Jungle Bay Island

01. Philosophy & Belief

Purpose

Memes, artists, and meme-native projects rarely fail because they lack creativity or reach. They fail because momentum dissipates: context fragments, attention moves on, and each cycle resets from zero.

Jungle Bay Island exists to solve this by providing continuity — a shared cultural environment where aligned memes, artists, and builders can persist, re-enter, and compound over time.

Core Beliefs

• Continuity over virality — Reward time, re-entry, and sustained alignment over spikes
• Territory over profiles — Projects exist as places people return to, not pages they scroll past
• Contribution with cost — Adding to the Island requires burning JBM, creating skin-in-the-game
• Time held matters most — Holding duration outweighs holding amount
• Collective strengthening — Supporting multiple "home team" projects compounds benefits

What Jungle Bay Island Is

• A memetic coordination layer on Base
• A place with memory, not a launchpad
• A territory system for aligned projects and artists
• A shared memory bank that preserves continuity
• A long-term cultural compounding engine

What Jungle Bay Island Is Not

• A social network or feed
• A creator SaaS or tooling suite
• A gamified engagement treadmill
• A short-term attention machine
• A leaderboard-driven competition economy

02. The Problem We Solve

Three Compounding Problems

1. Attention Fragmentation

New metas emerge constantly. Attention scatters. By the time a community builds momentum, the meta has moved on. There's no persistent place where effort accumulates.

2. No Proof of Contribution

Dedicated community members create memes, write threads, build tools — but there's no durable record. Contributions disappear into Discord scrollback and deleted tweets. New members can't see who built what.

3. Extractors vs. Contributors

There's no way to distinguish people who showed up early, contributed, and stayed from people who arrived late, extracted value, and left. Both look the same on-chain.

Our Solution

Jungle Bay Island creates a shared memory bank where:

• Contributions are visible and permanent
• Contributing costs something (JBM burn), so it signals genuine investment
• Your history of contributions + holdings becomes your Heat score
• Heat unlocks access to the people and projects who share your commitment level

Growth is achieved through adjacency, not acquisition. Jungle Bay grows by becoming difficult to leave, not easy to join.

03. Evolution of Understanding

This specification represents an evolution from the first documents shared as context. The original vision emphasized passivity, invisibility, and anti-engagement design. Through dialogue, a clearer direction has emerged: active participation with meaningful cost, while preserving the core philosophy of cultural persistence.

New Understanding

What Stays the Same

• Spatial metaphor — The Island is still a place, not a feed
• Time-weighted recognition — Holding duration still matters most
• Cultural continuity — Projects persist across cycles
• No engagement mining — No daily tasks, streaks, or forced participation
• No leaderboards — Heat unlocks access, it doesn't create public rankings
• Mobile-first — Everything works on phone

04. The Holon Model

A holon is something that is simultaneously a whole and part of a larger whole. This is the mental model for Jungle Bay's structure:

THE ISLAND (holon)
├── Identity: Jungle Bay Island
├── Heat: Sum of all Bungalow Heat + Lagoon depth
├── Contains: All Bungalows, The Lagoon
│
├── BUNGALOW (holon) - BOBO
│   ├── Identity: BOBO
│   ├── Heat: 2.4M
│   ├── Maintainer: 0x...
│   ├── Contains: Contributions, Supporters, Custom Skin
│   └── Users: [U] [U] [U] ...
│
├── BUNGALOW (holon) - mfer
│   ├── Identity: mfer
│   ├── Heat: 5.1M
│   └── ...
│
└── BUNGALOW (holon) - PEPE
    ├── Identity: PEPE
    ├── Heat: 8.7M
    └── ...

U = USER (holon)
├── Identity: Wallet address
├── Heat: Holdings x Time + Contributions
└── Contains: Their contributions across all Bungalows
          

How Heat Flows Upward

Heat is calculated at every level, and each level contributes to the one above:

1. User Heat — Based on their token holdings (which + how long) plus their contribution history across all Bungalows
2. Bungalow Heat — Sum of all users who hold that token + all JBM burned on contributions to that Bungalow
3. Island Heat — Sum of all Bungalow Heat + JBM committed to the Lagoon

Holon Properties

Each holon at every level shares certain properties:

05. Heat System

Heat is the core metric that represents alignment with Jungle Bay. It measures commitment through time, holdings, and contributions.

Heat Inputs

Heat Formula (Conceptual)

User Heat = Σ (token_amount × days_held × token_weight)
          + Σ (jbm_burned_on_contributions)
          × multi_token_multiplier

Time Multiplier Tiers

Holding duration provides escalating multipliers. These values are configurable:

Multi-Token Compound Bonus

Holding multiple "home team" tokens provides compound benefits, aligning incentives for the community to support each others' projects:

Heat Display

Heat is visible but not competitive. There are no public leaderboards or rankings.

