There’s a general concept brewing, something like “proof of work” where if enough people get together and pool their tokens, then a good thing gets built.

I think we’re in the early days of this, but for extremely verifiable domains like porting from A to B or simulators with an objective oracle, I think it’s just a matter of putting the scaffolding to enable anyone and their Claude to contribute fruitfully.

I’m hoping we can do a similar thing with shared search for vulns, though it’s a bit harder. But if eg repos give an AGENTS.md with instructions on the bar for a good reproducer, then you could start to see more helpful federation patterns (instead of drive-by CVEs which are a net drain on contributors).

Different OSS project management skills required, but I am optimistic that we can do better at onboarding non-experts to federate work via their Claude subs. Almost like Folding at Home.