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Design charts

In short: eleven illustrated diagrams. Two match today's code exactly, three still explain the ideas, and the rest show an earlier design.

A set of eleven schematics drawn in Frank's house style. Most describe an earlier design, which had a paid research service, a discount formula and an AMM. Today's Frank dropped those. Each chart below is labelled so you know which is which.

Still accurate

Burn FRANK, receive the basket current

Redemption: burning 100 of 1,000 FRANK returns 10% of each eligible token, less a fee, atomically.
Chart 07. Exactly how redemption works today, minus the fee figure (5% shown, 0.5% on the devnet).

From research idea to treasury asset dilution example current

Asset admission checks and a dilution example showing backing per claim halving.
Chart 08. The dilution example is exactly the risk the current treasury faces. The admission checklist is aspirational — only testUSDG/devnet tokens are configured.

Concepts that still apply

Frank's four assets roles current

USDG, FRANK, ORBIO and CREDIT: what each does and the links that do not exist.
Chart 02. The roles of USDG, FRANK, ORBIO and CREDIT are unchanged.

Who can change Frank upgrade model current

The upgrade flow: proposals, a 24h delay, and the fixed financial core.
Chart 09. The 24-hour delay and fixed core match the current authority. The EIP-712 admin-module detail is from the older design.

Why Frank does not retry an uncertain call idempotency current

One POST per call; an uncertain outcome is closed only by evidence.
Chart 10. The one-intent-per-action rule is still how the executor works.

Historical — the earlier design

These describe the paid-research product that preceded the current build.

Four layers: public service, compute, treasury financing, holder claim.
Chart 01 · How Frank sustains itself historical
One paid request, ten steps, with hard limits.
Chart 03 · One question, one budget historical
Where one USDG research payment goes: escrow, settlement, waterfall.
Chart 04 · Where one payment goes historical
Bond, claim, buy, sell, redeem compared.
Chart 05 · Five ways assets and FRANK move historical — buy/sell AMM removed
Nine gates and a discount formula for a bond payout.
Chart 06 · How Frank decides a bond payout historical — discount formula removed
One Hermes worker serving paid requests safely.
Chart 11 · One worker serves paid requests historical — Hermes worker