The trust system
Every account has a trust score that grows or shrinks based on contribution history. Trust determines how much weight your verifications carry — a veteran's confirmation counts for ten new accounts.
Trust tiers
Auto-approval shortcuts
Separate from the score ladder above, a submission can skip straight to approved without admin involvement if one of these is met:
Veteran hash match
A single matching hash verification from a Veteran-tier user approves immediately.
Trusted hash matches
Two matching hash verifications, at least one from a Trusted-tier+ user. A lone Trusted match alone is not enough — it still needs one more confirming vote.
Anyone, three matches
Three matching hash verifications from anyone, regardless of tier.
Manual votes
For Verifiers, Administrators, and Veterans who don’t have the file to hash. Two "yes" votes approve — but each "no" raises the bar by one more required "yes".
Trust events
Submission lifecycle
Pending
Just submitted, awaiting verification.
Community Verified
Weighted verification score crossed the first threshold.
Recommended For Approval
Score is high enough that an admin can fast-track it.
Approved
Merged into the master DAT. Terminal state.
Rejected
Did not meet standards. Terminal state.
Disputed
Conflicting verifications — needs admin review.