the financial model
here's exactly where the money goes. no hidden fees. no investor-first economics.
how cells get funded
a business submits an idea for software they need and names what they'd pay monthly. other businesses with the same problem pledge their own monthly commitment — $25 to $500 per month, whatever they can afford.
pledges are held until total monthly commitments hit the $1,000/month threshold. at that point, pledges lock and convert into monthly treasury contributions. a legal entity forms. development begins.
if the threshold is never reached, nobody pays anything. there's no risk in pledging — only in not pledging for software you actually need.
inventor equity
the person who submits the original idea takes real risk — they're putting a concept out there and rallying others around it. that should be rewarded.
founding grant
200,000 class A shares
the idea submitter receives these at cell formation. sweat equity for taking the first step.
co-sponsor shares
10,000 class B shares
every business that pledges receives class B shares when the cell forms. skin in the game = seat at the table.
recruitment bounty
+2,000 class A per recruit
the founder earns bonus shares for the first 10 co-sponsors they bring in. growth should reward the grower.
voting weight
during the genesis phase (months 0–18), voting power is weighted by shares. founders and early sponsors have more influence while the cell is getting off the ground. this protects the people who took the initial bet.
after month 18, the cell shifts to one-member-one-vote. every paying member has equal say. the cell is now a mature cooperative, governed democratically.
treasury mechanics
each cell's treasury is managed through OpenCollective — fully transparent, every transaction visible to every member. monthly contributions from co-sponsors flow in. cell payments flow out.
the cell draws from the treasury monthly, contingent on hitting their SLA metrics. uptime, bug resolution, delivery cadence — if they miss, they don't get paid in full. accountability is baked into the payment structure, not left to trust.
platform economics
destroysass is the infrastructure that makes cells possible. the platform earns revenue through:
cell formation fee
one-time fee for LCA creation, DAO initialization, and OpenCollective onboarding. you pay once to set up the legal and financial rails.
platform take-rate
5–10% of each cell’s monthly treasury. this funds platform development, support, and the certification infrastructure that keeps cells accountable.
cell certification
developer cooperatives pay to get vetted and listed. this covers technical review, cooperative structure verification, and ongoing compliance.
inter-cell routing
as cells mature and interoperate, micro-transaction fees on cross-cell API calls. this is the long-term network revenue — every cell that connects increases the value of every other cell.
exit protections
the system is designed so nobody gets screwed on the way out:
right of first refusal — the LCA can buy back shares at 24x MRR before any external sale. the collective gets first dibs, always.
no external sales — shares can't be sold to outside parties without collective approval. this prevents hostile takeovers and ensures the cell stays in the hands of the people who use it.
class B freeze — if a member stops paying, their class B shares freeze after a 60-day grace period. you can't stop contributing and keep voting. skin in the game is continuous.
fork freedom — if you leave, you take the code and your data. the software is open-source. you lose governance rights, not access.
the bottom line: every dollar is visible. every payment is earned. every member has equity. and if you leave, you leave with everything except the governance rights you chose to walk away from.