What Counts as Contribution

In Moosh, a contribution is any action that meaningfully reflects real participation in testing, using, or improving the protocol.

Contribution is evaluated from the system's perspective. The goal is not to count every interaction, but to recognize behaviors that provide useful signals about network growth, protocol usage, and system quality. As a result, contribution is defined by intent and impact rather than volume or frequency.

At a high level, contributions fall into three categories.

Help Grow the Network

Actions in this category reflect efforts to bring new participants into the Moosh ecosystem in a meaningful way.

This includes introducing new users who go on to interact with the protocol and complete qualifying on-chain actions. The system focuses on whether referred users actually engage with Moosh, rather than on the act of sharing links or generating codes alone.

Growth-related actions that do not result in real participation may not be recognized as contributions.

Participate in the Protocol

This category covers direct interaction with Moosh's core protocol features.

Examples include supplying assets, borrowing against collateral, and managing positions under different conditions. These actions help the system observe real usage patterns, stress boundaries, and understand how protocol mechanisms behave in practice.

The system prioritizes genuine usage over repetitive or artificial activity. High-frequency or scripted interactions designed solely to inflate activity metrics may be ignored.

Support & Improve the System

Actions in this category contribute to improving the quality, reliability, and clarity of the protocol.

This includes providing actionable feedback, reporting bugs or unexpected behavior, testing edge cases, and helping identify unclear assumptions or failure modes. Contributions that improve system understanding or robustness are valued more than superficial or low-effort input.

General Principles

Across all categories, Moosh applies the following principles when recognizing contributions: - Contribution is multi-dimensional and cannot be reduced to a single metric - Quality, relevance, and intent matter more than raw activity - Not all actions are recognized immediately or equally - Contribution recognition logic may evolve as the system matures

Contribution during the testnet phase represents participation in improving the system. It does not imply rewards, ownership, or future entitlements.