The Global Integrity Credit (GIC) system creates economic incentives for civic contributions while ensuring alignment with the Virtue Accords and geographic relevance.
GIC = Integrity Score × Civic Impact Score × Geographic Weight
- Truth: Accuracy and verifiability
- Trust: Transparency and reliability
- Care: Positive impact and harm avoidance
- Community Benefit: Measurable positive impact
- Knowledge Sharing: Educational value
- Governance: Democratic participation
- Local Relevance: Geographic significance
- Cultural Context: Regional appropriateness
- Jurisdictional Impact: Legal/governance relevance
- High-Quality Posts: Well-documented contributions
- Educational Content: Knowledge sharing
- Documentation: System documentation
- Verified Merges: Tested and reviewed code
- Security Fixes: Vulnerability remediation
- Feature Development: New functionality
- Governance: Voting and proposal participation
- Peer Review: Code and content review
- Mentoring: Helping other contributors
- Ethics Reviews: Compliance verification
- Attestations: Verifying other contributions
- Community Building: Ecosystem development
- Smart Contracts: Automated calculation and distribution
- Real-time: Immediate reward upon verification
- Transparent: Public calculation and distribution
- Community Voting: Distribution parameter changes
- Appeal Process: Dispute resolution
- Audit Trail: Complete transaction history
- Minimum Thresholds: Quality requirements
- Penalty System: Violation consequences
- Reputation Integration: Long-term contributor recognition
- Deflationary: Limited total supply
- Utility-Focused: Real-world value creation
- Community-Driven: Decentralized governance
- Civic Mission: Rewards civic contribution
- Quality Focus: Rewards high-integrity work
- Geographic Balance: Encourages local participation
- Reputation System: Persistent contributor recognition
- Governance Rights: Voting and decision-making power
- Ecosystem Access: Premium features and services