Judgment Mechanism Q&A (2025-09-04)

[contribution-protocol]

• Q1. Who decides whether an action qualifies for token issuance?
• Q2. Which actions are included in the system?
• Q3. Are utility tokens a reward for labor?
• Q4. Doesn’t the operation (administration) hold authority?

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Q1. Who decides whether an action qualifies for token issuance?

Whether it qualifies for issuance is automatically determined by the system.
Which actions are included in the system is agreed upon by the collective will of the citizens,
and daily operations are fluidly carried out by those who act the most.

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Q2. Which actions are included in the system?

Actions included in the system are those that belong to a registered function, contribute to others,
and are recorded under a system that is active.

However, contribution to others does not mean based on the recipient’s feelings or evaluations,
but is established when the action is recorded in a way that serves others’ use
or supports the activities of the region in a sound manner.

For actions where the contribution to the region is not clear,
the judgment is made by the collective will of the citizens,
according to the land, climate, values, and times.

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Q3. Are utility tokens a reward for labor?

Utility tokens are not a reward.
They are a record that preserves the fact that a person’s actions contributed to the system,
and they are proof of existence.
In other words, they are a certificate issued by the system stating:
“Your actions have indeed created value for the region,
and you are undoubtedly a valuable being.”

At the same time, they are also units that can be used as local currency.
This proof does not remain merely as a record but circulates as “currency”
that can actually be exchanged and used within the region,
positioned as part of the mechanism that supports people’s lives.

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Q4. Doesn’t the operation (administration) hold authority?

In this protocol, it is not people but the system that makes judgments,
and the operation has no adjudicating authority.
Whether an action qualifies for token issuance is automatically judged by the system,
and the role of the operation is only to prepare the environment so the system functions correctly.

At first glance, it may seem that the operation has influence,
but this is because the person who has acted the most in that period, taken responsibility,
and accumulated prestige naturally stands at the center.
However, that position is always fluid, and it is the system, not people, that judges.

Therefore, if asked, “Who is considered great?” the answer is:
“The people who care for the region and have acted the most for it,”
but even they cannot judge the contributions of others.

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Note

The more people continue to act without compensation, caring for the region and carrying prayers,
the more they are bearing its difficulties, loneliness, and sorrow.

If they lose the prayer of “I wish the future of this region to be like this”
and their number of actions for the region decreases,
their prestige will inevitably decline, and their right of involvement will fade.
This too is transparently visible within the records and the collective will.

Without them, the invisible premise of this protocol, “system activation,” becomes zero.
The system is structurally designed to be hard to collapse,
but if system activation ceases, it will disappear.
That signifies that the people belonging to this community
have lost hope in the future of their region.

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This discussion was created from the release Judgment Mechanism Q&A (2025-09-04).