# Two phases

> **In short**
> First, the mining phase: you earn $LIA in the app, send it to friends and spend it in apps. Then the airdrop: everything you earned is sent to your own wallet on BNB Smart Chain.

![The two phases, and the step between them.](diagram:phases)

## Phase one: the mining phase

The mining phase starts with Lia's launch in Q4 2026. Everything you earn builds up as your $LIA balance in the app. You don't need a wallet, you don't pay fees, and you can already use your $LIA: send it to friends, gift it in chat, spend it in apps on the pay sheet and stake it in Lia XO.

Running the first phase inside the app has a purpose. It lets Lia Labs grow the community, tune rewards and stop cheating before anything is on chain, and it lets members learn at their own pace without the risk of a lost key or a wrong address.

## Between the phases: getting ready

In Q3 2027, Lia gets members ready for the airdrop:

- **Link your own wallet** on BNB Smart Chain in the app.
- **Checks that keep the airdrop for real people**, so $LIA goes to members, not to farms of fake accounts.
- **A clear guide** to what you'll receive and when.

## Phase two: the airdrop

In Q4 2027, $LIA earned in the app is sent to members' own wallets on BNB Smart Chain, and $LIA goes live there. From then on it's fully yours. See [The airdrop](./the-airdrop).

## After the airdrop

The airdrop doesn't end the rewards. Mining, Strides, check-ins, the spin, tasks, invites and leaderboards keep paying $LIA from the community share, and what you earn after the airdrop is sent to your linked wallet in regular drops. Members who link a wallet later get everything they earned as soon as they do.

## Dates can move

These dates come from the [Roadmap](./roadmap). If anything changes, Lia says so in the app first, before it changes anywhere else.