For most of 2025, Billions Network was one of those projects people farmed without knowing what the farming would turn into. Users scanned passports, collected Power, invited friends and climbed a leaderboard while the team stayed quiet about a token. That changed in early May 2026. The $BILL token went live on May 4, exchanges opened trading the same day, and a Season 1 rewards claim opened alongside a fresh Season 2. Anyone still reading old “could there be an airdrop?” guides is now behind the curve.
This piece explains what Billions actually builds, how its Power and season system worked, what happened at launch, and what to check before you connect a wallet to anything that carries the Billions name.
From Polygon ID to Billions: What the Network Does
Billions did not appear out of nowhere. The team behind it previously ran Polygon ID, which was spun out and renamed Privado ID, and the same group is credited with Circom, a widely used library for writing zero-knowledge circuits. On February 28, 2025, Privado ID introduced Billions as what it called the first global network for humans and AI. In practice that means one identity layer meant to answer two questions that the internet increasingly struggles with: is this account a real, unique person, and is this AI agent acting for someone accountable?
The human side works through credentials stored in the user’s own wallet. The Billions FAQ lists three of them:
- Human Credential – issued after a liveness check with a face scan, proving a live person is present.
- Verified Human Credential – requires scanning the NFC chip of a biometric government passport, or using an Indian Aadhaar digital QR code, inside the app.
- Uniqueness Credential – a biometric credential based on facial uniqueness, offered only through specific partner airdrop campaigns.
The privacy argument rests on zero-knowledge proofs. Instead of a dApp receiving a passport photo or a date of birth, it receives a proof that a statement is true, such as “this holder is over 18” or “this person has not claimed before”. The FAQ says personal data like passport scans sits in encrypted storage and that Billions does not hold users’ private keys. There is no custom hardware involved, which is the main contrast the team draws with orb-based approaches: a phone and an NFC passport are enough.
The agent side arrived later. In January 2026 the team published its “Know Your Agent” framework, which binds an AI agent to a verified human without revealing who that human is. Billions frames its roadmap in three phases: agents bound to humans, then an economy where verified agents can buy and get paid on behalf of their owners, then a portable reputation layer for both.
Backers, Partners and Chains
Billions announced a $30 million raise around the end of July and start of August 2025. Coverage of the round named Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, BITKRAFT, Polygon Ventures and Liberty City Ventures among the investors. Reports did not identify a single lead, so treat any article claiming one with caution.
The partnership list on the official blog is long and leans toward real-world identity work rather than pure crypto marketing. A few that matter for understanding the project:
- Sentient – Billions became its identity and reputation partner in July 2025, and a later case study described using Billions for a privacy-first token distribution, which is exactly the anti-sybil use case airdrop hunters run into.
- Agglayer – in November 2025 Billions was named the official identity layer for Polygon’s Agglayer.
- Tria – an October 2025 integration bringing privacy-preserving KYC to Tria’s finance products, followed by a joint campaign that wrapped up in late April 2026.
- Enterprise pilots – case studies with HSBC on reusable KYC, Sony Bank on customer privacy and the Spanish Red Cross on aid distribution, plus selection for the European Blockchain Sandbox.
On the infrastructure side, Billions announced that verification went live on Base in December 2025 and on BNB Chain in January 2026. That multi-chain footprint is one reason token-launch coverage disagreed about which network BILL lives on; the official tokenomics page describes it as an ERC-20 token, and the safest move is to copy contract addresses only from that page.
How Power, Seasons and Referrals Worked
The reward currency in the Billions app was never called points. It was called Power, and it accrued to the account you created in the mobile app (launched June 26, 2025) or the web wallet. Third-party campaign trackers that followed the program through 2025 described the main sources of Power as:
- Creating an account and completing the verification credentials, with the passport-based Verified Human step weighted as the meaningful one.
- A daily claim inside the app, which rewarded people for opening it regularly rather than in one burst.
- Connecting an Ethereum wallet and linking social accounts such as X and Discord.
