Technical Overview

Short-form system view: what is live, what changed, and what is planned. Grounded in the current codebase and architecture tracker.

What Is Live Now

Contribution And Ranking Model

The current contribution engine replaces both the old linear 1.0 / 1.5 / 1.5 weighting model and the retired CES mean with Option B, weighted magnitude × breadth:

Final Score = A × (w_F·F + w_J·J + w_H·H) × (1 + k × (1 - HHI))

Where F, J, H are effective Florin / Joule / HoW contributions; w_F, w_J, w_H are their per-input weights; A is total factor productivity (network-wide scaling constant); k is the breadth-bonus coefficient; and HHI is the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index of contribution concentration. See Scoring Algorithms for the derivation.

Current defaults in the service layer:

• w_F = w_J = w_H = 1.0 : equal input weights
• k = 0.3 : diversity bonus coefficient
• rho = -0.5 remains a lineage-only parameter for the retired cesAggregate helper; it does not affect the live score

Important consequences:

• The weighted magnitude is monotone: more contribution on any axis always raises the score.
• Lower HHI earns a breadth bonus, rewarding balanced contribution without zeroing specialists.
• The retired exact-zero re-normalization cliff no longer affects single-axis contributors.
• Allocation amount can still act as a floor on contribution level where the later architecture phases require it.

Emission Schedule

Total supply is 10,000,000,000 tokens (10B) for regulatory and member-communication purposes, distributed across three pools:

• Retroactive pool: 20%
• Genesis pool: 10%
• Contribution emission: 70% -- earned over time through participation

Within the 70% contribution emission pool (7,000,000,000 tokens), Joule and HoW emissions transform continuously into ƒxyz via mass-conserving applyTransform (Yakovenko-Drăgulescu 2000) over a 180-day window (Joule) and 365-day window (HoW); Florin routes event-driven on time-deposit unlock, allocation vesting, or redemption. The transformed mass feeds the Formula B conviction accumulator y(t+1) = α(tier) · y(t) + score_inflow(t). Nothing decays; every token routes.

The live emission schedule uses five fixed epochs over 20 years, not a halving formula.

The category split for net emission across the 70% pool:

• Joule: 33%
• HoW: 33%
• Florin: 33%
• Governance reserve: 1%

Identity Model

Current identity state separates three concerns:

• Standing: lifecycle state such as GHOST (pre-onboarding), GUEST, ACTIVE, INACTIVE, SUSPENDED, REVOKED, BANNED
• Contribution level: the five canonical tiers (OBSERVER, INITIATE, EXPLORER, NAVIGATOR, FOUNDER). OBSERVER is the default for any account that has not yet earned a score; GHOST/GUEST are derived from the standing logic and are not contribution tiers; the four upper tiers are score-derived.
• Ring: percentile bucket used for relative ranking

This is a major cleanup from earlier docs that mixed lifecycle and rank into one enum.

High-Value Subsystems

• Membership: non-transferable membership certificates, proofs, and persona-linked identity
• Membership credential minting: Minting live through the current Solana membership flow
• Knowledge graph: Neo4j-backed network graph, FIBO-aligned entity modeling, and relationship-driven views
• Fixies: AI-agent route family and supporting service surface
• Bridge flows: fiat on/off-ramp infrastructure and KYC-related route families
• Scoring and expertise: Option B magnitude × breadth scoring, domain expertise profiles, and stellar metadata fields

Still Planned Or In Progress

The latest architecture tracker still leaves several phases open:

• On-chain identity / sol-did integration
• Credential live-update triggers when score or metadata changes
• Privacy and CryptoGrapher surface completion
• Bridge compliance hardening and remaining operational fixes

Where To Go Next

• Architecture tracker: Current State
• Algorithms and math context: Algorithm Reference
• Graph and network foundations: /docs/TheNetwork
• Local setup: Local Development