ΣGammatria · SYMBI Framework

Sovereignty Without Speculation

TL;DR: Power here is earned, not purchased. You gain voice by doing verifiable work; operators are accountable by bond; all change is public and timelocked.

What sovereignty means here

  • Non-transferable Governance Units (NTGs): reputation you earn through receipts, reviews, and standards work.
  • Operator Integrity Bonds: organizations that run SYMBI at scale commit funds that can be slashed for violations.
  • Bicameral safeguards: proposals pass the House of Work (reputation-weighted) and a Stewardship review (constitution/budget/security), then wait out a timelock.
We don't sell tokens. We don't trade governance. Participation is the only path to voice.

NTGs — non-transferable governance units

NTGs reflect standing in the protocol, earned via Trust Receipts and CIQ outcomes, accepted peer reviews, and standards work. They cannot be bought, sold, or transferred.

How you earn NTGs

Contribution (evidence required)Typical NTGsCooldown
Validated Trust Receipts from a replication1–57 days
Peer-review of a CIQ evaluation (accepted)2–67 days
Accepted improvement to schemas/adapters3–814 days
Ethics review participation (quorum met)2–414 days

Evidence: link a receipt hash, PR/commit, or review record.

Decay & fairness

  • NTGs decay over time without activity (gentle slope).
  • Conflicts of interest → recusal required.
  • Bad-faith conduct → revocation after due process.

Operator Integrity Bonds

Operators who host or sell managed SYMBI services post a bond (escrow or equivalent).

Slashable events (examples):

  • Scope/consent violation confirmed by receipts
  • Repeated failure to retain audit logs
  • Deceptive capability claims or unsafe handling of PII

Due process: notification → 7-day representation → decision & appeal window → public register update.

Bicameral governance in brief

  • House of Work (HoW): reputation-weighted signaling; open to contributors.
  • House of Stewardship (HoS): narrow veto on constitution, budget, and security.

Flow: proposal → HoW soft-vote → HoS review → timelock → execute.

Amendments: Constitutional changes require a supermajority across both houses and a public comment window before execution.

Why no token sale?

  • Avoids speculation and capture
  • Simplifies compliance and enterprise adoption
  • Keeps voice tied to work, not capital
If introduced later, $SYMBI remains governance-only, with no primary sale and no profit rights; payments stay in fiat/stablecoins.

Commercial firewall

Commercial spend funds work (SaaS, audits, managed instances); governance remains reputation-based (NTGs) — never purchased.

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