ascend is a mobile app that helps you achieve your goals i believe our product deserve visual over words. it'd be easier for you to check our demo video, landing page or download our app to feel it words will hardly convey the beautiful ui/ux & abstraction we iterate over for a month. so instead i'll use this short description to tell you why we built this humans lie to themselves all the time. we find excuses. we know what's good for us and yet we don't do it! how do we flip the script? most web2 app optimise our brain chemistry against us for their benefits. our attention is their product to sell ascend does the opposite. its built to leverage your brain chemistry for you. the app is built around routines. internet says it takes 21 days to build an habit and 90 days to make it a permanent lifestyle change. that's why our challenges default choices are 7 days (try) 30 days (create the habit) 90 days (make it permanent) we repurpuse the proven web2 playbook. the habit loop (craving, cue, action, reward) the social, feed, rng, notifications etc... don't optimise for your screentime but for your success to enter the arena download the app, grab your solana wallet & answer these 4 questions - what challenge? - how long? - solo or multi? - how much you dare to stake? example of challenges (daily actions) - make your todo - complete your flashcards - commit on github - post on twitter - post on farcaster - block your youtube shorts - cap your instagram hours per day to x - daily gym - custom wildcards - etc ... the goal is for you to connect anything you want seamlessly. if you connect your watch for daily gym, you won't even need to open the ascend app to confirm challenges. only to create & withdraw from them when you set up a challenge or are challenged by a friend you're forced to make a conscious choice: are you willing to put something at stake? do you really want to do it? if yes then trap your future self. put something meaningful at stake why web3: easier for us to build. no stripe api. easier for us to leverage other protocols, expose our programs, share value and grow the pie when ponzi: at first we focus on organic slow growth. finding our core users. understanding our niche. ponzi skew metrics but helps grow. we cannot play with incentives before we built something that people genuinely use. or when the bear rises again, when the tides pull out, we'll be swimming naked ascend! the future is ours