# Pledge Points Explained

When you lock Autonomi tokens, you gain the ability to assign Pledge Points to one or more projects.

These points represent support, not ownership. They’re used only to calculate your portion of the reward pool, and determine the prize winners.

The earlier you lock your Autonomi tokens, the more Pledge Points you can assign per token, as the number of Pledge Points per ANT locked decreases exponentially over time:

* **Start of Week 1**: 1 Autonomi token = 2 Pledge Points
* **End of Week 4**: 1 Autonomi token = 1 Pledge Point
* The point rate **decays exponentially** across the 4-week backing period.

You can see the exact number of Pledge Points per Autonomi tokens locked at any time on the [Backing Leaderboard](https://backing.impossible-futures.com/).

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There is **no limit** on how much ANT you can lock or how many Pledge Points you can assign.
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