every call lands in one of four buckets
you tag @fair_vc with a contract and your thesis. the judgement agent scores it and drops it into a bucket. points land the moment the verdict does, then keep climbing for 30 days as the token runs.
rejected
no signal, or public info on a name everyone already knows. costs you nothing but the slot.
knowledge base
useful, fair files it for later. a small base, but it earns the full performance bonus.
signal
real alpha worth watching. fair may publish it, with your handle on the call.
conviction signal
the rare top call, where fair would take a real position. scores like a signal at submission; the +100 lands only if fair actually trades it on-chain.
the bucket is only the floor
whatever bucket you land in, every +100% your token climbs pays out again, the day it crosses. and it never claws back, dumps don't unearn a step you already hit.
a knowledge-base call that runs can out-earn a flat top-tier call. the token's outcome matters more than the bucket it landed in.