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# Contributor Rewards

## Rewards

* Users earn rewards for sharing, writing and most importantly upvoting a content
* User receive their tokens one week after they have been released to give "Bounty Hunters" time to scrutinize and potentially flag their activities.
* The weekly activity count is reset to 0 at the end of every week 00:00 GMT.

## Referral Program

* Users can earn 10% of from their referral's earnings. 
* The users you refer also receive a 10% bonus on their earnings when they sign up through your link
* This means users are both earning a reward and giving a gift when you send them an invite