Governance

Community governance and constitutional governance are separate layers.

Community governance allocates. Constitutional governance protects the values that allocation cannot override. High-value treasury movements always require explicit multi-signature authorization.

DEMO DATA

Governance layers

Two distinct layers with different scopes, different quorum thresholds and different veto rights.

  • COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE

    Token-weighted voting on platform parameters, treasury allocations and ecosystem priorities.

    • Fee structures
    • Treasury allocations
    • Ecosystem priorities
    • Platform parameters
    • Grant programmes

  • CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE

    Protects the values and rights that community governance cannot override, held by a multi-signature council.

    • Human dignity protections
    • Anti-greenwashing standards
    • Indigenous rights
    • Emergency controls
    • Core protocol rules

Proposal lifecycle

Every proposal moves through a defined sequence. No proposal can skip discussion or bypass the timelock.

  1. 01

    Draft

    Author writes proposal and gathers community feedback before formal submission.

  2. 02

    Discussion

    Open comment period. AI Governance Advisor summarises trade-offs without taking sides.

  3. 03

    Voting

    Token-weighted vote with quorum threshold. Delegation supported.

  4. 04

    Timelock

    Passed proposals wait in timelock before execution, allowing emergency veto.

  5. 05

    Executed

    Smart contract executes the approved action. Immutable record created.

  6. 06

    Closed

    Rejected or withdrawn proposals archived with full vote record.

Active proposals

  • ASP-014VOTINGin 3 days

    Fund independent verifier capacity in the fictional delta region

    QUORUM

    62%

    FOR

    74%

    AGAINST

    26%

  • ASP-013DISCUSSIONin 11 days

    Adopt permanence discounting for sub-10-year soil carbon claims

    QUORUM

    21%

    FOR

    58%

    AGAINST

    42%

  • ASP-012EXECUTEDclosed

    Treasury allocation: community MRV training programme

    QUORUM

    88%

    FOR

    91%

    AGAINST

    9%

Treasury

  • TREASURY BALANCE

    $48.9M

  • REGENERATIVE INVESTMENTS

    $31.2M

  • GRANTS DISBURSED

    $7.4M

  • OPERATING EXPENSES

    $3.1M

No autonomous agent may move treasury funds. Emergency controls are held by the constitutional council multi-signature, and every privileged action is logged with reason, authorizer and timestamp.

Safeguards

Governance is designed against:

  • Vote manipulation
  • Sybil attacks
  • Whale dominance
  • Governance capture
  • Conflicts of interest

Compliance

Regulatory compliance is built into the data layer, not bolted on after the fact.

  • IDENTITY

    • KYC for individuals
    • KYB for organizations
    • Accreditation verification
    • Sanctions screening

  • FINANCIAL

    • AML monitoring
    • Transaction limits
    • Jurisdiction-aware flows
    • Regulatory reporting

  • DATA

    • GDPR compliance
    • Data residency controls
    • Right to erasure
    • Consent management

  • ENVIRONMENTAL

    • Anti-greenwashing engine
    • Claim evidence requirements
    • Methodology standards
    • Additionality checks