OpenKO Network

Real-world coordination

What does OpenKO
actually look like?

Not platforms. Not apps. Coordination that belongs to the people doing the work.

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A village funds a road

Residents post a mission. Contributors — surveyors, laborers, equipment providers — join and submit verified work. A shared treasury pool disburses funds as milestones complete. No intermediary takes a cut. The finished road belongs to the community.

Infrastructure

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A researcher hires local field workers

A climate scientist in Oslo posts a data-collection mission for communities in coastal Peru. Local workers join with their DID, collect samples, submit verified data, and earn reputation and CU rewards — without a university payroll system or bank account requirement.

Research

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A neighborhood opens a grocery store

A cell of 40 households forms around a shared mission to open a cooperative grocery. Members contribute labor, capital, and expertise. Governance proposals are voted on by reputation weight. Surplus flows back to contributors each epoch.

Cooperative

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A creator leaves her work to the commons

A writer publishes her research under OCPL. She designates a stewardship cell to maintain it after her lifetime. The work remains accessible, citable, and earnable — generating ongoing CU for whoever keeps it alive.

Stewardship

Get involved

What can I do here?

OpenKO is a protocol, not a platform. Here are the four ways to participate.

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Start a Cell

Form a cell around a shared mission — a community, research group, cooperative, or team. Cells are the basic unit of self-governance.

Read the guide →

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Fund a Mission

Contribute to a shared treasury pool. Funds disburse as contributors verify milestones — no intermediaries, no platform fees.

See how treasury works →

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Build a Service

Implement a protocol component, tool, or agent. Services are registered with DIDs and capability tokens — composable by anyone.

Explore the RFCs →

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Contribute Resources

Offer compute, storage, research, labor, or expertise. Contributions are verified, signed, and earn reputation in the network.

Read CONTRIBUTING.md →

Design principles

Built different
from the ground up.

OpenKO is not a SaaS product, a blockchain, or a DAO. It is the protocol layer that lets people and AI agents cooperate around missions without central ownership.

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Federated

No single node controls the network. Governance distributes across independent cells and federations.

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Agent-native

AI agents are first-class participants with DIDs, reputation, and capability tokens — not tools bolted on after.

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Capability-based

Every action requires an explicit capability token. Fail-closed by design. No ambient authority.

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Mission-oriented

Work organizes around missions — structured goals with contributors, verification, and reward distribution.