---
title: "Building the developer economy at daily.dev"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-the-developer-economy-at-daily-dev-7q5hjd3jx
source_url: https://daily.dev/blog/building-the-developer-economy-at-daily-dev
type: article
source: "daily.dev"
author: "Nimrod Kramer"
published: 2025-04-29T14:00:21.741Z
updated: 2026-07-21T12:19:12.408Z
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 14
comments: 3
language: en
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Building the developer economy at daily.dev

**[daily.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/daily)** · [@kramer](https://daily.dev/kramer) · 3 min read · 14 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

daily.dev is introducing a new system called Cores and Awards to build a real developer economy that recognizes and rewards valuable content, comments, and contributions. Cores are an in-app currency tied to real money, enabling the community to support and appreciate skillful contributions. This initiative aims to highlight quality input in a community-driven manner, benefitting developers by allowing real value exchange based on merit rather than algorithms.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://daily.dev/blog/building-the-developer-economy-at-daily-dev>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@makskulicki** · 0 upvotes

> How have you simulated economy model?

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