"Bitcoin is money. Ethereum is a world computer. Drifters is a breakaway civilization."

Drifters is a framework for building an autonomous, citizen-controlled economic model. It is built on three pillars:

1. Verifiable digital identity through NFTs
2. A fair-mined currency called Benny
3. A digital labor economy within Aevitas where participants directly generate value

The vision expands through Project Solar, which integrates renewable energy production as backing for Benny's value. The system creates a circular economy linking human labor to sustainable resources and real-world financial independence.

Benny is a capped digital currency, first issued through digital mining in Aevitas, and ultimately backed by renewable energy production, governed by its citizens.

Imagine stepping off a spacecraft and landing on Earth for the first time. With every possibility open, what kind of system would you build? What foundations would you choose to ensure independence, fairness, and survival?

Drifters begins with this question. It is not a restoration of old systems, but the construction of a new civilization: citizen-owned, energy-backed, and self-sustaining.

Crypto introduced decentralization, but much of the ecosystem drifted into speculation and distraction. Years passed; little changed.

Drifters responds with a minimal framework that aligns identity, labor, currency, goods, and energy into a closed loop. It begins in Aevitas, where citizens mine value digitally, and expands into Project Solar, where renewable energy anchors Benny to measurable output. The result is an economy designed for a lasting independent civilization.

The objective is to establish Driftopia as a self-sustaining, community-governed civilization with a valuation exceeding one billion dollars. This goal rests on four distinct, measurable components rather than speculation.

Four Pillars of Growth

1. Token Network Value — Market capitalization of Benny cryptocurrency based on supply metrics
2. Hard Assets (NAV) — Physical infrastructure value including solar installations and equipment reserves
3. Digital Gross Merchandise Value — Transaction volume across marketplace platforms
4. Intellectual Property & Brand Equity — Cultural significance of the Drifters ecosystem

Key Definitions

Drifters — The inhabitants. NFTs conferring citizenship rights, revenue sharing, and voting power.

Driftopia — The complete civilization framework, integrating digital identities, virtual economies (Aevitas, Pods, Spacemart, Future Gadgets), and real-world solar initiatives.

Aevitas — A digital labor economy where citizens perform Work Units (WU) that produce Benny, connecting contribution to earnings.

Pods — Communal and residential spaces facilitating social and commercial interaction.

Spacemart — The primary trading venue for Future Gadgets, channeling transaction fees back into system development.

Project Solar — Bridges digital and physical economies through renewable energy deployments that generate both cryptocurrency and conventional revenue.

Benny — The primary currency. Fixed twenty-million-token cap. Value derived from solar energy output and citizen participation.

The NFT collection serves as a cultural emblem embodying Driftopia's core principles: freedom, independence, exploration, and human-centered futurism. Each Drifter represents a citizen who abandoned the old world to establish a new civilization where the future is simple, purposeful, and like home. As Driftopia develops into Pods, Future Gadgets, and renewable energy initiatives, Drifters function as the foundational symbol of citizenship, emphasizing that communities are built on people and their identities rather than physical structures.

The 2D Beginning

Art forms the foundation of citizenship. Each Drifter NFT acts as a profile picture, establishing identity within the community. Beyond symbolic value, this initial layer introduces practical utility through a trait marketplace — the two-dimensional version of Spacemart. Members can exchange traits, personalize their Drifters, and participate in economic activity.

This phase demonstrates a working model: Benny undergoes use, exchange, and circulation around art itself. Simultaneously, the collection establishes elevated artistic standards, surpassing comparable initiatives in quality and creative vision.

Benny is the currency of Driftopia. It functions as both a medium of exchange and a store of value, bridging digital activity with real-world energy output.

Purpose

Benny underpins the citizen-owned economy. It enables transactions in Driftopia, Spacemart, and ownership of Future Gadgets. Beyond digital use, Benny is anchored to renewable energy, giving it intrinsic value and long-term scarcity.

Economic Loop

The system follows a continuous cycle: Build Wealth → Fuel the Escape → Repeat.

