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-**Kudos never expire.**
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-**It is against the [Terms of Service](https://aihorde.net/terms) to sell or buy kudos.**
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- We _do_ offer kudos as a thank-you if you [donate](https://www.patreon.com/db0), however, the kudos you receive are offset by kudos earned by workers run by the core developers.
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- Kudos _can_ be freely exchanged between users for any reason other than for currency (legal tender, crypto, or any other similar unit of exchange).
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- For example, users may gift kudos to each other as a gesture of gratitude or to support new members of the community.
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- We _do_ offer kudos as a thank-you if you [donate](https://www.patreon.com/db0), however, the kudos you receive are offset by kudos earned by workers run by the core developers.
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- Kudos _can_ be freely exchanged between users for any reason other than for currency (legal tender, crypto, or any other similar unit of exchange).
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- For example, users may gift kudos to each other as a gesture of gratitude or to support new members of the community.
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-**Kudos are designed to facilitate fair exchange of compute resources and prevent commodification.**
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- This ensures that access to resources remains equitable and prevents external financial pressures from distorting the kudos system.
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- This ensures that access to resources remains equitable and prevents external financial pressures from distorting the kudos system.
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-**The total number of kudos in your account determines your starting place in line when queuing a job.**
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- The more kudos you have in your account, the higher priority your job will have in the queue. Anonymous users start with 0 kudos, while registered users have at least 25, giving them an advantage when queuing jobs.
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- If two users have the same kudos and they were to submit a job at the same time, they can expect that both jobs would return in about the same amount of time.
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- The more kudos you have in your account, the higher priority your job will have in the queue. Anonymous users start with 0 kudos, while registered users have at least 25, giving them an advantage when queuing jobs.
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- If two users have the same kudos and they were to submit a job at the same time, they can expect that both jobs would return in about the same amount of time.
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-**Unspent kudos are a donation to the community**
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- Workers who choose to not spend their kudos are effectively donating their resources to the project.
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- Workers who choose to not spend their kudos are effectively donating their resources to the project.
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-**Kudos can be earned by running [a worker](https://github.com/Haidra-Org/horde-worker-reGen) and contributing to the Horde.**
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- You get kudos simply by being online ([uptime kudos](definitions.md#uptime-kudos)) and available as a worker, in addition to earning kudos for successfully completed jobs.
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- Note: New users have their kudos earned for [uptime](definitions.md#uptime-kudos) held in escrow until they become [trusted](definitions.md#trusted), which happens automatically after a certain amount of uptime and jobs successfully submitted. At that point they receive the escrowed kudos and full rewards immediately going forward.
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- You get kudos simply by being online ([uptime kudos](definitions.md#uptime-kudos)) and available as a worker, in addition to earning kudos for successfully completed jobs.
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- Note: New users have their kudos earned for [uptime](definitions.md#uptime-kudos) held in escrow until they become [trusted](definitions.md#trusted), which happens automatically after a certain amount of uptime and jobs successfully submitted. At that point they receive the escrowed kudos and full rewards immediately going forward.
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-**You do not need a powerful GPU to earn Kudos.**
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- Besides gifts and image workers, you can participate in Discord Bounties, rate images, or run text generators and interrogators (for less potent GPUs) to earn Kudos.
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- Besides gifts and image workers, you can participate in Discord Bounties, rate images, or run text generators and interrogators (for less potent GPUs) to earn Kudos.
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## Priority System
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Here are some practical reasons why participating as a worker in the AI Horde system might be beneficial to you or your service:
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-**Reducing GPU/compute downtime**
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- If you offer a service that has infrequent (or at least, not-constant) usage, you can "bank" kudos from the AI Horde by running a worker. If it is configured correctly and with sufficiently popular models, it will have a continuous amount of work generating kudos.
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- By earning kudos during periods of downtime, you can later use them when you need faster or higher-end services from the platform.
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- If you offer a service that has infrequent (or at least, not-constant) usage, you can "bank" kudos from the AI Horde by running a worker. If it is configured correctly and with sufficiently popular models, it will have a continuous amount of work generating kudos.
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- By earning kudos during periods of downtime, you can later use them when you need faster or higher-end services from the platform.
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-**Converting lower-end GPUs to higher-end results**
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- Lower-end GPUs are still valuable to many users, but the models they can run (like SD1.5 or smaller low-parameter text models) might not meet your needs. By operating a worker and accumulating kudos, you can use the compute time from your lower-end GPU to request results from more powerful GPUs capable of running larger models.
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- Lower-end GPUs are still valuable to many users, but the models they can run (like SD1.5 or smaller low-parameter text models) might not meet your needs. By operating a worker and accumulating kudos, you can use the compute time from your lower-end GPU to request results from more powerful GPUs capable of running larger models.
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-**Improved instantaneous concurrency**
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- On the AI Horde, each generation request is processed by a separate worker. If you need more results per second than your GPU can provide, running a worker allows you to build up kudos and make multiple requests simultaneously.
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- For instance, if you need to generate a batch of 50 images quickly, your kudos allow you to split the work across multiple workers, drastically reducing the time required for completion.
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- On the AI Horde, each generation request is processed by a separate worker. If you need more results per second than your GPU can provide, running a worker allows you to build up kudos and make multiple requests simultaneously.
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- For instance, if you need to generate a batch of 50 images quickly, your kudos allow you to split the work across multiple workers, drastically reducing the time required for completion.
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-**Altruism**
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- Most kudos earned by workers go unspent. Unspent kudos are effectively a donation to users of the service who do not have kudos.
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- By earning and leaving kudos unspent, workers contribute to the broader public, ensuring that users without kudos can still benefit from the platform.
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- Workers may have [ideological reasons](why.md) such as supporting open-source initiatives, promoting decentralized AI development, or ensuring fair access to generative AI tools.
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- Most kudos earned by workers go unspent. Unspent kudos are effectively a donation to users of the service who do not have kudos.
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- By earning and leaving kudos unspent, workers contribute to the broader public, ensuring that users without kudos can still benefit from the platform.
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- Workers may have [ideological reasons](why.md) such as supporting open-source initiatives, promoting decentralized AI development, or ensuring fair access to generative AI tools.
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