# teaxyz/white-paper

how will the protocol work?

Repository: https://github.com/teaxyz/white-paper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/white-paper
Homepage: https://whitepaper.tea.xyz/doc/white-paper
Language: Makefile
License Family: other
Topics: white-paper
Last push: 2025-12-08T19:16:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 56, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1588, "days_push": 268, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7887, forks 809 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:08.588604+00:00)

## What it is
The tea Protocol white paper, a semantically versioned Markdown document describing a decentralized protocol that rewards open-source maintainers for their contributions. It is built and released via Makefile and deployed to Gitbook, covering the Proof of Contribution algorithm, staking, reputation, slashing, and the planned OP Stack Layer 2.

## Use cases
- read the authoritative description of the tea protocol
- understand how proof of contribution scores open-source projects
- learn how tea rewards and staking for package maintainers work
- research the tea tokenomics, slashing, and reputation model
- review the planned tea layer 2 design on OP stack
- leave feedback or contribute edits to the tea white paper

## When to choose
- you want the canonical, versioned specification of the tea protocol
- you want to read or cite the paper in Markdown form or via Gitbook
- you want to discuss or propose changes to the protocol design through GitHub discussions

## When to avoid
- you are looking for runnable tea software such as the CLI or package manager rather than the design document
- you need implementation code, SDKs, or smart contracts
- you need a frozen, final specification, since the paper is a living document that changes with each release

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, blockchain
- domain: blockchain, developer-tools, security, documentation
- platform: -
- tags: white-paper, tea-protocol, proof-of-contribution, open-source-funding, software-supply-chain, markdown, gitbook, semver, staking, reputation-system, layer-2, op-stack, tokenomics, cryptocurrency

## Member repositories
- teaxyz/white-paper (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:08.588604+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:33:31.904898+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/teaxyz/white-paper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:08.588604+00:00, sha 09346fc7b7af)
  - homepage: https://whitepaper.tea.xyz/doc/white-paper (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:08.981556+00:00, sha 8428e7bb6ab9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.