Design Documentation
Design specifications, truth contracts, and architectural decisions for ICN subsystems.
Truth Contracts (Authoritative)
These documents are the ground-truth audit of what ICN can and cannot do today. They are authoritative for pilot planning, SDK documentation, and implementation prioritization. Every claim has been verified against the codebase. If a document says "Not Supported", it means no working end-to-end path exists.
| Document | Scope | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Economics Model Validation | Gap matrix for 4 cooperative archetypes (worker, consumer, housing, federation) | 2026-02-17 |
| Economics Truth Contract | Detailed per-operation audit of ledger, treasury, FX, escrow, labor shares, clearing | 2026-02-17 |
| Governance Model Validation | Gap matrix for 5 governance scenarios (elections, budgets, bylaws, emergencies, disputes) | 2026-02-17 |
| Execution Bridge Spec | Decision Executor design: governance -> economic action pipeline, idempotency, receipts | 2026-02-17 |
Subsystem Design
Visual System
- ICN Visual System - Stable visual doctrine for website, docs, product surfaces, and demos
- ICN Prompt Library - Tactical prompt library for doctrine-aligned image generation
Economics
- Economic Architecture - Core economic system design
- Economic Vision - Long-term economic vision
- Economic Modeling - Modeling and simulations
- Economic Safety - Safety rails and risk management
- Contribution Credits - Contribution credit system
Governance
- Project Governance - ICN project governance structure
- Governance Concepts - Core governance mechanisms
- Governance Primitives - Technical primitives
- Witness Trust Validation - Trust validation protocols
Infrastructure
- NAT Traversal - NAT traversal and TURN relay
- Platform Layer - Platform abstraction layer
- Multi-Device Identity - Multi-device identity management
- Social Recovery - Social recovery for key loss
- Post-Quantum Crypto - PQ hybrid cryptography
Compute
- Compute Substrate - Distributed compute design
- Compute Classes - Compute task classification
- Deterministic Core - Deterministic execution guarantees
- Scope Scheduling - Scope-based task scheduling
- Scheduler Evolution - Scheduler roadmap
Cooperative Structure
- Minimal Viable Coop - Minimum viable cooperative
- Entity Dissolution - Entity lifecycle termination
- Institution in a Box - Cooperative bootstrapping
- Razeto Integration - Razeto cooperative economics
- Capability-Based Features - Feature gating by capability
SDIS
- SDIS Design - Stewardship-based Digital Identity System