Tea Protocol

The tea Protocol is a decentralized technology framework secured by reputation and incentives that enables open-source developers to be rewarded for their software contributions. The tea Protocol operates as an incentive layer by integrating with all the major software package managers including Homebrew, PyPI, npm, and pkgx.

Open-source developers can choose to register software projects with the tea Protocol, and may be eligible to receive rewards proportional to the value and impact of their software contributions. Even software that’s located deep in the tech stack may qualify to receive rewards. tea’s algorithm—known as Proof of Contribution—continually ranks the impact of all software projects in the tea network based on their contributions to the entire open-source ecosystem. 

Open-source developers are naturally incentivized to use the tea Protocol because it creates an opportunity to be rewarded for important work. Software users who stake TEA to a software project contribute to the security of the software supply chain and may also be eligible to earn rewards.

The tea Protocol is built on Base, a layer-2 blockchain that was launched by the leading crypto exchange Coinbase.