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Certification Tiers and Industry Multipliers
Welcome to the nuanced world of Cadastry's certification system. Our tiered approach and industry-specific multipliers are designed to accommodate diverse use cases and ensure fair valuation of metadata across different sectors. Let's dive into how this system works and why it's crucial for our ecosystem.
Certification Tiers: Tailored for Every Scale
Cadastry offers three certification tiers, each designed to cater to different scales of operation and levels of engagement with our network:
1. Tier 1: Enterprise-Level Certification
- Staking Requirement: 100,000 - 500,000 $CD
- Suitable for: Large enterprises, major institutions, government bodies
- Benefits: Highest level of trust, priority processing, advanced features
2. Tier 2: Mid-Level Certification
- Staking Requirement: 20,000 - 80,000 $CD
- Suitable for: Medium-sized businesses, established organizations, academic institutions
- Benefits: Enhanced credibility, faster processing, additional features
3. Tier 3: Entry-Level Certification
- Staking Requirement: 5,000 - 15,000 $CD
- Suitable for: Small businesses, startups, individual professionals
- Benefits: Basic certification, standard processing, core features
This tiered system ensures that entities of all sizes can participate in our ecosystem while maintaining the integrity and value of our certification process.
Industry Multipliers: Recognizing Sector-Specific Value
Different industries have varying needs and values associated with their metadata. Our industry multipliers account for these differences:
These multipliers affect various aspects of the certification process, including:
- Cost of certification
- Rewards for data contribution
- Staking amount for certifiers working in that industry
- Voting power in governance decisions related to the specific industry
Impact on Token Economics
Our certification tiers and industry multipliers play a crucial role in shaping the Cadastry ecosystem:
- Encouraging Appropriate Stake Levels: The tiered system ensures that entities stake an amount of $CD tokens commensurate with their size and potential impact on the network.
- Fair Pricing Across Sectors: Industry multipliers help balance the cost of certification across different sectors, recognizing that some industries may derive more value from certified metadata.
- Incentivizing Quality Contributions: Higher tiers and multipliers can offer greater rewards, encouraging high-quality metadata contributions in critical or high-value sectors.
- Flexible Governance: The tiered system, combined with industry multipliers, allows for nuanced governance decisions that can be tailored to specific sectors when necessary.
The Certification Process
- Choose Your Tier: Based on your organization's industry expertise, size and needs, select the appropriate certification tier.
- **Stake CD tokens for your chosen tier.
- Industry Classification: Your organization will be classified into an industry, determining your multiplier.
- Verification: Our network validates your credentials and metadata contributions.
- Assignment of supervisor: Your organization is assigned with a supervisor from a higher tier.
- Training: Your organization participates and completes training for certifiers.
- Certification Granted: Upon successful initiation, your organization receives its certification status and can start certifying documents.
Evolving with the Ecosystem
Our certification tiers and industry multipliers are not set in stone. As the Cadastry ecosystem grows and evolves, we'll continuously reassess and adjust these parameters to ensure they remain fair, relevant, and beneficial to all participants.
By implementing this nuanced approach to certification and valuation, Cadastry creates a more inclusive and adaptable ecosystem. We're not just building a one-size-fits-all platform; we're creating a dynamic environment that recognizes and rewards the diverse contributions of our community members across all industries and scales of operation.
Join us in this innovative approach to metadata certification, where your industry expertise and level of engagement are recognized and valued!