And Why Your Team Needs Them Before You Raise a Dime?

In the world of collaborative work, we often ask the wrong first question. We ask: How much does this pay? when perhaps we should be asking: Who showed up? Who held the line? Who made it possible?

Enter TeamPoints (TPs) — not a currency, but a primitive. A simple, powerful way for teams to account for value before there's a price tag on it.

TeamPoints: A New Accounting Primitive for Contribution

At their core, TeamPoints are an ERC-20 token used within CollabBerry to track contributions, honor accountability, and lay the foundation for future value distribution. They are non-transferable by default, which means they’re not traded on markets — they’re meant to stay within the team’s internal accounting.

But they’re not “just points.” TPs are a signal. A ledger. A record of who did what, when, and with how much care.

Not Money — But Maybe Later

TPs are not themselves money. They are not wages, not equity, not IOUs. Instead, they serve as a speculative record of value: a collective agreement that certain contributions mattered.

That record becomes useful in all kinds of future scenarios:

• When your project receives funding and you need to fairly split it.

• When you launch a token and need to decide who gets what.

• When you want to trace contribution in an open source or commons context.

• When your team wants to reward reputation, not just tasks.

In short: TPs trace the cake before it's baked.

How TPs Work in Practice

Each team on CollabBerry defines its own system for awarding TPs. Many use role-based accountability: the more you fulfill what the team expects of your role, the more TPs you earn. Think of it as accountability made visible.

Because they’re issued via a peer-reviewed process (the AAA mechanism), they carry trust. They’re not about gaming the system — they’re about showing up for your team, and being seen for it.

Why It Matters Now

Too many collaborative efforts fall apart because value goes unaccounted for. When money finally shows up — a grant, a deal, a DAO vote — there's no reliable memory of who carried the load.

TPs change that. They honor contribution at the source, not at the end.

They invite teams to ask:

• What do we value?

• Who are we becoming together?

• How can we design for fairness, even before profit?

Start Tracing the Value

If you're building a product, a DAO, a collective, a cooperative, or just an informal crew chasing a dream — don't wait to value each other.

Start using TeamPoints. Because contribution deserves memory.

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