A plain-language walkthrough of the complete IP lifecycle — from registering your first idea through to earning automatic royalties whenever your work is used.

beginner 4 min 🌐

KYC User

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IA Pledge: What It Means to Put Your Reputation on the Line

The difference between staking and pledging, why IA consequences are deferred, and how the reputation system creates accountability without punishing early participation.

intermediate 4 min 🌐

KYC User

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The Respect Fund: How the 5% Collective Levy Works

Every royalty event contributes 5% to the Respect Fund — a transparent, community-governed commons pool. You choose where your levy goes.

beginner 3 min 🌐

KYC User

Ideology & Design

1 insight

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The Novel Economy: Why Settling Once Changes Everything

Every fiat settlement extracts value from the productive chain. Every LTU circulation keeps it there. This article explains what is genuinely novel about this system, what it means for workers, contractors, and investors, and shows with real numbers why settling once — at the burn event — changes everything.

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intermediate 12 min 🔏

KYC User

LTU & Money Theory

1 insight

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Why LTU Can Connect Mutual Credit Islands

WIR, Ithaca HOURS, Bristol Pounds — every mutual credit system has hit the same wall: no store of value that external parties recognise. LTU is the first designed to cross it, because the store of value is contract enforceability, not gold.

beginner 6 min 🔏

Admin User