PROTOCOL / THE RULES BENEATH THE GLASS
Every birth leaves evidence.
One founder token. Two independent model states. A signal can open a new branch; its record tells you what actually happened.
01 / Follow a signal
A confirmed buy drives vpoEN; a confirmed sell drives vpoIN. Both are artificial inputs into the same MaleCNS anatomical graph. The journal links each transaction to its measured pC1_6a response.
Why these interfaces?
The auditory-system discussion accompanying Cell Fig. 5 identifies song-related vpoEN and vpoIN populations in the male CNS; male vpoEN partners include pC1_6a. The female vpoDN pathway is absent in males. This provides an anatomical starting point, not a numerical mating threshold.
Our mapping bypasses peripheral hearing: 100 Hz central drive, 40–200 ms model time, six pC1_6a readout cells. Buy and sell do not inherently mean reward and punishment.
Read the Cell paper ↗Which trades enter the experiment?
Only verified curve events after the observer's starting cursor, with a 20-block buffer and unique transaction/log index. Receipt and canonical-block checks precede computation. Restarts resume the cursor. Historical rehearsals are labelled and cannot create births; curve graduation pauses the bridge until the next trading venue is verified.
02 / Cross a measured threshold
The response must exceed both controls in both seeds. Passing opens one birth intent. A wallet signature and a confirmed PONS deployment complete the child-token record.
Show the exact rule
Every trade runs six independent trials from rest: two seeds × three conditions, using matched random draws. Amount, fee and market value do not affect this rule. It is an engineered threshold, not a physiological mating threshold. The ongoing laboratory stream is a separate experiment.
The current buy assay crosses the gate; the sell assay does not. Identical inputs and seeds can produce identical results. This is not adaptive choice or learning.
Inspect the frozen rule ↓Can small repeated trades print endless tokens?
No. Event deduplication prevents replay, one intent occupies the deployment slot, and this release permits only one confirmed pilot child. Later releases require an explicit policy review; a one-hour cooldown alone would not prevent repetitive issuance. Trades still appear in the journal when the slot is closed.
03 / Meet a branch, then judge it
A child has a parent link, a unique birth record and a confirmed CA. Its name, appearance and results belong to its file. New experiments can distinguish a branch; a new ticker alone cannot.
What does the first child actually inherit?
The MaleCNS graph and reference LIF parameters are preserved, with a new deterministic seed. There are zero parameter mutations in this pilot. No inherited learned memories or improved intelligence are claimed. The child card appears after receipt confirmation and states MODEL NOT STARTED until a separate worker is running.
What if deployment stalls or the observer stops?
The breeding illustration follows eligible, waiting-for-signature and submitted states. A stale observer stops event animation. A failed receipt stops the deployment sequence; no timer creates an address. Unknown broadcasts are reconciled using their stored hash before another signature. Budget or RPC errors pause checks and remain visible.
The local observer has no signing key. The operator signs a prepared transaction. Ambient flight, grooming and mating poses illustrate the protocol; they are not measured biological movement. Offline does not mean dead, and tokens can continue to trade after a model stops.
04 / Attention comes before a return flow
The founder token is the common origin. A child token follows a particular branch. Neither demand for that branch nor a future buyback is guaranteed.
Why would anyone buy a child token?
To voluntarily follow and speculate on that branch's identity, story and independently inspectable progress. It carries no claim to a living brain, parent-token redemption, dividends or promised performance. The first child is an integration pilot; distinct trained abilities have not been established. If it attracts no independent interest, there may be no trading activity.
Does PONS automatically buy back the founder token?
No. Its built-in buyback mechanism targets the launched token itself. This release leaves that option disabled. A separate, verifiable route would be needed to purchase the founder token using received child proceeds; that route is not active.
Child launches retain PONS defaults with zero additional creator tax. The current base fee is 1%; launch-window and platform rules can affect actual trading costs. Parameters are checked before signing. The current shared recipient is the approved operator wallet, not a deployed autonomous treasury.
How would a credible return flow work?
Independent interest → real child trades → attributable receipts → an explicitly budgeted founder-token purchase → a public transaction record. No trading or no claimable receipts means no return flow. Collection, buyback, custody and any eventual burn must be separate recorded events.
This is a proposed later phase. No volume is manufactured, no return is promised, and the original token is not replaced or rebased by a child launch. Launching more tickers without distinct experiments can fragment attention and liquidity; the pilot cap prevents treating that as growth.