How Yo-Notes Works

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Quick Overview

Your Role in Yo-Notes

See what you can do based on your role

What You Do

Create and share knowledge

  • •Upload high-quality study notes
  • •Organize content by subject and syllabus
  • •Respond to revision requests
  • •Report errors in other notes

What You Get

Rewards for your contributions

  • •YoCoin rewards for verified notes
  • •Reputation points and badges
  • •Access to premium verified packs
  • •Community recognition

Your Responsibility

Maintain quality standards

  • •Submit original content only
  • •Ensure accuracy and completeness
  • •Follow content guidelines
  • •Maintain your reputation score

Proof-of-Notes: 3-Level Validation

Every note goes through three rigorous verification levels to ensure quality, accuracy, and real-world usefulness.

AI Gate

Instant Automated Check

What Happens

  • • Plagiarism detection against global database
  • • Structure and clarity analysis
  • • Syllabus alignment verification
  • • Completeness scoring (0-100)
  • • Scan quality assessment for images

Why It's Fair

  • • Removes spam before human review
  • • Saves mentor time for quality content
  • • Provides instant feedback to uploaders
  • • Applies same standards to everyone

Common Failures

  • • High plagiarism similarity score
  • • Poor scan quality or illegible text
  • • Missing key syllabus topics
  • • Incomplete or fragmented content

Mentor Review

Expert Validation

What Happens

  • • Subject expert reviews content
  • • Scores: correctness, completeness, clarity, exam relevance
  • • Provides detailed feedback
  • • Decision: Approve, Revisions, or Reject

Why It's Fair

  • • Human expertise catches AI blind spots
  • • Mentors have subject matter credentials
  • • Rubric ensures consistent evaluation
  • • Feedback helps creators improve

Common Failures

  • • Factual errors or outdated information
  • • Missing important concepts
  • • Poor organization or explanation
  • • Not aligned with exam patterns

Community Consensus

7-14 Day Validation Window

What Happens

  • • Notes go live for community access
  • • Users rate, save, and provide feedback
  • • Disputes and error reports collected
  • • Final verification based on consensus

Why It's Fair

  • • Real users validate real-world utility
  • • Catches errors mentors might miss
  • • Rewards notes that actually help students
  • • Community has stake in quality

Common Failures

  • • Multiple error reports filed
  • • Low rating average below threshold
  • • Verified dispute upheld
  • • Significant corrections needed

Interactive Walkthrough

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Physics — Optics

Comprehensive notes on light, reflection, refraction, and optical instruments

Class 12CBSE24 pages
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Your note has been submitted for review

Community Validation Window

After mentor approval, notes enter a 7-14 day community window where real users validate their usefulness.

Real User Feedback

Students rate, save, and provide feedback on notes they use.

Quality Threshold

Notes must maintain a minimum rating and low dispute rate.

Error Reporting

Community can flag errors for correction before final verification.

Community Window Timeline

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Day 1-3

Early access and initial ratings

2

Day 4-7

Wider usage and feedback collection

3

Day 8-14

Final review and verification decision

Rewards & Tokenomics

YoCoin rewards are minted only after successful verification. This ensures that only quality content earns rewards.

Delayed Rewards

Rewards move from locked → pending → confirmed as verification progresses.

YoCoin Utility

Access premium packs, AI tools, validator staking, and content boosts.

YoCoin is a utility token within the Yo-Notes ecosystem. Rewards depend on content quality and community outcomes.

Reward Distribution

Uploader 60%
Mentor 25%
Community 10%
Treasury 5%
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Anti-Spam & Security

Multiple layers of protection ensure only quality content enters the ecosystem.

Stake-to-Upload

Soft stake credits required to upload, returned on approval or deducted on spam.

Slashing on Rejection

Repeated rejections reduce reputation and stake, discouraging low-quality submissions.

Duplicate Detection

Content fingerprinting using hash + similarity prevents copying existing notes.

Reputation Limits

Upload frequency tied to reputation score. Build trust to submit more.

Rate Limits

Bot protection and rate limiting prevent automated spam attacks.

Audit Trail

All admin actions logged with timestamps for full accountability.

Disputes & Quality Control

Our dispute resolution process ensures accuracy and fairness for everyone.

How Disputes Work

  1. 1User reports incorrect or problematic content
  2. 2Mentor reviews the report with evidence
  3. 3Admin escalation for complex cases
  4. 4Resolution: correction, downgrade, or dismissal

Version Control

  • Notes can be updated and improved over time
  • All versions tracked with full history
  • Updates go through verification again
  • Original version remains until new one approved

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Yo-Notes

Upload study notes that pass all three verification levels: AI Gate, Mentor Review, and Community Consensus. Once verified, YoCoin rewards are unlocked and credited to your wallet. The amount depends on content quality, subject demand, and community engagement.
You'll receive detailed feedback explaining why. For AI Gate failures, you can fix issues and resubmit. For Mentor rejections, you may request revisions or appeal. Repeated spam submissions may affect your reputation and upload limits.
AI Gate is instant (seconds). Mentor Review typically takes 24-48 hours. Community Window runs 7-14 days. Total time from upload to verified status is usually 1-2 weeks for quality content.
Mentors are verified subject matter experts - teachers, professors, and top students with proven expertise. They apply, get vetted by admins, and maintain their status through consistent, accurate reviews.
Yes, but edits create a new version that goes through review again. The original verified version stays available until the update is approved. This ensures continuous quality.
Our duplicate detection system fingerprints all content. If someone uploads copied content, it's flagged and rejected. You can also report plagiarism, and verified cases result in penalties for the copier.
Users can report errors or disputes. Reports go to mentors first, then admins for escalation. Outcomes include corrections, downgrades, reward clawbacks, or dismissal if unfounded. All decisions are logged.
No. YoCoin is currently an off-chain utility token within Yo-Notes. You earn, spend, and track it in your Yo-Notes wallet. Future on-chain conversion to BSC may be offered, but is not required.
After mentor approval, notes enter a 7-14 day period where the community can access, rate, and report issues. This crowdsourced validation ensures notes actually help real students before full verification.
No. Basic access is free. Premium unlocks additional features like unlimited downloads, early access to new notes, and AI study tools. You can also use YoCoin to access premium content.

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