Points and wallet
How points track your standing in the network, and why bounty rewards are paid in money on a separate track.
Points #
When Utopia itself wants coverage of particular places, it posts bounties of its own. These behave exactly like ordinary bounties except in what they pay: points instead of money.
A valid in-app clip (at least 10 seconds, and on-site when the bounty has a pin) earns 5% of that bounty's points as soon as you upload, even if you are not picked. Kitchen and other in-house bounties with no pin skip the location check. The accepted clip earns the full 100 points per USDC.
Your points reflect two things: how much you have contributed to the network, and where you rank within it.
Wallet #
You sign in with your wallet. It displays your points, your rank, and every bounty reward recorded against your address.
Bounty rewards #
A bounty reward is money, and it sits entirely apart from points. Once a requester accepts your submission, the payout comes from Utopia.