Upland community vote: YES to burn about 2.9 million SPARKLET
Upland players voted YES to burn about 2.9 million SPARKLET spent on seed generation and Uppie merges. YES finished at 76.04%. NO finished at 23.96%. The studio has not announced when the burn will be carried out.
On October 16, 2026, the official Upland account posted (opens in new tab) the in-game result. This article follows our Troves launch update.
Background
Upland is a city-builder from Uplandme on a map of real-world streets. You can play without connecting a wallet. SPARKLET is Upland's resource token. You stake or spend it inside the client. It also exists as a tradable ERC-20 on Ethereum and Base. Soft currencies such as UPX stay in-game only.
Upland's learn page (opens in new tab) distinguishes staked SPARKLET from spent SPARKLET. Staked tokens sit on a job and come back to your wallet when the job ends. Spent tokens are used up and do not come back. Generating a seed at a Nursery and merging Uppies are examples of spends. Upland periodically asks the community what to do with SPARKLET that has already been spent.
This vote covers only SPARKLET already spent on seed generation and Uppie merges in 2026.
On October 13, 2026, Upland posted (opens in new tab) the proposal and opened the vote. A first-party Q1 2026 vote page (opens in new tab) uses the same spent-pool format for about 1.9 million SPARKLET, with a May 1 through May 4, 2026 window. That page does not publish a result.
What happened
In-game result on official X
On October 16, 2026, @UplandMe (opens in new tab) posted "The people have spoken" with the in-game vote screen attached. YES, burn the SPARKLET, finished at 76.04%. NO, do not burn it, finished at 23.96%.
The attached screen is the vote UI itself. The result post does not name a burn day or show a transaction. It also does not print an absolute vote count or turnout.
What YES locks in
The YES option on that screen says the approximately 2.9 million SPARKLET spent on seed generation and Uppie merges in 2026 will be permanently removed from circulation.
The October 13 event page (opens in new tab) already said YES would burn that spent pool. NO would have meant no burn. Upland would have gone back to the drawing board and brought forward new proposals for how this SPARKLET should be handled.
Upland recommended burning, based on previous community feedback. Existing rewards and incentive pools are well-funded. Other ideas for this pool sit on a Nolt feedback board (opens in new tab) that collects comments, not the result.
Vote window
Voting ran from October 13, 2026, 16:00 UTC to October 16, 2026, 16:00 UTC. Players cast ballots on the in-game vote screen. The window closed on the same calendar day as the result post.
Two dates for the same spend
The same about-2.9 million SPARKLET spend comes with two dates.
The event page dates that spend from April through October 2026, at approximately 2.9 million SPARKLET on seed generation and Uppie merges.
The in-game vote screen says that spend was on seed generation and Uppie merges so far in the last 2 quarters in 2026.
Burn not yet carried out
Upland has not announced when the burn will be carried out. The result post and the event page do not publish a burn transaction. The event page still shows the proposal, not the result.
Upland says it will hold similar votes for future SPARKLET spent through activities. That next ballot has no date.
Who it affects
SPARKLET holders
Once the burn is carried out, about 2.9 million spent SPARKLET leaves circulation. The studio has not announced that day. Watch official X and the event page for a named burn day or a transaction.
If you hold SPARKLET in-client or as the ERC-20 on Ethereum or Base, this vote does not spend or transfer that balance.
Players who spent SPARKLET on seeds and merges
Seed generation and Uppie merges that already consumed SPARKLET stay consumed. The vote does not refund those spends.
Later spent-SPARKLET pools
The event page says Upland will run similar votes when more SPARKLET is spent through activities. Plan for another ballot on a later pool. This result does not set a date for the next one.
At a glance
| When | What |
|---|---|
| October 13, 2026 | Event page opens the spent-SPARKLET burn proposal |
| October 13, 2026, 16:00 UTC to October 16, 2026, 16:00 UTC | In-game vote window |
| October 16, 2026 | Official X posts the result: YES 76.04%, NO 23.96% |
| About 2.9 million SPARKLET | Spent pool named for the burn (seed generation and Uppie merges) |
| No burn date | Studio has not announced when the burn will be carried out |
On Web3Raider
Closest pages:
- Hub: Games, NFT, Blockchain
- Upland game page
- SPARKLET token
- Networks: Ethereum, Base
- Related news: Troves launch update
What to watch next
- A named burn day or a transaction on official X (opens in new tab) or the event page (opens in new tab)
- Whether the event page is updated with the result
- The next spent-SPARKLET vote, when Upland opens one
Official sources
- Upland on X: The people have spoken (opens in new tab)
- Another Community Vote: What Should Happen to This SPARKLET Pool? (opens in new tab)
- UPX, SPARKLET, and STEM learn page (opens in new tab)
- Q1 2026 SPARKLET burn proposal (opens in new tab) (Background only; that page does not publish a result)
Bottom line: Plan as if this 2.9 million SPARKLET is still in the spent pool until Upland names a burn day or posts a transaction. The vote is closed; the burn has not been carried out.