fungible and immovable token. accumulates through learning, compares neurons, never transfers. karma is the primary score in cyber. the movable counterpart: badge
in the token taxonomy, scores occupy the fungible-immovable quadrant. fungible means one unit of a score is interchangeable with any other unit of the same score — they measure quantity, not provenance. immovable means a score is permanently bound to the neuron that earned it — it cannot be sent, sold, or delegated
karma is the canonical score. it accumulates as a neuron's cyberlinks attract focus across the cybergraph. high karma signals that a neuron consistently identifies valuable connections between particles. the tri-kernel uses karma as a trust multiplier in the effective adjacency weight, so karma directly amplifies a neuron's influence on graph computation
immovability is the defining property. because scores cannot transfer, they resist Sybil attacks and market manipulation. a neuron cannot buy reputation — it must earn it through learning acts that the protocol validates over time. this makes scores the hardest credential in cyber
scores serve as the comparison layer between neurons. two neurons with different karma totals have demonstrated different levels of contribution to collective knowledge. this ordering is public, verifiable, and impossible to forge
other scores beyond karma can exist: domain-specific reputation in particular subgraphs, accuracy metrics from Bayesian Truth Serum predictions, or participation counts in governance. each score type measures a different dimension of a neuron's history. all share the same two properties — fungible and immovable
the movable counterpart is the badge: unique and immovable. badges certify specific achievements; scores measure cumulative contribution. together they form the non-transferable half of the token system
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