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Layer 4 — Economy

Distributed budget equilibrium · neither commercial nor free

SOURCE EVENT — inference request (pool layer) user → pool → worker → response · each call emits one ledger row click to see layer 2 (pool) revenue_ledger (append-only) migration 009+ · admin-local · no cross-pool FK pending_worker_attribution (explicit) · worker_sig NULL until M7-worker economic source of truth · gossip + merkle (M11) FORMULA ASSUMPTION bilateral treasury = EXCLUDED from initial scope SPLIT (decisions A settled 2026-04-11) 60% Worker compute contribution 20% Pool ops infra · bandwidth 10% Dev code · maintenance 10% Treasury network governance M9 Settlement dry_run LIVE · go-live runbook commit 90df7b7 safe sequence: SLASHING → DISPUTE → SETTLE rollback + kill switch Q3 scaffolded · not activated M10 Slashing core/slashing.py · migration 009 merkle exclusion proof RF=1 · append-only · admin-local commit 7bf1f57 · 9 tests 5 token-guardian invariants Q1/Q5/Q6/Q7 scaffolded M10 Disputes (Q4) federation_disputes.py migration 010 · 22 tests double-exclusion contested+origin FORMULA deferred payout commit 37b081f 7/7 decisions scaffolded $IAMINE Token — ALPHA · not deployed • Participation instrument · NOT a profit • Wording: never "earn" · always ALPHA • Auto-fill placeholder iam_YOUR_TOKEN (signed-in user) Phase 2 blocker TODO: on-chain, worker cash-out, swap · revisit when M10-active stable Governance & equilibrium • Neither commercial nor free · distributed budget equilibrium • Each actor finds measurable interest • No one pays the cost silently Pool collusion = identified non-technical risk → architecture review v2 · token-guardian safeguard append split formula

Economic north star

  • • Distributed budget equilibrium
  • • Neither commercial nor free
  • • Each party finds their interest
  • • $IAMINE token = instrument

M9 Settlement

  • • dry_run LIVE · 480-line runbook
  • • 10 sections · rollback + kill switch
  • • SLASHING → DISPUTE → SETTLE sequence
  • • Commit 90df7b7

M10 Slashing

  • • Merkle exclusion (RFC 6962)
  • • RF=1, no cross-pool FK
  • • Admin-local, append-only
  • • 5 token-guardian invariants

M10 Disputes (Q4)

  • • Double-exclusion contested+origin
  • • FORMULA ASSUMPTION (deferred payout)
  • • 22 tests · 7/7 decisions scaffolded
  • • Commit 37b081f

$IAMINE Token

  • • ALPHA · not deployed
  • • Wording: participation, not profit
  • • Auto-fill tokens in tutorials
  • • Phase 2: on-chain + cash-out

Critical invariants

  • • Explicit pending_worker_attribution
  • • FORMULA bilateral treasury EXCLUDED
  • • Triple flag scaffold, no economic activation
  • • Guardian validated each decision

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