• Build Wealth: Citizens earn Benny through Universal Income, work in Aevitas, and solar-backed minting.
• Fuel the Escape: Benny is spent on Future Gadgets, Pods, and services, driving marketplace activity and fee circulation.
• Reinvest: Treasury revenue is directed into both the digital and physical frontiers. In the digital world, value is reinvested into building richer environments, tools, and systems for Driftopia. In the physical world, capital is used to expand solar capacity, anchoring Benny to measurable renewable output.
• Repeat: Each cycle strengthens the economy, expanding the scope of Driftopia as both a digital civilization and a real-world system of independence.

Distribution Categories

Benny enters circulation through three primary channels:

1. Universal Benny Income (UBI): Citizenship yield earned by NFT holders.
2. Work Units (WU): Effort performed in Aevitas that mints Benny.
3. Solar Output: Kilowatt-hours of renewable energy that issue Benny at a defined rate.

Together, these create a balanced system where ownership, work, and energy each secure a role in wealth creation.

Scarcity and Supply

Benny has a hard cap of 20 million tokens. As supply approaches this maximum, emissions require proportionally more energy, ensuring controlled issuance and long-term scarcity.

Benny is represented as a blue diamond, the rare crystal found on Aevitas. Its name draws from multiple origins:

• Benjamins: A nod to currency itself and the culture of wealth.
• Blue Diamonds: A symbol of concentrated value, rare and luminous.
• Crystal Diamonds: Inspired by the intensity of crystal meth, Benny is portrayed as highly concentrated energy in material form.

Aevitas serves as the mining hub of Driftopia, a blue moon where citizens extract Benny through Work Units. The platform directly connects digital labor to economic compensation.

The First Metaverse Frontier

Aevitas is the first piece of the Driftopia metaverse. The system establishes a purposeful digital economy grounded in the principle that effort creates ownership. Participants expend energy mining, which simultaneously reinforces personal identity and generates currency value.

Mechanics of Mining

The mining system operates on three core mechanics:

• Energy Management: Drifters possess limited energy reserves governing how long they can work before needing to return home.
• Recovery Spaces: Pods function as both social hubs and energy restoration facilities.
• Enhancement Tools: Players can acquire functional assets from Spacemart to boost mining capabilities through improved equipment and efficiency upgrades.

Civilizational Role

Aevitas anchors Driftopia's economy and demonstrates that digital labor can produce real value. Unlike metaverse projects emphasizing entertainment alone, this environment intentionally channels technology toward establishing a self-sustaining civilization, where every action contributes meaningfully to long-term independence and growth objectives.

Pods function as digital environments within Driftopia, serving as home, a meeting place, and an economic node. They transform individual participation into the basis for a shared civilization.

Pods address a fundamental gap in metaverse design. Traditional implementations often lacked meaningful purpose, whereas pods integrate identity, economy, and culture while potentially bridging digital and physical realms.

Three Core Functions

Economic Role: Pods require Benny currency for upgrades and enhancements, particularly when integrated with Future Gadgets.

Social Role: These spaces enable citizens to gather, organize collectively, and develop cultural identity.

Civilizational Role: Pods represent the foundational living spaces of Driftopia, with their expansion reflecting the civilization's growth across both digital and physical dimensions.

Pods work alongside Spacemart and Future Gadgets to establish the civilization's social and economic fabric. Together, these elements transform Driftopia from a simple network into a functioning civilization that offers purpose, continuity, and belonging.

Future Gadgets function as meaningful assets in Driftopia, rejecting the idea of disposable digital items. Each Gadget is created with intention, designed to provide utility, status, and expression within the economy.

These objects address digital waste by ensuring every item serves a practical purpose. Rather than accumulating meaningless inventory, citizens acquire tools and upgrades that enhance their experience across different areas of the world.

Creator Platform

The system welcomes designer contributions, allowing creators to propose functional objects. The framework establishes a feedback mechanism where digital adoption guides physical creation — meaning popular in-world designs may eventually become real products.

Practical Applications

Gadgets operate across three contexts:

• Mining enhancement (Aevitas): Equipment that boosts efficiency and productivity.
• Recovery support (Pods): Items facilitating faster energy restoration.
• Environment customization (Civil Spaces): Decorative and functional pieces for personal spaces.

These assets represent Driftopia's material culture, reflecting citizen creativity and values. By merging functionality with economic participation, the system transforms purchasing decisions into meaningful cultural expression within the breakaway civilization.

