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What Protogony provides: Cash for specific gaps you can't fill locally.
What YOU provide: Labor, local materials, knowledge, organization.
You control the project. You own the solution.
Your contribution doesn't BUILD things.
Your contribution ACTIVATES local resources.
You're the spark, not the fuel.
• 300 hours labor ($400)
• Local wood/stone ($130)
• Wildlife knowledge
• $33 pooled cash
• Wire mesh ($100)
• Gate hardware ($33)
• Tools ($53)
• Contingency ($13)
• Protected garden
• Community tools owned
• Knowledge documented
• Capacity built
25 families meet, plan fence, gather local materials.
$433+ community contribution. Need $200 for metal parts.
1:2 leverage ratio - community provides 68% of value.
Community builds, documents, adapts, maintains control.
Design added to knowledge commons. Helps other communities.
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Community can stop anytime, keep tools already received
They choose design, timeline, methods
Knowledge sharing optional, no repayment required
Values their labor/knowledge, not just their need
Traditional: $4,000 = 1 fence built by contractor
Protogony: $4,000 = 20 fences built BY communities
Advanced features for builders
Coordinate time contributions across households with transparent tracking.
Protogony-compliant agreements for resource sharing and dispute resolution.
Tools to collectively manage resources up to the $3.6M cap.
Connect multiple Protogony communities for mutual support.
The working Protogony financial system activates through community contribution and steward coordination.
Explored: Time equality • Graceful exits • Local resilience • Clear limits
"Financial sovereignty starts with understanding, grows with practice, and scales with community."