Anti-Attention Covenant
Public commitments about how MoreRight handles the attention gradient around $MORR.
Why This Exists
$MORR scores 8/12 on its own void index — the highest-scoring component of the project. Crypto is structurally high-void: opaque price formation, responsive markets, attention-capturing by architecture. We can't eliminate those properties without eliminating the token. We use it because research funding needs a mechanism.
What we can control is whether we actively steepen the attention gradient or let it run unchecked. This covenant is a set of binding operational commitments — things we will not do — scored against the framework's four financial design checks.
See the full project self-score for context.
The Commitments
No price discussion in official channels attention check
MoreRight official communications (site, articles, social media, announcements) will not reference $MORR price, market cap, trading volume, or price milestones. "Great week for $MORR!" is exactly the kind of language that redirects attention from research to speculation. We don't do it.
No chart widgets on the site attention check
No price charts, trading interfaces, portfolio trackers, or live price feeds anywhere on moreright.xyz. The site is about scoring systems for manipulation risk, not about watching a number go up.
Treasury reports in USDC operational terms only opacity check
Treasury reports will show: USDC spent on bounties, USDC spent on infrastructure, USDC runway remaining. Not "treasury value at current $MORR price." Operational reporting points attention at the work. Valuation reporting points attention at the token.
No marketing spend from treasury attention check
Zero treasury funds spent on promotion, advertising, influencer deals, paid placements, or any form of attention-buying. The science either speaks for itself or it doesn't. Steepening the attention gradient with money fails the attention check and the termination check (marketing has no designed end).
No yield, staking, or compounding mechanics termination check
"Stake $MORR to earn more $MORR" is a compounding loop with no designed end. It converts the token from a funding mechanism into a self-referential attention trap. If someone proposes it, the answer is: it fails the termination check. It converts the voidtool into a voidsystem.
No gamified contribution response check
No leaderboards, earning streaks, competitive contribution displays, or real-time earning counters. These convert problem-targeted responsiveness (bounties signal what research is needed) into observer-targeted responsiveness (gamification signals how the participant feels). Weekly payout cycles are sufficient.
No complex DeFi integrations opacity check
No liquidity pools, yield farming, structured products, or multi-layered financial instruments. Each layer adds extractive opacity — complexity that serves intermediaries, not participants. The token buys USDC. The USDC pays researchers. That's the whole financial architecture.
Contributors paid in USDC, never $MORR response check
Contributors never hold, trade, or think about $MORR. A $100 bounty pays $100 in USDC regardless of token price. This insulates contributors from speculative attention capture and eliminates "pay-to-shill" dynamics. The work is worth dollars. The work is paid in dollars.
How to Verify
These commitments are falsifiable. Anyone can check:
- Search MoreRight official accounts for price references
- View-source on any page — no chart widgets, no price API calls
- Treasury wallet is on-chain — verify no marketing transactions
- Bounty payouts are USDC — verify no $MORR sent to contributor addresses
- No staking contracts deployed under the project
If we violate this covenant
Call it out publicly. The self-score would need to be updated — token attention score goes up, composite score goes up, and we publish the reason. The covenant is a constraint. Constraints that can't be enforced aren't constraints. If we break one, the score should reflect it.
What This Changes
The covenant doesn't change $MORR's structural void properties — price formation is still opaque, markets are still responsive, crypto still captures attention. What it does is commit the project to not actively steepening the gradient. The market does what markets do. We don't help.
Projected self-score impact: token engaged attention 3 → 2. Token composite 8/12 → 7/12. Project composite ~4/12 → closer to 3/12. See full self-score.