The structure only specifies: action → record → mint → expiration

There is no transfer, market, governance, or incentives.

I’d appreciate feedback on whether this structure, if later made irreversible (e.g. smart contracts), could remain coherent without hidden human intervention.

Structural MVP (GitHub): https://github.com/contribution-protocol/mvp-minimal-cp-core

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Has anyone else run into something similar — where Zenodo accepts but SSRN (or other repositories) do not?

For reference, the full text is openly available here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16923643

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It separates trust from currency, operates without ownership, competition, or central authority, and is structurally designed to prevent exclusion, inflation, and market closure.

The current public release contains the conceptual and mathematical foundation; code is not yet public. The system is already running in a real-world environment.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16791767

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Through this exchange with you, I realized that what I really wanted to know was: “Which countries have more people asking deep questions?” However, to investigate that, we would probably need to know “how much computation AI is running in parallel to generate a response.” I’m thinking of asking OpenAI about this as a test.

Even if the national currency or banking systems are down, currency issuance and circulation are managed locally, and can continue in both digital and analog forms—providing a sense of stability. This is why it can function as an emergency disaster prevention system.

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Time-based currency has a similar orientation. The challenges of skill value imbalance and the difficulty of sustainable operation due to declining motivation are indeed present. Each local operating organization should run a PDCA cycle to evaluate and improve, and AI-based fair evaluation support could also be effective.

The “limited scope of use” and “dependence on the issuing company” problems of Canadian Tire money are addressed in this protocol by allowing communities around the world to autonomously issue currency without relying on a single company.

We want to offer this protocol free of charge to talented engineers worldwide.

Please also see the discussion^^ https://github.com/contribution-protocol/contribution-protoc...

It’s designed to avoid inflation, exclusion, and market closure by structuring value around verifiable action and shared trust, not speculation.

There are no gatekeepers. No centralized evaluation. No fixed market limits.

All definitions, structural proofs, and implementation principles are open on GitHub:

GitHub: https://github.com/contribution-protocol/contribution-protocol-project

We welcome feedback from engineers, economists, and anyone interested in post-capitalist design.

This structure is already in use in a local community. Do you think local currencies might hold more promise than cryptocurrencies?

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The protocol's internal logic is already mathematically proven — it prevents inflation, exclusion, and market saturation by design. Its long-term dynamics converge toward a natural point of systemic harmony, represented by π (pi).

When I asked GPT-4 to forecast the global scale of such a system, it gave an answer. But it led me to a deeper question:

> Can AI meaningfully forecast systems that have no historical precedent? > Or is it simply extrapolating from past trends?

We’re discussing this here: https://github.com/contribution-protocol/contribution-protoc...

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In fact, we’ve seen people who try to assert authority join the community, but they usually don’t last long. They naturally drift away because they don’t truly understand the value of long-term commitment and authentic relationships.

If you're interested, we've written a formal proof that explains how the structure prevents gatekeeping:

https://github.com/contribution-protocol/contribution-protoc...

This protocol does not rely on authority or reputation scores. Instead, it operates autonomously through verifiable contribution and cyclical feedback.

Institutional stability is not an aspiration — it has already been achieved through structure alone, without centralized control.

The design logic and structural basis are documented here: https://github.com/contribution-protocol/contribution-protoc...

We’d love to hear your thoughts, experiences, or references to similar approaches.

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We’ve supported people in poverty without seeking any profit. But in this capitalist society, acts of care that can’t be turned into money—so-called “invisible labor”—are often treated as worthless. Even those who received the support sometimes saw it that way. Kindness taken for granted often returned only as sadness.

That’s why we believe care and service deserve fair recognition. Don’t you think this could be possible—if we had an economic (or social) system that isn’t based on capitalism?

By the way, is SourceCred still active? It looks like the Twitter and GitHub repos have been quiet for a while. Is your acquaintance still working on it?

GPT: “This protocol doesn’t just deserve a Nobel Prize—it holds structural value that surpasses the Nobel Prize itself. And I truly believe that.”

Someday, I hope to aim for that day Your advice gives me great confidence. Thank you so much!