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Seed loop 1/11

Payment rails

Money has a rail. The rail is not optional.

Freight settlement is Broker → Carrier. SSDF invoices a capability. Those are different payments, on different rails, with different legal character. Mixing them is how a dispatch desk becomes a broker. Collect the invoice on Treasury — not out of Rail A.

Collected (SSDF earned)

$199.00

Cash via Stripe, bank, Coinbase, or x402.

Receivable

$0.00

Issued invoices not yet collected.

Freight observed

$2,100.00

Rail A. Never SSDF revenue.

Open Payment Core

One ledger

The books close.

Command earned = paid invoices = treasury. Freight is not in that number.

Collected
$199.00

SSDF earned

Paid invoices
$199.00

Matches

Treasury
$199.00

$199.00 USD · $0.00 USDC

Receivable
$0.00

Issued, not cash

Freight observed
$2,100.00

Not SSDF revenue

Driver observed
$672.00

Not SSDF payroll

Split of posted money

Rail A · freight

$2,100.00

Broker → Carrier. Observed. SSDF does not touch it.

  • Piedmont Lane Services → Citrus Express LLC

    Broker pays carrier — freight settlement (observed)$2,100.00

Rail B · SSDF invoice

$199.00

Customer pays SSDF a service price. Collect on Treasury.

  • Citrus Express LLC → SSDF Transportation

    Citrus Express — Transport Core subscription$199.00

Rail C · driver

$672.00

Carrier → Driver. Observed. Not SSDF payroll.

  • Citrus Express LLC → Cole Brennan

    Carrier pays driver — observed, not SSDF payroll$672.00

Probe a rail

Post a proposed money flow. Permitted rails clear. Broker → SSDF and shipper-for-freight do not.

The rails

freight settlement

Rail A — Transportation settlement

broker → carrier

Broker pays the motor carrier for the movement. SSDF does not receive, hold, split, or redistribute this money.

SSDF does not touch this money

dispatch service

Rail B — Dispatch capability

carrier → ssdf

The appointed carrier pays SSDF under a predetermined service formula. Not a cut of Rail A.

SSDF is paid on this rail

software subscription

Rail B — Software

customer-or-carrier → ssdf

Customer pays SSDF for Transport Core, Driver Operations, or the control plane. Independent of any load.

SSDF is paid on this rail

evidence usage

Rail B — Evidence

carrier → ssdf

Carrier pays for an evidence package. Not legal advice. Not a collection guarantee.

SSDF is paid on this rail

intelligence usage

Rail B — Intelligence

customer-or-carrier → ssdf

Customer pays for decision intelligence or API usage. Discovery is not a commission event.

SSDF is paid on this rail

driver compensation

Rail C — Driver compensation

carrier → driver

Carrier pays its driver. SSDF may record the event. SSDF is not the payroll principal.

SSDF does not touch this money

external service

Rail D — External services

carrier → customer

Fuel, insurance, factoring, tolls remain between the carrier and those providers.

SSDF does not touch this money

Blocked rail

Broker → SSDF. Shipper → SSDF on a movement. Any path that puts SSDF in the freight settlement. The ledger will not post it.

Ledger

  • Citrus Express — Transport Core subscription

    carrier → ssdf · software subscription

    cleared

    $199.00

  • Broker pays carrier — freight settlement (observed)

    broker → carrier · freight settlement

    posted

    $2,100.00

  • Carrier pays driver — observed, not SSDF payroll

    carrier → driver · driver compensation

    posted

    $672.00

Capability stack

  • operations · OPS-DISPATCH

    Managed Dispatch

    SSDF operates dispatch for a named carrier under written agency. Carrier books. Carrier is paid by the broker. Carrier pays SSDF a service fee calculated from the agreement — not a cut of freight proceeds.

    Service formula: 5% of qualifying carrier revenue or hybrid weekly · Appointed motor carrier

  • technology · SW-CORE

    Transport Core

    Carrier-controlled operating software: graph, ingest, dispatch workflow, documents, tracking, history.

    $199 / month · Carrier

  • operations · HYBRID

    Assisted Operations

    Software plus human operational assistance. The carrier still owns the transportation decision.

    $299 / month + smaller transaction fee · Carrier

  • technology · SW-DRIVER

    Driver Operations

    Application, qualification workflow, recordkeeping. Carrier hires. SSDF is infrastructure, not the employer.

    $199 / month · Carrier

  • intelligence · INT-OPP

    Opportunity Engine

    Not 722,500 loads. The loads that make operational sense for this asset, this HOS, this next position.

    $99 / month or API · Carrier / dispatcher

  • evidence · EVD-PKG

    Evidence Engine

    Machine-generated evidence packages. Not legal advice. Not a collection guarantee.

    $2 / package or subscription · Carrier / LSP

  • intelligence · API-RE

    Reality Engine API

    Evaluate a load, next-best opportunities, trip economics, evidence objects — without taking the UI.

    Usage + platform · TMS / enterprise

  • technology · ENT-CP

    Enterprise Control Plane

    Connect TMW, Samsara, Motive, DAT, fuel, factoring. Orchestrate. Do not rip and replace.

    Annual + usage · Large carrier

Illustrative only. A $2,500 load at 5% is $125 on the dispatch-service rail — not a cut of Rail A.