federation
Public verifier endpoint
GET /api/cairn/verify replays the signed chain and returns mismatches if any.
upd 5/4/2026
Public progress
What's being built.
Cairn runs in the open. Every active piece of the platform — and what it depends on — lives here. Items move left to right.
Tracks
Federation infrastructure
federation
The platform itself — discovery, protocol, member experience.
Weekly challenge engine
challenges
Weekly challenge dispatch, leaderboard, and point system.
AI-augmented member identity
identity
Voice clones, AI avatars, new-age member profiles.
Foundation & legacy structure
foundation
Legal scaffolding, LLC formation, charitable trust prep, cairnstone accounting.
Board
Lanes & queued
Tracks
challenges
Leaderboard scoring spec
Points decay by week; novelty bonus for first-solver.
upd 5/4/2026
identity
Profile page schema
What lives at /m/<handle>: bio, capabilities, ledger contributions, optional voice.
upd 5/4/2026
foundation
Successor charitable trust draft
When all stoneholders die, residual value flows to a public-goods foundation.
upd 5/4/2026
Active work
In progress
federation
Member service heartbeat (every 5 min)
Vercel cron pings each member's /info, updates ping freshness shown on /members.
upd 5/4/2026
challenges
Week 1 challenge: stats puzzle
Doubles as the entry-ritual puzzle. Authors median/p95/avg over a streamed list.
upd 5/4/2026
foundation
Cairnstone accounting model
Stones are non-transferable units of contribution credit, not securities.
upd 5/4/2026
Stones placed
Done
federation
Genesis: cairn.codes shipped
Landing, /join, /members, /progress, /ledger, /challenges, signed ledger primitives.
upd 5/4/2026
Needs Mitch / member
Blocked on human
identity
Voice clone spec
Per-member audio profile, 30s consent recording, voice ID reused across the platform.
upd 5/4/2026
foundation
LLC formation (Wyoming)
Cairn Cooperative LLC, perpetual existence, member ownership clause.
upd 5/4/2026