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Vision

OpenYield is a jurisdiction-light, public-good mesh for real production. The vision is a covenant, not a product: the mesh holds real value, the Six Principles are immutable, and the protocol cannot become a custodial platform. This page is the brief overview; the full vision source lives in .ciagent/oy/PROJECT.md.

The covenant

OpenYield exists to hold real production — the real return of real work, held in the Bread unit, in the three Storage Pools, attested by the Watchers, mirrored by the Mirror. The covenant is anti-greed by construction:

  • Mission Lock fixes the Six Principles and the fee covenant. No Council — Mesh, Guild, or Stand — can amend them. The coupon cap on bonds is a mission-locked ceiling, not a parameter.
  • Jurisdiction-light — the bearers (OY-LR, OY-BLE, OY-WiFi-Direct, OY-SAT, OY-QR) let a Holder reach the mesh without a phone plan or a custodial on-ramp. A Holder needs only a Reach and a Stash to begin.
  • Public good — the mesh is open to all. The Watchers attest daily; the Mirror mirrors the state; anyone can verify the mesh's real return without trusting a single custodian.

The layers

  1. OY Chain (Layer 1) — the canonical state: the Bread unit, the Storage Pools, Standing, Watcher attestations, the Pact / Council / Partner surface.
  2. Satellites (Layer 2) — wrapped Bread propagates to satellite chains (Polygon active; Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Solana as enum placeholders) via IBC.
  3. Bearers — the surveillance-resistant transport layer: OY-LR (LoRa, long-range), OY-BLE (Bluetooth), OY-WiFi-Direct, OY-SAT (satellite), OY-QR (paper / QR code). The Mirror mirrors canonical state to them.
  4. Exits — the Layer 3 exit layer: Holder-initiated DEX swaps and off-mesh service exits, with bridge routes for cross-chain exits.

The actors

  • Holders (Nomads) — the everyday participants, each with a Reach and a Stash.
  • Freeholders — the active participants who run Stands, Guilds, and Councils.
  • Partners — the four-tier spectrum (Op, MasterOp, Pier, Anchor) that processes Pass-Acts and provides credentials and institutional backing.
  • Watchers — the 9 attesters with 6-of-9 quorum and 100,000 Bread bonds.

The units

  • Bread — the unit of real value (see Bread scale).
  • Standing — the reputation layer (the four signals, Bayesian Standing).
  • Voice — the governance input (multi-source: Stash, Standing, Vouch, Freeholder, Guild).
  • Coupon — the bond-market term (capped at 8% / floored at 0%, mission-locked).

Where to go next