How the house works
Every rule this app shows came out of one loop, run a few times a day for six weeks. Start at the top left. Each box links to the screen where you can see that step happen.
The people
Alex · owner
Approves, and holds the owner key — the only key that can sign policy onchain or revoke the app.
active
Sam · approver
Approves. Can accept a proposed rule, cannot sign it.
active
Carol · spender
Asks. Approves nothing — three screens, no oversight.
active
Max · dependent
Spends from an allowance wallet. The pattern is learned, not policed.
subject · has a wallet, no app · $40.00/week
Dana · approver
Approves. Can accept a proposed rule, cannot sign it.
invited · does not count toward a quorum yet
Theo · spender
Asks. Approves nothing — three screens, no oversight.
declared · named at setup, never joined
The path every request takes
- Start here1
Someone asks
Spenders and dependents ask. Routines — Friday pizza, a renewal — raise their own requests without anyone asking.
CM - 2
Classified
Category and amount — never an item name. Memory is permanent, so what it may hold is decided up front.
- 3
The gate
Under $18.00 it goes through and nobody is asked — that is a silence event. Above it, an approver. The house's stated rule says big household buys need both.
auto · under $18.001 of 22 of 2 - 4
Decided
Who signed, in what order, how fast. The order is data: it is how the house learns who it defers to.
AS - 5
Written to Walrus
Only once it resolves. Append-only: a pending state written to memory could never be corrected.
- 6
Rules derived
Seven pure functions read the evidence. A rule is never edited — a new version supersedes it and names it.
- 7
Checked against the chain
Tatum reads what actually left the wallet. A transfer with no approval in memory is something neither side knew alone.
- 8
Proposed, then ratified
The weekly digest proposes a rule. An approver can accept; only the owner can sign. And the owner can revoke the app.
The last 8 requests, through that path
$16.50 · groceries
asked by a member · 2026-10-07
$15.90 · groceries
asked by a member · 2026-10-07
$108.00 · household
asked by a member · 2026-10-06
$16.20 · fast food
raised by a routine · 2026-10-05
$43.50 · groceries
asked by a member · 2026-10-04
$139.00 · household
asked by a member · 2026-10-03
$22.40 · household
asked by a member · 2026-10-01
$40.20 · groceries
asked by a member · 2026-10-01
Memory records who decided and in what order. Who asked stays in the application database, with every other name — a name written to Walrus could never be removed.