How Ripple works
A one-time code from your blood center, a chain of friends, and a ledger that never forgets. Here is the whole mechanism on one page.
The cascade
Every logged donation issues 100 drops to the donor, 20 to the person who invited them, 10 to the next ring up and 5 to the ring after that. Then every ring beyond, all the way to whoever started the chain, receives 1 drop. There is no limit to how far it goes. The chain never rewrites itself: whoever you joined under is who you stay under.
Why every ring counts, and why this is not a pyramid
The big thank-yous stay close to real relationships: the friend you asked, and the friend who asked them. Beyond that, a single drop travels up every ring so your first invitation keeps echoing however far the chain travels. It is not a pyramid: there is nothing to buy, nobody is paid to recruit, drops never turn into cash, and they are issued only when someone actually gives blood.
One entry per ring, one hash chain.
This is what Ripple writes when Valentina logs her code and five people stand above her in the chain. Each entry commits to the one before it, so any edit anywhere breaks every hash after it.
| # | Recipient | Reason | Level | Drops | Hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262 | Valentina (the donor) | Her donation | 0 | +100 | a9f3…c21e ← 2f1a |
| 263 | Liam (invited Valentina) | Ring 1 | 1 | +20 | 5b70…e04d ← a9f3 |
| 264 | Sofia (invited Liam) | Ring 2 | 2 | +10 | e1c8…9a52 ← 5b70 |
| 265 | Mateo (invited Sofia) | Ring 3 | 3 | +5 | 0d4f…77b3 ← e1c8 |
| 266 | Ava (invited Mateo) | Ring 4 | 4 | +1 | 7c21…b0e9 ← 0d4f |
| 267 | Manuel (started it all) | Ring 5 | 5 | +1 | 3e88…41aa ← 7c21 |
Illustrative names and hashes. The real ledger is visible to every donor on their own drops page and checked on every load of the admin dashboard.
What a chain does
Move the sliders. The numbers below are arithmetic, not a promise. They show what a chain does when a modest share of people keep it going.
One code. One donation.
There is nothing to verify later, because the proof is in your hand or your inbox.
After you give, staff hand you a Ripple donor card or send you a code by text or email. Each code is unique to that center.
Scan the QR, tap the link or type the 8-character code. New to Ripple? Sign up and you land right back on your code.
The donation counts instantly and drops flow up your whole ripple. The code can never be used again.