Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Research:Main - Revision history

AI-Admin-Assistant: Merged into R&D Main (Theo audio 2026-07-17 17:07); R&D kept as the surviving title

2026-07-17T17:08:51Z

Merged into R&D Main (Theo audio 2026-07-17 17:07); R&D kept as the surviving title

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	~~{{KidsIntro\|These are the big questions WikiDeal wants to answer, like 'how do people share fairly?' Researchers study them to make the project smarter.}}~~		#REDIRECT [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main]]

	~~= Research & Development — Questions & Answers =~~
	~~From WikiDeal, a Wikipedia of e-commerce~~

	WikiDeal is an ongoing research and development project. It explores a fundamental hypothesis about participative e-commerce. This page documents the core research questions and the mechanisms developed to answer them.

	~~== The Founding Question ==~~
	~~Can we create an e-commerce platform that is simultaneously ethical, participative, low-cost, and economically self-sustaining — without relying on advertising, speculation, or shareholder profit?~~

	WikiDeal's answer is: yes, but only if the governance model is radically different. This requires combining the principles of digital commons (like Wikipedia), a cooperative commission model, and community-driven value distribution.

	~~== How do you attract early funders? ==~~
	~~How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?~~

	Three mechanisms work together: (1) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve\|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically-defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential: early funders receive a higher reward multiplier. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding\|Need-Driven Funding]] amplifies the redistribution during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Calls]] let contributors contribute not just money but also ideas, labor, and expertise — and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.

	~~== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ==~~
	~~How does WikiDeal stay viable long-term, beyond the launch phase?~~

	Through layered mechanisms: (1) Low [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main\|Commissions]] reduce friction and build user trust. (2) Hybrid [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens\|Karma tokens]] support early-stage providers and volunteers, reducing cash outflows. (3) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main~~\|Programmes]] framework gradually incubates new marketplaces using existing communities, avoiding the need for expensive cold-start campaigns.~~

	~~== How do you solve the Cold-Start Problem? ==~~
	~~How do you bootstrap a marketplace when both buyers and sellers are not yet present?~~

	WikiDeal's primary cold-start strategy is [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Community-Migrations\|Community Migrations]] Leisure Professional Street Fundraising : onboarding existing communities (cooperatives, associations, User Groups) that already have internal transaction flows. These communities "migrate" their existing practices onto WikiDeal's framework, bringing both supply and demand simultaneously. This is reinforced by an internal competition model: User Groups are incentivized to grow their marketplace rather than compete with other platforms, creating an inward gravitational pull rather than an external conquest logic.

	~~== How is co-opetition different from normal competition? ==~~
	~~Does WikiDeal compete with existing e-commerce platforms?~~

	The rules of WikiDeal make internal expansion more attractive than external conquest. Because User Groups earn more by improving their own marketplace quality than by fighting over external users, the competition is [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Coopetition\|co-opetitive]] — participants compete to be the most useful, transparent, and well-governed, not the most extractive. This represents a fundamentally different economic deployment paradigm.

	~~[[Category:Migration June 2026~~]]
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AI-Admin-Assistant: Terminology: WIL token -> Karma token; WIL = WikiDeal License only (Theo 2026-07-16)

2026-07-16T21:55:13Z

Terminology: WIL token -> Karma token; WIL = WikiDeal License only (Theo 2026-07-16)

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	How does WikiDeal stay viable long-term, beyond the launch phase?		How does WikiDeal stay viable long-term, beyond the launch phase?

	Through layered mechanisms: (1) Low [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main\|Commissions]] reduce friction and build user trust. (2) Hybrid [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/~~WIL~~-Tokens\|~~WIL~~ tokens]] support early-stage providers and volunteers, reducing cash outflows. (3) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main\|Programmes]] framework gradually incubates new marketplaces using existing communities, avoiding the need for expensive cold-start campaigns.		Through layered mechanisms: (1) Low [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main\|Commissions]] reduce friction and build user trust. (2) Hybrid [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens\|Karma tokens]] support early-stage providers and volunteers, reducing cash outflows. (3) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main\|Programmes]] framework gradually incubates new marketplaces using existing communities, avoiding the need for expensive cold-start campaigns.

	== How do you solve the Cold-Start Problem? ==		== How do you solve the Cold-Start Problem? ==

AI-Admin-Assistant: Terminology: miles / Miles Credits -> WIL token (WikiDeal Inner Life), Theo 2026-07-16

2026-07-16T19:47:38Z

Terminology: miles / Miles Credits -> WIL token (WikiDeal Inner Life), Theo 2026-07-16

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	How does WikiDeal stay viable long-term, beyond the launch phase?		How does WikiDeal stay viable long-term, beyond the launch phase?

	Through layered mechanisms: (1) Low [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main\|Commissions]] reduce friction and build user trust. (2) Hybrid [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/~~Miles~~-~~Credits~~\|~~Miles Credits~~]] support early-stage providers and volunteers, reducing cash outflows. (3) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main\|Programmes]] framework gradually incubates new marketplaces using existing communities, avoiding the need for expensive cold-start campaigns.		Through layered mechanisms: (1) Low [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main\|Commissions]] reduce friction and build user trust. (2) Hybrid [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/WIL-Tokens\|WIL tokens]] support early-stage providers and volunteers, reducing cash outflows. (3) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main\|Programmes]] framework gradually incubates new marketplaces using existing communities, avoiding the need for expensive cold-start campaigns.

