Regulatory Landscape
The Challenge
Switzerland's FINMA provides the global gold standard for DAO recognition. The Graine Ledger is domiciled here as a Swiss Association, protecting member rights while allowing for fully decentralized governance of the whiskey distillery operations.
The Compliance Engine
Our "DAO-as-an-Association" wrapper creates a legal entity that maps 1:1 to on-chain governance votes. Member resolutions are legally binding contracts, signed cryptographically and stored on IPFS for perpetual auditability.
Regional Terminology
Neuromimetic Architecture
A system design philosophy that mimics biological neural networks, allowing decentralized nodes to self-organize and optimize without central direction.
Zero-Knowledge Proof
A cryptographic method by which one party can prove to another that a statement is true without revealing any information apart from the fact that the statement is true.
Sovereign Identity
A model of digital identity where the user retains full control over their data, sharing only what is necessary via cryptographic attestations.
Local Token Economy
What's being traded?
Governance tokens, cooperative memberships, and luxury asset futures (Whiskey). Zurich is the governance layer where rules are set and upgraded.