Research

Open research for the sovereign internet

Zero-knowledge cryptography, consensus, privacy, and scaling — funded in the open, published in the open.

Funded research areas

Where we focus.

Proof systems for identity, data exchange, and registries.

Government-grade finality and validator economics.

Data minimisation, selective disclosure, and metadata resistance.

Sovereign rollups and cross-border settlement at national scale.

Open problems & publications

Every open problem, funded area, publication, and audit links to a paper, repository, or audit report — never to hand-waving.

// pre-launch — publication and audit links surface in QUESTIONS_FOR_HUMAN.md.

The Foundation’s two highest-trust actions. Verifiability over persuasion.