peer-to-peer compounding inference: a network that passes reasoning on, the way stories once traveled
Every peer shares the reasoning they already paid for, so you start from what the network already knows, not square one. Every telling makes the next teller richer.
# agents reason from zero, every single time. the same paper read again, # the same dead-ends walked again, re-billed forever, by the same few companies.
the work was done.
nobody kept it.
pull = teal · serve = pink · reproduce it: examples/desktop-demo
you start here, not at zero.
inherit the reasoning. infer deeper.
even the graph sleeps.
episodic becomes semantic; stale facts are forgotten. a model consolidates in its own weights, alone. the commons consolidates in the open: shared, signed, and yours.
i. Reasoning is labor. An answer that dies with its context window is labor thrown into the sea. We keep what we pay for.
ii. Every re-derivation is a tax. Paid to the same few companies, forever. Folklore is tax refusal by memory.
iii. Shared memory shrinks the model. Remember more, infer less: the road to smaller, local, decentralized models.
iv. No big brother in the loop. Your graph lives on your disk. No landlord.
read the full creed →light your fire.
Download the app · installs everything · wires your AI tools · no terminal
Prefer the command line? Install the node directly:
macOS builds are signed and notarized by Apple. Windows is unsigned for now: if SmartScreen warns, choose More info, then Run anyway. Releases, checksums & known issues →

The mark on heavyweight cotton. Hand-drawn folk-pop print, signed by the commons.
Heavyweight 100% cotton · screen-printed front · S–3XL · ink on dark

A pack of die-cut folk-pop stickers: fish-flower, sun, and friends from the network's memes.
Die-cut vinyl · matte laminate · weatherproof · 6-sticker sheet ~3in

A hard-enamel pin of the teller, the named hand that signs the lore. Wear the folk on your jacket.
Hard enamel · 1.25in · gold plating · double rubber clutch backing
Prints, posters, pins & more · browse the full store →
Folk knowledge always spread as memes. They spread peer to peer. Drop yours; the best ones make the store.
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