Spacemart serves as Driftopia's marketplace, functioning as the central infrastructure for distributing, trading, and upgrading Future Gadgets.

The platform operates on a principle of transparency and citizen ownership. Citizens use it to obtain functional assets, while creators receive compensation for their work. The system ensures continuous circulation of Benny, the civilization's currency.

Primary Functions

• Distribution: Future Gadgets initially enter the economy through Spacemart.
• Trade: Citizens exchange Gadgets for Benny through buying, selling, and upgrading mechanisms.
• Fee Structure: Transaction fees in Benny support reserves and controlled burns, which maintain scarcity and strengthen value.

Spacemart represents the foundational market structure of Driftopia. It bridges creation and circulation, anchoring Future Gadgets' value to Benny. The system creates measurable, transparent, and democratically-owned economic activity for the civilization.

Project Solar anchors Benny to measurable renewable output. Each kilowatt-hour of energy mints Benny at a fixed rate, while also generating fiat revenue that supports staking and treasury growth. This mechanism ties digital wealth directly to physical independence.

Over time, Benny evolves into a new form of store of value: a scarce digital currency whose issuance is directly backed by renewable energy production. Where Bitcoin demonstrated digital scarcity, Benny extends the model by anchoring scarcity to a sustainable and expanding resource base.

The result is not a rival to Bitcoin but a complement: a parallel store of value built on energy independence.

Governance ensures the system remains citizen-owned. Citizens have decision-making authority over key parameters including emissions, fees, and treasury allocation.

The system aligns stakeholder participation through reward mechanisms. Different participant categories — holders, workers, and builders — receive compensation in the form of yield or ownership stakes for their respective contributions to the network.

The Drifters system provides baseline cryptocurrency rewards to verified participants through a structured distribution mechanism that ties participation to NFT ownership.

Distribution

• Current yield: 0.5 Benny daily per held Drifter NFT
• Eligibility requires in-wallet holdings that remain unlisted on secondary markets
• Individual returns vary based on specific NFT characteristics

Earning Mechanism

The system requires passive participation — holders simply maintain their NFT in personal wallets without additional actions needed to receive daily distributions.

Supply Management

The program functions as one component within a three-part ecosystem:

1. Citizenship-based yields (UBI)
2. Labor-based token generation (Work Units)
3. Energy-based token generation (Solar Output)

All token issuance draws from a fixed ceiling of 20 million units, with a halving structure that progressively reduces the distribution rate. This approach ensures that early participants receive higher rewards, while long-term sustainability is preserved as supply approaches the 20 million hard cap.

Work Units represent digital labor in Aevitas that enable citizens to generate Benny through active participation. The system connects metaverse engagement directly to token creation.

WU ensures that effort is rewarded by tying rewards directly to user activity, distinguishing it from the baseline Universal Benny Income and incentivizing ecosystem participation.

How It Functions

Earning Mechanism: Users complete specific tasks and actions within Aevitas to accumulate Work Units, which then convert to Benny at a predetermined exchange rate that governance may periodically adjust.

Requirements: Only Drifters kept in personal wallets qualify for WU generation; however, citizenship status is necessary to transform earned effort into actual yield.

Supply Considerations

WU emissions operate within the broader 20 million Benny ceiling. As the token supply expands, the conversion rate between Work Units and Benny may be modified to maintain scarcity and ensure balanced incentive structures throughout the ecosystem.

Solar Output ties the Drifters economy to real-world energy production. Each kilowatt-hour (kWh) of renewable energy generated mints Benny, anchoring digital currency to measurable physical output.

Purpose

This mechanism ensures Benny is backed by tangible value. By linking emissions to solar power, the system creates a direct bridge between digital wealth and energy independence.

Distribution

• Rate: A fixed amount of Benny is minted per kilowatt-hour of verified solar output.
• Revenue: In addition to minting Benny, solar infrastructure generates fiat revenue, which is routed to the Treasury and Staking Vault.
• Verification: Output is tracked and verified through on-chain oracles and energy reporting systems.

Integration with Supply

Solar emissions fall under the 20 million Benny hard cap. As the cap is approached, the amount of energy required to mint each Benny increases, preserving scarcity and ensuring sustainability.

