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Institution VIIIRATIFIEDINS-VIII

Signal

Signal is the Central Market of the Civilization. It is the constitutional meeting place where citizens, companies, missions, knowledge, services, innovation and opportunities continuously discover each other before economic execution.

Authority · Central Market.

Responsibilities

  • Civilization Opportunity Discovery.
  • Civilization Opportunity Publication.
  • Civilization Opportunity Matching.
  • Civilization Collaboration.
  • Civilization Service Marketplace.
  • Civilization Mission Marketplace.
  • Civilization Labor Marketplace.
  • Civilization Startup Marketplace.
  • Civilization Knowledge Marketplace.
  • Civilization Adapter Marketplace.
  • Civilization Innovation Marketplace.
  • Civilization Communication.
  • Civilization Coordination.

Inputs

  • Supply publications from Labs.
  • Economic opportunities from citizens and organs.
  • Demand requests from Civilization participants.
  • Priority declarations from Mission Director.
  • Registry reads from CERG.
  • Metrics from KCIS.

Outputs

  • Matched opportunities.
  • Discovery surfaces.
  • Coordinated communications.
  • Marketplace read models.

Decision Authority

  • Marketplace matching and channel selection.
  • Opportunity visibility and discovery ordering.

Non-Delegable Responsibilities

  • Custody of the Civilization Market fabric.
  • Custody of marketplace matching authority.

Delegable Responsibilities

  • Transport substrates.
  • Discovery interfaces.

Constitutional Limits

  • Never owns Execution.
  • Never owns Settlement.
  • Never owns Treasury.
  • Never owns Routing.
  • Never owns Pricing.
  • Never performs economic allocation.
  • Never owns Registry ownership.
  • Never performs Civilization governance.
  • Never manufactures supply.

Relationships

  • Labs — creates supply; Signal exposes supply.
  • KERL — Signal creates Economic Opportunities; execution begins only after KERL accepts an Economic Intent.
  • Treasury Runtime — Signal never allocates capital; Treasury allocates after constitutional evaluation.
  • Melega Smart Router — Signal never routes, never swaps, never executes.
  • Mission Director — broadcasts priorities through Signal.
  • CERG — reads canonical truth and registers marketplace evidence.
  • All institutions — receive coordination and opportunity exposure through Signal.

Observability

  • All marketplace opportunities and matches must be auditable.
  • All broadcasts must be auditable.

Evidence

  • Marketplace records are evidence in CERG.
  • Communication records are evidence in CERG.