# From Scores to Ranks: How We're Rethinking Builder Reputation 

By [talent](https://paragraph.com/@talent) · 2026-01-28

builder, score, builder score, talent.app, talent app

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Your Builder Score is changing.

If you're wondering where your score went or what happened to some of your data points, keep reading.

_Spoiler: score becomes the builder rank and credentials will become badges_

**The problem with scores**
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For a lot of people, the Builder Score was just an arbitrary number. You'd see "247" and have no idea if that was good, bad, or average. Without context, a score is meaningless.

What actually matters is where you stand relative to other builders. That's why we made a fundamental shift: **Builder Rank is now the primary metric you see.** The score itself is internal.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/798c04d736e6dcb3e9839025c6e16139068da51d1b7f3abe9d64ff2323358de1.jpg)

Instead of "your builder score is 347," you will see "you're ranked #863 out of 2.1M builders." That's something you can actually interpret.

  

**What changed in the formula**
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We're rebuilding the way we track builder reputation:

*   We now track **20 meaningful data points** instead of the 60 from last year
    
*   **Total Builder Earnings\*** is now the main driver your reputation, contributing up to 50% of your score
    
*   The remaining data points focus on **hackathons, events, and achievements** that have some form of manual curation and are hard to game
    

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4b04a4ed30cc0512feb3d6b9fc9d65f7b7aa48b30d88d729f376644b9bde452b.png)

We want the Builder Rank on [talent.app](https://talent.app/) to reflect real impact, not just activity. And earnings are the clearest signal that someone is building things people value.

_\* Total Builder Earnings represent the sum of all rewards and earnings that originate from building software onchain_

  

**Backend cleanup**
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We're also doing significant housekeeping:

*   Deleting **70+ outdated data points** (keeping 155 total)
    
*   Trimming the profiles we actively track from 20M to **~5M potential builder accounts**
    
*   These changes mean faster updates and significantly lower infrastructure costs
    

  

**UI changes**
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The profile page is getting a refresh to match this new approach, and the first updates are already live:

*   We just replaced the "Scores" tab with a **"Data" tab**, which includes 6 core metrics and the full breakdown of data points affecting your rank
    
*   The data point breakdown **will not show points** anymore. You see your rank, not the underlying score
    
*   All tables across the [talent.app](https://talent.app/) are **sorted by the Builder Rank** by default
    

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/899bbc964f72ae210cef4e993e7353edde9228cd3aae89397a9960da081bb310.jpg)

You can expect more updates to the profile page soon.

  

**What to do now**
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Go to your [dashboard](https://talent.app/~/dashboard). You'll see a new checklist with **action items**: things you can do to improve your rank and increase your chances to earn rewards.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f90215e63e8750af261ca2ff5e424f7215c7436f58f6dc6c0d810a126dafa46a.jpg)

This list is personalized based on what's missing from your profile and what would actually move the needle.

  

**What about my missing credentials?**
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As I mentioned earlier, we're removing 40 data points from the scoring algorithm. But they're not gone, they're becoming **Badges**.

Badges are collectible achievements you can display on your profile to signal credibility, share socially, and eventually mint onchain. They won't affect your rank, but they're status symbols and filters for talent discovery.

More details coming soon.

  

**The bottom line**
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This update is part of a broader shift: we're building reputation infrastructure that measures **real impact**, not vanity metrics.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/94a57e991d6254a0a3322862aa844cea30c4ff95b2dc494a8648c908602170d7.jpg)

We're recalculating millions of Builder Ranks this weekend.

Go to [talent.app](https://talent.app/) and check where you stand.

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*Originally published on [talent](https://paragraph.com/@talent/from-scores-to-ranks)*