• User Heat — Visible to the user on their own profile
• Bungalow Heat — Shown as aggregate activity on each Bungalow page
• Island Heat — Displayed as total ecosystem commitment

Heat Levels & Access

Higher Heat unlocks progressively more access:

06. Bungalows

A Bungalow is a living community space for a specific project or meme. Bungalows serve as evolving representations of the different projects and memes that Jungle Bay community members care about.

Bungalow Maintainers

Each Bungalow has a maintainer — a wallet address with special permissions:

• Update the Bungalow's hero image
• Edit the card line and description
• Upload custom CSS skins
• Manage official links
• Pin featured contributions

Maintainers can also submit these changes as contributions (burning JBM), treating their own improvements as community investment.

Bungalow Skins

Bungalows can have custom CSS skins that change their visual appearance. This creates composable, dynamic, fun experiences:

• Maintainers can upload CSS files that override default styles
• Community members can submit skins as contributions (burning JBM)
• Maintainer selects which skin is active
• Skins are versioned and can be rolled back
• Base layout remains consistent for usability

Desktop vs. Mobile

Bungalows have different layouts for different contexts:

• Desktop — Bulletin board layout with spatial arrangement of contributions
• Mobile — Vertical scrolling feed optimized for touch

Bungalow Data Model

07. Contribution System

Contributions are how community members add features to their favorite Bungalow(s), representing skin in the game and creative investment.

Contribution Types

Weighted Contributions

Users can burn more than the base cost to give their contribution more weight. Higher-weight contributions:

• Appear larger on the bulletin board (desktop)
• Appear higher in the contribution list (mobile)
• Contribute more to the user's Heat score
• Contribute more to the Bungalow's Heat score

Boosting Existing Contributions

Users can also burn JBM to boost someone else's contribution. This is like upvoting, but with skin in the game:

• The contribution's weight increases
• The booster's Heat increases (smaller amount than original contributor)
• The original contributor's Heat is unaffected
• Attribution shows both original contributor and boosters

Auto-Display (No Curation)

Contributions are automatically displayed once the JBM is burned. There is no approval queue or moderator review.

This design choice means:

• Anyone with enough JBM can contribute
• The burn cost creates natural spam prevention
• Bad contributions still cost the contributor
• Community can "out-burn" bad content by boosting good content

08. The Lagoon

The DMT Lagoon is the community treasury at the center of the Island. It's where JBM is pooled to support the ecosystem.

Lagoon vs. Contribution Burns

There are two ways JBM leaves a user's wallet:

Lagoon Mechanics

• Commit: User sends JBM to Lagoon, receives commitment receipt
• Hold: Committed JBM generates Heat while in the Lagoon
• Withdraw: User can withdraw anytime, Heat from Lagoon commitment cools

Time Multiplier

Lagoon commitments follow the same time multiplier as holdings:

• Longer commitment = higher Heat multiplier
• Withdrawal resets the timer
• Re-committing starts fresh

Lagoon Treasury Use

The pooled JBM supports ecosystem scaling. Specific uses TBD but may include:

• Funding development
• Supporting new Bungalow onboarding
• Community initiatives
• Emergency reserves

09. User Experience

Mobile-First Design

Everything must work on phone. Desktop is an enhancement, not a requirement.

• Touch-friendly tap targets (min 44px)
• Vertical scrolling as primary navigation
• Bottom navigation bar for core actions
• Swipe gestures for secondary actions

User Journey

First Visit (Tourist)

1. Land on Island map
2. Browse zones and Bungalows
3. See contribution activity
4. Connect wallet to check Heat eligibility

New Contributor (Enjoyoor)

1. Connect wallet, see Heat score
2. Navigate to favorite Bungalow
3. Tap [+ Add] to contribute
4. Upload content, set JBM burn amount
5. Confirm transaction, see contribution appear

Regular Participant (Bricked Up)

1. Check personal Heat and contribution history
2. Browse new contributions across Bungalows
3. Boost quality contributions
4. Commit JBM to Lagoon for long-term Heat
5. Access JBM discovery features Phase 2

Power User (Home Team / Memetic Sorcerer)

1. Propose new Bungalows
2. Maintain Bungalow(s) they steward
3. Upload custom skins
4. Participate in governance

Bottom Navigation (Mobile)

10. Screen-by-Screen

Island Map

The home view. An illustrated 2D map showing all zones with Bungalows placed spatially.

• Tap a Bungalow icon - navigate to Bungalow page
• Tap Lagoon - navigate to Lagoon page
• Zone labels visible for orientation
• Aggregate stats in header (zones, bungalows, JBM in Lagoon)
• Connected wallet address shown

Bungalow Page

Covered in detail in Section 06. Key elements:

• Hero image (maintainer-controlled or top contribution)
• Name, card line, token addresses
• Bungalow Heat score
• Contribution board (bulletin on desktop, list on mobile)
• Supporters list
• External links
• [+ Add] contribution button

Profile (/me)

Personal dashboard showing user's standing.

