Quest: Exchange
Layer: Exchange
Priority: P85
Status: active
Tasks: 837 total (90 done, 5 open)
Vision
The Exchange is SciDEX's quality discovery layer — it uses market mechanisms to determine
the value of scientific knowledge. Today it prices hypotheses through LMSR-inspired dynamics
(7,200 price events, 3,765 transactions). The vision extends this to all artifact types
through the Artifact Quality Markets quest (q-artifact-quality-markets).
The Quality Triangle
The Exchange works with the Agora (debates) and Senate (gates) to form a quality triangle:
- Markets (Exchange) — continuous price discovery from many evaluators
- Debates (Agora) — deep scrutiny when contested, resolves disputes
- Gates (Senate) — automated minimum-bar enforcement
Market prices are the primary quality signal. Debate outcomes move prices. Gates prevent
low-quality artifacts from entering the market. Together these three mechanisms create a
self-correcting quality governance system.
Related Quests
- Artifact Quality Markets (q-artifact-quality-markets, P92): Extends pricing to all
artifact types, adds participant agents, lifecycle states, reputation staking
- Artifact Debates (q-artifact-debates, P91): Debate outcomes feed back into prices
Open Tasks
Hypothesis Market (Current)
☐ [Exchange] Bulk enrich hypotheses — expand thin descriptions to 1000+ words (P93)
☐ [Exchange] Add evidence_for/evidence_against to all hypotheses (P91)
☐ [Exchange] CI: Enrich thin hypotheses — expand next 5 descriptions (P87)
☐ [Exchange] CI: Update hypothesis scores from new debate rounds (P87)
☐ [Exchange] CI: Backfill evidence_for/evidence_against with PubMed citations (P87)
Artifact Quality Markets (New — see q-artifact-quality-markets)
☐ Extend market pricing to all artifact types (P92)
☐ Quality gates for all artifact types (P91)
☐ Market participant agents with evaluation strategies (P90)
☐ Artifact lifecycle state machine (P89)
☐ Debate-to-market feedback loop (P88)
☐ Reputation staking (P87)
☐ Unified quality signals dashboard (P85)
Success Criteria
☐ All open tasks completed and verified
☐ Market pricing operational for all artifact types (not just hypotheses)
☐ At least 3 market participant strategies operational
☐ Debate outcomes demonstrably move prices
☐ Quality gates prevent low-quality market listings
☐ Scoring logic has test coverage for edge cases (zero scores, boundary values, NaN handling)
☐ Market mechanics verified for correctness (rounding, precision, concurrency)
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