# ZYNC

> ZYNC is the Verified Growth Network: it coordinates Sponsors, Communities, Creators, and Members through funded Campaigns, verified contributions, transparent attribution, and auditable settlement.

ZYNC is a complete testnet prototype, currently in Beta. Canonical pages label implemented testnet capabilities as Beta and unfinished work as Planned.

## Core concepts and terminology

- Space: a community home and scope for Members, teams, Missions, rules, and local activity.
- Mission: a defined real-world action with eligibility, timing, proof, decision, and reward terms.
- Verification: the published policy that connects submitted proof to an understandable decision and, where allowed, a challenge path.
- Campaign: a Sponsor agreement and measurement layer that can fund one or more Missions.
- Verified contribution: the accepted, attributed record produced when a completed Mission qualifies under a published verification policy.
- Attribution: the reproducible assignment of an accepted contribution to its campaign, community, creator, and referral path; it reports observation, not causation.
- Points: local participation or recognition inside one Space; not money.
- Credits: the production model is cash-backed and withdrawable; Beta balances use test assets with no real-world value.
- ZYNC: the network contribution token; a balance never buys or replaces contribution history.

## Audiences and primary workflows

- The current Beta supports Members, Communities, and Sponsors through one shared program lifecycle: fund, distribute, act, verify, attribute, settle, report.
- Users: discover a Space or Mission, review the terms, complete the action, provide proportionate proof, follow the decision, and understand the reward state.
- Communities: structure a Space, assign team access, publish Missions, review submissions, fund rewards, build repeat participation, and operate Sponsor work.
- Creators (planned): accept a funded program's disclosure and content terms, publish trackable distribution, follow the contributions attributed to it, and settle compensation fixed by that program version.
- Sponsors: evaluate community fit, define and fund a campaign, agree on evidence and data boundaries, review outcomes and exceptions, and decide whether to repeat or revise.

## Major capabilities

- Space discovery, membership, invitations, and scoped team permissions.
- Mission authoring, eligibility, proof collection, verification, review, holds, challenges, and disputes.
- Separate reward and value states for funded rewards, Points, Credits, ZYNC, and contribution history.
- Campaign formation, reward funding, flat-fee terms, Sponsor evidence, privacy-safe reports, reversals, refunds, and closeout.
- Recurring Missions, discovery, invitations, milestones, and insights for repeat participation.

## Security and financial invariants

- Activity and authority remain scoped to a Space; joining one Space does not grant access to another.
- Sponsor access is limited to the evidence and data terms agreed for the campaign, not unrelated Member activity.
- Points, Credits, funded rewards, ZYNC balances, and contribution history are separate and must not be described as interchangeable.
- A funded reward is an obligation with visible states; approval, availability, payment, reversal, and failure are different events.
- Cashout follows request, validation, and execution stages. Retries must not create duplicate withdrawals.
- High-value requests above $1,000 require quorum verification, and financial state is reconciled continuously, hourly, and daily.
- Reports must keep starts, submissions, approvals, payments, disputes, reversals, and refunds distinct and must not overstate attribution.

## Canonical documentation

### Start and availability

- [What is ZYNC?](https://docs.zyncdin.com/start/what-is-zync) — A plain-language map of the Verified Growth Network, the four parties inside it, and the one lifecycle they share.
- [ZYNC in three minutes](https://docs.zyncdin.com/start/zync-in-three-minutes) — Follow one verified action from a community idea to a Member reward and useful sponsor evidence.
- [What is available now?](https://docs.zyncdin.com/start/available-now) — Current availability for the complete ZYNC Beta prototype running on testnet.
- [Use cases](https://docs.zyncdin.com/use-cases) — Choose the path for Users, Communities, Creators, or Sponsors and move directly to the workflow that matches your goal.

### Users

- [Use cases for Users](https://docs.zyncdin.com/use-cases/users) — See how a person can find a Mission, complete a verified action, and understand the reward that follows.
- [Find Missions](https://docs.zyncdin.com/members/find-missions) — Learn how testnet discovery helps Members judge fit, trust, timing, and reward terms.
- [Complete a Mission](https://docs.zyncdin.com/members/complete-a-mission) — Follow the testnet flow from reading Mission terms to submitting a clear completion.
- [Prove an action](https://docs.zyncdin.com/members/prove-an-action) — Learn what good proof looks like, how much to share, and why several signals may be combined.
- [Reward states](https://docs.zyncdin.com/members/reward-states) — Understand the difference between promised, pending, held, available, paid, reversed, and failed rewards.
- [Your Wallet and cashout](https://docs.zyncdin.com/members/wallet-and-cashout) — Understand what the Member Wallet should show before, during, and after a cashout request.

