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This research aims to formalize the 'Build Seeds' design distribution model and its implications for creators.

July 6, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Build Seeds: A D-Zero Design Distribution Model — From Satisfied Without Gain to Recorded for Return

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This research aims to formalize the 'Build Seeds' design distribution model and its implications for creators.
Analyzed 800 DOI-registered assets on Zenodo that were autonomously indexed across multiple platforms.
Utilized the V=N/D framework to assess value creation without maintenance or marketing costs.
Identified that intellectual assets were autonomously indexed by platforms such as ResearchGate and SSRN without creator intervention.
Showed that creators transition from 'satisfied without gain' to 'recorded for return' as value and friction dynamics change.

Abstract

This paper formalizes 'Build Seeds' — a design distribution model in which a creator places intellectual assets (N) into public space with zero maintenance, management, or marketing cost (D=0), allowing the world to autonomously discover and implement them. The model is grounded in the V=N/D framework, where value (V) diverges as friction (D) approaches zero. We present empirical evidence from 800 DOI-registered assets on Zenodo that have been autonomously indexed by ResearchGate, PhilPapers, SSRN, SciLynk, AkademIndex, Rxiverse, and other platforms — all without the author's request or intervention. The Build Seeds model proposes that the creator's survival strategy evolves from 'satisfied without gain' (pure N-generation without return) to 'recorded for return' (N-generation with Hikari currency as a provenance record that enables future restitution). This paper is itself a Build Seed — a meta-seed about Build Seeds.

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