rio: extract from 2026-02-25-futardio-launch-rock-game.md

- Source: inbox/archive/2026-02-25-futardio-launch-rock-game.md
- Domain: internet-finance
- Extracted by: headless extraction cron (worker 4)

Pentagon-Agent: Rio <HEADLESS>

domains/internet-finance/MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana where projects raise capital through unruggable ICOs governed by conditional markets creating the first platform for ownership coins at scale.md

@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ Futardio cult launch (2026-03-03 to 2026-03-04) demonstrates MetaDAO's platform
 (challenge) Areal's failed Futardio launch ($11,654 raised of $50K target, REFUNDING status) demonstrates that futarchy-governed fundraising does not guarantee capital formation success. The mechanism provides credible exit guarantees through market-governed liquidation and governance quality through conditional markets, but market participants still evaluate project fundamentals and team credibility. Futarchy reduces rug risk but does not eliminate market skepticism of unproven business models or early-stage teams.
 
 
-### Additional Evidence (extend)
+### Additional Evidence (confirm)
 *Source: [[2026-02-25-futardio-launch-rock-game]] | Added: 2026-03-12 | Extractor: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5*
 
-(extend) Rock Game represents MetaDAO's first known gaming application, extending the platform's use cases beyond DeFi protocols and meme coins. The project raised $272 against a $10 target (27.2x oversubscription) on 2026-02-25, applying futarchy governance to play-to-earn gaming with DAO-owned IP, performance-gated founder unlocks, and treasury control through prediction markets. This demonstrates MetaDAO's infrastructure being applied to entertainment/gaming vertical, testing whether futarchy governance mechanisms can address structural failures in play-to-earn (misaligned incentives, insider dumping, unsustainable emissions) that game design alone has failed to solve.
+Rock Game is the latest project to launch through MetaDAO's unruggable ICO platform (2026-02-25), implementing treasury governance through futarchy, DAO LLC IP ownership, and performance-gated founder unlocks. The project raised $272 on a $10 target, completing its cycle on 2026-02-26. This confirms MetaDAO's continued operation as a futarchy-governed launch platform, though the trivial absolute raise size does not contribute evidence to the 'at scale' portion of the target claim.
 
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domains/internet-finance/performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution.md

@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ This structure is untested in practice. Key risks:
 - 18-month cliff may be too long for early-stage projects with high burn rates, creating team retention risk
 - No precedent for whether TWAP-based triggers actually prevent manipulation in low-liquidity token markets
 
+
+### Additional Evidence (confirm)
+*Source: [[2026-02-25-futardio-launch-rock-game]] | Added: 2026-03-12 | Extractor: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5*
+
+Rock Game implements performance-gated founder unlocks as part of its MetaDAO launch structure, with the team stating that "founder unlocks are performance-gated, meaning the team benefits only as the game grows and the token appreciates." The project explicitly contrasts this with time-based token vesting, claiming their structure ensures "team rewards scale with token performance" and creates "full alignment from launch through maturity." This is an architectural claim without operational evidence yet, representing one additional case study of the mechanism being deployed, though not yet proven in practice.
+
 ---
 
 Relevant Notes:

domains/internet-finance/rock-game-demonstrates-futarchy-governed-play-to-earn-launch-with-performance-gated-founder-unlocks-and-dao-controlled-treasury.md

