Contribute to Retail Reality

Augea is preparing a structured contributor program for retail crypto experiences — what actually happens when real users buy, DCA, withdraw, route through stablecoins, or use DeFi. The program is methodology-first, privacy-conscious, and aggregate-by-default.

The contributor program is not yet collecting responses.This portal exists so the program's privacy posture andmethodology commitments are public before collection begins. Methodology, consent flow, evidence handling, and aggregation thresholds will land before the portal goes live.

User-reported data is treated separately from measured snapshot data: contributions describe what respondents experienced; they do not silently become measured fact. Source class travels with every record. See the methodology for the full data-source-class separation.

Methodology first. Privacy first. No submission is collected on this page yet.

What you will be able to share later

These contribution types are planned, not live. None of the cards below collect data. Future submissions will require explicit consent, redaction of personally identifying information, optional and clearly-marked evidence upload, and review before any aggregate finding publishes.

Privacy-first promise

• No public individual responses by default. Aggregate-only public outputs; no individual response will appear in research or product unless you give explicit, separate consent and the response passes review.
• Evidence upload would be opt-in. When evidence upload is offered, it will require explicit consent, separate from survey submission consent, with a one-click retract path within a documented window.
• Aggregate reporting by default. Public outputs are aggregated; cells below sample-size threshold render as "Insufficient sample" and are never imputed.
• PII would be redacted. Automated PII detection plus manual review before any public exposure of evidence; raw receipts and screenshots are never public by default.
• Methodology first. The methodology, consent flow, evidence handling, sample-size rules, and right-of-reply protocol publish before the program goes live.

What happens next

The Retail Reality Data Program rolls out in stages. Each stage lands as its own deliberate change with public methodology and controls.

1. 1. Methodology. Public methodology page, source-class separation, sample-size and confidence-tier rules, right-of-reply protocol — published before any instrument runs.
2. 2. Survey instrument. First survey instrument designed under the published methodology. Contributor portal stays scaffolded until the consent and privacy controls are in place.
3. 3. Consent and privacy controls. Explicit consent language, opt-in evidence flow, retract path, retention policy, and review pipeline.
4. 4. Evidence handling. Redaction tooling, manual moderation, and the "no raw receipts public by default" rule operationalized.
5. 5. Aggregation thresholds. Per-cell, per-exchange, and comparative sample-size thresholds pinned in methodology before any cell publishes.
6. 6. Reporting. Aggregate reports under the Augea Research umbrella, with right-of-reply for any per-exchange named comparison.

Each stage publishes as its own deliberate change. The contributor portal will not begin collecting responses until stages 1 through 5 are complete.

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