Njord replaces opaque affiliate networks with smart contracts. Companies fund escrow in USDC, affiliates promote, conversions settle in roughly three seconds, and 96.5¢ of every commission dollar reaches the person who earned it.
Settlement
~3 s
commission to wallet
Protocol fee
2.5%
of commission paid
Bridge fee
1%
to fiat operator
Tx cost
~$0.00025
per attribution
Why Njord
When a conversion is recorded, the on-chain escrow releases the affiliate commission in roughly three seconds. The whole industry standard of 30-to-90-day payment terms collapses into the time it takes a Solana slot to confirm.
Traditional affiliate networks skim 15–30% off every commission. Njord charges 2.5% to the protocol and 1% to the bridge operator who handled the payment rail. Transaction costs round to roughly $0.00025 per attribution on Solana.
Campaigns, conversions, escrow balances, and payouts are all on-chain accounts you can inspect, replay, and audit. The affiliate does not have to trust the company; the company does not have to trust the network.
Customers pay with cards via bridge operators. Companies fund campaigns in USDC or SOL. Affiliates receive USDC directly, or withdraw to a bank through the same bridge. The chain stays underneath; the UX stays normal.
Suspicious conversions enter a challenge window. Bad actors stake against their reputation; verifiers earn for catching them. Honest participants build a tier — New, Verified, Trusted, Elite — that shortens their hold period over time.
The protocol is Anchor-based on Solana with a TypeScript SDK, React hooks, a bridge-operator SDK, and a GraphQL indexer. Devnet is live; the program ID is published; the source is on GitHub.
How it works
01
Company defines budget, commission model (percentage, flat, or tiered), the target action, and minimum affiliate tier.
02
USDC or SOL is deposited into a campaign-scoped on-chain escrow. Funds stay locked until distributed or campaign ends.
03
Affiliate picks campaigns, gets a unique affiliate ID, and generates tracking links (URL parameter, short link, coupon, or SDK embed).
04
Customer clicks the affiliate link and completes the target action through a bridge or directly. No wallet required for the customer.
05
The bridge operator (or company SDK) submits the conversion event on-chain. The contract validates campaign, affiliate, and escrow balance.
06
Smart contract subtracts the 2.5% protocol fee and the 1% bridge fee, then releases the remainder from escrow to the affiliate wallet.
07
Affiliate sees USDC arrive in roughly three seconds. Elite-tier affiliates skip the hold period; lower tiers wait 24h–7d.
08
Every step is on-chain. Re-derive the campaign state from public accounts; nothing is hidden in a vendor dashboard.
Who builds on Njord
Pay only for verified conversions. On-chain escrow protects your budget. Stake NJORD for up to 50% fee discounts. Pause, withdraw remaining funds, or challenge suspicious conversions at any time.
Run a campaign →Browse open campaigns, get a unique tracking link, and earn in seconds. Build a reputation tier to shrink your hold period from 7 days down to real-time. No middleman holds your payout.
Earn as an affiliate →Run the fiat rails. Earn the 1% bridge fee on every transaction you process, plus staking yield in higher tiers (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum). Docker-deployable bridge SDK, region-agnostic.
Run a bridge →Integration
Pick the package that matches the role you're building for. Each wraps the on-chain program with idiomatic surfaces.
@njord/sdk Core TypeScript SDK for direct protocol interaction. Use this from backends, scripts, and indexers.
@njord/react React hooks and components for frontends. Connect wallets, browse campaigns, render attribution flows.
@njord/bridge-sdk For bridge operators. Standardised attribution submission, fee accounting, and Docker-friendly deploy patterns.
@njord/indexer Event indexer with a GraphQL API over campaigns, conversions, payouts, and affiliate tiers.
# Get the source
git clone https://github.com/cryptuon/njord.git
cd njord && pnpm install && pnpm build
# Devnet program ID
Hm5WfS2KL4UPaUqVJ3vadCuPMCftw2oybqvpDr7fn9HvHonest comparisons
We benchmark against the rails affiliate-marketing and per-click monetisation teams actually use. Pick what fits; switch when the math changes.
Card rails plus a partner plugin like Rewardful or PartnerStack. Mature, fiat-native, monthly invoiced — and opaque-by-design for the affiliate.
Industry-standard affiliate networks. Polished publisher tooling, broad merchant catalogue, and 30–90 day payout cycles with 15–30% network cuts.
A different on-chain answer — Lightning + LSAT macaroons for per-request paywalls. Great for inference billing; not built for multi-party attribution.
FAQ
Solana. The on-chain programs are Anchor-based. The devnet program ID is Hm5WfS2KL4UPaUqVJ3vadCuPMCftw2oybqvpDr7fn9Hv. Mainnet deployment is pending.
It is the sum of bridge confirmation (~2s) plus an attribution submitted to Solana plus the slot confirmation that releases escrow. On devnet the budget breaks down as roughly T+2s for the bridge, T+2.5s for the attribution write, T+3s for confirmation and payout.
A flat 0.1 SOL campaign-creation fee to the treasury, 2.5% protocol fee on commissions paid, and 1% bridge fee on commissions paid. Staking 5,000 NJORD removes 10% of the protocol fee; 25,000 NJORD removes 25%; 100,000 NJORD removes 50%.
Two layers. First, automated scoring flags self-referrals, bot traffic, and duplicate conversions before payout. Second, an on-chain challenge window lets verifiers contest suspect attributions and earn from slashed stake when they win. Affiliate tiers gate access to premium campaigns.
No. The bridge path lets affiliates earn through a fiat-front-end and withdraw to a bank in local currency. Crypto-native affiliates connect a Solana wallet (Phantom, Solflare, Backpack) and receive USDC directly.
The protocol is deployed on Solana devnet today; the program ID is public and explorable. Mainnet is pending. SDKs and the indexer are open-source in the GitHub workspace. Treat this as a working public testnet rather than a battle-tested mainnet system.
Njord is the Norse god of seafarers and prosperity at sea — the patron of fair returns on voyages. The protocol routes value back to the people who actually made the journey: the affiliate who sent the customer, not the network in the middle.
Clone the repo, deploy on devnet, and run a campaign in under an hour. The docs walk through campaign creation, bridge integration, and the SDK in detail.