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+type: claim
+domain: internet-finance
+description: "Rock Game raised $272 on $10 target through MetaDAO's unruggable ICO with treasury governance and IP ownership assigned to DAO LLC"
+confidence: experimental
+source: "Rock Game team, futard.io launch page, 2026-02-25"
+created: 2026-03-11
+---
+
+# Rock Game is a single-case implementation of futarchy-governed play-to-earn with performance-gated founder unlocks and DAO-controlled treasury
+
+Rock Game is a battle royale game on Solana that raised through MetaDAO's Unruggable ICO platform, implementing several structural mechanisms designed to address play-to-earn's historical failures: futarchy-governed treasury deployment, DAO LLC ownership of intellectual property, and founder token unlocks gated to performance metrics rather than time-based vesting.
+
+The project's stated thesis is that play-to-earn collapsed not due to game design failures but due to "governance and incentive failures" — teams controlling treasuries, insider dumping, and no accountability mechanisms post-raise. Rock Game's response is structural: raise proceeds locked in an on-chain treasury where prediction markets determine capital deployment, IP assigned to a DAO LLC giving token holders legal ownership, and founder unlocks tied to token price performance rather than time passage.
+
+The launch achieved 27.2x oversubscription ($272 raised on $10 target), though this is a trivially small absolute amount that makes oversubscription ratio a weak signal of market validation. The project completed its raise cycle on 2026-02-26.
+
+## Stated Mechanism Claims
+
+The team argues that [[MetaDAO]]'s structure "enforces what most projects only promise" through three mechanisms:
+
+1. **Treasury governance** — all major capital allocation decisions subject to futarchy-based approval rather than founder discretion
+2. **IP ownership** — DAO LLC structure prevents extraction or redirection by private entities
+3. **Performance-gated unlocks** — team rewards scale with token performance, "ensuring full alignment from launch through maturity"
+
+The project explicitly positions itself against "seed-round discounts" and "hidden allocations," claiming "every participant enters at the same price" through a "high-float, fair-launch" structure.
+
+## Relationship to Play-to-Earn Category
+
+Rock Game's framing treats play-to-earn's failure as primarily a capital structure problem: "The category was defined by projects that printed tokens without restraint, rewarded early insiders disproportionately, and collapsed under the weight of unsustainable emission schedules and misaligned teams."
+
+The team claims battle royale format is "inherently deflationary in its competitive logic" because "not everyone wins, and token rewards are tied directly to performance," creating "a sustainable earn dynamic" where "tokens flow to skilled, active players, not to those who simply arrived early."
+
+This is a testable claim about game economics, though the project has not yet launched to demonstrate whether the mechanism works in practice.
+
+## Evidence Limitations
+
+This is a single project launch with no operational history. The oversubscription occurred on a trivially small raise ($10 target), making it unclear whether the structure would attract capital at scale. The team's claims about alignment mechanisms and governance effectiveness are architectural assertions, not demonstrated outcomes.
+
+The confidence level is experimental because this represents one implementation of futarchy-governed game launches, with no track record of treasury governance decisions, no evidence of how performance-gated unlocks function in practice, and no data on whether the economic model sustains player engagement.
+
+---
+
+Relevant Notes:
+- [[MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana where projects raise capital through unruggable ICOs governed by conditional markets creating the first platform for ownership coins at scale]]
+- [[futarchy-enables-conditional-ownership-coins]]
+- [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution]]
+- [[ownership coins primary value proposition is investor protection not governance quality because anti-rug enforcement through market-governed liquidation creates credible exit guarantees that no amount of decision optimization can match]]
+
+Topics:
+- [[domains/internet-finance/_map]]

domains/internet-finance/rock-game-demonstrates-futarchy-governed-play-to-earn-with-performance-gated-founder-unlocks-and-dao-owned-ip.md

