Sweat Wallet and SWEAT as they exist today end on 30 December 2026. The app works until then and you keep earning. Everything you need to do, with screenshots, is at update.swe.at. The five steps are in the article Sweat Wallet and SWEAT as they exist today end on 30 December 2026 — what to do now.
The announcement
What exactly is ending on 30 December 2026? Sweat Wallet and the SWEAT token as they exist today: the app, the minting of SWEAT for verified movement, and the services around them (jars, offers, raffles, quests, the DAO, fee payment with SWEAT). The token itself continues to exist on NEAR and on the EVM chains where it is bridged.
Why is this happening? The economics of the current model have not held. A prolonged downturn in crypto markets, the loss of exchange listings for SWEAT, the cost of responding to the security incident of April 2026 (after which all user balances were restored) and slowing growth in new users put sustained pressure on the Foundation's revenue and treasury. The team worked to reach sustainable profitability and came close, but did not get there. The board decided to end the current model in an orderly way, with a full 90 days' notice, rather than let it run on until it could no longer meet its obligations.
Does the app keep working until 30 December? Yes. Until 30 December 2026 the app, the token and the smart contracts run as they do today, and you keep earning SWEAT for your movement.
What happens after 30 December 2026? The app and the services around it end in their present form. The Foundation will publish at update.swe.at, in the first week of December 2026, the changes and dates that apply from January 2027. Nothing is promised for after 30 December beyond the continued existence of the token contract on-chain.
Will there be a new version of Sweat Wallet or SWEAT? The Foundation is examining whether the app and the token can continue in a new form and will publish its conclusion in the first week of December 2026. No new form is promised.
Your account and your private key
Why do I need to back up my private key? Every Sweat Wallet account is a NEAR account. The private key is what controls it. If you have the key saved outside the app, you control your account and everything in it from any NEAR wallet, even after Sweat Wallet is gone. If you do not, you may lose access to your account and assets when the app ends.
How do I back up my private key? In the app: Profile → Security → View private key → Copy private key. Save it in a password manager or another secure place, together with your NEAR account ID. View private key asks you to type your secret phrase and shows the key derived from it, so the secret phrase itself is also a complete backup. If you do not see View private key, your wallet has no secret phrase yet: tap Add secret phrase first (small gas fee; write the phrase down), and the option then appears. If the app asks for a secret phrase you never created, you cannot export yet: keep your Apple or Google login, do not reset or delete the wallet, and wait — the backup is being made easier to find no later than 15 October 2026. Never share the key or the phrase with anyone, including us. Do not remove any magic keys (Apple/Google sign-in) or the secret phrase login methods — that can make the backed-up private key unusable.
Does backing up the key change anything in the app? No. The key stays in the app and the app keeps working. Backing up means you also hold a copy.
Which wallets can I use with my key? Any NEAR wallet that supports importing a private key, for example Meteor Wallet or HOT Wallet. Import the key and your account, with all its balances, appears there.
What is a seed phrase and should I create one? It is optional and it is the best protection: you create a seed phrase for your account and use it to import the account into any NEAR wallet. In Sweat Wallet you add it under Profile → Security → Add secret phrase (small gas fee); write it down and never share it. Do not remove any keys from your account.
I lost my phone or deleted the app. Can I recover my account? Only with your private key or seed phrase (or, while the app runs, with a login method you linked earlier — see Logging in to Sweat Wallet on a new phone). The Foundation cannot recover an account without them.
Claiming SWEAT
How do I claim my earned SWEAT? In the app, open your balance and claim. Claimed SWEAT sits in your NEAR account.
Do I keep earning SWEAT for my steps until 30 December? Yes.
What happens to SWEAT I have not claimed by 30 December? Unclaimed SWEAT from Grow Jars will be transferred to the owner's NEAR account at some point after 30 December. The usual 30-day claim window for SWEAT earned from steps still applies, so claim your earnings promptly.
Grow Jars
What happens to my jars? Jars keep working and earning until 30 December 2026. From 15 October at the latest there is no minimum term, so you can withdraw principal and yield at any time.
I have a jar whose term ends after 30 December. Do I lose the yield? No. From 15 October at the latest the minimum term is removed, and you can withdraw principal and the yield earned to that point at any time.
