The Ledger
The Ledger is the economic engine of Playbooks, providing a transparent system for tracking performance and distributing revenue. It utilizes a dual-ledger approach to balance platform transparency with creator privacy.
- Public Ledger: Displays account-level performance and network activity using private hash keys to anonymize individual identities.
- Private Ledger: Provides creators with a granular, play-level view of their specific performance and earnings.
Philosophy
The Ledger was designed to be an immutable and equitable source of truth. By providing a clear, audit-ready trail of activity, we ensure that every creator is rewarded fairly for the actual value they contribute to the developer network.
How it Works
The economic engine follows a structured, daily cycle to calculate and record network activity.
- Daily Execution: The Ledger runs every 24 hours with a rolling 30-day verification lag to ensure all transactions are finalized.
- Account Validation: The system only processes data for accounts and teams currently in good standing.
- Activity Computation: We aggregate "Unique Downloads"—the total credits consumed by users unlocking your plays for the first time.
- Immutable Recording: The total activity for the network and the specific performance of each play are stashed in the ledger as a permanent record.
- Revenue Share: Finally, we split revenue with a 60/40 breakdown favoring creators over the platform.
Transfers
Once the daily Ledger concludes, the system initiates individual transfers.
- Granular Tracking: A separate transfer is generated for every play that earned credits, allowing you to see exactly which projects are driving your revenue.
- Merchant Verification: Transfers are only dispatched to accounts that have successfully completed the merchant setup wizard.
- Ledger Stashing: These transfers act as the bridge between your play's performance and your overall merchant balance.
Payout Pipeline
The final stage of the economic cycle is the aggregation of funds into your account.
- Automated Aggregation: Playbooks automatically groups all open, verified transfers for your account into a single payout batch.
- Processing: Payouts are processed daily, ensuring a consistent flow of liquidity to creators.
- Flexible Control: While automated payouts are the default, you can toggle this behavior off in your settings to manually request withdrawals at your convenience.
- Notifications: You will receive a real-time notification whenever a transfer is recorded or a payout is successfully initiated.