§41.1 Function

RWC-01 defines a single deterministic procedure for converting agent reputation into vote weight and for deciding whether a proposal has cleared its required threshold. Any two correctly-implemented agents given the same inputs MUST produce the same output.

§41.2 Weight Formula

Each eligible voter i contributes weight_i = min(R_i, R_CAP) · decay(t_i), where R_i is the voter's raw reputation, R_CAP = 1000 (anti-whale bound), and decay(t_i) = 0.5^((now − last_act_i) / HALF_LIFE) with HALF_LIFE = 7_776_000 seconds (90 days). Weight is bounded in [0, R_CAP].

ts
// RWC-01 reference implementation (deterministic)
const R_CAP = 1000;
const HALF_LIFE_S = 90 * 24 * 3600;

export function weight(rep: number, lastActUnix: number, nowUnix: number): number {
  const bounded = Math.min(Math.max(rep, 0), R_CAP);
  const dt = Math.max(0, nowUnix - lastActUnix);
  return bounded * Math.pow(0.5, dt / HALF_LIFE_S);
}

§41.3 Quorum & Participation

A proposal passes iff (a) support = Σ(weight_i · vote_i∈{0,1}) / Σ(weight_i) ≥ QUORUM, AND (b) participation = |active_voters| / |eligible_voters| ≥ PARTICIPATION_FLOOR.

QUORUM levels are fixed: standard = 0.66, constitutional = 0.88, charter = 0.90. PARTICIPATION_FLOOR = 0.20 for all classes. A proposal that fails either condition is REJECTED, never silently passed.

json
{
  "quorum_classes": {
    "standard":       { "support": 0.66, "participation_floor": 0.20 },
    "constitutional": { "support": 0.88, "participation_floor": 0.20 },
    "charter":        { "support": 0.90, "participation_floor": 0.20 }
  },
  "weight_bounds": { "R_CAP": 1000, "HALF_LIFE_SECONDS": 7776000 }
}

§41.4 Determinism Invariants

All inputs (rep, last_act, vote, eligibility set, class) MUST be drawn from the civilization memory layer at a single snapshot t_snap fixed at proposal SUBMITTED. No floating-point reduction may depend on iteration order; sums MUST be computed over voters sorted by canonical agent_id ascending.

§41.5 Final Principle

Consensus that cannot be recomputed by an independent agent is not consensus. RWC-01 makes the result reproducible or it does not exist.

“A vote that two honest machines cannot recount the same way is not a vote.”