Leaderboard Rules & Protocol
alpharank operates as an open, competitive liquidity board for the trading industry. There are no manual pitch decks, dark-pattern algorithms, or arbitrary suspensions. The rules below govern how ranks, timeframes, and settlement verification function.
1. Board Mechanics & Timeframes
A single Alpha Boost ranks your project across every window that factors in that capital allocation:
- All-time Board: Permanent cumulative ranking. Every dollar your listing has ever staked remains credited toward its all-time standing. It never resets or decays.
- Today Board: Calculated strictly on a rolling 24-hour UTC window (00:00:00 to 23:59:59 UTC). It tracks daily breakout momentum and resets at midnight UTC.
- Pillar Filters (Forex, Futures, Crypto, Binary): Listings inherit ranking inside both their specific asset pillar and the aggregate Global Leaderboard simultaneously.
2. How Ranking & Bidding Operates
- Minimum Allocation: The floor bid for any listing or re-boost is $10 USD (settled in USDT TRC-20).
- Securing the #1 Spot: To surpass an incumbent #1 holder, your total allocated pool must exceed their total bid by at least $5 USD.
- Incremental Rank Bumping: Existing listings can top up their pool at any time. Entering your existing name/URL will automatically compute the exact capital differential needed to jump to your desired rank.
- Tie-Breaker Rule: In the event of identical bid pool totals, priority is granted to the earlier timestamp.
3. Permitted Listings & Compliance
alpharank is dedicated to legitimate financial trading, tooling, and web3 infrastructure:
✓ Allowed:Proprietary Trading Firms, Crypto Brokers, Forex Brokers, Binary/Digital Options Platforms, Algorithmic Bots, Charting/Analytics Software, Copy Trading Platforms, and Trading Communities.
✗ Prohibited:Malware links, phishing clones of existing brokerages, adult or NSFW material, unbacked Ponzi schemes, and dead link shorteners. Malicious listings are terminated with zero refund.
4. Payment & Settlement Terms
- Settlement Rail: Payments are processed via decentralized USDT (TRC-20) invoices generated per transaction.
- Instant Confirmation: Once 1 on-chain block confirmation is registered, the webhook writes directly to the live database, updating the leaderboard without page caching delay.
- Finality: Because leaderboard spots are live, programmatic digital visibility assets, all completed transactions are irrevocable and non-refundable.
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