Hobo tokens are used to cover submission fees for entering your content or another author's content in the daily HoboDAO contest system. Each day the top 5 will receive rewards.
You can submit other content producer's content to the contest, if the content you submit wins they will receive the 100% upvote from @hobo.media but you will receive all the additional token rewards such as the 10x (Submission fee: 500 HBO, 1st place winner: 5000 HBO) HBO token reward given out to 1st place.
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