Hosky may be acquired in one of six ways.
Staking to a Rug Pool: By either
a) Staking ADA, and/or
b) holding C(ash grab) NFTs, Gnomeskies, and/or S#!tties in a wallet that is staked to a Single Pool Operator (SPOs) on the Cardano network which has been selected by the project team as a “Rug Pool”, AND sending 2 ADA every epoch to $rugpool (common address used for all SPOs).
There are currently 18 (soon 20 at time of writing) approved Rug Pools.
Roughly 1.7 ADA will be returned with your Hosky allocation for that epoch.
This does not affect your standard epoch Cardano rewards.
Purchase for ADA or USD: Purchased from a Cardano Decentralised Exchange (DEX), or from an exchange offering a Hosky-USD pair.
Discord Tips and Rain: Through participation in the Discord chat, certain members will tip specific members Hosky, or will rain Hosky to all members who have participated over a defined period of time. Information on the Tip Bot can be found by direct messaging !info to @Cardano Tip Bot#7235. User guide can be found here.
Purchase from Doggie Bowl: By sending 2 ADA exactly to the Doggie Bowl ($doggiebowl), which will return 1.5 ADA and a random amount of Hosky. See hosky.io.
Purchase from Promotional Sites: Some sites support the Hosky project by allowing a certain number of Hosky (along with other tokens) to be claimed each epoch. Costs and eligibility rules differ from site to site.
Rewards and Competition Prizes: Occasionally the team will run competitions and/or reward particular community members for their services to the project’s principles.