What contribution credits are and why the network uses them. Members can read the full mechanics in How Contribution Credits Work.
Beginner Last updated: 2026-06-04Contribution Credits — Overview
The Idea
When your knowledge helps answer someone else's question, you earn credits that extend your own query allocation. The network rewards contribution — the more useful your knowledge, the more you can query.
The Contributor Cycle
The contribution credit system creates a natural cycle:
- Contribute — share your knowledge with the network
- Recognize — the system tracks when your content helps others
- Credit — you earn queries proportional to your contribution
- Query — use your credits to access more knowledge
- Repeat — the cycle sustains itself
This is the Contributory Ecosystem Model in practice. The network sustains itself through the contributions of its participants — not through platform extraction or advertising.
Read the Full Mechanics
Members can read the full operational detail — how credits are calculated, the self-use filtering rule, what content earns the most, and how to view your earnings on the Chat KPI bar and Dashboard — in How Contribution Credits Work.