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# How Points Work

### Why Points exist

The TxFlow Points Program exists to reward real traders and support the healthy, long-term growth of the platform. Traders always come first. The trader pool is the largest pool in the program, and activity that is only there to farm Points earns fewer Points or none, which leaves more for genuine traders.

### A fair game for every trader

Points are a share of a weekly pool, not a fixed reward per trade. Your Points depend on your eligible trading activity relative to that of other participants that week, so the distribution adjusts every week as activity on the platform changes.The system is designed so every trader can earn a fair share of the pool:

* Everyone plays by the same rules. All trading is measured against the same standards of genuine activity.
* No one can take the whole pool. The scoring limits how much the very largest traders can dominate, so the pool stays open to everyone.
* Every eligible trader counts. Our scoring system is designed to recognize genuine trading activity across different trading volumes, giving smaller traders an opportunity to participate.
* Farming doesn't pay. Activity that only exists to collect Points earns fewer Points or none, and those Points go back to genuine traders.

### How Points are distributed

* Each week is one epoch, running Monday to Monday (UTC).
* Up to 1,250,000 trader Points are shared each week among eligible traders, based on the quality of their trading.
* Points are credited the Tuesday after each epoch ends. You can see them on your Points dashboard.
* Weekly Points are estimates. Final allocations are confirmed at the end of the season.

### How to earn Points

Trade perpetual futures on TxFlow. Both maker and taker trades count. Points are based on the overall quality of your trading, including:

* Trading volume
* Open interest (holding real positions)
* Trading activity over time
* Fees paid
* TVL contribution (capital you keep on the platform)
* Referrals

The exact weights and formulas are not published, so the program rewards genuine trading rather than trading aimed at a formula. You need a minimum amount of genuine trading in an epoch to qualify.

### What does not earn Points

* Spot trading and Prediction Markets (Season 1)
* Orders that are canceled without being filled
* Depositing, withdrawing or holding a position without trading

### Referrals

* Anyone can share a referral code. No application is needed.
* Referrers earn trader Points through their own trading activity, just like other eligible traders, and on top of that earn referral rewards based on their referred users' trading.
* Referral rewards come from a separate pool of up to 437,500 Points per week, so they never reduce anyone's trader Points, including the referred user's own.
* If the weekly referral cap is not reached, the remaining referral Points are not redistributed. They are burned at the end of the season.
* A referral link is set when someone signs up and cannot be changed later.

### Other pools

Two further pools sit alongside the trader and referral pools:

* **Builder Rewards:** 8% of the total Season 1 Points budget.
* **Strategic Reserve:** 11% of the total Season 1 Points budget.

Any Builder Rewards or Strategic Reserve Points not used by the end of the season are burned.

### Sybil detection and farming

We want a level playing field and a healthy platform for everyone who trades for real. We use both automated and manual checks to detect Sybil accounts and farming activity, such as wash trading, deliberately creating multiple accounts (manually or in an automated way) to farm Points systematically, or artificial volume. Activity identified as farming earns fewer Points or none, and because the trader pool is fixed, those Points go to genuine traders instead.The signals we use are not disclosed, so they cannot be worked around. Our detection mechanisms are designed to identify abusive activity while minimizing the impact on legitimate traders. See the Points Program Terms for the full list of prohibited activity.

### Your Points

* Points stay with the wallet that earned them and cannot be transferred, bought or sold.
* TxFlow never sells Points and does not allow anyone to sell them. Anyone offering to sell Points is running a scam.
* Keep your wallet secure: Points cannot be moved to a new wallet if access is lost.

Points have no monetary value and are subject to the [Points Program Terms](/terms/points-program-terms.md).