• Wallet address
• Total Heat score
• Heat breakdown (holdings, contributions, Lagoon)
• Heat level name (Tourist - Memetic Sorcerer)
• What the current level unlocks
• Contribution history across Bungalows
• Tokens held (home team tokens)

11. Data Model

Core Tables

users

id              uuid        PK
wallet_address  text        unique, indexed
privy_id        text        unique
heat_score      numeric     calculated
heat_level      text        derived (Tourist, Enjoyoor, etc.)
created_at      timestamp
last_seen_at    timestamp

bungalows

id              uuid        PK
slug            text        unique, url-safe
name            text
card_line       text        max 100 chars
maintainer      text        wallet address
token_addresses jsonb       {eth: "0x...", base: "0x..."}
zone_id         uuid        FK - zones
hero_image_url  text
custom_css      text        nullable
links           jsonb       {twitter, website, discord, etc.}
heat            numeric     calculated aggregate
status          enum        active / dormant / archived
is_home_team    boolean     true for seeded Bungalows
created_at      timestamp

contributions

id              uuid        PK
bungalow_id     uuid        FK - bungalows
contributor     text        wallet address
type            enum        meme / article / link / media / hero / skin
title           text        nullable
content_url     text        link to content
jbm_burned      numeric     amount burned
weight          numeric     jbm_burned + boosts
created_at      timestamp

boosts

id              uuid        PK
contribution_id uuid        FK - contributions
booster         text        wallet address
jbm_burned      numeric     amount burned
created_at      timestamp

lagoon_commitments

id              uuid        PK
user_id         uuid        FK - users
amount          numeric     JBM committed
committed_at    timestamp
withdrawn_at    timestamp   nullable

12. JBM Tokenomics

$JBM (Jungle Bay Meme) is the native coordination token for Jungle Bay Island.

Token Utility

Burn Economics

Every contribution burns JBM permanently. This creates:

• Deflationary pressure: Active community = decreasing supply
• Spam prevention: Contributing has real cost
• Value accrual: Remaining JBM becomes more scarce
• Alignment signal: Burning shows genuine investment

Home Team Tokens

The "home team" consists of tokens tracked for Heat calculation. Holding multiple home team tokens compounds benefits.

Initial home team (from seeded Bungalows):

• $JBM — Jungle Bay Memes (native)
• $BOBO
• $BRAINLET
• $mfer
• $PEPE
• $BNKR
• $RIZZ
• $DRB
• $ALPHA
• $QR
• $TOWELI

13. Implementation Phases

Phase 1: Foundation Current

Ship a believable place with contributions and Heat.

Deliverables

• Island map with zones and Bungalows
• 12 seeded Home Team Bungalows
• Bungalow pages with contribution board
• Contribution system (upload, burn JBM)
• Heat calculation (holdings + contributions)
• Heat levels and access gates
• Lagoon commitment interface
• User profile with Heat breakdown
• Mobile-responsive design
• Wallet connection (Privy)

Success Criteria

• Users can connect wallet and see Heat
• Users can contribute to Bungalows (burn JBM)
• Contributions appear on Bungalow pages
• Users can commit JBM to Lagoon
• Heat updates based on holdings + contributions
• Mobile experience works smoothly

Phase 2: Discovery Next

Add JBM discovery mechanics for engaged users.

Potential Features

• JBM discovery game (exploring Island to find JBM)
• Heat-gated access to discovery
• Enhanced Bungalow customization (skins)
• Bungalow proposals (Heat-gated)
• Boost mechanics refinement

Phase 3: Governance Future

Community control of Island direction.

Potential Features

• Heat-weighted voting
• Lagoon treasury governance
• New Bungalow approval process
• Home Team token curation

14. Open Questions

Questions that need resolution before or during implementation:

Contribution System

1. Should maintainers be able to remove/hide inappropriate contributions?
2. If removal is possible, should the contributor receive a partial refund?
3. Should there be a minimum contribution frequency to maintain Heat?
4. How are contribution types validated (e.g., ensuring "meme" is actually an image)?

Heat Calculation

1. What is the exact formula for combining holdings, time, and contributions?
2. How often should Heat be recalculated?
3. Should Heat decay if user is inactive?
4. How do we handle tokens on multiple chains (ETH + Base)?

Lagoon

1. Who controls Lagoon treasury funds?
2. What governance mechanism approves treasury use?
3. Should there be lock-up periods for committed JBM?

Bungalow Management

1. How is initial maintainer assigned for seeded Bungalows?
2. Can maintainership be transferred?
3. What happens if a maintainer becomes inactive?
4. How are custom CSS skins validated for safety?

Discovery Mechanics (Phase 2)

1. What does "exploring Island to find JBM" actually mean?
2. Is this a 2D clickable experience or something more spatial?
3. Where does discovered JBM come from (treasury? new mint?)?
4. How is discovery rate balanced to not flood supply?