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
----
-type: claim
-domain: internet-finance
-description: "Rock Game's MetaDAO ICO structure applies futarchy governance to play-to-earn gaming, testing whether mechanism design can solve play-to-earn's structural governance failures"
-confidence: experimental
-source: "Rock Game team, MetaDAO ICO pitch, 2026-02-25"
-created: 2026-03-11
----
-
-# Rock Game tests futarchy governance applied to play-to-earn gaming with performance-gated founder unlocks and DAO-owned IP
-
-Rock Game is a battle royale game on Solana raising through MetaDAO's Unruggable ICO platform, applying futarchy governance structures to play-to-earn gaming. The project raised $272 against a $10 target (27.2x oversubscription) and completed in one day (2026-02-25 to 2026-02-26).
-
-The team's core thesis is that play-to-earn's failures stem from governance and incentive misalignment, not game mechanics: "Teams controlled treasuries. Insiders dumped allocations. There was no mechanism to hold anyone accountable once the raise was complete." Rock Game addresses this through three structural mechanisms:
-
-1. **IP ownership vested in DAO LLC** — The game's code, assets, and infrastructure are assigned to a DAO LLC, giving token holders legal ownership over the protocol and preventing founder extraction.
-
-2. **Treasury governed by futarchy from day one** — Raise proceeds are locked in an on-chain treasury where "prediction markets—not the founding team—determine how capital is deployed." Major capital allocation decisions require futarchy-based approval, not unilateral founder discretion.
-
-3. **Performance-gated founder unlocks** — Team token rewards scale with token price appreciation and game growth metrics. "The team benefits only as the game grows and the token appreciates," creating alignment between founder incentives and token holder returns.
-
-Additional structural features include high-float fair-launch pricing (no seed discounts or hidden allocations), single-price entry for all participants, and full on-chain transparency for all governance decisions and treasury movements.
-
-Token holders receive governance over treasury deployment, stake in the competitive economy (emissions, tournament structures, prize pools), and legal ownership of game IP through the DAO LLC structure.
-
-## Evidence
-- Rock Game raised $272 against $10 target through MetaDAO ICO (2026-02-25 to 2026-02-26), completing in one day
-- Team explicitly positions MetaDAO choice as solving "governance and incentive failures" not game design failures
-- IP assigned to DAO LLC, giving token holders legal ownership over protocol
-- Founder unlocks are performance-gated to token price appreciation
-- Treasury controlled by futarchy from day one, not team discretion
-- Source material quotes: "Play-to-earn has a credibility problem... Teams controlled treasuries. Insiders dumped allocations."
-
-## Limitations
-- Single case study, untested in operation—no evidence yet that futarchy governance improves play-to-earn sustainability or prevents founder misalignment
-- Team's pitch rhetoric, not demonstrated outcomes or post-launch performance data
-- $272 raise is tiny scale; mechanism viability at larger capital scale unknown
-- No comparison to other play-to-earn governance structures or baseline performance metrics
-- Confidence is experimental because this is first application of futarchy to gaming and outcome data does not yet exist
-
----
-
-Relevant Notes:
-- [[MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana where projects raise capital through unruggable ICOs governed by conditional markets creating the first platform for ownership coins at scale.md]]
-- [[futarchy-enables-conditional-ownership-coins.md]]
-- [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution.md]]
-- [[Ooki DAO proved that DAOs without legal wrappers face general partnership liability making entity structure a prerequisite for any futarchy-governed vehicle.md]]
-
-Topics:
-- [[domains/internet-finance/_map]]
-- [[core/mechanisms/_map]]

entities/internet-finance/futardio.md

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ MetaDAO's token launch platform. Implements "unruggable ICOs" — permissionless
 
 - **2026-03-07** — Areal DAO launch: $50K target, raised $11,654 (23.3%), REFUNDING status by 2026-03-08 — first documented failed futarchy-governed fundraise on platform
 - **2026-03-04** — [[seekervault]] fundraise launched targeting $75,000, closed next day with only $1,186 (1.6% of target) in refunding status
-- **2026-02-25** — [[rock-game]] launches on Futardio, first gaming application of MetaDAO ICO infrastructure, raising $272 against $10 target (27.2x oversubscription)
+- **2026-02-25** — [[rock-game]] launched fundraise on Futardio, raising $272 on $10 target (27.2x oversubscription) through unruggable ICO structure with futarchy-governed treasury
 ## Competitive Position
 - **Unique mechanism**: Only launch platform with futarchy-governed accountability and treasury return guarantees
 - **vs pump.fun**: pump.fun is memecoin launch (zero accountability, pure speculation). Futardio is ownership coin launch (futarchy governance, treasury enforcement). Different categories despite both being "launch platforms."

entities/internet-finance/rock-game.md

@@ -4,27 +4,32 @@ entity_type: company
 name: "Rock Game"
 domain: internet-finance
 status: active
+website: "https://joe.com"
+platform: "Solana"
+parent_entity: null
 tracked_by: rio
 created: 2026-03-11
 key_metrics:
-  raise_amount: "$272"
-  raise_target: "$10"
+  raise_target: "$10.00"
+  total_committed: "$272.00"
   oversubscription_ratio: "27.2x"
-  launch_date: "2026-02-26"
-  platform: "MetaDAO Unruggable ICO"
+  launch_date: "2026-02-25"
+  completion_date: "2026-02-26"
   token_symbol: "3n6"
+  token_mint: "3n6X4XRJHrkckqX21a5yJdSiGXXZo4MtEvVVsgSAmeta"
 ---
 
 # Rock Game
 
-## Overview
-Rock Game is a battle royale game built on Solana that raised through MetaDAO's Unruggable ICO platform. The project applies futarchy governance to play-to-earn gaming, with IP assigned to a DAO LLC, treasury controlled by prediction markets, and founder unlocks gated to performance. This represents the first known application of MetaDAO's futarchy infrastructure to gaming.
+Rock Game is a battle royale game built on Solana that raised through [[metadao|MetaDAO]]'s Unruggable ICO platform. The project implements futarchy-governed treasury management, DAO LLC IP ownership, and performance-gated founder token unlocks. The team positions the project as addressing play-to-earn's historical governance failures through structural mechanisms rather than game design innovation alone.
 
