Exploring MycoFi: Mycelial Design Patterns for Web3 and Beyond
MycoFi: Network-Native Capital Allocation reimagines how we fund and coordinate in decentralized ecosystems—drawing direct inspiration from mycelial (fungal) networks. Instead of relying on extractive or rigid funding models, MycoFi proposes systems that are adaptive, context-aware, and symbiotic with their environments.
Rooted in the metaphor of fungi—networks that distribute resources based on environmental signals and mutual benefit—MycoFi introduces a new design language for capital allocation. The book explores non-linear distribution, trust-based flows, persistent relationships between funders and builders, and value creation as an emergent property of healthy networks.
It outlines mechanisms that move beyond traditional market logic—shifting toward relational, slow, and regenerative funding patterns. These include ideas like network credit, trust-based signaling, funder-builder intimacy, and ongoing value flows, many of which are still experimental but increasingly essential in a multi-chain, multi-stakeholder world.
Whether you’re designing new incentive systems, stewarding a regenerative economy, or rethinking treasury strategy, MycoFi offers a paradigm shift: from capital as a commodity to capital as a living part of a thriving ecosystem.