Rep Score is designed to reflect trust and healthy participation in the Circles ecosystem. It is not designed to reward passive holding, short-term farming, or artificial activity. Simply holding, buying, or receiving gCRC does not increase your Rep Score.
What helps your Rep Score ?
Rep Score can improve when your account builds stronger trust and participation signals over time.
Helpful signals may include:
becoming part of the Gnosis group
building mutual connections with trusted users
completing available KYC or verification steps
becoming a Backer, where available
participating in the Circles ecosystem in a genuine way
avoiding artificial, abusive, or reward-farming behavior
Rep Score is not meant to be optimized through one single action. It is based on a broader view of trust and account behavior.
Holding gCRC does not improve your score.
Holding more gCRC does not increase your Rep Score.
Your score does not go up simply because:
you hold gCRC
you buy gCRC
you receive gCRC rewards
your gCRC balance increases
you keep gCRC in your own wallet
The self-holding effect has been removed. Your own gCRC balance has no positive impact on your Rep Score.
Spending gCRC is generally neutral
Spending gCRC does not automatically increase your Rep Score.
Normal spending is generally neutral. This means it should not boost your score, but it should not reduce your score either.
Neutral activity may include:
using gCRC for Shop offers
using gCRC for card top-ups
normal app usage
ordinary spending behavior
Card top-ups are treated as valid outflows and are not considered bad spending by default.
What can reduce your Rep Score ?
Your Rep Score may be negatively affected if your activity looks harmful, artificial, or abusive.
This can include:
suspicious circular transfers
automated or bot-like behavior
attempts to manipulate reputation
attempts to farm rewards
activity designed mainly to extract value
behavior that does not look like genuine ecosystem use
Only harmful or suspicious spending behavior is penalized. Normal Marketplace activity, card top-ups, and ordinary app usage should not be treated as harmful by default.
Build trusted connections
Mutual connections with trusted users can help build stronger reputation signals.
A mutual connection means there is a trust relationship in both directions. One-sided or artificial connections may not help in the same way.
Quality matters more than quantity. Rep Score is not designed to reward mass connection farming.
Complete available verification steps
If verification or KYC-related steps are available to you, completing them may support your Rep Score. These signals are designed to be more stable than older temporary or legacy score signals.
Completing verification does not guarantee a specific Rep Score, but it may help the system understand that your account belongs to a real, trusted user.
Become a Backer where available
Backer status may support your Rep Score where available. Backers help support the Circles economy and may receive more stable reputation signals than temporary or event-based boosts.
Backer status does not mean your score will never change. Rep Score can still depend on the broader account context and system rules.
What not to do ?
Do not try to improve Rep Score through artificial behavior.
Avoid:
creating fake activity
farming connections
using bots or scripts
making circular transfers
moving funds only to appear active
trying to manipulate rewards or reputation
using accounts mainly to extract value from the ecosystem
These behaviors may reduce trust and can negatively affect your Rep Score.