Roles
Three Ways to Earn in the AI Data Economy
The Forge enables three types of contributors - Factory Creators, Farmers & Ambassadors - to generate revenue while building the world's first decentralized liquid market for AI training data.
1. Factory Creators
Designers of Tokenized Training Datasets
Who they are:
Individuals, teams, or businesses with workflows ideas they want to capture as training datasets, tokenize & monetize through burn-to-download IP access.
What they do:
Launch a Factory via The Forge App to collect specific workflow demonstrations
Define data collection objectives and skills they want to capture
Fund the Factory with reward tokens to attract quality contributors
Tokenize their datasets via bonding curve launches with burn-to-download IP access
Revenue Streams:
Creator Allocation — Receive tokens equal to the burn-to-download threshold amount
Trading Royalties — 0.25% volume fees from all secondary market activity forever
Burn-to-Download Control - Set % of supply to burn to download IP
Meta-Dataset Inclusion — Priority allocations in curated premium bundles
2. Farmers
Contributors Who Generate High-Quality Tokenized Data
Who they are:
Skilled contributors who get paid to perform, record, and submit task demonstrations to create valuable training data that becomes tokenized assets for computer-use agents.
What they do:
Browse available Factories and select tasks matching their skills
Record screen-based workflows using The Forge app
Submit demonstrations for AI-powered quality validation
Earn rewards based on the quality of each contribution
Revenue Streams:
Quality-Based Rewards — Higher demonstration scores = Higher immediate payments
Leveling — Experienced contributors gain access to premium Factories
Skill Premiums — Specialized demonstrations command higher rates
XP Boosts— Burn $CLONES tokens for faster progression & access to premium opportunities
Playground Access — Top farmers get priority in strategic partnership campaigns
3. Ambassadors
Community Growth Facilitators
Who they are:
Community members who help grow the ecosystem by onboarding new Factory Creators & Farmers while earning from specific referral streams.
What they do:
Refer new participants to The Forge ecosystem
Earn from targeted community growth through referral rewards on specific platform activities
Scale through $CLONES staking to unlock higher commission rates (1-5%)
Build valuable networks of active contributors
Ambassador Revenue Streams (Updated Scope):
Farmer Referral Commissions : 1-5% commission on all earnings from farmers you referred taken from platform fee, for life
Factory Creator Commissions : 1-5% commission on funding volumes from creators you referred taken from platform fee, for life
Staking Tier Benefits — Higher $CLONES staking supply unlock better commission rates
Network Growth Rewards — Long-term compound earnings as referred users stay active
Commission Structure:
Stake Tier
$CLONES Required
Commission Rate
Earnings Potential
Tier 1
0.1% supply
1%
Baseline
Tier 2
0.2% supply
2%
2x Baseline
Tier 3
0.3% supply
3%
3x Baseline
Tier 4
0.4% supply
4%
4x Baseline
Tier 5
0.5% supply
5%
5x Maximum
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