## 2026-07-25 — Founding-member cohort qualified; Stripe test key founder-gated

- **Stripe BLOCKED (founder-gated):** vault has only `OpenClawBot - STRIPE_SECRET_KEY` = `sk_live_` (107 chars). Test mode requires a new Bitwarden Secure Note `STRIPE_TEST_SECRET_KEY` in folder `opencode-mobile`. Stripe dashboard login is anti-automation; CDP browser could not complete it. Did NOT touch the live key.
- **8 leads qualified** from real engagement, not scraping: PylotLight (#134 asked for OIDC hosted — strongest paid signal), cloph-dsp (4 issues + PR #54 closed-but-shipped-as-#148), zFitness (2 issues + fork this week, works @shopee), 2740653660 (shipped i18n #68 + #67), e-lie/SDBdevelopment/Med-amine0/mathysIN (forks).
- **No public emails on any of the 8** → contact channel is GitHub @mention on their own thread. Warmer than cold email.
- Artifact: `distribution/founding-members.md`, branch `growth/founding-members`, commit `bf56cba`.
- **Send rule recorded:** do not send outreach until Stripe test key exists — "would you pay?" with no way to pay burns the warmest leads.
- Baseline stays honest: MRR $0, replies 0, willingness-to-pay unknown.