Decentralized Sleuths: Blockchain Community Hunts Scams with BMT Rewards

Bubblemaps, a blockchain analytics platform, has launched Intel Desk, a community-driven initiative designed to incentivize users to identify and report cryptocurrency scams and suspicious activities. The platform rewards participants with BMT tokens, with approximately 30 million tokens—equivalent to 3% of the BMT supply—allocated for seasonal airdrops in its first yeartitle1^[1]. At current prices, this represents nearly $2 million in rewards, given BMT’s market price of $0.0647 and a market cap exceeding $16 million. The initiative aims to transform the community into a decentralized network of on-chain sleuths, leveraging collective intelligence to combat fraud in real time.

Intel Desk operates as a structured, searchable hub where users can publish evidence of scams, flag suspicious token launches, or investigate unethical practices. Submissions are indexed and linked to specific cases, creating a permanent record that enhances transparency. Users stake BMT tokens to vote on the visibility of cases, with higher stakes translating to greater prioritization. This mechanism not only rewards contributors but also ensures that the most impactful investigations receive attention. Nicolas Vaiman, Bubblemaps’ founder and CEO, emphasized that the platform functions as an “intelligence marketplace,” distributing rewards across multiple contributors rather than centralizing authority.

The token incentives are designed to foster sustained participation. Beyond airdrops, users earn BMT through fees generated by case creation and voting. Future plans include introducing bounties, where individuals or organizations can fund investigations by allocating BMT tokens to specific cases, further decentralizing the process. This model mirrors a public archive of on-chain accountability, with verified reports accessible to exchanges, protocols, and regulators. Vaiman highlighted that Intel Desk addresses a critical gap in the crypto ecosystem by consolidating fragmented intelligence into a unified, incentivized system.

The platform’s structure emphasizes accessibility and flexibility. Users connect their wallets to the Intel Desk interface, deposit BMT tokens into a voting pool, and allocate stakes to cases of interest. Weekly reviews ensure optimal resource distribution, while the ability to reallocate votes without charges maintains dynamism. To submit a case, contributors must deposit a minimum of 100 BMT tokens and provide detailed documentation. Successful cases yield rewards proportional to their impact, creating a feedback loop that prioritizes high-quality contributions.

Intel Desk’s launch aligns with growing concerns about crypto scams, including rug pulls, pre-mined tokens, and influencer-driven fraud. By empowering users to flag threats faster than centralized entities, the platform aims to reduce the recurrence of malicious actors. Vaiman noted that the initiative “breaks the loop” of untraceable scams, assigning reputational stakes to contributors and enabling proactive risk mitigation. The platform’s potential extends beyond fraud detection, with applications in pre-listing due diligence for exchanges and transparency tools for DeFi protocols.

Looking ahead, Bubblemaps plans to expand Intel Desk’s capabilities through features like case NFTs for timestamped verification, multichain threat mapping, and API integrations for wallets and exchanges. The platform’s evolution from data visualization to active security infrastructure underscores its broader mission to enhance on-chain trust. As the crypto ecosystem matures, initiatives like Intel Desk may redefine accountability, leveraging token incentives to align community interests with systemic security.