PoSS & PoR - Proof of Signal Social, Proof of Reputation
PoSS is an application-layer mechanism for governance, coordination, curator validation, and verifiable contribution signals; PoR extends the same doctrine to the organisations hosting participants. Validated signals are anchored per period, and the reward is minted natively by the protocol at the moment of distribution - never released from a pre-funded pool - within a fixed cap and a per-window emission budget. Both PoSS and PoR are separate from consensus; network security is provided by the permissioned BFT layer.
Types of Social Signals
- Micro-donation signals
- Certified donation signals (single-use confirmation links)
- Verified participation
- Curator-reviewed content
- Community communication signals
Signal Allocation Model
- 70% to the participant
- 30% to the organization's treasury; curators receive nothing directly from the protocol
This split is enforced by the protocol itself: it is not changeable by governance, upgrade, multisig, or parameters. The reward amount per validated action, by contrast, is a governed schedule parameter and remains subject to controlled review. The model is designed for participation accounting and curator validation; it is not presented as yield, custody, or an investment return.
Proof of Reputation (PoR) - Organisations
PoSS recognises participants; PoR governs the organisations that host them. It is a trajectory-based reputation layer: an organisation's standing is earned by traversing emission periods cleanly over time - never by declared volume - and that standing bounds the share of the emission window its participants can draw on.
- Organisations enter in probation; standing is earned by tenure (probation → established → confirmed), never by volume
- Reputation opens capacity; it never multiplies the value of a signal
- Standing decays without continuity; anomalies demote
- Scores are recomputable by anyone from public on-chain data
- The Foundation admits organisations, but has no mechanism to change a score or a tier - by construction
PoR applies to organisations the same doctrine PoSS applies to participants - process-based trust, as developed in the Beyond State preprint: legitimacy comes from a sustained, observable trajectory.
Transparency & Parameters
PoSS parameters are designed to be reviewable, auditable, and governance-driven. NOORCHAIN does not offer yield, returns, or custody.