Expert FAQ

Technically yes, but it's discouraged. Guilds can see that a wallet is both reviewing and applying, which creates conflict-of-interest optics even when there's no actual conflict. Use separate wallets for separate roles.

You can't — reputation is bound to the wallet that earned it. If you switch wallets, the new wallet starts at zero. The only supported case is a one-time migration for compromised wallets, which goes through guild governance.

Your tokens are gone — that is the nature of self-custody. However, your reputation is still tied to the compromised wallet. Contact guild admins immediately so they can freeze the reputation (no further actions possible) and start the migration process if applicable.

The vote is marked as 'not committed' for that review. No reputation is earned or lost on the specific review, but you do accumulate an inactivity marker that counts toward cyclical decay.

Worse than missing the commit. Your commitment is on-chain but unrevealed, so the backend has no way to count your score. Guild admins can mark the vote as abstained manually, but you'll have to explain why.

No. The whole point of commit-reveal voting is that the committed hash is immutable. What you commit is what you must reveal.

Your saved nonce doesn't match the one used during commit. This usually means you reset your browser data or used a different device between commit and reveal. Contact the guild admin; they can mark the vote as abstained but cannot reveal on your behalf.

When a review finalizes, rewards are calculated and published. On-chain claims use a Merkle-proof system — you have 90 days to claim before they expire.

You can choose not to claim rewards. Some experts who want to contribute pro-bono periodically donate their claimed balance back to the guild treasury.

No. Unstaked votes still earn voting rewards when aligned with consensus, they earn a smaller share (no stake weight multiplier). Staking amplifies both upside and downside.

Within one block of the governance vote closing in your favor. The contract reads the governance outcome and automatically refunds the slashed amount and restores the reputation delta.

No. Appeals are single-shot per event. The system is designed so that a well-argued single appeal is heard, not that experts can drag disputes across multiple rounds.

No. Slashing only applies to staked votes. An unstaked severe deviation costs the normal -20 reputation but does not touch any VETD.

The Authority reward tier starts at 2,000 reputation. At +10 per aligned review, that's about 200 aligned reviews. Most experts who reach Authority have been active for several months with consistent reviewing.

No. Each guild tracks reputation independently. Moving from one guild to another starts you at zero in the new guild, though your existing wallet-level history is visible to guild admins during the application review.

Yes — every expert has a public profile page showing their guild memberships, current ranks, and reputation history. The URL is stable and linkable, which makes it suitable for including in a CV or a LinkedIn bio.