Narrow Highway is free for everyone. The site, the channel, the Codex, every tool — free. There is no paywall and there will not be one.
If you want to take part more deeply than that, four tiers below name how. They are roles inside the software, not claims to any biblical office — following the firstfruits pattern of Numbers 18, where provision came back to the worker from the work, by law, never as the ticket to entry. Most readers stay sojourners, which is honored; some step into more.
Posture, not claim. “Witness” and “senior reviewer” below are role titles inside this site. They are not claims to be a witness of the Old Testament court, an elder of a church, a magistrate, or any other Scripturally-defined office. The architecture is portable; the office is not. The standing under God of any person on any of these tiers is unaffected by the role title; it is unaffected, full stop.
Visiting. Welcomed. Nothing required.
The default. You read what is here, use the tools, run claims through the engine, watch the channel. The site asks nothing of you and tracks nothing about you. Lev 19:33–34 is the posture: the stranger is welcomed and loved as one born among us.
What it costs
Regular. Named. Supports the work in firstfruits shape.
You bring some of what you have to the work that has fed you — money, time, content, or skill. There is no minimum amount and no required cadence; the wallet machinery below makes it easy to send when you want, never when you do not. Your display name appears on the contributors list (opt-in).
What it costs
Signs discernments. Real name. Named consequence.
You stand under your own name on the public Witness Roll and are willing to sign or decline matters brought to you by the engine. Bearing false witness is grounds for removal from the roll, recorded openly. Deut 19:15 is the principle; the operator runs the joining process. No money is required to be a witness, ever.
What it costs
Called by name to weigh the harder case.
For the matter that needs more than one named witness — a Covenant Testimony claim, a refuge intake that requires a second adult voice, a discernment with public consequence. Operator-invited, not self-elected. Same posture as a witness, with more time asked. Title is a role inside the software; it is not a claim to biblical eldership.
What it costs
The firstfruits posture in practice: payment is freely brought, shaped like the first and best of what was grown, and goes back into the work that produced it. Where the money flows once it arrives:
| Bucket | What it funds | Approx % |
|---|---|---|
| Operator runway | Matt's living expenses — enough to keep building full-time | ~35% |
| Creator payouts | Aligned partners and contributors whose work is in the rotation | ~40% |
| Infrastructure | Hosting, encoding, CDN egress, redundant storage | ~15% |
| Acquisition | PD substrate purchases, tape libraries, partner licensing | ~10% |
You hold your funds in a wallet you control (MetaMask, Rainbow, Coinbase Wallet, Frame, Rabby — anything that exposes the standard web-wallet interface). When you choose to support, your wallet signs a payment directly to our wallet address. We never touch your funds, we never store your payment method, and you stop simply by not signing the next payment.
Pick an amount. Click Send. Your wallet pops up to confirm. We never touch your funds. The transaction is on-chain and verifiable forever.
From any wallet that supports Base Name Service (Coinbase Wallet, Rainbow, modern MetaMask, etc.), send to:
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From an older wallet that doesn't resolve basenames, paste the underlying address: — loading —
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If the address above shows “(not yet published)”, the operator hasn't filled it in yet. You can still send to the basename — any modern wallet resolves it.
Need a wallet? See the wallet onboarding guide — three steps, one afternoon. We recommend Coinbase Wallet (the self-custodial app, not the exchange).