Benny transitions from digital-first issuance in Aevitas to renewable energy through Project Solar. To evaluate progress, we define what it means for Benny to be "solar-backed" and the thresholds that mark each stage of development.

Definition of Solar-Backed

Benny is considered solar-backed when it is issued directly as a function of renewable energy output. Two complementary measures are used:

1. Issuance-Based (Primary): The percentage of newly minted Benny in a given period that comes from verified solar output (kWh → Benny).

- Example: If 1,000 Benny are minted this year and 600 come from solar production, then 60% of issuance is solar-backed.

1. Cumulative Supply (Secondary): The percentage of total circulating supply that entered through the solar minting channel since inception.

- Example: If 5M Benny exist and 2.5M were minted through solar, then 50% of circulating supply is solar-backed.

Thresholds of Transition

Example Conversion Rate

If the initial rate is 0.001 Benny per kWh:

• A 100 kW rooftop array (~12,000 kWh/month) → 12 Benny/month
• A 1 MW solar array (~1.2M kWh/month) → 1,200 Benny/month
• As total supply approaches the 20M hard cap, emissions require proportionally more energy per Benny, tightening scarcity.

Sustainability Benchmark

The system is considered self-sustaining once more than 50% of new issuance is solar-backed, and fiat revenue from those deployments covers treasury operations without external capital.

Benny enters circulation through three channels:

1. Universal Benny Income (UBI): Baseline yield for citizenship.
2. Work Units (WU): Active participation in Aevitas.
3. Solar Output: Renewable energy production.

Together, these mechanisms balance ownership, effort, and infrastructure. Each channel strengthens the system while operating under the same 20 million hard cap.

The Drifters system is designed to endure beyond speculation. Three principles ensure long-term sustainability:

1. Capped Supply: Benny has a 20 million hard cap. Emissions decrease through programmed halvings and rising energy requirements, preserving scarcity.
2. Energy Anchor: By linking issuance to solar output, Benny is tied to a renewable and expanding resource. As infrastructure grows, so does the base of the economy.
3. Self-Reinforcing Loop: Citizens earn through UBI and work, spend through Spacemart and Pods, and reinvest through governance. Each cycle strengthens both digital and physical infrastructure.

Sustainability is achieved by design: scarcity is preserved, energy output compounds, and participation is continuously rewarded.

The Drifters ecosystem functions as an interconnected economic model with six foundational components:

Identity Layer: NFTs serve as citizenship credentials that establish roles and grant system access.

Labor Component: Citizens earn Benny through Work Units performed in Aevitas, creating the labor-to-value linkage.

Medium of Exchange: Benny functions as both currency and value store, generated through work and solar energy conversion.

Physical Goods: Future Gadgets provide utility and upgrades available through marketplace trading.

Trading Hub: Spacemart facilitates commerce while collecting fees that circulate back through the economy.

Energy & Security: Solar generation anchors currency to measurable output; Proof of Stake provides validation.

Value Circulation

Citizens work to accumulate Benny → purchase goods at Spacemart → solar output generates new currency → Treasury funds infrastructure expansion → governance parameters adjust system variables → loop continues.

Each component strengthens the others. Democratic participation allows citizens to influence emissions rates, marketplace fees, and treasury allocation — ensuring the system adapts while maintaining internal balance.

Start small, then scale. The initiative launches with controlled mechanisms: identity via Drifters, currency through Benny, and token sinks. Utility expands through Aevitas before integrating solar energy infrastructure.

Phase 1: Launch

• Drifters establish citizenship identity
• Universal Basic Income distribution of Benny begins with halving schedule
• Wallets and system parameters made publicly transparent

Phase 2: Foundation

• Spacemart 2D marketplace enables Benny spending for avatar customization
• Token burn mechanics create initial economic demand
• Community develops personalization and cultural norms

Phase 3: Expansion

• Aevitas shifts from passive income to active in-world Work Units
• Spacemart 3D expands digital goods beyond avatars

Phase 4: Integration

• Solar pilot program onboards 25–50 rooftops
• Staking mechanism allows locking tokens for yield
• Energy revenues begin flowing into the system
• Emission difficulty adjusts based on real-world solar output

Phase 5: Scale

• Community solar arrays expand through partner networks
• Most new Benny originates from actual solar production
• Currency functions as scarce, yield-bearing asset

Far Horizon

• Blue Zones emerge as physical sustainable communities
• Pod infrastructure develops from digital to real-world environments
• System operates as integrated digital-physical civilization

Drifters is a framework for building a self-sustaining, citizen-owned economy. It aligns identity, labor, currency, goods, and energy in a closed loop that rewards participation and anchors value to renewable output.

