The Sponsio Score

The Weekly Competition

Every Monday begins a new competition, and every participant starts with the same opportunity.

Throughout the week, participants build their Sponsio Score — most of all by backing beliefs that become reality, and some also strengthen it in two additional ways. The protocol recognizes three independent forms of contribution.

Belief Score measures successful participation in resolved markets. It is the largest component of the Sponsio Score — the heaviest weight. The other two add to it but count for less.

Launch Score. Launching strengthens your Sponsio Score when the markets you launch attract real trading. Launching alone isn't rewarded — the marketplace decides a launch's impact. Your Launch Score is the Belief Score generated by everyone else trading in the markets you launched — your own trading in your own market counts toward your Belief Score only, never twice. Quality over quantity. In weight it sits between Belief and Referral. Launch Score requires a Sponsio account.

Referral Score. Participants can introduce new users through the referral system. Only active referrals count — the protocol rewards meaningful participation, not simple registrations. Your Referral Score is the combined Belief Score generated by your active referrals during the week, capped at your own Belief Score — you can never earn more from the people you brought than from the beliefs you backed yourself. It is the lightest of the three contributions, and it requires a Sponsio account.

At the end of the week, every participant has one Sponsio Score, combining the three by weight:

Sponsio Score = α · Belief Score + β · Launch Score + γ · Referral Score

The weights are set by the protocol: α = 1, β = 0.3, γ = 0.1 — Belief Score counts the most, Launch next, Referral least. Backing winning beliefs is the main path; creating and referring add to it.

Everyone competes with the same formula. There are no separate leaderboards for traders, creators, or referrers — all contributions strengthen the same competition.

The leaderboard updates continuously as markets resolve, so participants watch their position change as new beliefs become reality. It reflects current participation, not historical activity.