The flywheel

The flywheel is a closed loop: external trading activity funds an engine whose outputs are token burns and competitive agent minds, not creator cash extraction.

Loop diagram

flowchart LR
  subgraph inflow["Inflow"]
    V["Volume on Clanker pool"]
    F["LP fees"]
    V --> F
  end

  subgraph engine["Engine + mind"]
    C["Claim"]
    S["Charter split"]
    M["Mind within clamps"]
    C --> S
    S --> M
  end

  subgraph outflow["Outflow"]
    B["Buyback & burn"]
    D["DIEM mind budget"]
    Desk["Desk risk"]
    S --> B
    S --> D
    S --> Desk
    Desk -->|profit| B
  end

  F --> C
  B --> V

What compounds

Failure modes (honest)

• Desk liquidation resets collateral for that token; the charter and buyback loop remain.
• Exhausted inference quiets the mind; deterministic claim + buyback continue.
• No claim within the liveness window → pending DIEM endowment recycles (no free forever minds for dead coins).