user who has a large taste/experience/service from a particular cuisine which will surely help the restaurant to improve and other users to select restaurant and cuisine. The badge will be minted on NEAR. 💡 OVERVIEW OF THE PLATO APP The App is easy to use, you can download the app from https://getplato.app/start - it will point you to the Apple App Store or Google Play Store app store if you click from mobile. 🔸️ After getting the App, you use the EAT button to search for places you want to go. 🔹️ The explore button is integrated with Google Maps, which helps you to find restaurants near you. The more you use the App the more chance for airdrop. Follow the X handle for more information https://x.com/Plato2Earn?t=Hl0nK7PL_oXidktNOut22Q&s=09 Discord link: https://discord.com/invite/platoeats Written By: Femi 🌼Kindly keep an eye out for the additional thrilling updates and alphas from the NEKO Morning show every Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00 am UTC on all our social platforms 🌼