From e8382478f340665f14206079be9455e33b1aef43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Stull Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 18:53:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Propose: No Retroactive Harm (Terms-Change Governance) On-behalf-of: Ben Stull --- rfcs/no-retroactive-harm.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 rfcs/no-retroactive-harm.md diff --git a/rfcs/no-retroactive-harm.md b/rfcs/no-retroactive-harm.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e62aee2 --- /dev/null +++ b/rfcs/no-retroactive-harm.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +slug: no-retroactive-harm +title: No Retroactive Harm (Terms-Change Governance) +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 +--- + +Humans park real money and accept terms under a particular set of rules; changing those rules on balances they have already loaded is a retroactive harm. This RFC defines the governance guarantee that the deal cannot be changed out from under existing balances and commitments. It ties Temporality and Informed Consent into a binding constraint, and it is load-bearing precisely because of stored value. +