> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ante.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ante.org/v0.6/getting-started/how-ante-works/the-decentralized-trust-score.md). # The Decentralized Trust Score Staking and challenging Ante Pools are explicit expressions of trust in the guarantees tested. This uncoordinated user activity can be translated into the **Decentralized Trust Score**, an impartial, transparent, quantitative measure of aggregate community trust in a protocol/project. A higher Trust Score means more people in the Ante community trust the protocol. Having an explicit and compressed measure of trust adds peace of mind for the entire space: * users can more easily understand trust in a protocol * builders can reference the score when integrating with other projects