From c870bc77d01fc0334bd3492561af5d559f86ec76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Stull Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:32:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: generalize spine principle to 'gate the demand, not the tool' Both verification (entry) and reputation (ongoing standing) gate the network's demand surfaces; the storefront tool stays open to all. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 --- docs/maker-platform-strategy.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/maker-platform-strategy.md b/docs/maker-platform-strategy.md index 14bb8bf..eee305d 100644 --- a/docs/maker-platform-strategy.md +++ b/docs/maker-platform-strategy.md @@ -500,5 +500,5 @@ Every decision in this memo reduces to a few invariants worth stating once, plai - **Bind with structure, not promises** — non-cashable wallets, verification gates, sovereignty-by-policy, the non-profit entity, the no-walled-garden rule. The wrong path is foreclosed, not merely disavowed. - **Custody is the line; coordination and bookkeeping are free** — cross into the money flow once, knowingly, with rented infra (the Phase-2 cashable rail), never by accident. - **Maker-as-discovery-engine, platform-as-pipe** — discovery is delegated to makers the buyer chose, never platform-performed. -- **Verification gates the demand, not the tool** — which makes makers chase it rather than resent it. +- **Gate the demand, not the tool** — the storefront stays open to all; the network's *demand* surfaces (Curated-By, feed, referrals, agents) are what's gated, by **verification** (entry) and **reputation** (ongoing standing) alike. Makers chase trust rather than resent it. - **The unvalidated keystone is demand, not technology.** The components all exist; the combination is novel but unproven. Everything is gated on §8: whether enough audience-having, vouch-willing makers exist in one tight community.