Captured retroactively. This represents multi-year conceptual work that pre-dates the platform. The credit value is a post-hoc estimate per the methodology in Entry 017 and is subject to revision under G-038's calibration mechanism. Brandon's allocation is held in escrow pending his first login.
What this represents
The conceptual primitives that the open Tier 2 questions G-006 (platform economics) and G-033 (Power dilution rates) reference and that the contributor sovereignty principle (Entry 005) depends on:
- Three distinct units, not one. Power (governance), credits (work), Lore (in-platform value). Each does a different job; fusing them into a single token would invert the contributor sovereignty principle.
- Credits → Power conversion. Contributors earn credits for shipped work. Credits convert to Power at launch (with a curve G-033 leaves open). Power then governs.
- Founder dilution. Founder Power is not exempt from the dilution curve. The contributor sovereignty principle requires this; the implementation requires real numbers G-033 still owes.
- Pre-launch credits. The principle that registered users accrue credits during the founding phase (Entry 015) inherits from this design. The mechanics are open in G-037.
Why this is on the roadmap
Every later entry that mentions credits or Power assumes this trio is real. The Roadmap surface itself (P-001) ships projects with credit values as if this design is settled — because, at the conceptual level, it is. The mechanics are what's open.