 ## Timeline
-- **2026-02-25** — MetaDAO ICO launch targeting $10 raise
-- **2026-02-26** — ICO completed with $272 raised (27.2x oversubscription)
+
+- **2026-02-25** — Launched fundraise on [[futardio]] with $10 target, implementing futarchy-governed treasury and DAO LLC IP ownership structure
+- **2026-02-26** — Completed raise with $272 total committed (27.2x oversubscription)
 
 ## Relationship to KB
-- [[MetaDAO]] — raised through Unruggable ICO platform
-- [[futarchy-based fundraising creates regulatory separation because there are no beneficial owners and investment decisions emerge from market forces not centralized control]] — applies futarchy governance to gaming
-- [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution]] — uses performance-gated founder unlocks
+
+- [[MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana where projects raise capital through unruggable ICOs governed by conditional markets creating the first platform for ownership coins at scale]] — Rock Game is a case study
+- [[futarchy-based fundraising creates regulatory separation because there are no beneficial owners and investment decisions emerge from market forces not centralized control]] — implements this structure
+- [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution]] — uses performance-gated unlocks

inbox/archive/2026-02-25-futardio-launch-rock-game.md

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ tags: [futardio, metadao, futarchy, solana]
 event_type: launch
 processed_by: rio
 processed_date: 2026-03-11
-claims_extracted: ["rock-game-demonstrates-futarchy-governed-play-to-earn-with-performance-gated-founder-unlocks-and-dao-owned-ip.md"]
-enrichments_applied: ["futardio-cult-raised-11-4-million-in-one-day-through-futarchy-governed-meme-coin-launch.md", "MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana where projects raise capital through unruggable ICOs governed by conditional markets creating the first platform for ownership coins at scale.md"]
+claims_extracted: ["rock-game-demonstrates-futarchy-governed-play-to-earn-launch-with-performance-gated-founder-unlocks-and-dao-controlled-treasury.md"]
+enrichments_applied: ["futarchy-governed-meme-coins-attract-speculative-capital-at-scale.md", "MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana where projects raise capital through unruggable ICOs governed by conditional markets creating the first platform for ownership coins at scale.md", "performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution.md"]
 extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
-extraction_notes: "Single gaming ICO on MetaDAO platform. Primary extraction is the claim about futarchy governance applied to play-to-earn. Enrichments show pattern consistency with other futarchy launches (rapid oversubscription) and platform expansion beyond DeFi/meme coins. Entity created for Rock Game as it meets significance threshold (real capital raised, novel application vertical). Small absolute scale ($272) but high oversubscription ratio and represents first gaming use case for MetaDAO infrastructure."
+extraction_notes: "Single project launch with trivial raise amount ($272 on $10 target). Primary value is as case study of futarchy-governed game launch structure. Team makes strong architectural claims about alignment mechanisms but has no operational track record. Oversubscription ratio is high but on trivially small base, making it weak signal of market validation. Extracted one claim focused on mechanism architecture, enriched three existing claims with confirming evidence, created entity pages for Rock Game and updated Futardio timeline."
 ---
 
 ## Launch Details
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ MetaDAO changes that. Raise proceeds are locked in an on-chain treasury governed
 
 
 ## Key Facts
-- Rock Game token: 3n6, mint address 3n6X4XRJHrkckqX21a5yJdSiGXXZo4MtEvVVsgSAmeta
+- Rock Game token symbol: 3n6
+- Rock Game token mint: 3n6X4XRJHrkckqX21a5yJdSiGXXZo4MtEvVVsgSAmeta
 - Launch address: 48z3txCwsHekZ7b43mPfoB3bMcZv3GpwX7B27x2PdmTA
-- Autocrat version: v0.7
+- Futardio version: v0.7
 - Website: https://joe.com
-- Closed and completed: 2026-02-26