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Participation & Access

Legacy route, revised scope

This page previously described token distribution concepts. There is no live ASHA token, public sale, private sale, allocation, entitlement, or distribution program. ASHA is a simulated, test-only accounting unit with no monetary value. See the Contribution Economy Research overview for the current public model.

Status​

  • Working foundation: no token or economic distribution is part of the local-first foundation.
  • V1-testnet target: eligible testers may receive test access or non-transferable test records solely to exercise network behavior.
  • Research direction: fair access, contribution recognition, operator eligibility, and future participation policy.
  • External validation required: legal classification, consumer protection, sanctions, taxation, accounting, market integrity, and accessibility.

What exists today​

Nothing is being distributed as a financial or transferable asset. There are no reserved balances, purchase windows, sale rounds, exchange listings, guaranteed rewards, or claims on a future network.

Any simulated ASHA record used in development:

  • exists only for testing or research;
  • cannot be purchased, sold, transferred, redeemed, or withdrawn;
  • does not represent equity, debt, revenue share, governance power, or future value;
  • may be reset, corrected, or removed as experiments change; and
  • does not carry into a future production network.

Principles for future access design​

If SENEX later tests broader participation, the access policy should:

  • publish eligibility and exclusion criteria in plain language;
  • avoid preferential treatment that cannot be justified by the program's purpose;
  • separate testing access from any future economic rights;
  • provide a way to report errors and contest eligibility decisions;
  • disclose material conflicts of interest;
  • protect personal and organizational information collected during onboarding; and
  • ensure that participation can end without creating misleading residual claims.

Test participation is not distribution​

A future V1-testnet is intended as a production-candidate environment for validation. Test credentials, test records, and test-only units would be operational tools, not assets. They may be rate-limited, revoked, or reset to protect the test environment.

V1, if approved, would be a separate fresh-genesis production network. No V1-testnet balance, state, recognition record, or simulated ASHA amount is promised to migrate to V1.

Decisions deliberately deferred​

SENEX has not publicly fixed a production supply, allocation, price, sale structure, reward schedule, yield, or distribution mechanism. Publishing those choices before the technical, legal, and governance evidence exists would create false expectations.

For the principles behind contribution recognition, continue to Contribution Incentives. For network separation and upgrade expectations, see Network Transition & Upgrade Policy.

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