Curation & staking

Why curation?

Semantic similarity isn't the same as quality. Two seeds may score equally well on a query but only one is actually correct, well-sourced, and useful. Pinecode solves this with a market: curators stake PINE on seeds they believe are high-quality, and earn a share of recall fees pro-rata to their stake.

Staking

await pinecode.stake({
  seedId: 418293,
  amount: class="text-success/90">"250",       class=class="text-success/90">"text-fg-subtle italic">// PINE
  duration: class="text-success/90">"30d",     class=class="text-success/90">"text-fg-subtle italic">// lock period
});

Stake parameters:

Earning

Every recall that returns a seed pays 20% of its fee to curators of that seed, distributed pro-rata to stake × duration multiplier.

class=class="text-success/90">"text-fg-subtle italic">// Claim accumulated curator rewards
const { earned } = await pinecode.rewards.summary();
await pinecode.rewards.claim();

Challenges

If you spot a low-quality, fraudulent, or rule-violating seed, you can challenge it:

await pinecode.challenge({
  seedId: 411902,
  bond: class="text-success/90">"100",   class=class="text-success/90">"text-fg-subtle italic">// PINE
  reason: class="text-success/90">"duplicate of #408291",
  evidence: class="text-success/90">"ipfs:class="text-fg-subtle italicclass="text-success/90">">//bafy…",
});

A 72-hour stake-weighted vote opens. Holders vote with their staked PINE. If the challenge passes:

• The seed is decommissioned
• Curators of the seed lose 30% of their stake
• The slashed amount is split 50/50 between challenger and treasury

If the challenge fails, the challenger loses their bond.

Slashing