every token held is a capability unlocked. coins grant attention and will, cards grant provenance, badges grant credentials — holding is becoming
the skill model inverts traditional access control. instead of a central authority granting permissions, the token itself IS the permission. a neuron that holds a coin can spend focus; a neuron that holds a card can prove authorship; a neuron that holds a score can demonstrate reputation. the capability is inseparable from the asset
skills compose. a neuron holding multiple tokens of different types gains the union of their capabilities. staking a coin unlocks attention for cyberlinks. minting a card unlocks provenance claims over particles. accumulating karma unlocks higher trust weight in the tri-kernel. each skill layer amplifies the others
in capability-based security, the holder of the token needs no identity check — possession is authorization. this eliminates access-control lists, role hierarchies, and permission databases. the cybergraph encodes who can do what through the distribution of tokens across neurons
skills are dynamic. acquiring or losing a token immediately changes what a neuron can do. staking increases focus capacity; unstaking reduces it. transferring a card transfers the provenance right with it. skills flow through the network as tokens flow
the full taxonomy: coins unlock economic skills (staking, paying fees, voting), cards unlock epistemic skills (authorship, citation, provenance), scores unlock social skills (reputation weight, learning multipliers), badges unlock credential skills (membership, certification, access)
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