All Ranks

Built By DAO uses a 14-level rank system to recognize contribution, establish trust, and distribute governance responsibility. Your rank determines your permissions, voting weight, and leadership opportunities.

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🏅 Rank System Overview

🌱 Entry	⚙️ Individual	👔 Leadership	🏆 Senior
Seeker → Contributor	Operator / Specialist	Crew Lead → Community Lead	Anchor → Steward

🔢 Total: 14 core ranks + 3 special ranks

🗳️ Voting Weight: 1.00× (entry) to 1.25× (senior)

📊 Token IDs: 10 (Seeker) to 99 (Founder)

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🌱 Entry (1-2)

🌱 Entry Levels

The first ranks focus on learning, building trust, and establishing contribution patterns.

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📊 Entry Rank Details

Level	Rank	Token ID	Voting	Time to Advance
1A	🌱 Seeker	10	1.00×	2 weeks + 15 hrs
1B	🌿 Apprentice	15	1.00×	4 weeks + 40 hrs
2	🔧 Contributor	20	1.02×	2-3 months

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📈 Entry Journey

🌱 Seeker (2 weeks)
   ↓ Complete onboarding, first tasks
🌿 Apprentice (4 weeks)
   ↓ Work with mentor, build consistency
🔧 Contributor
   ↓ Choose your path: Operator or Specialist

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🎯 What Happens at Each Level

Rank	Focus	Key Activities
🌱 Seeker	Orientation	Complete onboarding, attend intro sessions, observe
🌿 Apprentice	Learning	Work with mentor, complete assigned tasks, build skills
🔧 Contributor	Independence	Handle scoped work alone, join working groups, start voting

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✅ Entry Permissions

Permission	🌱 Seeker	🌿 Apprentice	🔧 Contributor
View proposals	✅	✅	✅
Vote on proposals	❌	❌	✅
Submit proposals	❌	❌	✅ (small)
Join working groups	Assigned	Assigned	✅ Any
Earn EQTBLT	✅	✅	✅

⚙️ Individual (3)

👔 Leadership (4-7)

🏆 Senior (8-10)

⭐ Special

🗳️ Voting

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📈 Complete Progression Path

Your Journey Through the Ranks

Stage	Ranks	Focus
🌱 Entry	Seeker → Apprentice → Contributor	Learn, contribute, build trust
⚙️ Individual	Operator or Specialist	Choose breadth or depth
👔 Leadership	Crew Lead → Project Lead → Guide → Community Lead	Lead people and projects
🏆 Senior	Anchor/Platform Lead → Guardian/Strategist → Steward	Organizational stewardship

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✅ Promotion Requirements

All promotions require verifiable evidence:

Requirement	Description
📊 Evidence	Documented contribution at current level
⏰ Time	Minimum time at current level
👥 Endorsement	Peer endorsement from same-or-higher rank
✅ Conduct	No active conduct issues

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📅 Review Cadence

Level Range	Review Frequency
🌱 1A-3B	Monthly
👥 4-7	Quarterly
🏆 8+	As required by governance

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⚙️ Technical Implementation

Smart Contract

Ranks are implemented through the DAOMembershipNFT smart contract:

Property	Value
Standard	ERC-721 (soul-bound)
Symbol	BLTBYMEMBER
Upgradeable	No

Key Features

• 🔢 Each rank has a unique Token ID

• 🔒 NFTs are soul-bound (non-transferable)

• ✅ Promotion requires appropriate role permission

• 📊 Tiered promoter roles limit who can promote to which levels

Promoter Tiers

Role	Can Promote To
PROMOTER_TIER1_ROLE	L1-2 (Seeker, Apprentice, Contributor)
PROMOTER_TIER2_ROLE	L3-4 (Operator, Specialist, Crew Lead)
PROMOTER_TIER3_ROLE	L5-6 (Project Lead, Guide)
PROMOTER_TIER4_ROLE	L7-8 (Community Lead, Anchor, Platform Lead)
PROMOTER_TIER5_ROLE	L9 (Guardian, Strategist)
PROMOTER_TIER6_ROLE	L10 (Steward)

See Membership NFT Contract for full documentation.

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🔗 Learn More

• 👥 Membership Overview — Complete membership system

• 🗳️ Voting Power — How voting works

• 💎 EQTBLT Token — Earning through contribution

• 👋 Start Onboarding — Join Built By DAO

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🔗 Related Pages

👥OverviewEQTBLT TokenVoting PowerDAOMembershipNFThttps://github.com/urbanarray/builtbydocs/blob/main/docs/developers/contracts/voting-registry.md