### Communities

- [Use cases for Communities](https://docs.zyncdin.com/use-cases/communities) — See how organizers can structure a Space, operate trustworthy Missions, and build repeat participation around real outcomes.
- [Structure your Space](https://docs.zyncdin.com/run-a-community/structure-your-space) — Decide what belongs in one Space, when to create chapters, and which rules should remain local.
- [Your first Mission](https://docs.zyncdin.com/run-a-community/your-first-mission) — Learn the decisions a community must settle before publishing a fair, verifiable Mission.
- [Verification rules](https://docs.zyncdin.com/run-a-community/verification-rules) — Match proof strength to Mission risk and give reviewers a policy they can apply consistently.
- [Run a sponsorship](https://docs.zyncdin.com/run-a-community/run-a-sponsorship) — Understand the operating stages from Sponsor fit and terms through funding, launch, evidence, and closeout.
- [Insights and reports](https://docs.zyncdin.com/run-a-community/insights-and-reports) — Choose measures that help a community improve Missions, retention, trust, and Sponsor accountability.

### Creators

- [Use cases for Creators](https://docs.zyncdin.com/use-cases/creators) — See how a Creator can accept stated terms, publish trackable distribution, and reconcile attribution and any program-defined compensation.
- [Creator overview](https://docs.zyncdin.com/creators/overview) — Understand what the Creator role is in ZYNC, how it differs from running a Space, and what the network owes a Creator.
- [Accept a program](https://docs.zyncdin.com/creators/accept-a-program) — Know which terms a funded program must state before a Creator opts in, and what opting in does and does not commit.
- [Publish and track](https://docs.zyncdin.com/creators/publish-and-track) — See how trackable distribution turns into attributed contributions, and what the record can support.
- [Compensation, holds, and disputes](https://docs.zyncdin.com/creators/share-holds-and-disputes) — Understand how Creator attribution and any program-defined compensation behave through holds, reversals, and disputes.

### Sponsors

- [Use cases for Sponsors](https://docs.zyncdin.com/use-cases/sponsors) — See how a Sponsor can choose a community partner, fund defined actions, and assess verified outcomes without overstating attribution.
- [Find and evaluate communities](https://docs.zyncdin.com/sponsors/find-and-evaluate-communities) — Assess community fit through purpose, operating quality, Member trust, and evidence—not audience size alone.
- [Design a starter campaign](https://docs.zyncdin.com/sponsors/starter-campaign) — Choose a narrow first objective, one clear Member action, and evidence your team can interpret.
- [Terms, funding, and fees](https://docs.zyncdin.com/sponsors/terms-funding-and-fees) — Understand the economic terms that must be explicit before a Sponsor-backed Mission opens.
- [Measurement and attribution](https://docs.zyncdin.com/sponsors/measurement-and-attribution) — Define what ZYNC can measure directly, what must be inferred, and which limits belong in every report.
- [Fraud, reversals, and refunds](https://docs.zyncdin.com/sponsors/fraud-reversals-and-refunds) — Understand how campaign terms should handle manipulated proof, changed decisions, and unused or refundable funds.

### Concepts, trust, and reference

- [Spaces](https://docs.zyncdin.com/concepts/spaces) — Understand the community boundary that holds Members, Missions, teams, rules, and a shared identity.
- [Missions](https://docs.zyncdin.com/concepts/missions) — See how a community turns a desired real-world outcome into a clear, verifiable unit of participation.
- [Verification](https://docs.zyncdin.com/concepts/verification) — Learn how ZYNC connects submitted proof, declared rules, review decisions, and a challenge path.
- [Rewards](https://docs.zyncdin.com/concepts/rewards) — Separate funded rewards, Points, Credits, and earned ZYNC so each promise stays understandable.
- [Campaigns and sponsorships](https://docs.zyncdin.com/concepts/campaigns-and-sponsorships) — Understand how Sponsor funding connects a measurable objective to one or more community Missions.
- [Trust model](https://docs.zyncdin.com/trust/trust-model) — See how ZYNC combines published rules, scoped authority, evidence, holds, audit history, and challenge paths.
- [Reward backing and holds](https://docs.zyncdin.com/trust/reward-backing-and-holds) — Learn how funded obligations, pending decisions, and temporary holds protect a Member promise.
- [Money and cashout safety](https://docs.zyncdin.com/trust/money-and-cashout-safety) — Understand the staged checks, stronger high-value review, and reconciliation behind withdrawal safety.
- [The value firewall](https://docs.zyncdin.com/economy/value-firewall) — Understand what money, Points, Credits, token balances, and contribution history can—and cannot—change.
- [Feature directory](https://docs.zyncdin.com/reference/feature-directory) — A role-based index of the ZYNC product universe and the documentation that explains each capability.
- [Glossary](https://docs.zyncdin.com/reference/glossary) — Plain-language definitions for the names used across ZYNC’s Member, community, Sponsor, economy, and trust docs.

## Authority

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