AI needs
Tokens.
Humans need
Tokans.

A pay-it-forward ecosystem where professionals earn verifiable proof of real contribution — not résumés, not AI-generated claims. Built for the careers that matter in the AI era.

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Not bought. Not transferred. Not gamified.
Tokans are earned through learning, building, mentoring, and real work.

The problem we solve

Three broken systems.
One fix.

// 01

The displaced professional

AI has automated roles, flattened teams, and made traditional credentials meaningless. Engineers, PMs, and designers have no structured path to rebuild and prove their value in a world that's moved on.

// 02

The broken hiring signal

AI-generated CVs, AI-assisted take-homes, AI-coached interviews. Employers can no longer trust what candidates claim. The signal-to-noise ratio in hiring has collapsed — and it's getting worse.

// 03

The vibe-coded founder

Built v1 with Cursor, Bolt, or Claude. Have traction. Now stuck. Non-technical founders who can't evaluate candidates have no reliable way to find someone they can trust with their codebase.

The Tokan system

Six ways to prove
what you actually do.

Build
Build Tokans
GitHub contributions that shipped — merged PRs, reviewed code, meaningful projects. Not stars. Not forks.
Work
Work Tokans
Freelance tasks, project milestones, and employer-verified deliverables. The closest signal to real-world output.
Mentor
Mentor Tokans
Validated mentoring sessions with confirmed mentee progress. You teach. They grow. Both get verified.
Know
Knowledge Tokans
Verified courses, assessments, and technical explanations. Capped at 40% of total — learning without doing only counts for so much.
Impact
Impact Tokans
Referrals, community contributions, high-quality peer reviews. Helping others builds your record too.
Legacy
Legacy / Handoff Tokans
Taking over codebases, writing docs for others' code, audits, refactoring. The skill AI can't easily replace — and what vibe-coded founders desperately need.
// Scoring formula
Tokans = Base Value
  × Verification Weight
  × Impact Multiplier
  × Confidence Factor
Self-reported 0.3×
Peer (1–2) 0.7×
Peer (3+) 1.0×
Platform verified 1.3×
Employer verified 1.6×
// Hiring thresholds
0Early
200Emerging
500Proven
1000+Expert
// Anti-gaming
Scores decay over time. Mutual reviews are flagged. Reviewer Quality Score (RQS) adjusts weights dynamically. Gaming means account disabled — not a score penalty. Marked publicly.
Who is Tokans for?

Built for everyone
navigating the AI era.

Opportunity Seeker
// SDE · EM · PM · Designer · DS/ML · DevOps · QA · Marketing · BA
AI-displaced professionals rebuilding on real contribution. Complete your first peer review, earn your first Tokan, and open a verifiable record of what you actually do.
↳ Entry: Complete first Tokan task (~8 min)
Builder
// Idea stage · Vibe-coded founder
Building with AI tools and need real technical help? Whether you need a co-founder or a trusted codebase handoff, Tokans matches you with verified engineers.
↳ Entry: Describe your build + site verification
Mentor
// 500+ Tokans required · Peer-nominated path
Guide others, earn Mentor Tokans, and be listed in the mentor directory. Mentoring is a status earned — not a button you click.
↳ Entry: 500 Tokans with 20%+ Build or Work
Employer
// Startup · SME · AI-heavy teams
Stop guessing. Get a curated shortlist of max 5 contribution-verified candidates. Every match explains itself. Every rejection trains the engine.
↳ Entry: Complete 7-question brief (10 min)
Donor / Mission Backer
// Pay-it-forward · ₹5,000 minimum
Sponsor another professional's onboarding or assessment. Senior leaders, diaspora members, and mission believers keeping the ecosystem accessible.
↳ Entry: Identity verification
Angel Investor / Scout
// Verified investors · No cold browse
Discover high-velocity builders and engineers building their own things. Express interest, post Scout Briefs, get quarterly digests of top contributors.
↳ Entry: Verified investor identity
For employers

AI made hiring
more consequential
and less reliable.

We fix the second half. Start with a 10-minute brief. Get a shortlist of five contribution-verified engineers. Every profile explains the match. Every hire becomes evidence.

✓
Name hidden until mutual interest — forces signal-based evaluation, not gut feel
✓
Max 3 active expressions of interest — no spray-and-pray hiring
✓
Every rejection feeds the engine — "Not a fit — tell us why" is structured, not a form
✓
Vibe-coded founders get a codebase assessment first — not a browse queue
Post a hiring brief Coming soon
One-time brief from ₹15,000 · Project placement at 12% of value
Tokans vs. the status quo
LinkedIn
Resume and self-reported claims
AI-generated profiles, unverifiable
Static — no decay, no freshness signal
No peer verification system
No signal for AI-era displacement
No handoff or Legacy skill visibility
Tokans
Contribution-based, peer and employer verified
Every claim carries a verification weight
Scores decay — recency is baked in
Reviewer Quality Score + anti-gaming
Built around the AI displacement reality
Legacy/Handoff Tokans: a category that exists nowhere else
// Our thesis
"High Tokans should correlate with better real-world performance. Everything — the scoring engine, peer reviews, employer matching — exists to make that correlation real and provable."

The one metric that decides everything: do high Tokan profiles perform measurably better in real engagements?

Frequently asked

Common questions

What exactly is a Tokan? +
A Tokan is a verifiable unit of professional contribution. Unlike points you earn on a gamified platform, Tokans are weighted by how they were verified — ranging from 0.3× for self-reported to 1.6× for employer-verified. They decay over time (100% in 0–3 months, down to 40% after 12 months), so your score always reflects what you've recently proven — not just your career highlight reel.
How is this different from LinkedIn or GitHub? +
LinkedIn shows what you say you've done. GitHub shows code you've pushed. Tokans shows what you've actually proven recently — with peer verification, employer verification, and anti-gaming systems built in. We also specifically track Legacy/Handoff skills (taking over codebases, documentation, refactoring) which no other platform surfaces as a distinct category.
Can you buy or transfer Tokans? +
No. Tokans are not a cryptocurrency, a loyalty point, or a transferable asset. They are earned through contribution and attached to you. Attempting to game the system — mutual reviews, fake contributions — results in account disablement and is marked publicly. The value of Tokans depends entirely on the integrity of the system.
When is Tokans launching? +
We're in the founding-member phase right now. We're locking employer design partners, recruiting founding reviewers, and preparing onboarding for our first cohort. Join the waitlist to be among the first to access the platform — early members shape how the system works.
// Be a founding member

Your first contribution
takes eight minutes.

Review a peer's profile. Start building your verifiable record. Join the professionals who are proving their value in the AI era — not just claiming it.

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