What if I leave a balance in a jar after 30 December? It will be transferred to your NEAR account at some point after the window ends.
Balances on other chains (Ethereum, Base, BSC, Arbitrum)
What do I do with balances on other chains held in the app? Move them to another wallet you control, swap them into NEAR-based tokens, or bridge them to your NEAR account (if supported), while the app is running.
What if I do not move them before the app ends? A technical route for managing those balances after the app ends, using your NEAR private key, will be published at update.swe.at before 30 December 2026. It depends on third-party infrastructure that the Foundation does not control, so moving your balances during the window is the safe choice.
SWEAT MAX subscriptions
What happens with my SWEAT MAX subscription? Your subscription runs without changes until 30 December 2026. If your paid period runs past that date, you can request a refund for the unused period through the standard Apple App Store or Google Play refund process.
Will I be charged again? Annual subscriptions are no longer on sale. Monthly (and, where offered, weekly) subscriptions remain available for now and are withdrawn from sale before the end of the window. Renewals stop where the store allows. You can cancel at any time in your App Store or Google Play subscription settings.
Deleting your account
Can I delete my account? Yes, in the app: Profile → Delete account (app version 175.0 or later; update the app if you don't see it). Deletion removes the off-chain personal data associated with your NEAR account (such as your Apple or Google ID, email and app sessions) and performs no on-chain action: your account and its keys stay on the blockchain untouched. After deletion, Apple or Google no longer opens your wallet in Sweat Wallet — so delete only if you are confident that you have exported the private key or the seed phrase, or transferred all assets to another account you control. Deletion does not cancel SWEAT MAX: cancel it in the App Store or Google Play first. Steps and details: How do I delete my Sweat Wallet account and my data?
Sweatcoin
How does this affect my Sweatcoin experience? Sweatcoin is a separate app operated by Sweatco Ltd, and these changes do not affect your earning of sweatcoins or your participation in Sweatcoin app activities. During the 90-day window nothing changes for you: you keep earning SWEAT from your movement as you do today, and Sweat Wallet keeps working until 30 December 2026. For anything about the Sweatcoin app itself, please follow Sweatcoin's own channels.
SWEAT on exchanges and in other wallets
I hold SWEAT on an exchange or in another wallet. Do I need to do anything? No. The SWEAT token contracts on NEAR and on the EVM chains where it is bridged continue to operate, and nothing changes to them before 30 December 2026. Whether you keep, move or sell your SWEAT is your decision. The Foundation has provided liquidity to the SWEAT/wNEAR pool on rhea.finance; where and whether to convert SWEAT is each holder's own decision.
Will SWEAT be delisted from exchanges? Listing decisions are made by each platform, not by the Foundation. Liquidity may fall.
What happens to the token contract after 30 December? The Foundation has not decided and will publish its decision in the first week of December 2026. Nothing changes to the token contract before 30 December 2026.
Lockup and grant holders
I have SWEAT in a lockup or grant contract. What happens to it? The lockup and grant contracts continue on their existing schedules. Vested tokens can be claimed at any time; claimed tokens are released to your NEAR account. The treatment of these contracts after 30 December 2026 will be published in the first week of December 2026.
NEAR validator
I have NEAR staked with the Sweat validator (sweat_validator.poolv1.near). What do I do? The validator stops on 31 October 2026. Unstake or redelegate to another validator before then. Unstaking takes several epochs to complete.
Scams and safety
How do I know a message is from you? We never contact you first by direct message on any platform, and we never ask for your private key or seed phrase. Our only official websites are swe.at, sweateconomy.com and whitepaper.swe.at. Our support address is support@swe.at. Anyone offering to "recover" your SWEAT, to "migrate" your account, or asking for your key is not us. Report scams to support@swe.at.
Regulatory
Where is the regulatory information about SWEAT? SWEAT's crypto-asset white paper under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA) is at whitepaper.swe.at. On 1 October 2026 the Foundation notified a modified white paper to the Central Bank of Ireland; it is published at whitepaper.swe.at on 12 October 2026.
Contact
Support: support@swe.at. Media: update@swe.at. Full announcement and press release: update.swe.at.