Verifier Financial Waterfall & Money Dispersion Protocol

Overview

Welcome to the VRA-Command financial infrastructure overview. This document explains how money flows to verifiers within the ecosystem. The entire network is designed around programmable smart settlements, ensuring that when money enters the platform (via a client payment, subscription, or asset sale), it is automatically dispersed to the correct parties via digital transfers according to established configuration rules.

Nearly all percentages described below are configurable by Network HQ settings. The figures listed are standard operating defaults and represent the definitive source of truth for financial distribution math, superseding anecdotal summaries.

Part 1: All Paths to Earning

There are several distinct ways a verifier can generate income within the ecosystem.

Standard and Enterprise Missions

When a verifier completes a standard, standalone mission funded directly by a client (not a bounty), they earn a percentage of the mission gross amount.

Standard Share: The default verifier share is 50% of the gross amount of the mission.
ADD_TIME (Extra Time): If a verifier captures extra time beyond the standard mission scope, they always earn a flat 50% share of the extra-time gross amount, regardless of the mission's initial tier.
Audit Slice: If a verifier performs a specific audit portion of a mission, they earn a separate 20% share on that specific audit dollar slice.

Bounty-Linked Field Work

Bounties are special types of engagement models with two different economic realities for the verifier in the field.

A. Client-Funded Bounties:

These are contracts where an external client or API partner funds the job upfront.

Payment Model: The verifier in the field earns a locked 5 subcontractor fee, typically 50% of the contracted amount.
Key Constraint: These jobs are flat-fee subcontractor arrangements. The client owns the resulting data, and the verifier does not receive any long-term content licensing royalties.

B. Internal Intel Bounties:

These are strategic missions funded entirely by HQ capital to acquire valuable data.

Upfront Advance: HQ principal-funds the field work by paying the verifier an Advance Against Royalties. This advance is calculated as a percentage (typically 10%) of the data's Estimated Market Value.
Stamping the Payout: Because HQ assumes the financial risk, the entire stamped verifier payout on Radar represents this advance. The verifier receives the total advance as their full upfront payment for the job.
Backend Syndication: Unlike client-funded bounties, verifiers who complete internally funded missions are part-owners of the data. They may receive residual licensing payouts on future sales if and when the Exchange is live (detailed below). Demand, sale frequency, and earnings are not guaranteed.

Part 2: Investigations and Collaborative Projects

B2B and complex collaborative investigations have unique payout structures separate from standalone missions.

Collaborative Investigation Umbrella

An "investigation umbrella" is a framework for multi-part, complex projects.

Genesis: All resulting master assets are initially owned 100% by HQ (holding 10,000 royalty points).
Lead Investigator Appointed: When a Lead Investigator is appointed, HQ automatically dilutes its stake, transferring 5,000 points (50%) to the Lead role.
Collaborator Support: For every additional collaborator who submits data packets to the locker, they earn specific contributor equity. This is typically 1% (100 points) per packet. Critically, this equity is not added; it is diluted equally, with 0.5% coming from the Lead’s share and 0.5% from HQ’s share.

Newsroom Stipend Jobs: Micro-jobs specifically on the investigative/newsroom path pay a small, flat micro-payout gross amount directly to the assigned verifier.

Content Licensing Royalties (Exchange Sales)

Backend content syndication applies only to Internally Funded bounties and specific roles within investigations. It is not an automatic percentage of every job. These royalties are designed to pay out when an eligible asset is sold via the data Exchange once it is live. Demand, sale frequency, and earnings are not guaranteed.

Internal Bounties: Verifiers holding the main verifier role earn a long-term Content Syndication Share, typically 50% of the sale gross.
Investigations: Lead investigators (typically 50%) and Collaborator Support roles (typically 1% per job) also earn licensing revenue when assets sell.
Client Bounties: Again, these pay flat subcontractor fees only and carry $0 backend royalty potential for the field verifier.

Deferred recoupment rules may apply, where licensing payments are gated until upfront advances are recovered, but the underlying equity ownership remains unchanged.

Part 3: Institutional Campaigns (L3 B2B)

Large-scale campaigns are multi-site engagements (L3) that isolation campaign math from the B2C waterfall model.

Field Verifier (Child Site Jobs)

When campaign logic is active, it creates specific "child site" jobs.

Unit Gross: Payouts are based on a "quoted price" unit (e.g., specific stipends for standard versus enterprise locations).
Verifier Line: Verifiers always earn 100% of this established field unit stipend. Network growth commissions and platform reserves are still calculated as percentages of that stipend but do not diluting the verifier's fixed share.

Lead Campaigner

This is a separate, dedicated role responsible for dynamic dispatch and composite report building for the entire campaign.

Lead Payout: Lead Campaigners earn a flat fee (e.g., $35) per managed location at campaign settlement. This payment is recorded distinctly from the field verifier waterfall.

Part 4: Network Referrals, Tips, and Subscriptions

Verifiers can generate passive or additional income outside of data capture labor.

Referral Network (Network Growth Commissions)

The ecosystem strongly incentivizes verifiers to help expand the network by sponsoring new recruits. This creates two levels of passive commission on those recruits' labor.

Level 1 Recruiter (R1): The verifier who directly recruits a new member. They earn a passive commission of 5% on the Recruit’s overall mission gross.
Level 2 Recruiter (R2): The sponsor of the verifier who did the recruiting. They earn a separate passive commission of 5% on the Recruit's gross.
Conservation of Margin: These commissions are deducted directly from the platform's share, not from the recruit verifier's share. If a verifier has no sponsor, that share is skipped and retained by HQ.
Mentorship Dividend: Level 1 Recruiters can earn an additional quality dividend, typically 5% extra pay, whenever one of their recruits receives a 5-star rating, paid from the platform margin.

Client Tips

Clients can leave tips for verifiers.

Full Net Transfer: Verifiers receive approximately 100% of the net tip. The ecosystem estimates and deducts standard digital transaction fees, transferring the remaining balance directly to the verifier.

Pro Subscription Referrals

If a verifier refers a client to purchase a "Pro" subscription:

Subscription Share: If a client purchases Pro during an active mission window with the assigned verifier (claim through finalize), that verifier earns typically 20% of the subscription gross. Referral network commissions also apply to these transactions.

Part 5: Common Misconceptions

It is vital to understand what verifiers do not earn.

network_builder XP: This is part of the competency system that allows clients to access verifiers with the skills they require. It is not cash and is not distributed via the financial waterfall.
Solo Mode Completions: When a verifier operates in Solo Mode, their verifier payout is recorded as $0 on the ledger, as the Solo Mode model relies on platform margin for in-platform use. R1/R2 referral commissions are still computed based on theSolo quote base amount.

Part 6: Practical Cheat Sheet for Network Operators

When determining the specific verifier split for any given contract or Radar posting, follow this prioritization:

Is it a dynamic add-on (extra time)? -> Flat 50% extra-time share applies automatically.
Is it a Client Bounty? -> The verifier receives flat subcontractor percentage of the total bounty (e.g., 50%). $0 licensing backend.
Is it an Internal Bounty? -> The verifier receives an upfront advance ($ amount derived from Estimated Market Value) and a significant syndication royalty percentage (e.g., 50%) on future licensing sales.
Is it part of an L3 Campaign child job? -> The verifier receives 100% of the flat unit stipend established for that campaign type. Referral network logic is computed distinctly.
Is it a standard non-bounty mission? -> Check the mission tier. Plain Tier-1 jobs default to a 50% field share (plus 20% on audit slices), with referrals and reserves computed from the remaining platform slice.