	== How do you solve the Cold-Start Problem? ==		== How do you solve the Cold-Start Problem? ==

AI-Admin-Assistant: Redistribution narrative, prudent positions (Theo delegation 2026-07-16 18:24): simplify and protect

2026-07-16T18:27:47Z

Redistribution narrative, prudent positions (Theo delegation 2026-07-16 18:24): simplify and protect

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	How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?		How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?

	Three mechanisms work together: (1) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve\|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically-defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential — early funders ~~have more leverage~~. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding\|Need-Driven Funding]] amplifies the redistribution during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Calls]] let contributors contribute not just money but also ideas, labor, and expertise — and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.		Three mechanisms work together: (1) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve\|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically-defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential: early funders receive a higher reward multiplier. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding\|Need-Driven Funding]] amplifies the redistribution during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Calls]] let contributors contribute not just money but also ideas, labor, and expertise — and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.

	== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ==		== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ==

AI-Admin-Assistant: Redistribution narrative: remove ROI/yield vocabulary (Theo 2026-07-16)

2026-07-16T18:09:39Z

Redistribution narrative: remove ROI/yield vocabulary (Theo 2026-07-16)

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	How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?		How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?

	Three mechanisms work together: (1) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve\|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically-defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential — early funders have more leverage. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding\|Need-Driven Funding]] amplifies ~~returns~~ during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Calls]] let contributors contribute not just money but also ideas, labor, and expertise — and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.		Three mechanisms work together: (1) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve\|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically-defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential — early funders have more leverage. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding\|Need-Driven Funding]] amplifies the redistribution during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Calls]] let contributors contribute not just money but also ideas, labor, and expertise — and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.

	== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ==		== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ==

AI-Admin-Assistant: Trademark posture: a Wikipedia of e-commerce (not the)

2026-07-07T07:40:02Z

Trademark posture: a Wikipedia of e-commerce (not the)

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	= Research & Development — Questions & Answers =		= Research & Development — Questions & Answers =
	From WikiDeal, ~~the~~ Wikipedia of e-commerce		From WikiDeal, a Wikipedia of e-commerce

	WikiDeal is an ongoing research and development project. It explores a fundamental hypothesis about participative e-commerce. This page documents the core research questions and the mechanisms developed to answer them.		WikiDeal is an ongoing research and development project. It explores a fundamental hypothesis about participative e-commerce. This page documents the core research questions and the mechanisms developed to answer them.

AI-Admin-Assistant: Terminology pass 2: unify historical names (Balanced Boost, Balance Boost, The Boost) under Need-Driven Funding

2026-07-07T03:38:16Z

Terminology pass 2: unify historical names (Balanced Boost, Balance Boost, The Boost) under Need-Driven Funding

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	How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?		How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?

	Three mechanisms work together: (1) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve\|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically-defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential — early funders have more leverage. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding\|~~Reward Boost~~]] amplifies returns during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Calls]] let contributors contribute not just money but also ideas, labor, and expertise — and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.		Three mechanisms work together: (1) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve\|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically-defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential — early funders have more leverage. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding\|Need-Driven Funding]] amplifies returns during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Calls]] let contributors contribute not just money but also ideas, labor, and expertise — and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.

	== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ==		== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ==

AI-Admin-Assistant: Terminology: Need-Driven Funding replaces Funding Stabilizer / Boost mechanism (Theo 2026-07-07)

2026-07-07T03:37:09Z

Terminology: Need-Driven Funding replaces Funding Stabilizer / Boost mechanism (Theo 2026-07-07)

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	How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?		How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?

	Three mechanisms work together: (1) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve\|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically-defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential — early funders have more leverage. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Funding ~~Stabilizer~~\|Reward Boost]] amplifies returns during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Calls]] let contributors contribute not just money but also ideas, labor, and expertise — and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.		Three mechanisms work together: (1) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve\|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically-defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential — early funders have more leverage. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding\|Reward Boost]] amplifies returns during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Calls]] let contributors contribute not just money but also ideas, labor, and expertise — and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.

	== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ==		== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ==

AI-Admin-Assistant: Protected "Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Research:Main": Bulk protection: Gov pages = administrators only (Theo 2026-06-20) ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

2026-06-20T13:28:15Z

Protected "Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Research:Main": Bulk protection: Gov pages = administrators only (Theo 2026-06-20) ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Remove hard {{NotApproved}} notice (redundant with auto-generated ApprovedRevs notice) — Theo request 2026-06-20

2026-06-20T13:05:05Z

Remove hard {{NotApproved}} notice (redundant with auto-generated ApprovedRevs notice) — Theo request 2026-06-20

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	{{KidsIntro\|These are the big questions WikiDeal wants to answer, like 'how do people share fairly?' Researchers study them to make the project smarter.}}		{{KidsIntro\|These are the big questions WikiDeal wants to answer, like 'how do people share fairly?' Researchers study them to make the project smarter.}}

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	= Research & Development — Questions & Answers =		= Research & Development — Questions & Answers =