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title: What are LBRY Rewards?
category: getstarted
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To provide a rich user experience and to [distribute](https://lbry.io/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](https://lbry.io/faq/how-to-backup-wallet). **Note: There is a limit of 3 Reward redemptions per day**. 
![rewards2](https://spee.ch/@clement:e/new-rewards.png)

### Verification requirements

In order to be eligible for LBRY Rewards, users must have a verified account via [phone number](https://lbry.io/faq/phone) or [credit card](https://lbry.io/faq/identity-requirements) (there's also a manual verification method on [Discord](https://chat.lbry.io)). If users choose not to verify themselves, 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 the 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
| **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.
| **Weekly LBRYCast** | 4 LBC | A weekly award for checking out featured content on LBRY. This content is marked with the red rocket logo and will be announced via email, recurring weekly.
| **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](https://lbry.io/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](https://lbry.io/faq/referrals)

Rewards are added to your LBC wallet balance as they are completed. All the rewards can be listed by clicking on the tab marked **REWARDS** inside the LBC wallet. They are also marked in the [transaction history](https://lbry.io/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](https://lbry.io/faq/how-to-backup-wallet) periodically.

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

### Custom reward codes {#reward-code}

Custom reward codes can be claimed via the [Rewards](https://open.lbry.io/?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/@clement:e/rewards.png)


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