News · Release · November 6, 2026
Levels and the path: 36 levels, one next step
Ghostdrive now shows your level and one next step in Settings and the Terminal. Points are signed and checked by every reader, and none come from posts.
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Ghostdrive now has levels. Open Settings › You, or an empty Terminal, and you will see a path card: your level, how far you are to the next one, and one next step with what it earns.
One next step
The path card picks a step from what you have not done yet: make a vault, seal a first file, ask your Ghost a question, mint a Ghost name, practise a claim at the faucet, turn on backup, run a node, report a bug, write a proposal, contribute knowledge, open a pull request. You can skip any step. None asks for money, a deposit or a social post.
36 levels in four rings
| Ring | Levels | XP to enter |
|---|---|---|
| I · Seeker | 1–3 | 0 |
| II · Builder | 4–9 | 100 |
| III · Keeper | 10–18 | 1,000 |
| IV · Guardian | 19–36 | 10,000, up to 369,000 for level 36 |
Ring I is short on purpose: most people reach level 3 in their first hour. First steps in the vault count toward your level, but they are never paid.
Points anyone can check
A point is a signed award: who earned it, for what, with a link to the evidence. Only listed awarders can sign one, and every reader checks the signature, the per-award cap and the monthly cap per category. Awards are published as a file in the repository, so changing them takes a pull request anyone can read.
| Category | Earns |
|---|---|
| Node | 10 points a day of proved uptime |
| Bug | 50, 200 or 1,000 by severity |
| Pull request | 100 to 500 by size |
| Knowledge | 150 per contribution that reaches E5 |
| DAO | 100 per proposal that stands |
Practise claiming
While the testnet claim is not open, the path card offers a faucet: 369 test DRIVE a day on Base Sepolia, so you can learn how a claim works before anything is at stake. When the testnet claim opens, each wave pays test DRIVE in proportion to verified points, weighted by ring.
Points and test DRIVE are not tokens of value. At mainnet the DAO decides how verified points convert. Not financial advice.
Open Ghostdrive and look for the path card.