Governance Charter
How Mizan
governs itself.
Mizan is a “Common Good” — providing universal access to ancient philosophical frameworks through the lens of modern logic. Power is distributed, not concentrated.
Ethical Constitution
Intellectual Sovereignty
The platform shall never mandate belief; it shall only provide logical tools for the user's own deconstruction of reality.
Privacy as a Right
User data is a sacred trust. No feature shall be implemented that compromises the Privacy-by-Design mandate.
The Anti-Exploitation Rule
The platform remains ad-free and data-mining free. Revenue must strictly follow the Value-for-Value model.
Governance Tiers
To prevent rigidity, power is distributed across three tiers:
The Founders
The Guardians
Role: Initial curators and technical stewards.
Authority: Holds Veto Power over any proposal that violates the Ethical Constitution.
Sunset Clause: Founders' veto power diminishes by 10% annually as the DAO reaches Wisdom Weight milestones.
The Architects
The DAO Members
Role: Holders of Mizan Architect Soulbound Tokens (SBTs).
Authority: Proposing and voting on Wisdom Improvement Proposals (WIPs), including new text integration and UI changes.
Driven by Quadratic Voting — preventing minority takeovers and wealth-based influence.
The Stewards
Moderators
Role: Community-elected logic moderators.
Authority: Enforcing the Discourse Standards — ensuring the community remains a space for philosophy, not dogma or hate speech.
Wisdom Improvement Proposals (WIPs)
All proposals follow the Standard Procurement Lifecycle:
Submission
A proposal is submitted to the Digital Majlis for a 7-day discussion period.
Refinement
The proposer must address logical critiques from the community.
The Vote
A 72-hour voting window using Snapshot (Gasless).
Execution
Successful votes are queued for a 48-hour Timelock before automatic deployment.
The Social Equity Treasury
80 / 20
20% of all voluntary contributions flow into the Mizan Treasury, managed entirely by DAO vote. Funds must be used for infrastructure maintenance, open-source translations, or global social impact projects aligned with the Environmental or Equity pillars.
Compliance & Data Governance
GDPR / UK DPA
All governance activity is pseudonymous. No PII is required for participation.
Legal Entity
The DAO operates under the Mizan Foundation wrapper, providing a legal shield for community architects.
Transparency Ledger
Every governance decision and treasury spend is recorded on a public, immutable ledger.
Amendment Process
This Charter may only be amended by a Super-Majority (75%) vote of the Architects, provided the amendment does not conflict with the Core Principles in the Ethical Constitution.