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Points and Pioneer badges
StreetProof is in its Pioneer data-collection stage. Scouts contribute accepted observations without monetary compensation. Accepted evidence earns points, builds a public track record, and builds progress toward one of 100 serialized Pioneer spots in a city.
Points are not money. They cannot be converted, transferred, sold, or withdrawn. StreetProof does not promise income, paid work, reward inventory, or a future monetary value for points or badges.
The point rule
The first accepted Scout documentation attached to a business earns 100points. Every later accepted manual submission attached to that business earns 25 points. Each accepted Drive Mode recognition earns 10 points, up to 100 Drive points per Scout per UTC capture day. Pending, rejected, duplicate, or fraudulent submissions earn zero.
The first accepted Scout documentation attached to a business earns 100. Later manual documentation earns 25. An accepted Drive Mode recognition earns 10, up to 100 Drive points per UTC capture day.
Every award stores its policy version and unique key in the points ledger. Corrections add a new entry; prior history is never rewritten.
Why Drive Mode counts
An accepted passive sighting is still a real-world sighting. StreetProof does not reduce its visibility weight merely because the Scout did not press the shutter. Instead, the system controls what can be counted: the same Scout, device, area, business, and time window are deduplicated or capped, and affiliated or sponsored evidence cannot create independent rank. Reward points and visibility eligibility are separate decisions.
Drive Mode cannot claim the permanent first-documented reward. That remains reserved for the first accepted intentional manual capture, so passive coverage expands the index without erasing the extra effort of a Scout who deliberately documents a new business.
The Pioneer city edition
| City capacity | 100 serialized spots |
|---|---|
| Candidate status | Begins with your first accepted observation in the city |
| Personal qualification | 25 accepted observations across five businesses and three days, with no unresolved fraud flags |
| How a serial is assigned | Be among the first 100 Scouts to complete the personal qualification |
| When the badge unlocks | The city reaches 1,000 accepted observations and five qualified Scouts |
| Edition rule | Permanent serial; non-transferable; never reissued |
Each badge carries its city and serial number, such as Calgary Pioneer #001. A serial or badge can be revoked for fraud, but its number is retired rather than given to someone else. This keeps the limited edition honest.
Possible Stage Two benefits
If StreetProof later launches business-funded collection, Pioneer badge holders are intended to receive priority access and a higher reward multiplier on eligible sponsored missions. The exact program, eligibility, rates, regions, and legal terms do not exist yet and are not guaranteed. The badge is not company ownership, a dividend, a share of StreetProof revenue, or a promise of work.
Acceptance and integrity
Points and Pioneer progress post only after acceptance. StreetProof checks the in-app capture, device and location integrity, duplicates, visible branding, provenance, and affiliation. Sponsored or affiliated evidence may support a study while receiving zero weight in an independent public ranking. Correctly posted points remain unless they resulted from fraud, duplication, a refund, or a processing error.