You'll soon start earning coins with your votes! You'll also have a (10%) chance to earn even more through the shiny wheel. You can use these coins to buy temporary boosts to your shiny chance as well as purchase shinies from other players. I'll implement this maybe when I wake up, so later in this round.
Here's what the 0.5% shiny wheel will look like with the coin chance on it.
We will also now track a few extra stats such a player with most coins and player with most shinies.