# Referral system

Contributed by growing decentralized KOC (Hooked users who successfully invite their social connections to join the Hooked community) nodes and edges, Hooked Decentralized User Growth Engine is fundamental to the organic growth and high engagement of Hooked community members, which, in turn, is essential to making effective and efficient massive Web3 user acquisition available for Hooked ecosystem applications.

As of November 2022, Hooked has more than 250,000 KOC nodes, with every 2 existing members bringing more than 1 new member to the community.
