Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Karma-Token-Naming
💡 In simple words: WikiDeal has special points that people can use to share services with each other, like a ride, a meal, or a spare room. Right now these points are called "Karma tokens", but that name is temporary. This page is a future call for ideas to find a lasting name. It is not open yet, and nothing is decided.
🎯 In 20 seconds (scientific summary): Draft open call, under construction, wave 2, not yet launched. The community token currently uses the working name "Karma token" (previous working names: "WIL token", "Miles Credits"): a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network, not a currency in the legal sense (initial hypothesis). "WIL" itself is no longer part of this call: it designates the WikiDeal License, the unit of the monthly and annual subscriptions, and is not to be renamed. This call is intended to invite proposals for a durable token name: expressing the sharing of vital dynamics inside the community, understandable internationally, without financial or investment connotation, and clearly distinct from Rewards. Scope, awards and deadline are to be defined at launch.
Open call: Karma token naming (draft, under construction)
| Status | Draft, under construction, not yet launched |
| Wave | 2 |
| Deadline | To be defined at launch |
| Awards | To be defined |
| How to propose | Not open yet |
What this call is intended to be about
WikiDeal's community token currently uses the working name Karma token (previous working names: "WIL token" and, before that, "Miles Credits"). By sharing unused resources and/or contributing as a volunteer, you can earn Karma tokens, usable within your Rings of Trust to get access to services and goods such as housing, transportation or food: a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). The working name may still evolve. This draft open call is intended to invite proposals for the right durable name of this community token.
Note that "WIL" is not part of this call any more: it now designates the WikiDeal License, the license to use the platform and the unit of the monthly and annual subscriptions, and is not to be renamed.
The token itself is described on the Karma tokens page of the Economy portal and, from the resource-sharing angle, on the Time and Resource Bank page.
Open questions for this call
- Which name best expresses the sharing of vital dynamics inside the community?
- Which name is understandable internationally, across languages and cultures?
- Which name carries no financial or investment connotation, in line with the WikiDeal narrative of 100% redistribution?
- Which name stays clearly distinct from Rewards, the other type of WikiDeal Credit?
Status
This is a wave 2 draft: it is announced as an upcoming open call and is not yet launched. Scope, awards and deadline are intended to be defined at launch. The general rules of the Open Call would apply, in particular the rules of the game.