What your device does
When connected, your device runs small, verified tasks the network assigns: checking that PUBLIC websites respond, how fast they respond from your location, whether their certificates are valid, and whether a page changed. Nothing scans private networks, and nothing runs on your files.
Resource use
The agent uses a small amount of CPU and network — comparable to opening a few light web pages per minute. You set the share of resources you give, and on a phone you can require charging and Wi-Fi. Stopping is immediate and needs no permission.
What data is used
Task results (HTTP status, timings, header presence, a content fingerprint), the agent version, and connection facts needed to place your device on the map: country and the network block of your address. No page content of yours, no browsing history, no personal files.
Rewards (Astra Points)
Confirmed work earns Astra Points (AP). AP is not money: it is not traded anywhere, it has no rate against any currency, and it is not exchanged for money. AP is spent inside the network. Rewards are not a salary and are not guaranteed: they depend on how much work the network has and on the daily caps published in your dashboard.
Passing points to another participant
AP can be sent to another participant, and the limits are part of these terms. Sending opens at a step of the ladder, not on the first one. Part of every transfer is burned and reaches nobody. There is a ceiling per day and per seven days, and over thirty days neither side moves more than it earned itself — an account receives no more than its own earnings, and sends no more than its own earnings, with a floor in both directions so a small gift is always possible. Between participants the network sees as one group — the same invitation, the same network block, the same device — the burned share is larger and the ceilings are lower. Points that arrive as a transfer are not earnings: they do not count towards the contributors board and they do not raise the daily ceiling on what one account can be credited. A step of the ladder can be paid for with them, but not qualified for: the rating, the checks that reached a verdict and the work the network accepted are counted on your own account and are not passed with the points. Every transfer is recorded with both sides, and the current figures are published on the Astra Points page.
Verification and trust
Every task runs on several independent devices and only results confirmed by agreement are accepted and paid. Devices that repeatedly disagree with the network lose trust and receive less work.
What is prohibited
Do not modify the agent to target non-public or private systems, to send anything other than the assigned checks, or to fake results. Running many devices to simulate independent participants is prohibited and ends participation, and so is opening accounts in order to collect the weekly share on them and pass it to one.
Your rights, and no warranty
You may stop and remove your device at any time; earned AP already on your balance stays yours. The network is provided as is, without warranty, and participation can be ended by either side.
Questions? See how Pulsar works or open your dashboard.
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