Tickets & Access Passes

Tickets are the gateway to experiences. A concert, a conference, a club night, a museum, a flight, a private event. Access passes extend the concept: season passes, VIP access, backstage entry, recurring event access, multi-day festival wristbands. They answer one question: are you allowed in?

The ticketing industry is plagued by problems that haven't been solved in decades. Counterfeit tickets cost fans and organizers billions. Scalper bots buy out events in seconds and resell at 5x markup. Paper tickets and PDFs are trivially easy to duplicate. QR codes get screenshotted and shared. And once a ticket is sold through a secondary market, the original organizer loses all visibility into who's actually attending.

bonuz Ticket & Access Pass DNFTs solve this by making every ticket a unique, verifiable, on-chain asset with built-in access control and anti-fraud enforcement. Each ticket exists exactly once, in exactly one wallet. Entry is verified on-chain. Counterfeits are impossible. And organizers maintain full visibility from issuance to entry.

How Tickets Work

A Ticket DNFT is an on-chain asset that grants the holder entry to a specific event, venue, or experience. It carries metadata (event name, date, time, venue, seat/section, tier), has a defined validity window, and transitions through states as it's used. When the holder arrives at the venue, the ticket is scanned and validated on-chain. Once used, it's done.

An Access Pass DNFT extends this concept to recurring or multi-use access: a season pass for a sports team, a multi-day festival wristband, a monthly club membership with entry privileges, or a VIP pass that grants backstage access at multiple events. The pass tracks remaining uses or validity period and updates with each entry.

Apple Wallet & Google Wallet

Ticket and Access Pass DNFTs can be added to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, exactly the way users already handle event tickets from Luma, Meetup, Eventbrite, or airline boarding passes. The ticket appears as a native pass with event details, date, time, venue, and a scannable code for entry. Users pull up their ticket from the lock screen or native wallet app, staff scans it, and they're in.

State changes sync automatically. A multi-day festival pass shows which days have been used. A multi-use access pass displays remaining entries. An expired ticket greys out. The experience is identical to what users already know from existing ticketing platforms, but with on-chain verification and anti-fraud protection running underneath.

For organizers, this means no friction at the door. Attendees don't need to download the bonuz Lifestyle Wallet to use their ticket. They can add it to the wallet they already use every day.

Types of Tickets & Access Passes

Brands and organizers configure tickets through the Brand Dashboard (app.bonuz.market):

Single-Entry Ticket. One event, one entry. The most common type. A concert ticket, a conference pass, a movie screening. The DNFT is valid for a specific date and time. Once scanned at entry, it transitions to used. Cannot be reused.

Multi-Day Pass. Valid across multiple days of an event. A 3-day music festival, a 5-day conference, a weekend retreat. The DNFT tracks which days have been used and which remain. Each daily entry is recorded on-chain.

Season Pass. Recurring access over a defined period. A season pass for a sports team (all home games for the season), a quarterly pass for a venue (unlimited entry for 3 months), or an annual museum membership with unlimited visits. The DNFT tracks the validity window and usage.

Multi-Use Access Pass. A set number of entries. "10 gym visits" or "5 co-working day passes." Each entry decrements the counter. The DNFT tracks remaining uses and transitions to fully consumed when the count hits zero. Can be combined with time-bound expiry (unused entries expire at period end).

VIP / Tiered Access. Tickets with different access levels for the same event. General admission, VIP, backstage, meet-and-greet. Each tier is a different DNFT configuration with different metadata and access permissions. Venue staff scan the ticket, the tier is read on-chain, and the appropriate access is granted.

Transferable Ticket. Unlike most DNFT types, tickets are often configured as transferable. If you can't make it to the concert, you should be able to send the ticket to a friend. Organizers control whether tickets are transferable, and can set rules: transfers allowed up to 24 hours before the event, maximum number of transfers, or transfer only within the bonuz ecosystem (maintaining visibility into the chain of ownership).

