Claim your handle.
Pick the name your household will be known by across the federation. Most families use a last name or a word that already means home to them.
A handle needs at least 3 letters or numbers.
Handles are confirmed as the Boulder pilot onboards — yours is recorded with your charter, first come, first kept.
Name your people.
Who's in this co-op? Related or chosen, under one roof or scattered across the country. Include yourself. Solo is welcome — a household of one is still a household.
Name at least one person — you count.
Keep five promises.
This is the whole of it — the covenant that gives your co-op standing. You attest; nobody inspects. Most of these you already half-keep.
All five promises, a proxy's name, and your pledge make the covenant.
Standing is a covenant, not a compliance audit.
Sign & found.
Read it back once. Then put your name to it — at your own kitchen table, which is where this kind of thing has always been signed.
A name, a working email, and the understanding box make a signature.
Charter · founded at a kitchen table
The Hearth
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- Directives current
- Prevention attested
- Proxy named —
- Home safety check
- Mutual-aid pledge —
Your Hearth is open
The ledger, the money, the covenant — the living room of your co-op, on this device. Your charter is recorded; the Boulder pilot onboards Hearths in cohorts and we'll write when yours opens.
Hours begin with the pilot
Your floor starts accruing at the pilot's first minting — not before. We'd rather tell you that plainly than show you a number that isn't real yet.
Read why this works
CLICK HERE — the book behind the button you just clicked. Thirteen chapters, free forever.