# Mechanisms Our general approach was to design the protocol in such a way that people’s incentives align as much as possible with our stated goal of solving the problem of public goods (through credible estimation of the economic impact of public goods and proper compensation of contributors). Whenever participants’ incentives are expected to inevitably clash, we put mechanisms in place that reduce or eliminate the effects of incentive misalignment. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.abundance.id/protocol/mechanisms.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.