Where existing systems failed to provide independence, this design offers a path to collective ownership and long-term survival. By capping supply, linking emissions to energy, and ensuring citizen control, Drifters establishes a foundation that can endure beyond speculation.

Bitcoin proved that digital scarcity could exist. Benny extends that proof by anchoring scarcity to renewable energy, evolving into a store of value tied not only to code but to production itself. This makes Benny not a rival but a complement to Bitcoin: a parallel form of wealth, grounded in energy independence.

• Nakamoto, S. Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008). — Introduced decentralized money, Proof of Work, and capped supply.
• Buterin, V. Ethereum Whitepaper (2013). — Expanded blockchain into programmable smart contracts and applications.
• Ostrom, E. Governing the Commons (1990). — Demonstrated how communities can sustainably manage shared resources.
• Perez-Arriaga, I. J. Regulation of the Power Sector (2013). — Framework for energy markets, renewable integration, and incentives.
• Scholten, D. The Geopolitics of Renewables (2018). — Showed how renewable energy decentralizes power and creates independence.

Identity & Citizenship (NFTs)

NFTs are the foundation of citizenship in the colony. They serve as identity, unlock access, and scale influence based on commitment. Holders with more NFTs carry a high-tier role that carries greater weight and rewards.

Through NFT upgrade flows and rarity locks, NFTs remain dynamic assets that evolve with the system. Every upgrade burns Benny, creating a continuous value loop.

Money (BENNY)

• Cap: 20,000,000
• Stages: UBI → Utility Mining → Proof-of-Sunlight → Store-of-Value
• Difficulty bands (example): 50 → 100 → 200 → 400 kWh/BENNY as supply passes 5M/12M/18M
• Sinks: Spacemart 2–5% burn; Upgrades 100% burn; misc fees 10–30% burn
• Yield: Share of net solar revenue to stakers (policy band 25–50%)

Work (Aevitas MMO)

• Outcome: A steady digital GDP where WU are scarce and meaningful
• Loops: Mining nodes, crafting, exploration, logistics, services
• Spec: Weekly epoch pools, anti-bot device/behavioral checks, WU scorecards, sink-integrated economy

Goods & Markets (Spacemart + Future Gadgets)

• Outcome: Demand sink + creator economy
• Spec: Primary (dev) + secondary (creator) listings; rev share; fee routing to burns/treasury; on-chain receipts

Energy (Project Solar)

• Outcome: Real-world cash flow + issuance anchor
• Spec: Rooftop onboarding → metering (ANSI C12), inverter telemetry, photo/permit record, oracle quorum → chain
• Mint Rule: With difficulty schedule
• Rev Flow: Offtake → stablecoin conversion → Staking Vault; policy share to maintenance/expansion

Treasury & Accounting

• Outcome: Transparent capital stack; zero "black boxes"
• Spec: Labeled wallets; streaming vests; SPV ledgers for each solar site; monthly proofs (production, revenue, payouts)

Governance

• Early stage: Multisig + timelocks — trusted signers with delayed changes
• Growth stage: Council (stake + NFT hybrid) — influence based on both tokens and community participation
• Mature stage: Bounded governors — decentralized but within safe parameter ranges
• Forever: Immutable cap — maximum token supply permanently locked

Compliance & Structure

• Token issuer: Utility framing — Benny tied to in-ecosystem use
• Energy SPVs: Each solar project in a dedicated legal entity isolating risk
• Foundation/DAO: Nonprofit foundation oversees early governance, shifting to DAO over time
• KYC: Required for real-world energy payout participants
• Jurisdictional matrix: Structured approach for multi-jurisdiction expansion

Data & Dashboards

• Outcome: Radical transparency
• Spec: Public API with circulating supply, burns, distribution over time, emission rates, staking APR, and site maps. Holder Dashboard and Energy Explorer for accessibility.