// About

Imagine if every meaningful interaction you had online minted value directly back to you instead of vanishing into the profits of centralized platforms. That’s exactly what Sage Protocol makes possible.

Sage is a decentralized social protocol that empowers developers to easily build apps where users automatically earn rewards for meaningful social actions — e.g., posting content, engaging (likes, shares, comments), connecting with others, and building communities — using modular building blocks that eliminate the need to rebuild foundational features such as user identities, social connections, content publishing, and community management.

At Sage’s core is Proof of Social Contribution (PoSC), a built-in system that instantly verifies social actions and transparently rewards users based on actual blockchain transaction costs. Unlike centralized platforms that monopolize user-created value or other Web3 apps relying on superficial engagement metrics, Sage delivers immediate, transparent, and fair rewards tied directly to genuine contributions.

Rewards are paid in $TRUST, crypto’s first Earned Mint Token (EMT). Unlike typical cryptocurrencies, $TRUST isn’t pre-created or arbitrarily distributed. Instead, it’s minted exclusively from authentic user actions that directly benefit the network. In other words, every $TRUST token that will ever exist directly represents genuine effort and meaningful contributions.

Together, these components allow developers to build decentralized social applications that precisely measure and reward user impact, promote authentic interactions, and foster active, sustainable communities. By aligning transparency, incentives, and authentic engagement, Sage creates ecosystems where social contributions drive real, tangible value.