Society · Protocols
Cocapacity
Record the joint capacity an exchange creates, beyond the information it transfers
Definition
Mechanism
After an exchange, the parties record what they can now do together that they could not before, such as a shared term, a Contract, an agreed procedure or a fact each knows the other knows. Each capacity is tested by naming a joint action it enables.
Invariants
- Each new capacity is named with a joint action it enables.
- A capacity counts only if it needs every party; an individual gain does not.
Risks
Failure modes
Information mistaken for capacity
facts were transferred, but nothing can be done together that could not be done before.
Unused capacity
the capacity is recorded but never exercised.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Infrastructure
Binding agreement between parties
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference