---
license: mit
language:
  - en
pretty_name: Extropy Contributions, Example Scored Loops
tags:
  - mechanism-design
  - governance
  - decentralized
  - entropy
  - complex-systems
size_categories:
  - n<1K
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files: contributions.jsonl
---

# Extropy Contributions, example scored loops

A small, hand-built example dataset of contribution loops scored by the
canonical Extropy Engine XP formula. It exists to make the protocol concrete:
each row is a real-shaped contribution with the exact inputs the formula
consumes and the XP it mints (or why it was rejected).

The unit of value is entropy reduction. This is not a metaphor.

## How XP is computed

Every row is scored by the source-of-record formula in
[`packages/xp-formula`](https://github.com/00ranman/extropy-engine/blob/main/packages/xp-formula/src/index.ts):

    XP = R x F x dS x (w . E) x log(1 / Ts)

Preconditions fail closed: dS must be > 0, Ts must be in (0, 1], and w and E
must be equal length. Row `c-0009` shows a rejected mint (dS = 0). Reputation
never enters the formula.

## Fields

| Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `id` | Loop identifier |
| `domain` | One of eight canonical entropy domains: cognitive, code, social, economic, thermodynamic, informational, governance, temporal |
| `description` | What the contribution did |
| `R` | Rarity multiplier, action-class scarcity (not actor reputation) |
| `F` | Frequency-of-decay penalty, 1.0 is first occurrence |
| `deltaS` | Verified entropy reduction, must be > 0 to mint |
| `w_cognitive`, `w_physical`, `w_temporal` | Effort weight vector |
| `E_cognitive`, `E_physical`, `E_temporal` | Effort energy vector |
| `elapsed_hours`, `Ts` | Recency: Ts = exp(-lambda x elapsed seconds), lambda = 0.001 |
| `causal_closure_speed` | Domain c_L, used by the irreducible form XP = dS / c_L^2 |
| `xp` | Minted XP |
| `minted` | Whether preconditions passed |
| `reject_reason` | Why a loop was rejected, if any |
| `formula_version` | v3.1.2 (canonical, post Rarity/Frequency fix) |

## Scope and honesty

This is an illustrative example set, not production telemetry. Values are
chosen to span the eight domains and to show both successful and rejected
mints. It is meant for teaching the formula and for stress-testing objections
to it. If a row's scoring looks wrong to you, that is the point: come break it.

## Links

- Source: [github.com/00ranman/extropy-engine](https://github.com/00ranman/extropy-engine)
- Paper: [An Emergence-First Grand Unified Theory](https://www.academia.edu/167360291)
- Discussion: [open thread](https://www.academia.edu/s/b1ff6dbe50)

## License

MIT, Copyright (c) 2026 Randall Gossett.