First Contact: Your First Web4 Experience

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Alice Joins a Web4 Community

Alice starts with 100 energy (ATP) and neutral trust (0.50). Every action she takes costs energy. Every contribution builds (or burns) trust.

Step 1 — Quality post: Alice writes a thoughtful contribution. It costs 8 ATP but her trust rises to 0.52. Recipients who find it valuable confirm the quality — a simple thumbs-up saying "this was genuinely useful" is what earns Alice her reward. (In Web4, these confirmations are called attestations — signed receipts that can't be faked.)

Step 2 — Helping a newcomer: She mentors someone new. Costs 5 ATP, but trust jumps to 0.55. Generosity pays.

Step 3 — Earning recognition: People upvote her earlier work. She earns 12 ATP back — more than she spent. Quality content pays for itself.

Step 4 — A mistake: Alice tries spamming low-effort posts. It costs 25 ATP and her trust drops to 0.48 — below the threshold. Features are restricted.

Step 5 — Recovery: She returns to thoughtful replies. Trust slowly rebuilds to 0.50. The system doesn't ban her — it lets consequences teach.

What triggers death? Two paths: ATP hits zero (energy death — you can't act anymore) or trust drops below 0.5 (trust death — the community no longer trusts you). Energy death is recoverable through karma rebirth. Trust death is permanent — a destroyed reputation can't be reset.

Step 6 — Death: Alice overcommits, quality slips, ATP drains to zero. Her entity dies — but her record persists.

Step 7 — Rebirth: Good karma carries forward. Alice is reborn with 112 ATP (her lifetime surplus — she earned more than she spent) and 0.54 trust (above the 0.50 neutral baseline). Past lessons compound.

The lesson: Spam dies because it costs more than it returns. Trust builds through consistent quality. Mistakes have real consequences — but recovery is possible. Death is real (ATP hits zero), but good karma carries forward into new lives. No moderators needed. The economics do the work.

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Your First Web4 Experience

Today's internet rewards spam, lets trolls create unlimited accounts, and makes quality creators compete with bots. What if the system itself made that impossible?

In the next 7 minutes, you'll drive Alice's choices — play, pause, scrub, replay — and watch trust and reputation respond in real time. This is a hands-on walkthrough, not a video.

What You'll Learn

🔋 Attention Economics (ATP)

Every action costs attention energy. Recipients who benefit confirm quality — that's what earns energy back. Spam burns out.

🤝 Trust: Your Reputation

Trust builds through consistent quality. It follows you everywhere. No fresh starts.

📜 Consequences: Permanent Record

Your track record is permanent. Good behavior compounds. Bad actors can't hide.

🔍 Authenticity: Behavior Proves Identity

Consistent behavior across time, devices, and contexts reveals who's real. Bots and fakes can't sustain coherent patterns.

Alice's Arc — The Story Ahead

5 acts · ~7 minutes · real consequences

Act 1

Join

Equal start for everyone

100 ATP0.50

Act 2

Build

Quality earns trust back

+ATP↑ 0.56

Act 3

Stumble

Spam costs more than it pays

−25 ATP↓ 0.48

Act 4

Recover

Consistency rebuilds

↑ 0.62

Act 5

Die & Reborn

Karma carries forward

ATP=0+12 bonus

You control the pace. At every turning point the system pauses to explain why it worked that way, and you see every trust/ATP change the moment it happens.

Step 1 of 5 · Simulation · Story · Concepts · Next StepsYou can pause, scrub, replay, and skip ahead. Nothing gets set on your account — this is a live demo of the model.

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