INITIATIVES
Why We Support Initiatives
To advance our vision of human agency, we support initiatives that share the same goal.
Rather than dictating what should be built, we back initiatives that align with our core principles. These principles guide how initiatives are assessed, focusing on transparency, consent, and their ability to strengthen human agency.
Our role is not to prescribe solutions, but to enable others to solve their own challenges. By supporting the right foundations, we aim to empower individuals and communities to build systems that reflect their needs and values.
Providence
Restoring the lineage of intent and a clear chain of custody that enables participants to claim ownership of their digital footprint.
Purpose
Providing the tools and frameworks that allow individuals to align their digital interactions with their real-world goals.
Permanence
The ability to create Digital Public Infrastructure that is sovereign and delivers data autonomy for government and citizen alike.
Permission
Prioritising privacy-by-design and user-centric protocols, ensuring that informed and explicit consent is always given.
FOUR PILLARS
INITIATIVES WE SUPPORT
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Decentralised Human Architecture Protocol
The Decentralised Human Architecture (DHA) Protocol is designed to support the development of open, adaptable digital systems. The DHA Protocol separates governance, economics, and technology, allowing each to evolve independently. This ensures that no single entity controls how systems are built or used, creating a more flexible and resilient foundation for digital infrastructure.
Rather than prescribing specific outcomes, the DHA Protocol provides a framework that communities, organisations, and governments can build upon. It enables participants to create, adapt, and deploy digital systems that reflect their own needs, while remaining interoperable within a broader ecosystem. Guided by principles of providence, purpose, permission, and permanence, the DHA Protocol prioritises clear intent, user control, and long-term reliability. These foundations allow data and interactions to become more trustworthy and contextualised, supporting better decision-making at both local and global levels.
By enabling shared standards without centralised control, the DHA Protocol creates the conditions for systems that people can not only use, but also shape and benefit from.
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Public Goods Network
Public Goods
The Public Goods Network (PGN) is an open-source initiative designed to foster collaboration, participation, and the creation of shared digital value.
PGN provides an environment where individuals, organisations, and communities can contribute to and access public digital goods. These can include tools, data, and systems that are openly available and designed to benefit a wide range of participants.
PGN operates through decentralised participation. As more people contribute, the network becomes more valuable, creating a growing ecosystem where knowledge, infrastructure, and resources are shared rather than siloed.
To support this, PGN explores models that align contribution with value. Participants are recognised for their input, and incentives are structured to encourage long-term engagement and collaboration, rather than short-term extraction.
The result is a networked economy built on shared ownership, transparency, and collective benefit. One where value flows back into the ecosystem and supports those who help build and sustain it.
Digital Public Infrastructure
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) refers to the core digital systems that societies rely on at scale. These systems enable essential services such as identity verification, payments, and secure data exchange.
Built using Digital Public Goods, DPI provides the foundation for governments, businesses, and communities to deliver services efficiently and inclusively. Like roads or electricity, it is designed to be widely accessible, reliable, and interoperable.
DPI integrates modular, open-source components into unified platforms through shared standards and APIs. This allows different systems to communicate seamlessly, scale across populations, and evolve without locking users into proprietary solutions.