Injective Trench Treasury goes live with first INJ rewards to Sprout and RunUp

The Injective Foundation has opened a new treasury aimed at the people doing the unglamorous work of growing its ecosystem. The first INJ rewards have already gone out. The Injective Trench Treasury was announced on October 5, 2026. The program officially kicked off the next day, October 6, with initial distributions to the communities behind Sprout (@sproutsomefun) and RunUp (@runupdotfun). How the Trench Treasury works The treasury has two jobs. It supports builder teams working on Injective, and it rewards community members, whom the ecosystem calls “ninjas.” The name comes from the idea of “the trenches,” a nod to grassroots community-building. Sprout and RunUp were chosen as the first recipients for a specific reason. Both projects have been credited with driving user engagement and bringing new builders onto Injective. The foundation laid out several criteria for evaluating which projects get support: How central INJ is to the project’s operations How widely the project’s token holders are distributed Whether the project has genuine liquidity Whether its community stays active over time Whether it follows fair distribution practices Whether it brings innovative technology or ...