RCOS Layers
Every layer has a plain-language guide, the formal rules in the standard, and templates to fill in.
Protocol stack: higher layers cannot override lower ones.
- Layer 6 · Evolution & Adaptation
How the system changes without collapsing.
- Layer 5 · Operations & Coordination
How daily life and work actually function.
- Layer 4 · Conflict, Repair & Accountability
What happens when things break.
- Layer 3 · Economic & Resource System
How value flows inside the community.
- Layer 2 · Governance & Decision Logic
How decisions are made, changed, and enforced.
- Layer 1 · Membership System
Who is inside the system, and under what conditions?
- Layer 0 · Identity & Scope
What problem does this community exist to solve?