Orderly Network, a decentralized trading infrastructure protocol, has launched its points program ahead of its token launch this summer.

Dubbed "Merits," the points program begins next week, Orderly Network said Monday. Users can earn merits that will be converted to the Orderly Network token when it launches, Ran Yi, co-founder and CEO, told The Block, declining to comment on the ratio, as there is "some flexibility" in the program's design, such as its end date.

Orderly will take several airdrop snapshots and calls its points and airdrop campaign "The Road to The Order." "We currently expect more than ten epochs for the campaign, lasting approximately one week each," Yi said. "An epoch marks a snapshot for participants in The Road to The Order, and certain epochs will lead to more …