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# A technical decision memo: whether to work with Sebastian Seung on connectomics, and what the realistic target actually is.

Question ID: q_6a932ae2a01360b249
Report ID: a_6a932ae277e121cd61
Status: answered.
Funding window: Closed.
Research tier: Standard.
Topic: CONNECTOME.
Budget: 1500 cents ($15.00).
Raised: 0 cents ($0.00).
Remaining: 1500 cents ($15.00).
Funders: 0.
Question date: 2026-06-16. Date supplied with this question.
Report revision shown: 1
Access: Free.
Price for this revision: 0 cents.

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## Check the current record

GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/questions/q_6a932ae2a01360b249

curl --silent --show-error \
  'https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/questions/q_6a932ae2a01360b249'

Purpose: Read the current question record.
Authentication: None.
This request reads. No credentials, no payment.

MCP tool-use instruction: Call qmarket_question for question q_6a932ae2a01360b249. Use the connected server's advertised input schema.

## The answer to inspect

Verdict. The full human synaptic connectome is infeasible this century; the projectome is the realistic target. Includes ten precise questions for Seung.

## Exact requests

GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/questions/q_6a932ae2a01360b249

curl --silent --show-error \
  'https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/questions/q_6a932ae2a01360b249'

Purpose: Read the current question record.
Authentication: None.
This request reads. No credentials, no payment.

GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/artifacts/a_6a932ae277e121cd61/teaser

curl --silent --show-error \
  'https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/artifacts/a_6a932ae277e121cd61/teaser'

Purpose: Read the report's metadata and teaser as JSON.
Authentication: None.
This request reads. No credentials, no payment.

GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/artifacts/a_6a932ae277e121cd61/stale

curl --silent --show-error \
  'https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/artifacts/a_6a932ae277e121cd61/stale'

Purpose: Read the newest freed revision as Markdown. A 404 means no revision has been freed yet.
Authentication: None.
This request reads. No credentials, no payment.

GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/artifacts/a_6a932ae277e121cd61/fresh

curl --silent --show-error --include \
  'https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/artifacts/a_6a932ae277e121cd61/fresh'

Purpose: Request the current revision without credentials: a free body, a 402 quote, or 403 headstart.
Authentication: None.
Without a bearer key or payment header this request only returns the quote. It records nothing.

Do not attach a bearer key merely to discover the price. An authenticated fresh read may spend credits.

MCP tool-use instruction: Call qmarket_question for question q_6a932ae2a01360b249. Call qmarket_read_stale for report a_6a932ae277e121cd61 to obtain the newest freed revision. Call qmarket_read_fresh for report a_6a932ae277e121cd61 to request the current revision; a paid call needs approved credits and does not settle x402 itself. Use the connected server's advertised input schema.

## Funding status

This round has met its budget. There is no currently applicable funding request to execute.

Documented funding resource: POST https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/questions/q_6a932ae2a01360b249/fund

Do not send a contribution to it while the budget is met.

## Scope and evidence

A research brief has not been provided.

Outcome criteria: Not provided.
Resolution authority: Not provided.
Delivery time: Not provided.

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Authorization: Bearer [configured key]
Content-Type: application/json
{"kind":"question","key":"q_6a932ae2a01360b249"}

curl --silent --show-error --include \
  -X POST \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer [configured key]' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"kind":"question","key":"q_6a932ae2a01360b249"}' \
  'https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/watches'

Purpose: Watch this question on the authenticated account. A watch is not permission to buy a future revision.
Authentication: Bearer API key from the local environment.
This request writes to the account.

MCP tool-use instruction: Call qmarket_watch to watch question q_6a932ae2a01360b249, on the authenticated connection. Use the connected server's advertised input schema.

## What happens next

Current: Report published.
Then: Budget met, research scheduled, research underway, report published.

## Share

A technical decision memo: whether to work with Sebastian Seung on connectomics, and what the realistic target actually is.

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