Rep Score is a reputation signal in Gnosis App. It helps show how trusted, active, and connected your account is within the Circles ecosystem. This guide explains what Rep Score is, why it matters, what can affect it, and how to build a stronger score over time.
Before you start
To understand Rep Score, it helps to know three terms:
CRC are the personal currencies created by users in the Circles ecosystem.
gCRC is the spendable, tradeable form of Circles used inside Gnosis App.
Rep Score is the reputation signal that helps determine how trusted you are within Circles ecosystem.
Rep Score is not based on one single action. It is based on patterns over time, including how you use gCRC, how you participate in the ecosystem, and how your trusted connections behave.
What is Rep Score?
Rep Score is a way to measure trust and participation in Gnosis App. It helps the system understand whether an account is participating naturally in the Circles ecosystem or behaving in a way that looks automated, extractive, or abusive.
A higher Rep Score can improve how much of your newly minted Circles becomes gCRC. It also act as a signal of long-term participation in the ecosystem.
Why Rep Score matters?
Rep Score matters because it affects how much spendable gCRC your account can receive from newly minted Circles.
At Rep Score 100, newly minted Circles can become 100% gCRC. At Rep Score 50, around 50% of newly minted Circles can become gCRC. At Rep Score 0, newly minted Circles remain Personal CRC and are not spendable.
Rep Score helps make gCRC distribution more fair by rewarding genuine participation and reducing abuse from bots, fake accounts, or accounts that only try to extract value from the ecosystem.
How Rep Score affects gCRC issuance?
Your Rep Score affects the conversion of newly minted Circles into gCRC. The higher your Rep Score, the larger the share of your newly minted Circles that can become gCRC.
For example:
Rep Score 100 means newly minted Circles can become 100% gCRC.
Rep Score 50 means around 50% of newly minted Circles can become gCRC.
Rep Score 0 means newly minted Circles remain Personal CRC and do not become spendable gCRC.
Rep Score affects newly minted Circles. It does not automatically change all gCRC or Personal CRC you already have.
What affects your Rep Score?
Your Rep Score can be affected by:
how consistently you participate in the ecosystem
how you use, hold, send, or swap gCRC
whether your activity looks natural or automated
whether you build mutual connections with trusted users
how your trusted connections behave over time
whether you complete available verification or attestation steps
whether you are a backer
The system looks at long-term behavior, not only one isolated action.
How to improve your Rep Score?
You may improve your Rep Score by participating in the ecosystem in healthy and consistent ways.
Helpful actions can include:
using Gnosis App regularly and naturally
holding gCRC responsibly
using gCRC inside the ecosystem
building mutual connections with trusted users
participating in communities
becoming a backer
completing available verification or attestation steps
avoiding behavior that looks automated, abusive, or purely extractive
Rep Score is designed to reward long-term participation, not short-term farming.
What can reduce your Rep Score
Your Rep Score may decrease if your activity looks extractive, abusive, or harmful to the ecosystem.
This can include:
repeatedly selling or swapping away large amounts of gCRC
quickly transferring away most of your gCRC after minting
trying to farm reputation with fake or low-quality accounts
using automated or bot-like behavior
creating circular transfer patterns
consistently extracting value without contributing to the ecosystem
Normal app usage, small transfers, merchant payments, and everyday activity should not heavily damage your Rep Score.
How connections affect your Rep Score
Connections can influence your Rep Score, but only mutual connections count.
A mutual connection means that both users have connected with each other. This helps prevent one-sided or unwanted influence from another account. Your Rep Score can improve when you build long-term mutual connections with trusted users.
It may decrease gradually if many of your mutual connections consistently lose reputation over time.
What Rep boosts are?
Rep boosts are positive signals that can help strengthen your reputation.
Rep boosts may come from:
card verification
humanity attestations
backer status
mutual connections with high-reputation users
other ecosystem participation signals
Rep boosts help the system recognize accounts that are more likely to represent genuine users and healthy participants.
What happens at Rep Score 100
At Rep Score 100, all newly minted Circles become gCRC. This is the maximum minting benefit available through the Rep Score system.
Your Rep Score can continue to grow above 100, but scores above 100 do not increase the amount of newly minted gCRC. Above 100, your score mainly acts as a signal of trust, participation, and long-term contribution.
Can your Rep Score improve over time?
Yes. Rep Score can improve over time. The system is designed to reward consistent, healthy participation. If your score decreases because of certain activity, it may recover later if your behavior becomes more balanced and your account continues to participate in the ecosystem.
Recovery is not always instant. Rep Score is based on patterns over time, not only one recent action.
Common Rep Score issues
My Rep Score changed
Your Rep Score can change because of your own activity, your gCRC behavior, your mutual connections, verification signals, backer status, or ecosystem-level safety mechanisms. Rep Score is dynamic and can change as your account activity changes.
My Rep Score decreased after swapping gCRC
Swapping or selling gCRC may affect your Rep Score if it looks like repeated dumping or extraction from the ecosystem. Occasional normal activity is different from consistently selling or transferring away most of your gCRC.
My Rep Score is not improving
Rep Score is based on patterns over time. It may not improve immediately after one action. Healthy participation, mutual connections, community activity, and available verification signals can help over time.
I connected with someone and my Rep Score did not change
Connections can influence Rep Score, but only mutual connections count. The effect is usually gradual and may depend on the reputation and behavior of the connected accounts.
I reached Rep Score 100
At Rep Score 100, all newly minted Circles become gCRC. This is the maximum minting benefit from Rep Score. Your score can still go above 100, but this does not impact your gCRC issuance anymore.
How to think about Rep Score
Rep Score is not meant to be a short-term game. It is designed to support a healthier Circles economy by rewarding trust, participation, and long-term contribution. The best way to build a strong Rep Score is to use Gnosis App naturally, participate in the ecosystem, build meaningful connections, and avoid behavior that looks automated, abusive, or purely extractive.
FAQ
What is Rep Score?
Rep Score is a reputation signal in Gnosis App that measures how trusted, active, and connected your account is within the Circles ecosystem.
What happens at Rep Score 100?
At Rep Score 100, all newly minted Circles become gCRC.
Can Rep Score go above 100?
Yes. Rep Score can go above 100, but scores above 100 do not increase the amount of newly minted Circles that become gCRC.
Can my Rep Score decrease?
Yes. Rep Score can decrease if your, or your connections, activity looks extractive, abusive, automated, or harmful to the ecosystem.
Can my Rep Score recover?
Yes. Rep Score can improve over time if your activity becomes healthier and you continue participating in the ecosystem.
Will normal app usage hurt my Rep Score?
No. Normal app usage, small transfers, merchant payments, and everyday transactions should not heavily damage your Rep Score.
Does selling or swapping gCRC affect Rep Score?
Selling or swapping gCRC may affect your Rep Score if it looks like repeated dumping or extraction from the ecosystem.
Do connections affect my Rep Score?
Yes. Mutual connections can affect your Rep Score. One-sided connections do not influence reputation propagation.
What are Rep boosts?
Rep boosts are positive signals that may come from card verification, humanity attestations, backer status, mutual connections with high-reputation users, or other ecosystem participation.
Is Rep Score permanent?
No. Rep Score is dynamic and can change over time as your account activity and ecosystem participation change.