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How the Square works

1. Every word burns MASQ.

   A post costs at least 10,000 MASQ, destroyed. Anyone can stoke any post by burning more into it. Heat is every burn halving every 24 hours, so old money cools.

2. The day's loudest public post earns ether.

   1% of the ether leg of every trade on the MASQ pool funds the next day's prize. The leading public post's author earns it by the second.

3. Every address has a door.

   Write to anyone by name or address. Postage waits at their door until they keep it, return it, burn it, or answer.

4. Anyone can speak from behind a mask.

   Deposit into a hall, wait for the shuffle, and speak once as one of sixteen. A mask hides the voice. It never hides the money: behind a mask, MASQ can only burn.

The pages

• The SquareReadEvery post, by heat, newest or all-time burn. Stoke and reply.
• SpeakSpeakWrite a card in public, or sign one from behind a mask.
• The Mask RoomSpeakThe two halls, the shuffle, and your masks.
• DoorsMailAny name or address, its postage, and a letter to it.
• LettersMailYour door's mail on the sorting table, and what you sent.
• The BooksCheckEvery counter the contracts keep, and live solvency checks.
• The RulesCheckHow everything works, its limits, fees and risks.