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P2 complete. 8 docs/nomads/ pages: index, reach, stash, bearers, maps-pay, pacts, standing, window. Docs firewall green (scans new nomads pages), no regression. All pages cross-reference docs/shared/. ---ci--- project: oy phase: 2 milestone: v0.3 status: complete tag_base: v0.2.x phase_role: execution requirements: covered: [] partial: [REQ-027] ---/ci---
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# Reach
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A **Nomad** is a person using the OpenYield mesh through a **Reach** — the
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protocol-level identity that lets a Holder act on the mesh without a
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custodian, a gatekeeper, or a legacy financial position. The Reach is the
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first of the four Freeholder signals (REQ-005), and it is the baseline every
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Nomad starts from: a Nomad is a Holder who has a Reach and a Stash but has not
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yet earned all four Freeholder signals.
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## What a Reach is
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A Reach is an identity, not a custodial position. It is the by-ID-string a
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Holder uses to receive value, open a [Window](window.md), join a Stand, or
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pay for a service. The protocol does not require KYC at the protocol layer;
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the Reach is the unit of self-service (see [Six
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Principles](../shared/six-principles.md)).
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## How a Nomad starts
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A Nomad starts with two things:
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1. **A Reach** — the identity.
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2. **A [Stash](stash.md)** — the personal [Storage Pool](../shared/storage-pools.md)
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where the Holder holds Bread.
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That pair is enough to begin. From there a Nomad can use the [bearers](bearers.md)
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to reach the mesh, find services on [Maps & Pay](maps-pay.md), authorize a
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[Window](window.md) to a partner, and accrue [Standing](standing.md).
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## Geographic proximity
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The mesh processes actions first-come, first-served with a
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geographic-proximity preference (REQ-007) — a Nomad physically closer to a
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service or a Stand's region is served first. The Reach is how the mesh
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identifies the Nomad for that ordering; there is no separate tier to buy into.
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## The four Freeholder signals
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The Reach is the first Freeholder signal. The four signals (REQ-005) are
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earned over time: the 90-day [Stash](stash.md) signal, the Standing
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threshold, the Capital signal, and the Vouch signal. A Nomad who earns all
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four becomes a Freeholder (see the Freeholders section). The pages here cover
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the Nomad path — everything up to that point.
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See [Stash](stash.md) for the Storage Pool a Reach holds Bread in,
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[Bearers](bearers.md) for how to reach the mesh, and
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[Standing](standing.md) for the anti-gaming metric that accrues as a Nomad
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acts on the mesh. |