Communities thrive withPowers
Trustless governance systems for on-chain organisations.
Composable Governance
Create resilient and dynamic governance systems by assigning powers to roles and configuring cross-role relationships.
Applications
Move beyond simple token voting and design bespoke governance systems that fit your specific needs.
Pseudonymous Participation
Combined with ZKPassport and Account Abstraction, participants can prove eligibility without revealing identity.
Extend formal governance to sensitive contexts: journalism, activism, confidential research.
Participation rights are enforced on-chain, not dependent on a trusted intermediary.
Separation of Powers
Proposal, deliberation, veto, and execution can be assigned to distinct roles and mandates.
Roles cannot exceed their mandate — no procedural override is possible without the required parties acting in concert.
Enforce foundational governance principles structurally, not by convention.
Beyond Institutional Reach
In contexts where conventional governance is inaccessible — across borders or for contributors without legal status.
Powers provides a governance layer that can operate independently or alongside formal structures that may follow later.
Early-stage communities can adopt rigorous governance before legal entities are established.
Devolved Responsibilities
Grants committees, working groups, and review boards need clear, enforceable boundaries.
Delegation is structural: a committee can only act within the scope defined by the parent organization.
Actions are transparently recorded and authority can be adjusted at any time.
Continuous Accountability
Foundations, governments, and industry bodies typically rely on periodic audits.
Powers adds a real-time transparency layer: any party can verify decisions followed agreed rules between audit cycles.
Reduce the cost of oversight without replacing existing reporting structures.
Multi-Party Coordination
Joint funds, industry consortiums, and shared oversight processes are administratively expensive.
Powers acts as a coordination layer alongside existing legal agreements.
Compliance becomes continuously verifiable, reducing overhead without displacing the agreements themselves.
Examples
Explore live implementations of the Powers protocol
Powers 101
A base example of an on-chain organisation that uses the Powers protocol to govern itself and create a simple check and balance system.
