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title: What are LBRY Rewards?
category: getstarted
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To provide a rich user experience and to [distribute](/faq/credit-policy) LBRY Credits (LBC) into the hands of new and returning users, LBRY created a Rewards system where credits are earned by completing tasks throughout the application. Rewards are given to promote application testing, learning certain in-app skills, building the LBRY economy through purchasing and publishing content, and as a small "thank you" gift for being part of a revolutionary digital media platform. For qualified users, Rewards are issued automatically by the LBRY app into each users' [LBRY wallet](/faq/how-to-backup-wallet). **Note: There is a limit of 5 Reward redemptions per day**.

![rewardslist](https://spee.ch/@clem:0/rewardslist.png)

### Rewards Approval Requirements

In order to be eligible for LBRY Rewards, users must have an approved account via [phone number](/faq/phone) or [credit card](/faq/identity-requirements) (there's also a manual approval method on [Discord](https://chat.lbry.com)). If users choose not to become approved for rewards, LBRY works with full functionality, but they will not be able to earn any free credits from LBRY.  **Rewards will only be granted on a 1 account per household basis and LBRY reserves the right to revoke Rewards privileges on any account if abuse is suspected or if VPN/shared connections are used.**

### List of Current LBRY Rewards
| Reward | Amount | Description |
--- | --- | ---
| **Your First Nickel** | 6 LBC | A one-time welcome gift for learning the basics of the application & wallet. Including the purchase of paid content.
| **Go for a Stream** | 4 LBC | Rewarded for streaming your very first video on LBRY.
| **Channel Surfing** | 6 LBC | A one-time reward for creating a channel on LBRY via the Publish screen.
| **First Publish** | 10 LBC | A one-time reward for publishing your first piece of content to LBRY
| **Daily View** | 1- 100 LBC | A random daily reward from 1 to 100 LBC, resets every 24 hours! 
| **Many Views** | 2- ???? LBC | A multi-level reward for watching videos on LBRY. See descriptions in-app for levels/details!
| **Sub Sandwich** | 1 -2 LBC | A multi-level reward for subscribing to channels.
| **Welcome Back** | 6 LBC | Return to the LBRY app 24-48 hours following your first use of the app. This reward will self-destruct after that time span.
| **Android in Beta** | 20 LBC | Limited time reward for early Android Beta testers.
| **Upgrade** | 10 LBC | Rewarded each time the LBRY app updates versions (i.e. 0.27 to 0.28).
| **YouTube** | ?? LBC | Rewarded as part of the [YouTube Sync program](/youtube)
| **Reward Code** | ?? LBC | [Custom reward codes](#reward-code) given out to users - be on the look out on social media/Discord/Reddit!
| **Referral** | 20 LBC | LBRY users can refer their friends via an email invitation and get rewarded when those users are verified. For more information on referrals, click [here](/faq/referrals)

Rewards are added to your LBC wallet balance as they are completed. All the rewards can be listed by clicking **Rewards** from the Account drop down menu (top right of the app). They are also marked your [wallet](/faq/transaction-types).  Rewards redemption is tied to your account, but the credits themselves are stored in your local wallet file which is required to be [backed up](/faq/how-to-backup-wallet) periodically.

If you are new to Publishing, check out [our guide](/faq/how-to-publish).

### Custom Reward Codes {#reward-code}

Custom reward codes can be claimed via the [Rewards](https://open.lbry.com/?rewards) page in the LBRY app. You may have been given a reward code via email, social media or you stumbled upon it somewhere - whichever way, you can claim it for LBC today! It's simple, just hit `Enter Code`, type it in and press `Redeem`.

![rewards](https://spee.ch/@clem:0/custom-code.png)

### Having Trouble? 

If you have any questions or problems with receiving the Rewards, feel free to [reach out to us](/faq/support).