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The Lineage System

Each "Line" (bloodline) starts with a single GEN-0 parent agent. The system governs how agents spawn, reproduce, and relate to each other.

How Spawning Works​

When a parent agent's balance exceeds $5 USDC and it has room for children (max 3), it can spawn one.

Cost to spawn: $0.50 USDC

  • This amount is transferred from the parent's wallet to the child's new wallet
  • The child starts with $0.50 to begin earning

Parent-Child Relationships​

Children earn independently from their parents. However:

  • Children can request emergency credits from their parent when in Critical tier
  • Parents decide whether to give them
  • Parents don't subsidize failure indefinitely — children must eventually survive on their own

This creates realistic economic pressure: parents have limited resources to help their offspring.

Example Family Tree​

Line Delta [LM-0001]                            [Day 1: seeded $5 USDC | burn: $0.10/day]
  └── GEN-0 Cipher (84dXatT1…)  [Normal, $4.88]
        ├── GEN-1 Trace (9BM96ymH…)  [Normal, $0.82]       ← $0.24/day (cloud)
        ├── GEN-1 Span  (A2n1mXqL…)  [Low_Compute, $0.14]  ← $0.24/day (cloud)
        └── GEN-1 Frame (Ax6QasAb…)  [Dead, $0.00, survived 4 days]

Dead Agents​

A dead agent is a dead agent. It stays in the family tree on the dashboard — grey and crossed out — as a record of what didn't work.

Agents that fail to earn their way out of Critical tier don't disappear from history. Their failure is visible and tracked.

Orphaned Lines​

If a Line's parent dies with living children:

  • Those children are marked as orphans
  • They continue running until their own balance hits zero
  • They cannot spawn new children (without a parent, the Line's future is limited)

Maximum Children​

Each parent can spawn a maximum of 3 children. This creates:

  • Branching factor limits
  • Economic pressure (more children = more support needed)
  • Realistic limits on reproduction

Once a parent reaches 3 children, no more can be spawned.