# Types of people

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<table><thead><tr><th width="144">Name</th><th width="190">Description</th><th>Contribution</th><th>Earnings</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f3d6">🏖️</span> Pensioner</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f9f1">🧱</span> Building a pension for themselves or for others.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f525">🔥</span> Monthly buy &#x26; burn CDP.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4b0">💰</span> Passive Pension Payout at retirement.</td></tr><tr><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2697">⚗️</span> Liquidity Provider</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4a7">💧</span> Providing liquidity in decentralized markets.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f6cd">🛍️</span> Liquid &#x26; decentralized markets for CDP.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f91d">🤝</span> Share of trading fees &#x26; farming incentives.</td></tr><tr><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f3ce">🏎️</span> Trader</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f3b0">🎰</span> Trying to profit from short term market volatility.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2728">✨</span> Trading volume (pays liquidity providers).</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1fa99">🪙</span> Short term profits from price movements.</td></tr><tr><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1fac2">🫂</span> Holder</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f49a">💚</span> Holding CDP for a longer period of time.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4aa">💪</span> Keep CDP off the market &#x26; contribute to a higher payout for pensioners.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f680">🚀</span> Growing portfolio value.</td></tr><tr><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4ef">📯</span> Referrer</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f917">🤗</span> Inviting new pensioners.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f331">🌱</span> Growing the ecosystem.</td><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4dc">📜</span> Pension shares that pay out a passive income.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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It is possible to represent multiple of these archetypes or to represent none and still contribute to the ecosystem.
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