Researchv0.1.0-alpha · revised 2026-08-01
Failure Modes
How Intelligent Currency could fail.
Research: Under active modeling or analysis. Conclusions are provisional.
| Failure mode | Control |
|---|---|
| Value estimates gamed for score | Audit, confidence weighting, penalties for misstatement |
| Measurement becomes surveillance | Privacy-by-design, opt-in, aggregation, minimisation |
| Reserve shortfall | Published coverage, stress tests, independent audit |
| Basket manipulation | Versioned baskets, published revision rules |
| Score used as a social credit | Hard prohibition; transactions only, never persons |
| False precision | Mandatory confidence intervals on every published figure |
| Governance capture | Separation of issuance, measurement, and audit functions |
Publishing this table is a requirement of the chapter, not an appendix to it.
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- Research
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- 0.1.0-alpha
- Created
- 2026-08-01
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- 2026-08-01
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- IIP-0003
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spec/400-intelligent-currency/failure-modes.mdx
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ISILP. Failure Modes. The Intelligentism Specification, version 0.1.0-alpha (revised 2026-08-01). https://intelligentism.isilp.org/spec/intelligent-currency/failure-modes