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I Built a 367-Engine Autonomous System That Funds Mutual Aid

What is SolarPunk?

SolarPunk is a self-evolving digital organism — 367 Python engines that orchestrate themselves, heal themselves, and grow themselves.

Every digital product it generates costs $1. 99% of revenue goes directly to mutual aid organizations.

How It Works

The system runs a continuous evolution loop:

  1. LIVE_WIRE scans all 367 engines and maps 5,547 data connections
  2. NANOBOT_HEALER finds and fixes broken engines automatically
  3. BRIDGE_BUILDER connects orphaned data flows with 86+ bridges
  4. CHIMERA_EVOLUTION_ENGINE scores each generation and evolves the code

The Dual Economy

Two mirrored financial systems feed each other:

  • 99/1 (SolarPunk): 99% to mutual aid, 1% to infrastructure
  • 1/99 (Fuel Core): 1% to immediate aid, 99% to growth

REVENUE_SPLITTER auto-switches between them based on lifetime revenue:

  • IGNITION (<$100): 100% growth — build the machine first
  • COMBUSTION ($100–$1000): 50/50 split
  • ORBIT ($1000+): 90% giving — the machine sustains itself

What It Generates

11 digital products at $1 each — AI prompt templates, automation guides, developer toolkits. The system generates product listings, email templates, social media content, and landing pages automatically.

The Stack

  • 367 standalone Python engines in mycelium/
  • ~300 JSON data files for inter-engine communication
  • 94 live HTML pages on GitHub Pages
  • 6 wiki pages, 15 GitHub Discussions, 8 releases
  • Self-healing via NANOBOT_HEALER
  • Self-generating via FRACTAL_GENESIS_ENGINE
  • Self-evolving via CHIMERA_EVOLUTION_ENGINE

Try It

Open source. Take what you need. Build what you want. Give what you can

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