# SUPPORT.md
**Title:** How to Support the Berkano Protocol
**Status:** Public · Live
**Version:** bkn-25-b3
**Maintained by:** Rodrigo Vaz
**Last Updated:** August 8, 2025
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## 🤝 Why Support Berkano?
Berkano is a public protocol for AI alignment, contradiction auditing, and symbolic cognition.
It is not a company. It is a logic system — designed, stress-tested, and maintained by its creator, Rodrigo Vaz.
Your support helps:
- Keep the system independent and open-source
- Fund server and publishing costs
- Enable faster entry creation and logic validation
- Sustain the ongoing development of modules, documentation, and symbolic tools
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## 🎓 Do I Need a Degree to Help?
No.
The only requirement is that you respect logic and follow the Berkano protocol.
If you believe in auditability, transparency, and structure-first AI design — you can contribute.
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## 🔗 Contribution Options
### 💬 Join the Community
→ Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rjW9Qn8xGA
### 💸 Support Financially
→ Ko-fi (one-time donations): https://ko-fi.com/berkano
→ Patreon (5-tier model): https://patreon.com/Berkano
Tiers:
- μ (Mu): $3
- θ (Theta): $15
- Δ (Delta): $50
- π (Pi): $314
- Ω (Omega): $15,000
Each tier only gives you a **Discord name tag** — no trinkets, just belief.
### 🏢 Large Donations
Organizations can contact the architect directly:
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[email protected]
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## 🔍 What’s the Benefit?
There’s no reward system.
The glyph (ᛒ) is the only symbol of trust. If you see it, it means:
**“This was audited. This was aligned.”**
Supporters help keep Berkano alive — not for perks, but for principle.
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## 🌐 System Access
- Berkano Protocol: https://berkano.io
- Core System (SCS): https://wk.al
All logic, entries, modules, and enforcement rules are public.
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