# What is a TeamPoint? By [Collabberry](https://paragraph.com/@collabberry) · 2025-06-23 --- **_And Why Your Team Needs Them Before You Raise a Dime?_** In the world of collaborative work, we often ask the wrong first question. We ask: _How much does this pay?_ when perhaps we should be asking: _Who showed up? Who held the line? Who made it possible?_ Enter **TeamPoints (TPs)** — not a currency, but a primitive. A simple, powerful way for teams to account for value _before_ there's a price tag on it. ### TeamPoints: A New Accounting Primitive for Contribution At their core, TeamPoints are an ERC-20 token used within CollabBerry to **track contributions**, **honor accountability**, and **lay the foundation for future value distribution**. They are non-transferable by default, which means they’re not traded on markets — they’re meant to stay within the team’s internal accounting. But they’re not “just points.” TPs are a signal. A ledger. A record of who did what, when, and with how much care. ### Not Money — But Maybe Later TPs are _not_ themselves money. They are not wages, not equity, not IOUs. Instead, they serve as a **speculative record of value**: a collective agreement that certain contributions mattered. That record becomes useful in all kinds of future scenarios: * When your project receives funding and you need to fairly split it. * When you launch a token and need to decide who gets what. * When you want to trace contribution in an open source or commons context. * When your team wants to reward reputation, not just tasks. In short: **TPs trace the cake before it's baked.** ### How TPs Work in Practice Each team on CollabBerry defines its own system for awarding TPs. Many use role-based accountability: the more you fulfill what the team expects of your role, the more TPs you earn. Think of it as _accountability made visible_. Because they’re issued via a peer-reviewed process (the AAA mechanism), they carry trust. They’re not about gaming the system — they’re about _showing up_ for your team, and being seen for it. ### Why It Matters Now Too many collaborative efforts fall apart because value goes unaccounted for. When money finally shows up — a grant, a deal, a DAO vote — there's no reliable memory of who carried the load. TPs change that. They **honor contribution at the source**, not at the end. They invite teams to ask: * What do we value? * Who are we becoming together? * How can we design for fairness, even before profit? ### Start Tracing the Value If you're building a product, a DAO, a collective, a cooperative, or just an informal crew chasing a dream — **don't wait to value each other.** Start using TeamPoints. Because contribution deserves memory. Visit [collabberry.xyz](https://collabberry.xyz) or book a 1:1 session at [meetwith.xyz/goodstuff](https://meetwith.xyz/goodstuff). --- *Originally published on [Collabberry](https://paragraph.com/@collabberry/what-is-a-teampoint)*