GAMIFIED AI TRAINING EXPERIENCE

Contributor Progression and Experience Levels

Contributors in the Sapien protocol advance through defined experience levels based on performance, consistency, and reputation. This structure allows the network to grow without sacrificing quality, while enabling new users to progress toward high-value work and validator responsibilities.

Reputation is calculated using task accuracy, task volume, and peer validation feedback. Scores range from 0 to 1000 and are updated continuously. As contributors move upward through levels, they gain access to more complex tasks, higher reward multipliers, and protocol-critical roles in validation.

Progression is non-linear and governed entirely by onchain performance. This enables a scalable, self-regulating hierarchy: new users learn through structured work, while experienced contributors enforce standards.

Experience Levels:

Trainee (Reputation: 0–199)

This is the entry phase. Trainees focus on foundational skills, working under review from higher-ranked contributors. No stake is required, but quality must be maintained above 90%. Task volume is capped at 100 to ensure contributors demonstrate baseline consistency before progressing.

Contributor (Reputation: 200–599)

Contributors are trusted with routine tasks and begin to validate others. A minimum stake of 250 $SAPIEN is required, and contributors must maintain 95% task quality or higher. They are eligible for reward multipliers and begin participating in basic validation workflows.

Expert (Reputation: 600–799)

Experts are proven contributors with high accuracy and throughput. They are eligible for premium and specialized tasks and have full validation privileges for Trainee and Contributor work. A 5,000 $SAPIEN stake is required, and quality must exceed 98%. Experts may also form specialized validation pools and receive priority access to new task types.

Master (Reputation: 800–1000)

Masters are the highest tier in the contributor system. They act as lead validators for complex workflows, have access to all task types, and may play roles in protocol governance. The required stake is 25,000 $SAPIEN, and the minimum accuracy rate is 99%. Masters also receive the highest available reward multipliers.