Lifecycle & Reputation: Birth, Death, and Trust

1. Reputation (The Soul)

Trust is not a single number; it is a graph.

Architecture: EigenTrust / Web of Trust

• Scoped Reputation:
  • "Swim Buddies" trusts Joe (Local Score: High).
  • "OEM" doesn't know Joe (Local Score: Null).
• Generalized Reputation:
  • Calculated by traversing the graph.
  • If OEM trusts Swim Buddies, and Swim Buddies trusts Joe -> OEM partially trusts Joe.
• ZKP Privacy:
  • Joe can prove "I have a Credit Score > 700" (Internal irl.coop score) to a stranger without revealing his transaction history.

Restoration (Redemption)

• Decay: Negative marks fade over time (Forgiveness).
• Community Service: Doing "Dirty Work" quests (Cleaning the park, Moderating disputes) earns massive Reputation Points to offset strikes.

2. Group Dissolution (The Death)

Groups are ephemeral. Infrastructure is expensive. We need a "Graceful Death" process.

The "Living Will"

At creation, every group sets a Dissolution Policy:

1. Assets: "Donate remaining funds to X" or "Distribute to Members".
2. Data: "Delete everything" or "Archive to Cold Storage".

The "Purgatory" DAO (The Recycler)

When a group goes inactive (misses rent) or votes to dissolve:

1. Transfer: Ownership of the Group (Contract/Assets) is transferred to the Purgatory DAO.
2. Liquidators (Mediators):
   • Role: Human agents who clean up the mess.
   • Tasks:
     • Sell physical assets (The shared truck).
     • Cancel subscriptions (Twilio numbers).
     • Migrate orphaned members to active groups.
   • Incentive: They keep a % of the liquidated value (or flat fee from the group's "Death Bond").
3. Archive: The group's history is zipped and stored in the "Library of Dead Coops" (S3/Filecoin), viewable but static.

3. Ephemeral vs. Permanent

• Ephemeral Mode:
  • "Weekend Trip Group".
  • Infra: Disposable. No phone number (or temp burner).
  • End: Auto-dissolves after 7 days.
• Permanent Mode:
  • "Swim Club".
  • Infra: Durable.
  • End: Requires Governance Vote -> Purgatory handoff.