diff --git a/rfcs/platform-sustainability.md b/rfcs/platform-sustainability.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9fed265 --- /dev/null +++ b/rfcs/platform-sustainability.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +slug: platform-sustainability +title: Platform Sustainability +state: super-draft +id: null +repo: null +proposed_by: ben.stull@wiggleverse.org +proposed_at: '2026-06-01' +graduated_at: null +graduated_by: null +owners: +- ben.stull +arbiters: [] +tags: +- governance +--- + +Non-Extraction is only credible if there is a concrete, legitimate way for the platform to stay alive. This RFC names those sources — avoided card fees, yield on safeguarded float, and breakage — and explicitly rules out referral fees, ad markups, and payment surcharges. It is the enforcement partner of Non-Extraction: how the platform funds itself without betraying the people it serves. +