cyberia protocol
what cyberia adds on top of the cyb/robot architecture to become a sovereign network state. two layers: sovereignty (the state as a Card factory with tiers and jurisdictions) and markets (universal price discovery on every excludable Skill the state offers).
both layers assume the Robot vocabulary — Body, Soul, Avatar, Name; Goal/Task/Skill/Event/Sensor; Sigma denominated in Coins and Cards; PLUMB operations; the accounting projection; the five storage shapes. read cyb/robot first.
1. sovereignty — the state as Skill catalog
at state scale the protocol exposes specific Skills as methods residents can invoke. a state Robot is fundamentally a Card factory. it mints Cards (passports, permits, titles), denominates Coins (currency, taxes, transfers), and maintains the authoritative ledger.
residents relate to a state through tier depth. each tier is a superset of the previous:
| tier | duration | Tokens available |
|---|---|---|
| VISIT | days/weeks | entry permit, emergency care, temporary credentials |
| STAY | months/years | bank account, work permit, business registration |
| SETTLE | years/decade | property title, permanent residence, pension rights |
| BELONG | forever | passport, voting rights, candidacy |
tiers are a permission model — they determine which Skills a Neuron can call. moving up the tiers is a one-way ratchet earned through demonstrated commitment.
states nest in jurisdictional hierarchy: planet → treaty body → state → region → municipality → parcel. rules cascade from parent to child; the more specific level overrides for its scope. navigation is voluntary — every entry is consent, every exit is withdrawal. the only involuntary subscription is birth.
every state offers the same Skill catalog. states differ only in configuration: tier requirement, cost, time, prerequisites. this configuration space is the complete product catalog of human governance.
2. markets — price discovery on every asset
every excludable Skill the state offers can be priced and sold. one mechanism prices every horizon, every audience, every claim type.
three orthogonal axes partition every good:
| axis | question | examples |
|---|---|---|
| excludability | can non-payers be denied? | concert ticket vs atmosphere |
| sharing dimension | time or space? | banya hour (time) vs citizenship (space) |
| fungibility | interchangeable units? | gravel by tonne vs apartment 5B |
the two non-trivial axes yield four product cells:
| Slot (time-shared) | Spot (space-shared) | |
|---|---|---|
| Fungible | commodity (gravel, water, compute credits) | subscription (LLM calls, storage GB-months) |
| Non-fungible | unique booking (banya Saturday 14:00) | unique membership (citizenship #7) |
four cells, two Token natures (Coin for fungible Claims, Card for non-fungible), one protocol.
the unit
every Asset is a Card. every Claim against an Asset is either a Card (non-fungible) or a Coin balance (fungible). every Issuance is a batch of Claims with shared rules.
the valuation oracle
every Asset has a single observable valuation derived from on-chain cash flow:
V = annual_gross_revenue / r
r is the gross capitalization rate, set per asset class. it absorbs the investor risk premium and the expected operating margin in one number. no declared expenses, no off-chain attestation — only revenue events on the ledger.
the owner declares two numbers — reserve and premium — and the auto-listing maintains one active ask:
current_ask = max(reserve, V × (1 + premium))
V prices observable cash flow today. premium prices the owner's belief in future growth. the separation is honest: objective and subjective each have their own slot.
the pricing stack
for Slot Assets, three layers compose:
| layer | direction | mechanism |
|---|---|---|
| term structure | longer windows clear cheaper per-unit | the duration-discount curve |
| utilization premium | scarcity pushes price up | bonding curve on capacity-used |
| flexible preemption | reallocates to higher-value use | Flexible Claims preempted by higher bidder |
for Spot Assets, tier curves replace calendar overlap, and tier escalation lets holders upgrade by paying the differential.
claim classes
every Claim is one of two:
- Guaranteed — full price, locked until expiry, no preemption
- Flexible — discounted, preemptable. a later buyer acquires the Claim by paying original price plus configured premium to the holder
certainty is a product. optionality is a product. owner offers both, market chooses the mix.
audiences
per-Asset discount classes (resident, builder, founder, solidarity). one discount per Claim — max(category, audience), not additive. gating is configurable: operator-enforced, on-chain allowlist, or credential badge.
network effects
non-fungible Spot Assets compound through the oracle. every new citizen makes citizenship more valuable to existing holders. higher membership produces more renewal revenue, raises V, raises current_ask for new Claims. the mechanism captures the network effect as real revenue rather than declared opinion.
related
- cyb/robot — the Robot architecture this protocol assumes
- cyberia/protocol/marketplace — the marketplace protocol in detail
- cyberia/protocol/marketplace-spec — contract interfaces and data structures
- cyberia/foundation/governance — the 147 agents and the capitulation curve
- cyberia/foundation/org — the seven lenses applied to specific cyberian entities
- soma — the runtime that animates a single Robot
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