Fair play
The rules that keep the rankings honest, and what happens to accounts that try to game them.
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ALPHA Network is only useful if its record can be trusted. Every rule below applies to everyone, wherever a call comes from. Numbers are defaults.
How each trick is stopped#
| Trick | What stops it |
|---|---|
| Backdating a call | Calls use Telegram's own timestamp. Messages older than 3 minutes can't become calls, and edited messages never do |
| Claiming someone else's find | The first member to post a token in a group owns the call there. The order of discovery across the whole network is recorded too |
| Faking a peak on a tiny pool | Calls need at least $1,000 of liquidity (groups can require more). Peaks are confirmed from price candles, not single-trade spikes |
| Spamming calls to catch a winner | 60 minutes before calling the same token again, 25 calls per 24 hours, burst detection that flags the account, and a score that rewards accuracy rather than volume |
| Re-calling the same token | Marked as a re-entry automatically and counted at half weight |
| Riding one lucky call | Small samples are pulled toward a neutral score, and Consistency drops when one outlier carries a record |
| Inflating a group with one caller | Group scores are discounted when one person makes most of the calls. Groups need 3 different callers to earn rewards |
| Multiple accounts and wash wallets | One wallet can back only one account. Suspicious activity is flagged for moderator review |
| Self-dealing | Calls on $ALPHA itself are never tracked. Moderators can block tokens and mark calls invalid |
| Paid shilling | Promoted calls are labelled as paid and never count toward scores, ranks or rewards |
What happens when you're flagged#
- A flag is raised automatically (for example by burst detection) or by a moderator.
- A moderator reviews it.
- While your account is flagged:
- your new calls are marked as flagged;
- flagged calls lower your Alpha Score (the more flagged calls, the bigger the cut, up to half);
- you can't receive caller rewards.
- If the flag is cleared, you're back to normal. If not, moderators can invalidate calls or suspend the account.
Suspended accounts#
A suspended account can't record calls or use commands. The bot says "Your account is suspended". If you think it's a mistake, send /support.
Your record can't be edited#
Not by you, not by the team. Moderators can invalidate a call that broke the rules, such as a manipulated pool, but every such change is written to an audit log with what changed and who changed it.
Group owners#
Owners can make their group stricter, never looser than the network:
- minimum liquidity and a market-cap range;
- a cooldown and a daily cap per member;
- admins-only calling;
- ignoring a member (
/ignore).
See Group settings.
Something not working? Check Troubleshooting, or send /support your message to the bot.