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      _develop/mining_intro.md
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      _includes/intro-appmining.md
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      _includes/payout-appmining.md

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_develop/mining_intro.md

@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ This section explains App Mining, a program for developers. For Blockstack, App
## How apps are reviewed
Blockstack worked with a team of Ph.D. game theorist and economists from
Princeton and NYU to put together a ranking algorithm which is fair and
resistant to abuse. Blockstack partnered with two different third-party
reviewers, Product Hunt and Democracy.earth. These reviewers are independent,
and generally rely on their own proprietary data and insights to generate
rankings.
Princeton and NYU to put together a [ranking
algorithm](https://blog.blockstack.org/app-mining-game-theory-algorithm-design/)
which is fair and resistant to abuse. Blockstack uses three third-party
reviewers, Product Hunt, TryMyUI, and Democracy.earth. These reviewers are
independent, and generally rely on their own proprietary data and insights to
generate rankings.
### Product Hunt
@ -52,16 +53,17 @@ built a platform that anyone can use to gather votes in a trust-less,
decentralized way.
Democracy Earth has built a platform for Stacks token holders to vote on how
apps should be ranked. Each token holder gets a certain number of votes, and
they can distribute those votes however they want. It’s possible to give all of
your votes to a single app, and you can also “downvote” an app with one of your
apps should be ranked. Each token holder gets a 1000 votes, and they can
distribute those votes however they want. It’s possible to give all of your
votes to a single app, and you can also “downvote” an app with one of your
votes.
After a voting period, each app has a certain amount of upvotes and downvotes.
First, Blockstack calculates the percentage of total votes that are upvotes. If
you got 90 upvotes and 10 downvotes, you’d get a “likability score” of 90.
Secondly, Blockstack calculates a “traction score”, which ranks how many total
votes (including downvotes) an app received, relative to other apps.
First, Democracy Earth calculates the percentage of total votes that are
upvotes. If an app receives 90 upvotes and 10 downvotes, the resulting
“likability score” is 90. Secondly, Democracy Earth calculates a “traction
score”, which ranks how many total votes (including downvotes) an app received,
relative to other apps.
### TryMyUI

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_includes/intro-appmining.md

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Traditionally the term _mining_ in cryptocurrency refers to the process of
contributing compute resources to the network and earning a reward. On the
Blockstack network, however, instead of just mining through computation,
developers can mine by contributing apps to the ecosystem and making
developers also can mine by contributing apps to the ecosystem and making
applications the community wants.
![](images/mining-image.png)
@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ applications the community wants.
Founders that build apps using Blockstack developer tools like Blockstack Auth
get paid each month, in amounts proportional to that month’s app quality
ranking. Blockstack PBC, in cooperation with App.co, currently administers the
payouts. A set of independent _App reviewers_ determines the monthly ranking
payouts. A set of independent _app reviewers_ determines the monthly ranking
during the pilot phase.

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For each App Mining cohort, there is a determined “pot” of total earnings that will
get paid to apps. For the Alpha run, Blockstack paid a total of $25,000 USD. Starting in
December 2018, Blockstack will pay $100,000 USD and the awards will be paid out in Bitcoin.
For each App Mining cohort, there is a determined “pot” of total earnings that
will get paid to apps. For the Alpha run, Blockstack paid a total of $25,000
USD. For the Alpha run, App Mining paid a total of $25,000 USD. However, in
December 2018, App Mining began paying $100,000 USD each month, with earnings
paid out in Bitcoin.
The top app gets paid 20% of the total pot. So, for a pot of $100k, the top app
receives $20,000 USD. The next app gets paid 20% of the remaining pot. The

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