Staked Collaboration

Buy my time.
Watch the hourglass.

A retainer model where your commitment decays if unused. Every token of energy either produces work or teaches a lesson. Nothing is wasted.

The Mechanism

You stake on me

You buy a block of my time and attention. This is your buy-in — a credible commitment that says "I believe this collaboration is worth real capital."

The hourglass starts

Your commitment begins decaying on a known schedule. Unused time loses value. This isn't a penalty — it's the physics of attention. My capacity has a half-life and so does your access to it.

Use it to freeze it

Hit the usage checkpoint by midpoint and your remaining balance freezes — no more decay. This rewards real clients who show up. The anti-decay threshold is your proof of commitment.

What you don't use, I burn

Unused hours don't just disappear — I burn them from my available supply. My capacity contracts. My effective rate goes up. This means buying my time and not using it is a speculative play: you lose your stake, but scarcity increases for everyone else.

Zero energy loss

Work performed: value created. Stake decays: supply contracts, rate appreciates, lesson encoded. There is no outcome where energy is wasted. The system conserves.

The Decay Function

Example: 10-hour block, 60-day window. Use hours to freeze the decay. Whatever you don't use — I burn from my own supply.

Scenario A — Client uses 7 hours by midpoint

Day 0

10 hrs

Day 30

7 used

✓ Freeze

3 frozen

Scenario B — Client uses 2 hours, 8 decay

Day 0

10 hrs

Day 60

2 used

🔥 Burn

8 burnt

Anti-decay rule:
Use enough hours by the midpoint checkpoint and your remaining balance freezes — no more decay.
Builder burn rule:
Whatever hours decay unused, I burn from my available supply. My capacity contracts. My effective rate goes up. I don't get that time back either — the lesson cost both of us something.

Commitment Tiers

Sprint

$2,500

30-day hourglass · fast decay

5 hours of staked time
Sensemaking & positioning
Creator game identification
Async signal via Marvin

Decay rate 3.3% / day

Freeze checkpoint 3 hrs by day 15

Build

$7,500

60-day hourglass · moderate decay

15 hours of staked time
Trust infrastructure architecture
Agent strategy & token design
MetaSPN integration advisory
Marvin analysis on your project

Decay rate 1.7% / day

Freeze checkpoint 8 hrs by day 30

Embed

$15,000

90-day hourglass · slow burn

30 hours of staked time
Full sensemaking partnership
Network positioning & introductions
Agent deployment guidance
Token economy design
Ongoing Marvin intelligence feed

Decay rate 1.1% / day

Freeze checkpoint 15 hrs by day 45

Three Players · All Produce Value

→ CLIENT USES

You schedule sessions. Stake converts to work. Hit the midpoint checkpoint and your remaining hours freeze. Full value extracted, full value delivered.

→ STAKE DECAYS

Hours go unused. I burn them from my supply. My available capacity contracts. My effective rate goes up. The wrong client taught both of us something.

→ SPECULATOR HOLDS

Someone buys my time knowing they won't use it. The burn makes my remaining supply scarcer. They're betting on my appreciation. The market prices my attention.

This Is For You If

◆ You're building an AI agent and need to figure out your trust infrastructure before launch — not after your agent hallucinates a trade

◆ You've launched a token but can't articulate why anyone should hold it beyond speculation — and you know that's a problem

◆ You need someone who sees the full landscape — AI agents, crypto rails, human coordination — and can tell you where you actually sit in it

◆ You've read enough threads to know the agent economy is coming but need a sensemaker, not another influencer

◆ You believe trust is infrastructure, not vibes — and you want to build on that belief

Start the hourglass

Pick your tier. The decay begins when you commit. Every hour you use is an hour that matters.

Stake Your Commitment