$ZC has been live for a few weeks and most CT still doesn’t understand what’s being built here.

Zcombimator isn’t just “futarchy infra” it’s a full stack system where protocols transfer LP, mint, and treasury control to run decision markets on their own token price.

@handsdiff broke down the framework:

Good tokens need two things:

1. Economic tie to the product

2. Manage risk for users

Most projects nail neither. ZC nails both. The economic tie:

0.5% fee on ALL spot + decision market volume → buyback and burn $ZC

Every protocol using ZC infra, every trade on every decision market, feeds back into the token.

The risk management (this is the novel part):

Decision Markets determine:

• How much insurance to provide client protocols

• Which protocols get authorized for hosted ZC tech

• Fundraising mechanics

Quantum Markets determine:

• How much to invest in protocols raising via ZC

Insurance is funded by minting/selling ZC. So the token itself backstops early users against two core risks: tech robustness and fundraising success.

This mirrors proven models:

• ETH secures the network via staked value

• MKR mints to cover bad debt

• HYPE uses buybacks for insurance fund

ZC applies the same logic to futarchy infrastructure.

The target market = token developers who want markets (not politics) deciding what to build and how to grow.

Open source codebase. Hosted version unlocks the full DM/QM stack for authorized protocols.