HumanSum Protocol

1. Abstract

The proliferation of advanced Artificial Intelligence represents one of the most significant technological shifts in human history. While AI promises unprecedented progress, its development is largely concentrated within a handful of corporations, creating a potential disconnect between shareholder value and human well-being. The HumanSum Protocol introduces a novel economic model to realign these incentives. By creating a transparent, verifiable standard for corporate AI responsibility—the HumanSum Score—and a sustainable, decentralized funding mechanism, HumanSum gives humanity a collective voice and a direct stake in its own technologically-augmented future. We convert the corporate need for a positive reputation into a perpetual endowment for funding human-centric initiatives, governed by the holders of the $HSUM token.

2. The Problem: Centralized Power, Disconnected Benefits

The AI revolution is here. It is reshaping industries, augmenting creativity, and redefining the nature of work. The corporations building these foundational models are making trillion-dollar decisions that will have multi-generational impacts on society.

However, the primary directive of a public corporation is to maximize shareholder value. This is not inherently aligned with maximizing human flourishing. This creates a critical challenge:

• Lack of Accountability: Corporate "AI for Good" pledges are often performative and lack transparent, enforceable mechanisms.
• Unsustainable Funding: Traditional philanthropy is sporadic and insufficient to address the systemic shifts AI will cause in the workforce and society.
• Power Imbalance: The public has no direct, collective mechanism to influence the trajectory of AI development in the private sector.

HumanSum is not an anti-AI or anti-corporate protocol. It is a pro-human alignment protocol. We provide the economic and social infrastructure to bridge the gap between corporate action and human prosperity.

3. The HumanSum Flywheel

The HumanSum ecosystem is designed as a self-sustaining economic engine—a virtuous cycle we call the Flywheel.

Step 1: Rank Companies with the HumanSum Score

The foundation of our protocol is the HumanSum Score, a dynamic, transparent, and data-driven rating system that evaluates companies on their commitment to human-centric AI. The score is calculated based on a range of weighted factors, with the most significant being:

• Core AI Focus: Is the company a primary developer or deployer of foundational AI models and infrastructure? This ensures we focus on the most impactful players.
• Treasury Contribution: What is the scale and consistency of the company's direct financial contributions to the HumanSum Treasury?

Step 2: Companies Make Treasury Contributions

To increase their HumanSum Score, companies contribute capital (e.g., stablecoins like $USDC) directly to the protocol's Treasury. This is not a donation. In exchange for this direct support, the company receives:

1. A Proof-of-Contribution NFT: A public, on-chain asset verifying the contribution, which can be used as a definitive marker of their participation in the ecosystem.
2. Vested $HSUM Tokens: A grant of governance tokens that vest over several years, making them long-term stakeholders in the ecosystem's success.

Step 3: The Treasury Grows the Fund

The HumanSum Treasury is a decentralized endowment. It is designed to preserve and grow its capital. Under the direction of the DAO, the Treasury deploys its assets into a diversified portfolio of established, low-risk, yield-bearing DeFi protocols. This generates a consistent revenue stream without ever needing to sell the protocol's native $HSUM token.

Step 4: You Decide How to Use the Profits

The yield earned by the Treasury is controlled by the DAO. As an $HSUM holder, your vote governs two key areas:

1. Yield Allocation: The DAO first votes on the high-level split of the Treasury's profits. For example, the community may decide to allocate 70% of the yield to the grants program and 30% to the staking rewards pool. This ratio is adjustable via governance.
2. Grant Selection: The portion of the yield allocated to grants is then distributed based on token-holder votes for specific proposals.

4. The $HSUM Token

$HSUM is the governance and economic engine of the protocol.

• Total Supply: 100,000,000 $HSUM
• Core Utility:
  • Governance: Vote on all protocol matters, from the yield allocation split to specific grant approvals.
  • Staking (Real Yield): Stake your $HSUM to earn a share of the Treasury's profits allocated to the staking pool. These rewards are paid in stablecoins (e.g., $USDC), not inflationary tokens, providing a real, sustainable return.

Token Allocation

5. Roadmap

• Phase 1 (Q3 2025): Launch of the initial $HSUM token on Uniswap. Focus on community building and narrative development.
• Phase 2 (Q4 2025): Development and security audit of the full V2 protocol suite (Treasury, Staking, Contribution contracts).
• Phase 3 (Q1 2026): Token migration event from V1 to V2. Launch of the HumanSum dApp.
• Phase 4 (Q2 2026): Onboarding of the first official Treasury contributors. Staking and real yield programs go live.
• Phase 5 (Q3 2026+): First DAO vote on yield allocation and grant proposals. Full decentralization of protocol governance.

6. Conclusion

HumanSum is a pragmatic and powerful solution to the AI alignment problem. We are not asking for donations or relying on empty pledges. We are building a new economic pipeline that uses transparent incentives to channel capital from the heart of the AI industry directly into projects that benefit all of humanity. This is how we ensure the future works for everyone.