White paper
Part 2-4
Working Demos: user economic onboarding
Evolution of Users Through Recognition Restructuring
Crater’s reward system doesn’t just include viewers — it dignifies them. It gives each person a sandbox to begin shaping their digital identity, starting from something as passive as lurking. From there, it recognizes their role as movers of token flow — and equips them with tools to evolve into digital asset builders. These users are influencers of different kinds, and Craters offers all of them a fair opportunity to earn based on merit. The diagram below — and the following detailed views — illustrate different user types and how they evolve to become digital asset investors.
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Inner circle: Content posting
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Outer circle: User interaction
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Blue arrows: token piece circulation
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Beige arrows: value generation and flow (Royalties, Marketing returns & attention rewards)
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Violet arrows: Creators tagging each other for fairer usage of IP and sowing discovery returns
<Figure 2.8: Content & Reaction — The Pair, and a System for Fair Earning>
Inner Circle: Content Posting
The center circle represents the News Feed, generated by creators. Each creator brings a different style or focus, which we’ve grouped here into four examples:
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Real World Artists
Superstars outside the platform. Many remixers and short-form editors repost and amplify their content. These artists also post directly and mostly earn royalties via tags from others.
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Influencer / Blogger
Lifestyle sharers who cover diverse topics. Their tags range widely — brands, locations, topics — and often blend content with personal storylines. They collect marketing returns from businesses and products they feature or endorse.
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Remixer / Reactor
Skilled in curating or responding to pop culture — from TV teasers to fan-made mashups. They often tag cultural whales — global trends, viral news, or iconic content. They pay fair royalties to original works (on Craters) and get marketing returns for introducing them to new fans.
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Original Creator
The heartbeat of Craters. They dance, play piano, cook, or simply share joyful moments. Their tags often include friends and family — or something unexpected, like “pasta shell making” (which once went viral). They don't have to be established influencer to earn on Craters. They earn tokens from viewers — and marketing returns when those viewers discover and spend on tagged entities.
Who owns the tag for “pastashellmaking”? See Part 4
anyone can rise
When fairness is built into the system,
Viewers breathe life into social networks — Craters lets their aspiration come alive
This section introduces The Five Loops of Economic Gravity — each mapping how content interaction becomes a path toward digital asset ownership
Path 1/5
Passive Earning ➞ Market Investor
Lurkers hold the ecosystem together. They are the voice of the platform, and the aspiring market investor
<Figure 2.12: Lurker Uplift Loop>
Lurker
Everyone earns — by design
When you give attention, C tokens flow to the people you engaged. Over time, your behavior accrues R tokens you can use for boosts and communal digital assets (e.g., hashtags). Because C follows attention, even lurkers earn—by browsing, saving, reacting, or tagging.
Three streams of value
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Royalties (to originals): Tags route a share to creators whose work is referenced or remixed.
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Marketing rewards (to promoters): People who bring new audiences earn when the tag grows.
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Viewer rewards (to you): Exposure to ads and post boosts allocates a small, transparent share of the sponsor’s budget to viewers as C, recognizing your time and attention.
Trending hashtags are communal assets
Users help surface and steward hashtags that organize culture. Token trails (your C/R history) signal who saw value early and can nominate, co-steward, or share upside as a tag rises.
From quiet attention to shared upside
If your trails show you discovered a theme before the crowd, you participate in the value you helped surface—without buying a private handle—by earning through attention, influencing discoveries, and stewarding the hashtags you made matter.
Path 5/5
Commenter ➞ Forum panel ➞ Jury
Users evolve from commenter to forum panel,
and eventually jury — with opportunities to earn at each stage
<Figure 2.9: Commenter Uplift Loop — Path 1/5>
Commenter
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Earns likes from viewers and creators, unlocking royalties through shared reactions. Strong comments earn more — and may be pinned
(blue arrows: exchanging likes; beige: royalties → value)
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Creators spend R tokens to recognize and reward thoughtful commenters — decorating posts with tasteful reactions
(Beige arrows; attention rewards → value)
Forum Panel
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Commenters who consistently contribute may be invited to join forums as panelists — helping shape public dialogue.
(Attention rewards are attached to the invitation)
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Panelists earn when viewers ‘like’ their contributions
(Gray arrows)
Jury
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Thoughtful panelists may be elevated to serve as jurors — helping resolve disputes, summoned by users
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Jury rewards are drawn from token deductions (in court cases) and visibility-boost outcomes
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All rulings are public and traceable — ensuring transparent judgment and protecting free expression
(See Part 4)