> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.syfu.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.syfu.io/introduction/what-is-syfu.md). # 0.1 What Is SyFu? How Payment Data Becomes Digital Assets SyFu is a Web3 lifestyle app that uses everyday payment data to connect your consumption record to game experiences, digital assets, and future credit. Shopping, dining, transportation, daily essentials.\ SyFu uses the payment data generated in your daily life to grow MANEKINEKO and connect your activity to experiences such as earning crypto assets and NFT items. SyFu is not just an NFT game. Its goal is to turn what used to be “spent and gone” into value that can remain as your own digital assets and, over time, as part of your future credit. *** ### SyFu in one sentence SyFu is an app where you grow MANEKINEKO with payment data and turn your consumption record into digital assets. MANEKINEKO is the gateway that connects your payment data to digital assets and proof of your consumption record. By holding MANEKINEKO, your everyday payment data connects to the SyFu game experience, allowing your consumption record to become usable as digital value. Turning everyday consumption records into value used in-game, digital assets that can be traded, and future credit. That is the core idea behind SyFu. *** ### A new Web3 loyalty experience for your card Your current credit card may already offer points and benefits. SyFu uses payment data generated from card payments to add a new Web3 loyalty layer to the card experience you already know. In the traditional card experience, points and benefits are the main rewards. With SyFu, the payment data generated from your everyday card spending can also connect to MANEKINEKO growth, earning crypto assets and NFT items, trading digital assets, and future credit or special offers. In other words, SyFu adds a new Web3 loyalty experience on top of your everyday card payments. Your usual card payments stay the same.\ In SyFu, the payment data created from those payments can connect to game experiences and digital assets. *** ### Why payment data matters Everyday consumption is an action that moves the economy. You eat at a restaurant.\ You shop at a store.\ You use a service.\ You spend money on brands, communities, and places you care about. Each payment becomes revenue for a store, supports products and services, and helps move local and business activity forward. But until now, personal consumption has often ended once the money was spent. Even if you earned points, your consumption record rarely remained as your own digital asset or credit over time. SyFu is trying to change that. Consumption is not just spending. It is also a record of participation in the economy. SyFu uses payment data to connect that consumption record to MANEKINEKO growth, digital assets, and future credit. *** ### Why MANEKINEKO is needed MANEKINEKO is the entry point for starting the SyFu experience. Payment data by itself is just a history. Through MANEKINEKO, that payment data connects to SyFu game experiences and digital assets. MANEKINEKO is not simply an NFT to own. It is the gateway that connects your consumption record to SyFu’s game experience, digital assets, and future credit. By holding MANEKINEKO, you can move into game experiences such as growing it with everyday payment data and earning digital assets. *** ### What you can do in SyFu When you start using SyFu, your everyday payment data connects to the following experiences. #### 1. Grow MANEKINEKO with your consumption record Payment data generated from your usual consumption helps grow MANEKINEKO. MANEKINEKO has growth stages, levels, P ranks, rarity, and other attributes. Depending on its growth and condition, the functions you can use and the efficiency of earning digital assets may change. #### 2. Earn digital assets By reflecting payment data into the SyFu game experience, you can connect your everyday activity to earning in-game currency, crypto assets, NFT items, and more. The digital assets and NFT items you earn can then be used, held, or traded. #### 3. Use the marketplace MANEKINEKO and NFT items can be bought and sold on the SyFu Marketplace. You can continue holding the MANEKINEKO you have grown, or you can acquire a new MANEKINEKO. In SyFu, MANEKINEKO grown through payment data and NFT items earned through gameplay are treated not only as in-game objects, but also as digital assets. *** ### The future SyFu is building SyFu is not only about short-term game rewards. At its core, SyFu is working to connect the consumption records created from payment data to long-term value. SyFu aims to develop consumption records into value such as: * A new form of credit information for users * Proof of economic contribution that can work across countries and services * Corporate loyalty programs and special offers * User-controlled value from payment data * Credit and recommendation signals in the AI agent era We are entering an age where AI agents compare, suggest, and sometimes choose products and services on behalf of users. In that world, a person’s consumption record can become more than just past history. It can become a signal of what kinds of economic activities they have built over time. SyFu treats everyday payments not as spending that simply disappears, but as consumption records that can remain as value for the future. *** ### How to get started The basic flow to start SyFu is: 1. Download the app 2. Create your account and SyFu Wallet 3. Get MANEKINEKO 4. Link your card in the app and start using SyFu First, set up the app so you can begin. The next page explains account setup and SyFu Wallet creation. [Go to app setup and initial settings](/introduction/syfu-in-3-minutes.md) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. 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