Draft for discussion with mycopunks — February 26, 2026

Basic Experiment Design

**Threshold-based Flow Funding is a potentially transformative framework that arose from the MycoFi movement. We’re excited about this vision and want to test it live.**

Each person in the network defines a minimum floor (what they need to do meaningful work) and a maximum ceiling (beyond which money automatically flows outward). The network self-distributes based on everyone’s forward flow allocations.

Proposal

• Two 3-month experiments

• Phase 1 (3 months) - start with a tiny number for a simple test - 10 people - 3 m

  ? can we raise funds for travel costs?

  • shawn https://github.com/LinuxIsCool/
  • christina https://www.knowledgeecologist.me/
  • jeff https://www.jeffemmett.com/
  • simon https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonq333/
  • darren https://github.com/DarrenZal
  • josh https://github.com/HexaField/
  • dylan https://www.dylantull.com/
  • corey https://coreygo.com/
  • eve https://www.linkedin.com/in/eve-marenghi/
  • xen https://github.com/xendarboh

• Experiment phase 2 (3 months): 20-100 people (from 2-4 core communities / networks)

  • $300K - $1M+ needed in philanthropic seed funding to start (~$3000 min income for experiment duration for everyone)
  • take off the fixed values - make any cap just recommended

Guiding Question(s)

TBFF Phase 1:

3 months of mini-network flows

• 1 network
• 10 people
• fully visible flows?
• NO extending invitations (growth), no other holon types (networks or subnets)

Core research question: Does a network's collective allocation preference converge toward something coherent — or just reflect whoever set their thresholds highest?

• how do we ‘see’ coherence? what’s the baseline? what signals network coherence?
  • is there a social signal we need for ‘resonance’ (ie - that action was cool!)?
  • When community priorities and positional power diverge — does the system surface it?
  • What's the half-life of the seed capital under live conditions? How can people see what their forward flows do?
• how does the network self-regulate?
  • what are the UX signals and social norms needed for network health?
    • What is the simplest viable math?
  • does something in the maths need to regulate the max threshold to prevent massive accumulation?
  • what can be done with or sensed based on the math or flow dynamics?
    • global max limit? (such as $8K / m) OR dynamic recommended ‘healthy’ max based on network flows? (needs maths)
  • how might the UX signal the risk to health with dynamic flows?
    • how might we give visual feedback on network health
      • as you set min/ max?
      • as you set your forward flows?
  • can/ should we have a governance flow with simple ‘buckets’ of governance?
    • math, UX, social protocols?
    • who sets network-wide parameters?
    • who decides who decides?