Organizations Filed Purposes:
DEMOCRACY EARTH FOUNDATION HAS THE MISSION TO ADVANCE DEMOCRACY FOR THE INFORMATION AGE. IT RESEARCHES AND DEVELOPES FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT CAN HELP DEPLOY DEMOCRACIES ANYWHERE THERE IS AN INTERNET CONNECTION USING CENSORSHIP RESISTANT NETWORKS. WE FOCUS ON ENABLING THE CREATION OF DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATIONS(DAOS) THAT CAN HELP DEPLOY GOVERNANCE ENTITIES USING BLOCKCHAIN BASED TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN OPERATE ONLINE AND APPLY NOVEL GAME THEORY TO IMPROVE SOCIAL COORDINATION.
QUADRATIC VOTING - PILOT ON THE COLORADO STATE HOUSE:DURING Q1 AND Q2 2019 WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION OF QUADRATIC VOTING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COLORADO STATE HOUSE. THIS ENABLED COLORADO LEGISLATORS TO PRIORITIZE 108 BILLS INTRODUCED TO CONGRESS COMPETING FOR A BUDGET OF $120 MILLION BY USING A NOVEL GAME THEORETIC MODEL THAT ALLOWS VOTERS TO EXPRESS THEIR PREFERENCES AND THEINTENSITY OF THESE PREFERENCES. THIS CASE HAS BEEN FEATURED ON WIRED MAGAZINE AND BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK AS A TECHNIQUE THAT PREVENTS ZEALOTRY AND CAN HELP RANK A LONG TAIL OF AVAILABLE OPTIONS DURING AN ELECTORAL PROCESS.
DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATIONS - OPEN SOURCE TOOL DEVELOPMENT FOR DAO BROWSING AND PARTICIPATION:DURING Q3 2019 WE ADVANCED ON THE SECURITY RESEARCH FOR DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATIONS (DAOS) BY DEVELOPING NEW TECHNIQUES THAT CAN HELP ON BOARD MEMBERS TO DAOS BY CREATING AD HOC SMART CONTRACTS AND USER INTERFACES. WE HAVE EFFECTIVELY IDENTIFIED VULNERABILITIES ON SMART CONTRACTS, INCLUDING OPEN SOURCE PROJECT MOLOCH DAO AND CONTRIBUTED TO STRENGTHEN ITS SECURITY. THIS WAS PRESENTED DURING THE ETH BERLIN CONFERENCE AND DEVCONV HELD IN OSAKA. WE ALSO PIVOTED OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE PROJECT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOVEREIGN) TO FOCUS STRICTLY ON DAOS AND LAUNCHED IT ON THE DEMOCRACY.EARTH WEBSITE USING WEB3 TECHNOLOGY. IT ALLOWS USERS TO EXPLORE ANDPARTICIPATE IN DAOS, LISTING OVER 200+ ORGANIZATIONS AND EVERY TRANSACTION CONTAINED IN THEM.
PROOF OF PERSONHOOD - PROOF OF CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH PAPER:WITH THE SUPPORT FROM A GRANT OBTAINED BY TEMPLETON WORLD CHARITY FOUNDATION (TWCF), WE DRAFTED OUR PAPER AND CREATED A PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR A PROOF OF PERSONHOOD PROTOCOL THAT AIMS TO CREATE A PROTOCOL ABLE TO FORMALIZE HUMANS OVER DECENTRALIZED NETWORKS WHILE PRESERVING THEIR PRIVACY, CREATING A SCORE ABLE TO PREVENT DUPLICATE IDENTITIES AND USING TURING TESTS TO AVOID THE PRESENCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (OR BOTS). WE HAVE COLLABORATED EXTENSIVELY WITH PROJECTS WORKING IN THIS AREA OF RESEARCH INCLUDING ETHEREUM FOUNDATION, IDENA NETWORK (WITH RESEARCHERS FROM PERM UNIVERSITY) AND KLEROS COURT AMONG OTHERS. WE PRESENTED OUR DRAFT PAPER IN THE CONFERENCE DEVCONV HELD IN OSAKA, JAPAN AND PUBLISHED ALL OUR SOURCE CODE IN OUR PUBLIC REPOSITORIES ON GITHUB.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Santiago Siri | PRESIDENT | 40 | $70,307 |
| Herb Stephens | TREASURER | 2 | $9,282 |
| Pia Mancini | SECRETARY | 10 | $0 |
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