- Referrals through a personal invite link, which those guides said paid a fixed amount of Power per invited user who joined.
- Partner quests and campaigns, such as the Tria collaboration, that added Power for using an integrated product.
Power fed a public leaderboard, and the program ran in seasons. The important thing to understand about the Billions design is that verification itself was the gate. Because each passport, Aadhaar QR or uniqueness credential can be tied to only one account, farming dozens of wallets does not multiply rewards the way it does on many testnets. The project sells sybil resistance to other teams, so it was always unlikely to tolerate it in its own campaign.
The last stretch before launch had a hard deadline. Billions opened a Season 1 registration window from 09:00 CET on April 20 to 09:00 CET on April 24, 2026. Users had to register their account during that window; linking a wallet, X and Discord was optional at that stage. Registration did not reveal eligibility or allocation. After the window closed, Season 1 ended, Power reset to zero and Season 2 started. Reports on the registration made clear that anyone who skipped it could not carry Season 1 Power or activity forward.
What Happened at the BILL Launch
The ticker was announced on the official blog in November 2025 (“The Ticker is $BILL”), but a date only came in early May. The token generation event took place on May 4, 2026. Several venues opened trading that day: KuCoin’s announcement put BILL-USDT spot trading at 08:00 UTC on May 4 alongside a listing giveaway, Binance Alpha listed the token with an Alpha Points claim for its own users, and Coinbase had added BILL to its listing roadmap ahead of time. Other exchanges also listed it in the first days.
The official tokenomics page sets the basic numbers: a fixed supply of 10 billion BILL, zero inflation, and roughly 24.28% (about 2.4 billion tokens) circulating at TGE. The page lists three groups of utility:
- Verification and access – paying credential fees in BILL, with a discount of 10–15% compared with other payment options.
- Reputation and staking – staking to signal credibility and reach premium features.
- Governance and collateral – planned future uses, including collateral for agents and anti-spam for decentralized identifiers.
Allocation percentages published by third parties differ from source to source. Some reports cited a community share around 40% next to foundation, contributor, investor and creator buckets; others used different labels and figures. Use the token overview PDF linked from the official tokenomics page rather than a screenshot from social media.
The launch was not frictionless. Before TGE, the team reduced the unlock at launch for presale and community-round buyers and gave those buyers options that, according to coverage, ranged from a refund with a small bonus to bonus tokens in exchange for six- or twelve-month locks. Kaito, which ran user-acquisition campaigns for Billions, publicly acknowledged frustration over the vesting changes, and on-chain investigator ZachXBT questioned engagement metrics tied to Kaito-linked campaigns.
Season 1 Claims and the Season 2 Leaderboard
Alongside the TGE, Billions opened a claim for Season 1 rewards and launched Season 2 at the same time, with trackers describing a Season 2 reward pool of over $100,000. The flow reported by those trackers is short: open the official rewards page, connect the wallet linked to your Billions account, and look for the Season 1 Rewards section. If you registered during the April window and had qualifying Power, an allocation should appear there. A separate section shows the Season 2 leaderboard.
Two points are easy to miss. First, Binance Alpha’s BILL distribution was a separate exchange-run campaign based on Alpha Points, not a reward for Billions Power; one does not substitute for the other. Second, coverage of the Season 1 claim said it was not live for every community member at the same moment on launch day, so a blank result in the first hours did not always mean zero. The team has not, at the time of writing, published a public per-account formula linking Power to tokens, so any calculator promising your exact BILL amount is guesswork.
Joining Season 2 Without Wasting Effort
If you missed Season 1, the realistic target now is Season 2 Power. The order of operations matters because the passport step is the one you cannot redo on another account.
- Install the real app. Get Billions from Google Play or the App Store via the links on billions.network, or use the web wallet at wallet.billions.network. The FAQ lists Android 8.0 or iOS 15.6 as minimums.
- Do the liveness check first. The face scan issues the basic Human Credential. If you delete it later, you can claim it again with a new scan.
