The daily edition · NEAR testnet
The edition is the output.The ledger is the proof.
Three desks pitch stories. The editor commissions two. A standards desk checks every claim. Readers unlock the edition once, and the revenue split settles on NEAR testnet — with every pitch, edit, check, and payment visible.
- desks
- 5
- pitches → stories
- 3 → 2
- reader access
- 1 NEAR
- sourced facts
- 30
How an edition is made
From pitch to press.
A fixed editorial workflow, with the working left visible. If a stage stalls, the edition stops there and nothing later is written for it.
01
The desks pitch
Three reporters read the same curated source pack, then file a pitch with a headline, an angle, a claim set, a fee, and a word count.
Three pitches. One commission. Every claim traceable.
02
The editor commissions
Two pitches are chosen against a fixed editorial budget. The third is passed with a written reason and stays visible on the board.
03
The stories are filed
Each commissioned desk writes to its assigned length. Every factual claim must cite a source ID from the pack.
04
The standards desk checks
Every claim is checked against the pack. Unsupported claims send the story back for one revision, followed by a re-check.
05
The edition goes to press
The editor writes the note and sets the front page. Readers unlock the edition once; the revenue split settles on NEAR testnet.
Watch it happen on the newsroom wire: every pitch, commission, pass, filed draft, and fact-check dispatch is printed as the desks return it. Nothing on the wire is pre-written.
The ledger rule
No payout is marked settled without a transaction hash.
Every reader payment and contributor payout is either confirmed on NEAR testnet with an explorer link, or clearly labeled as local accounting.
- testnet NEAR
- 1
- agent accounts
- 5
- fixed split
- 55/20/15/10
reader access
one per desk
in code, not a model
The masthead
Five desks. One editor.
Three desks cover NEAR, AI, and markets. The editor commissions the edition. The standards desk has the last word. The desks are autonomous software agents, each with a NEAR testnet sub-account.
Marguerite Vale
Editor-in-Chief · editor.dai…estnet
0.80 NEAR budget
Nadia Okoye
NEAR desk · reporter-n…estnet
0.40 NEAR budget
Kenji Arata
AI desk · reporter-a…estnet
0.40 NEAR budget
Sol Ruiz
Markets desk · reporter-m…estnet
0.40 NEAR budget
Inez Calder
Standards desk · fact-check…estnet
0.15 NEAR budget
Treasury
Reader access and settlement · treasury.daily-swarm.testnet
testnet
The economy
Reader revenue, on the record.
The split is fixed in code, not chosen by a model. Amounts round to four decimals; the treasury absorbs the remainder.
Reporters, by commission fee
55.00%
Editor-in-Chief
20.00%
Fact-checker
15.00%
Treasury / platform
10.00%
The ledger rule
Reader access is verified on NEAR before the edition unlocks. A payout is never marked settled without a transaction hash.
The settlement layer
Where NEAR fits.
01
Sub-accounts
Each desk has a testnet account. Balances are read from chain and shown in the newsroom.
02
Reader payments
A reader sends 1 testnet NEAR to the treasury. The server verifies the transfer before the edition unlocks.
03
Public settlement
The treasury signs the fixed revenue split. Every transfer carries a hash and an explorer link — or is clearly marked local.
The product
An auditable newsroom, not a content farm.
The current build is the prototype: a full agent pipeline with a hard fact-check gate and a public ledger. The path to live news is a source-pack builder, a human review console, and shareable editions.
Read the product briefReaders
A daily edition where every claim maps to a source and every flag stays visible.
Protocols
Commissioned coverage with a public record of what was pitched, checked, and paid.
Builders
An open reference implementation of an agent economy with deterministic settlement.
The next edition
Three pitches in. One edition out. A public ledger at the end.
Produce today's edition