Resale-Controlled Ticket. For organizers who want to allow secondary sales but prevent scalping, tickets can be configured with price caps on resale. The DNFT smart contract enforces a maximum resale price (e.g., face value + 10%). Organizers can also receive a percentage of every resale transaction. This brings the secondary market on-chain, under the organizer's control, instead of losing it to third-party scalping platforms.

Creating Tickets

Through the Brand Dashboard:

Select the ticket template. Choose between single-entry, multi-day, season pass, multi-use, VIP/tiered, or custom configurations.

Define the event details. Event name, date(s), time, venue, description, and creative assets (event poster, ticket design). For tiered events, define each tier and its access level.

Set capacity and supply. Total tickets available, per-tier allocation, and any reserved blocks (VIP, press, sponsors). Supply is enforced on-chain. When tickets sell out, they sell out. No overselling.

Configure pricing (if applicable). Free tickets (claim-based), paid tickets (fixed price), or tiered pricing (early bird, regular, VIP). Paid tickets can be sold through the bonuz ecosystem.

Set transfer and resale rules. Transferable or soul-bound? Resale allowed? Price cap on resale? Organizer cut on secondary sales? Transfer deadline? All configurable per event.

Choose distribution. Tickets can be sold directly, distributed via campaign links, airdropped to specific users, issued as rewards from other DNFT campaigns (e.g., loyalty members get early access tickets), or claimed via QR/NFC at a physical location.

Launch. Track sales, claims, transfers, and entry scans in real time through the dashboard.

The State Machine

Ticket DNFTs follow a clear, event-driven lifecycle:

Issued / Claimed → The ticket is created and assigned to a user's wallet, either through purchase, claim, or airdrop.

Active → The ticket is valid and ready to use. The user holds it in their wallet (or Apple/Google Wallet). Event details are visible. The validity window is open.

Transferred (optional) → If the ticket is transferable, it may change wallets before the event. Each transfer is recorded on-chain, maintaining a complete chain of custody. The organizer can see exactly who holds each ticket at any moment.

Scanned / Used → The holder presents the ticket at the venue. Staff scans it (QR code from the Lifestyle Wallet, Apple Wallet, or Google Wallet). The on-chain state transitions to used. For multi-day and multi-use passes, the specific entry is logged and the remaining count updates.

Fully Consumed → For multi-day and multi-use passes, this state is reached when all entries are used. The pass remains in the wallet as a record.

Expired → Tickets for past events or passes that exceed their validity window transition automatically. No manual cleanup. The DNFT greys out in the wallet.

Archived → Used and expired tickets move to an archived state. They remain on-chain as part of the user's engagement history. An archived concert ticket becomes a collectible memory and a verifiable PoP attestation that the user was there.

Verification & Anti-Fraud

Ticketing fraud is one of the most expensive problems in live events. bonuz eliminates it at the protocol level:

One ticket, one owner. Each ticket DNFT is a unique on-chain asset. Screenshotting a QR code doesn't create a second ticket. The DNFT exists exactly once. Scanning validates the on-chain state, not the image.

Real-time state validation. When a ticket is scanned at the door, the system checks the on-chain state in real time. Is this ticket active? Has it already been scanned? Is it expired? Has it been revoked? The scan only succeeds if the on-chain state is valid.

Transfer chain visibility. Every transfer is recorded on-chain. The organizer can see the full chain of custody: original buyer → transferred to friend → presented at door. If a ticket shows up in a wallet that wasn't the original buyer, the organizer knows exactly how it got there.

Scalping prevention. Resale-controlled tickets enforce price caps at the smart contract level. A scalper can't list a ticket for 5x face value because the contract won't execute a sale above the cap. The organizer defines the rules, the protocol enforces them.

Counterfeit elimination. There is no such thing as a counterfeit on-chain ticket. Either the DNFT exists in a wallet (valid) or it doesn't (invalid). No fake printouts, no duplicated barcodes, no cloned QR codes. The blockchain is the source of truth.

