The protocol behind the platform
Lumbini Karma — a real-world reputation graph.
Karma is earned through verifiable contributions to Lumbini. It cannot be bought, donated, or transferred. Over time, the Lumbini Living Platform becomes the Karma Platform — a portable graph of who showed up for the world.
Five principles
- Typed actions, not raw votes.Each action — fund, verify, host, resolve, vouch — is its own contract with its own karma weight.
- Attestation, not self-report.Karma is granted by other people, not by yourself. Every action requires N attestations to count.
- Trust-flow propagation.Karma from a high-rep verifier is worth more than karma from a new account. Sybil farms break.
- Decay.Karma has a 6-month half-life. To stay a steward, keep stewarding.
- Categorical, not just numeric.You don't have 9,840 karma. You are a Heritage Guardian with a 412-day streak.
What earns karma
ActionKarmaTitle flow
Host a guest with 5★ review40Hospitality Steward
Verify another's issue (with photo)30Civic Catalyst
Fund a verified issue1 / ₨ 100Civic Catalyst
Volunteer hour, attested25Community Builder
Resolve an issue (with proof)200Issue Resolver
Vouch for a new contributor10Vouchsafe
Donate to a cause1 / ₨ 100Patron
Cultural program with 5★ review35Hospitality Steward
Karma weights are tunable by the municipal council and the contributor assembly twice a year.
From Lumbini Karma to the Karma Platform
Phase 1 is Lumbini-local. Phase 2 opens the protocol — any city, cause or community can issue karma on the same standard. A retired schoolteacher in Pokhara, a forest ranger in Chitwan and a temple roof-fixer in Lumbini all carry the same portable graph. Karma becomes a way the world sees who actually shows up.