Founder authority sunsets — the centre becomes a service, not a ruler

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"The founder has no permanent operational authority over local villages; startup authority sunsets into the ordinary governance system." Launch steward authority ends automatically at 36 months or when three communities are operating, whichever comes first. Capital earns economic rights, NEVER additional political votes. One household cannot purchase more political power by contributing more capital. "The permanent centre is therefore a service architecture": liquidity, administration, and the common rule are supplied centrally; government and leaders are local. WHERE IT ALREADY BEARS WEIGHT — Bears directly on the Commons. The steward token is today a single permanent secret with no expiry, no rotation, and no record of who holds it — the opposite of a sunsetting authority. The principle also already governs the shelf: a member's own signature withdraws their own card, because ownership is local and the centre only carries.