Ecency Points is a way of the Ecency platform to reward its users for actively using any of their blogging frontends to publish content, curate, reblog, and simply remain online with their frontend open.
Listed below in detail are the possible ways to earn Ecency Points (not involving getting gifted by other Ecency users or awarded on giveaways).
Ecency Points can either be redeemed for Perks, gifted to other Ecency users, or traded manually with other Ecency users for other Hive tokens.
Commenting rewards
Publishing comments using the Ecency platform awards Ecency Points to the author.
- Only the first 16 comments on a given day (UTC) provide Ecency Points, where the first comment gives 5 Points and every subsequent comment gives 0.333 less Points until the 16th comment which gives only 0.005 Points.
- A maximum of about 40 Ecency Points can be accumulated using this method per day.
- Editing comments does not give Ecency Points.
| Number of comments on a given day (UTC) | Ecency Points awarded on last comment | Cumulative Ecency Points rewards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 4.667 | 9.667 |
| 3 | 4.334 | 14.001 |
| 4 | 4.001 | 18.002 |
| 5 | 3.668 | 21.67 |
| 6 | 3.335 | 25.005 |
| 7 | 3.002 | 28.007 |
| 8 | 2.669 | 30.676 |
| 9 | 2.336 | 33.012 |
| 10 | 2.003 | 35.015 |
| 11 | 1.67 | 36.685 |
| 12 | 1.337 | 38.022 |
| 13 | 1.004 | 39.026 |
| 14 | 0.671 | 39.697 |
| 15 | 0.338 | 40.035 |
| 16 | 0.005 | 40.04 |
Posting rewards
Publishing posts using the Ecency platform awards Ecency Points to the author.
- Only the first 4 posts on a given day (UTC) provide Ecency Points, where the first post gives 15 Points and every subsequent post gives 3.75 less Points until the 4th post which gives only 3.75 Points.
- A maximum of 37.5 Ecency Points can be accumulated using this method per day.
- Editing posts does not give Ecency Points.
| Number of posts on a given day (UTC) | Ecency Points awarded on last post | Cumulative Ecency Points rewards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | 11.25 | 26.25 |
| 3 | 7.5 | 33.75 |
| 4 | 3.75 | 37.5 |
Voting rewards
Votes (both upvotes and downvotes) cast using the Ecency platform gives Ecency Points to the curator.
- Only the first 20 votes per day (UTC) provide Ecency Points, where the first vote gives a maximum of 1 Point and every subsequent vote gives a maximum of 0.95 Points.
- The chosen Vote Percentage affects the Ecency Points awarded. For example, if the user's third vote for the day is 50%, then the Points awarded for such vote is 0.45 (0.9 Points multiplied by 50% or 0.5).
- A maximum of 10.5 Ecency Points can be accumulated using this method per day.
| Number of votes on a given day (UTC) | Ecency Points awarded on last vote | Maximum possible cumulative Ecency Points rewards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 * (vote percentage) | 1 |
| 2 | 0.95 * (vote percentage) | 1.95 |
| 3 | 0.9 * (vote percentage) | 2.85 |
| 4 | 0.85 * (vote percentage) | 3.7 |
| 5 | 0.8 * (vote percentage) | 4.5 |
| 6 | 0.75 * (vote percentage) | 5.25 |
| 7 | 0.7 * (vote percentage) | 5.95 |
| 8 | 0.65 * (vote percentage) | 6.6 |
| 9 | 0.6 * (vote percentage) | 7.2 |
| 10 | 0.55 * (vote percentage) | 7.75 |
| 11 | 0.5 * (vote percentage) | 8.25 |
| 12 | 0.45 * (vote percentage) | 8.7 |
| 13 | 0.4 * (vote percentage) | 9.1 |
| 14 | 0.35 * (vote percentage) | 9.45 |
| 15 | 0.3 * (vote percentage) | 9.75 |
| 16 | 0.25 * (vote percentage) | 10 |
| 17 | 0.2 * (vote percentage) | 10.2 |
| 18 | 0.15 * (vote percentage) | 10.35 |
| 19 | 0.1 * (vote percentage) | 10.45 |
| 20 | 0.05 * (vote percentage) | 10.5 |
Other rewards
- Delegation reward - a daily reward of Ecency Points corresponding to 10% of the Hive Power delegated to the official Ecency Hive account
- Login bonus - a one-time award of 10 Ecency Points for using the Ecency platform for the first time per Hive account
- Usage bonus - a daily award of 10 Ecency Points for using the Ecency platform for the first time on any given day
- Heartbeat bonus - an award of 0.25 Ecency Points for staying online on the Ecency platform every 15 minutes (equivalent to a maximum of 1 Point per hour or 24 Points per 24 hours)
- Reblogs - a maximum of 1 Ecency Point is awarded for every reblog on a given day
- Referral reward - a reward for successfully recruiting new Hive accounts on the Ecency platform
- Community reward - a reward for Ecency users who help the Ecency team (such as being a translator or guest curator)
Other
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