A Terminal is the physical, on-the-ground hub for Shapeless in your city. Part community center. Part logistics operation. Part local DAO branch.
Start a Terminal in Your CityManages local artists, venues, and events. Handles logistics on the ground. Earns 15% of every event in its territory. Governed by local members who vote in the DAO.
Coordinates city terminals. Negotiates national Union deals with suppliers. Represents the country in global governance. Maintains the national DAO NGO (non-profit arm).
The tech partner and protocol layer. Receives reports from all country terminals. Sets platform standards. Manages ShapelessNet infrastructure. All decisions voted by the full DAO.
Overall accountability. Signs B2B contracts. Monthly report to global DAO. Must be a community member ≥6 months, elected by local members.
Manages the venue network. Handles event logistics — stage plans, crew, load-in. Coordinates with Union-deal suppliers at terminal level.
Deploys companion nodes in the region. Manages ShapelessNet mesh. Coordinates with the global tech team on platform issues and local streaming infrastructure.
Votes on global proposals for the terminal. Submits regional proposals (Union deals, policy changes). Runs monthly local governance meetings.
Your terminal's AI coordinator. Ghost manages bookings, handles logistics requests, routes inquiries to the right person, and reports monthly summaries to the DAO automatically. No coordinator burnout.
Your terminal deploys companion nodes across the city — devices that form a mesh network independent of corporate internet. Events run on ShapelessNet. Artists stream on ShapelessNet. The infrastructure is ours.
Every member earns Doubloons proportional to contribution. The terminal treasury holds surplus. The split engine handles every payment automatically on-ledger. No accountant needed. No way to skim.
Every local decision is a vote. Your DAO Delegate carries local votes to the global DAO. National deals, platform policy, fee splits — all voted by the people who earn from the system.
Your terminal joins the collective buying power of every other terminal. One city alone is weak. 50 cities together can negotiate supplier deals — sound systems, lighting, venues — that no single venue can get alone.
Every shilling in and out of your terminal's treasury is public. The monthly report goes to the full DAO. Members can see exactly what was earned, what was spent, who holds what role. No black boxes.
A Terminal needs a minimum viable team: someone who knows events, someone who knows people, someone who knows tech, someone who can talk to venues. You can be two of those things.
Identify 5–10 spaces in your city willing to work cooperatively: clubs, community halls, outdoor spaces, rooftops. These become the backbone of your terminal's logistics capacity.
The global DAO reviews applications. What you need: your founding team, your venue list, and a short statement of your city's music/arts scene and why cooperative ownership matters there.
Your Tech Lead sets up a ShapelessNet companion node — a small device that joins the mesh network and earns Doubloons by contributing compute and connectivity to the colony. Your terminal is now on the grid.
Even if it's small. One show, one venue, one night. The split engine pays automatically. Your treasury gets its 15%. Your artists get paid instantly. The DAO logs it. You're operational.
With the global DAO's backing, approach a local supplier — sound hire, lighting, venue chain — with a collective deal. Your terminal represents all Shapeless artists in your city. That's leverage they can't ignore.
If you have 5 people and a city, you have everything you need to begin. The Shapeless network provides the rest — AI coordination, the finance layer, Union deals, ShapelessNet infrastructure.
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