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# Watch2Earn

## **Rewards**

Users are rewarded daily by watching videos. Rewards earned from each additional daily video decrease  (eg video 1, earns more than video 2, 2 more than video 3 and so forth). Additionally, global rewards for a Creator will decline over time, which promotes long-term sustainability.

Token rewards are calculated algorithmically based on the following:

* Video Length
* Video Recency (How recently the video has been uploaded)
* Video Frequency (Number of videos watched within a period)

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This is a new but evolving setup for the watch2earn system and the analytics and data systems for its tokens are expected to be fully integrated into subsequent versions as the system evolves.
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## Leaderboards

Users who claim within the first 24 hours of receiving a reward will earn creator points and tokens. Afterwards, they will only earn tokens and not points.

<div><figure><img src="/files/bDK5rhT0qSvgByIaOQoJ" alt="" width="371"><figcaption><p>Watch2Earn Ranking</p></figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="/files/ZAgkWFu6P2uNyRdgje7d" alt="" width="287"><figcaption><p>Creator Leaderboard</p></figcaption></figure></div>

Points contribute to a time-based and per-creator ranking. At the end of each established period, top-ranking users will receive special prizes.&#x20;

These are the prizes for Donato's first month.&#x20;

<figure><img src="/files/N5UyF31Z6EyrBqNkU8kN" alt="" width="563"><figcaption><p>Donato's leaderboard prizes</p></figcaption></figure>