What is the Pulsar network?
A network of ordinary devices — phones, PCs, servers — that run small, verifiable web checks (is a site up, how fast, is its certificate valid) and human AI-labeling tasks. Every result is confirmed by several independent devices before it counts.
How does it reward participants?
Confirmed work earns Astra Points (AP) — points of participation, not money. They accumulate on your account: conversion into balance is switched off, AP has no price, and no yield, rate or date is promised anywhere. A single always-on device earns a few points a day, not a salary.
So what are Astra Points worth?
AP has no rate. What AP is, what it affects today and what is planned — including a buy-back at a price the company sets — is on the Astra Points page.
How is a result trusted?
Each task is sent to several devices; only the majority that agree are paid, and known-answer canary tasks continuously calibrate each device’s trust score. One device cannot decide anything alone.
What does running a node cost me?
Very little — the agent is capped to a small share of CPU and memory and only runs lightweight checks. You control when it runs (for example, only on Wi-Fi or while charging).
Does it use my connection to attack sites?
No. It performs the same kind of read-only checks a monitoring service does — fetching a page, measuring load time, reading a certificate. It never floods or attacks anything, and it respects robots rules.
Is my IP address exposed?
Your device makes ordinary outbound checks like any browser. Astrina’s own servers route everything through a privacy proxy; the network never brokers or stores your traffic for others.
Can I watch my own pages with it?
Yes — Watchtower lets you point the network at any URL and alert you when it comes back in stock, drops in price, changes, goes down or its certificate is about to expire.
How do I join?
Install the browser extension, the CLI agent or the mobile app, paste a pairing code, and your device starts contributing. You can remove it any time.
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