Revocation capability. In cases of fraud, chargebacks, or policy violations, the organizer can revoke a ticket on-chain. The DNFT state transitions to revoked and the ticket becomes invalid at the door. Immediate enforcement without chasing down physical tickets.

What Tickets & Access Passes Unlock

Verified attendance history. Used tickets become archived PoP attestations. A user who attended 15 concerts, 8 conferences, and 3 sports seasons has a verifiable event history in their bonuz ID. Organizers can recognize loyal attendees and offer priority access to future events.

Priority and early access. Organizers can gate ticket sales behind engagement criteria: users with 3+ past event PoPs get early access to the next drop. VIP ticket purchases are restricted to users with Gold-tier memberships. The Engagement Protocol handles the gating logic.

Post-event engagement. Tickets don't have to die after the event. An archived concert ticket can unlock exclusive post-event content (recording, photo gallery, behind-the-scenes video). A conference ticket can gate access to a post-event community. The DNFT continues to carry value after the experience.

Sponsor activations. Event sponsors can target ticket holders with offers: "Show your festival ticket at our booth for a free sample." The sponsor verifies the ticket DNFT on-chain. No fake wristbands, no printed screenshots. Verified attendees only.

Cross-event loyalty. Because ticket history lives in the bonuz graph, repeat attendees build verifiable loyalty. A music venue can recognize users who attended 10+ shows and automatically issue a loyalty membership. A conference series can offer returning attendees discounted tickets. Event loyalty becomes portable across organizers and venues.

Real-World Examples

Music festival. A 3-day festival sells tickets as multi-day pass DNFTs with three tiers: General Admission, VIP, and Backstage. Tickets are transferable up to 48 hours before the event. Resale is allowed at face value + 15% maximum, with 5% of every resale going back to the organizer. At the gate, staff scans the pass from the attendee's Apple Wallet. Each day's entry is logged. After the festival, the pass becomes an archived collectible and unlocks a post-festival photo gallery.

Conference with workshops. A tech conference sells main event tickets and separate workshop add-on passes. The main ticket grants access to keynotes and the expo floor. Workshop passes are single-entry DNFTs for specific sessions with limited capacity. Attendees add both to their Google Wallet. At each workshop door, staff scans the specific workshop pass. The organizer sees real-time attendance per session.

Sports season pass. A sports team sells season passes as multi-use DNFTs covering all 20 home games. Each game entry is logged on-chain. Fans who attend 15+ games earn a "Die-Hard Fan" badge. The team can offer these loyal fans exclusive merchandise drops and meet-and-greet opportunities. Individual game entries can be transferred if the holder can't attend a specific match.

Club night recurring access. A nightclub sells a monthly access pass: unlimited Friday and Saturday entry for the month. The pass lives in Apple Wallet. Each entry is logged via NFC tap at the door. The pass expires at month end. Renewal extends it. The club sees exactly who comes, how often, and on which nights. Data-driven event planning.

Charity gala with tiered access. A nonprofit sells gala tickets at three price points: Standard (dinner + show), Premium (dinner + show + cocktail reception), and Patron (all access + private meet-and-greet with performers). Each tier is a different DNFT configuration. At the venue, staff scans the ticket and the system displays the access level. No confusion about who gets in where.

Ticket as reward. A brand's loyalty program issues exclusive event tickets as rewards: reach Platinum tier and receive 2 VIP tickets to the brand's annual event. The loyalty DNFT triggers the ticket issuance through the Engagement Protocol. No codes, no claims. The tickets appear in the user's wallet automatically.

Why On-Chain Tickets Matter

The live events industry loses billions annually to counterfeiting, scalping, and lack of visibility into secondary markets. Fans get scammed by fake tickets. Organizers can't track who actually holds their tickets after the first sale. Scalpers extract value without adding any.

On-chain tickets through bonuz make every ticket unique, verifiable, trackable, and controllable. Organizers set the rules. The protocol enforces them. Fans hold real tickets that can't be faked. And the entire lifecycle, from sale to scan to post-event engagement, is visible, auditable, and composable with the rest of the bonuz ecosystem.