# Quickstart

### Why Ancla Instead of \[Insert Tool Here]

**Collab.Land:** Only checks balance. Can't gate by holding period. Expensive at scale.\
**Guild.xyz:** Requires users to connect wallets manually every time. No conviction tracking.\
**Grape Protocol:** Solana-only, but limited to their ecosystem. No Telegram support.

**Ancla:** Balance + conviction + holding period. Works on Discord and Telegram. Starts free.

Real example: You can gate your "Diamond Hands" role to holders who've kept 5,000+ tokens for 60+ days. That's not just a balance check—that's proof they believe in what you're building.

### What You Need

\- A Discord server or Telegram group\
\- A Solana token (SPL) or NFT collection\
\- 5 minutes

### How Fast Is This?

**Setup:** 5 minutes\
**First verification:** Instant\
**Re-checks:** Automatic (you set the interval)

No coding. No wallet setup. No downloading anything.

### What Happens Next

1\. You connect Ancla to your Discord or Telegram\
2\. You define your gating rules ("1,000 tokens for Holder role, 10,000 for Whale")\
3\. Members verify their wallets with a signature (no gas, no transaction)\
4\. Ancla assigns roles automatically and re-checks on your schedule

**Your holders get access. Everyone else gets filtered out.**