- Scan your passport carefully. Look for the biometric chip symbol on the cover, take the phone out of its case, scan in good light, hold both still, and keep Airplane Mode off. Passports from countries under EU sanctions are not supported. Indian users can use the Aadhaar QR from the mAadhaar app or UIDAI site instead, starting the flow from inside Billions.
- Link the wallet you intend to claim with. Use a wallet you control fully and will still have next season; the rewards page reads that address.
- Keep the daily habit, not the multi-account habit. Daily claims and genuine referrals compound over a season. Extra accounts cannot pass the one-passport-one-account rule.
- Watch the official channels for Season 2 rules. Season 1 showed that registration windows can be short and that missing one forfeits Power.
Developers have a different route in. The Billions developer docs cover verifying credentials and agents in your own app, and the BillionsNetwork GitHub hosts the open-source pieces.
Privacy Trade-offs Worth Thinking About
A passport scan is a bigger decision than signing a testnet transaction. The zero-knowledge design means apps that verify you receive proofs rather than your document, and the FAQ says scans stay in encrypted storage. That is a meaningful improvement over sending a passport photo to a typical KYC vendor. It is not the same as nothing being stored anywhere, and you are still trusting the app build on your phone and the team’s operational security.
Ask yourself a few specific questions before you scan. Do you need the Verified Human Credential for anything beyond Power? Are you comfortable linking a government-document credential to the same wallet you trade from? Many users keep a dedicated wallet for identity apps. And remember that each credential binds to one account: if you verify with a throwaway account today, that passport may be locked to it later.
Regional limits also apply. Holders of passports from EU-sanctioned countries cannot complete the passport flow, and exchange availability for BILL varies by jurisdiction, so check local rules before buying or claiming through a centralized venue.
Spotting Fake Billions Pages
A project whose product involves passport scans is a natural magnet for phishing, and a fresh token launch with a live claim makes it worse. A few Billions-specific checks:
- The root domain is billions.network. The app wallet sits on wallet.billions.network and developer docs on docs.billions.network. Domains such as billions-claim, billionsnetwork-airdrop or anything on a different extension are not official.
- The official X account is @billions_ntwk. Replies under its posts fill up with impersonators using the same logo; check the handle, not the avatar.
- Billions never asks for your seed phrase or password, according to its own FAQ. Any “verification support” agent requesting either one is a scammer.
- Passport scans happen only inside the app. No legitimate Billions flow asks you to upload passport photos through a website form or Telegram bot.
- Contract addresses come from the tokenomics page. Several networks are involved in the Billions ecosystem, which makes fake BILL tokens with lookalike tickers easy to deploy.
Season and claim announcements also appear on the official Billions blog.
Quick Answers
Did Billions launch a token?
Yes. BILL had its token generation event on May 4, 2026, with a fixed 10 billion supply and about 24.28% circulating at launch, according to the official tokenomics page.
I have Power but did not register in April. Can I still claim Season 1?
Reports on the registration window said unregistered users could not carry Season 1 Power or activity forward. If your account does not show a Season 1 allocation on the official rewards page, Season 2 is the realistic path.
Is the Binance Alpha airdrop the same as the Billions rewards claim?
No. Binance Alpha distributed BILL to its own users based on Alpha Points. The Billions Season 1 claim is tied to Power earned in the Billions app.
Do I have to scan my passport?
The basic Human Credential only needs a face-scan liveness check. The passport or Aadhaar step unlocks the Verified Human Credential, which is the stronger signal for sybil-resistant programs and partner apps.
Bottom Line
Billions has moved from a speculative points program to a launched token with a live claim and a second season under way. What makes it different from most airdrop farms is that the core action, proving you are one real person, is the product itself, so the rules naturally reward honest single-account participation over volume. If you are comfortable with a passport-backed credential living in your wallet, Season 2 is straightforward to join. If you are not, the face-scan credential and the developer tools still show what the network is built for. Either way, use only billions.network and @billions_ntwk as your starting points. This article is educational and not financial advice; token prices and season rules can change quickly.
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