The Foundation Mandate
The non-negotiable principles that govern how the Foundation stewards the commons — and the limits on its own power.
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Four principles. No exceptions.
Open source
01
Every building block is public, auditable code under an open license. Nothing core is a black box. The proof is a repository you can clone, not an adjective.
Sovereignty
02
Nations retain complete control of their data and deployments. The Foundation holds no kill-switch and no keys to a sovereign’s house.
Privacy
03
Zero-knowledge by design; verification without exposure; data minimisation as a default, not a feature.
Neutrality
04
The network and the commons are public utilities. The Foundation treasury abstains from governance capture and serves no single state’s interest over another.
What the Foundation does not do.
The Foundation does not run a nation’s deployment. It does not control validators. It does not vote its treasury to capture governance. It does not sell.
These limits are not promises of good behaviour — they are structural. The code is open, the keys stay with the sovereign, the treasury abstains, and the commercial motion lives in a separate company entirely.
Read how this is governed.
A token-holder-elected Council, a Steering Committee, and an open Contributor DAO — with a treasury that abstains from capturing votes.