Launch Dashboard
AI Infrastructure That Humanity Can Govern
Path to Launch
AI Infrastructure That Humanity Can Govern
Each section below — technical progress, regulatory status, funding, and execution plan — maps to one or more of the four conditions that must be met before launch.
Critical Path
Launch Conditions
Launch happens when all four are met:
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Funding reaches Third Funding Milestone ($2.67M)
- (Neil Armstrong) Necessary
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2
MME (Swiss lawyer) signs off on payment flows
- Critical Gate 1
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Tax ruling favorable for asset transfer
- Critical Gate 2
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Technical execution complete
- Required — sprint-based execution, sprint 2 of X. Engineering, security, and technical throughput determine the timeline.
Critical Gate 1
ExternalMME Sign-off on Payment Flows
~70% estimated complete - Demonstrating autonomous infrastructure status to Swiss counsel
Critical Gate 2
ExternalSwitzerland Tax Approval
Favorable tax ruling: STORE Research Inc. (US) to Swiss Association
Funding alone is not sufficient. All four gates must clear.
STORE doesn't flip the switch until the law says we can. Before any regulated product goes live - TREASURIES, the Godzilla Fund, or the Governor Protocol - it must complete the COMPASS sequence: a constitutional 7-step process written into STORE's governance.
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Eligibility threshold met
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STORE Research authorizes the investigation.
Advisory board helps shape it.
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All regulatory + tax rulings received Current
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Rulings published to all token holders
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Live date announced
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90-day coast period
Nothing executes during this window.
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Launch
Path Decomposed
Progress Breakdown
Each bar corresponds to one of the four launch conditions listed above.
Percentages are estimated and subject to change based on progress against and the requirements of each milestone.
Current raise: $1M at $0.039 - targets Thomas Paine milestone ($2M). Full $4M arc is long-term.
Technical progress is ahead of funding progress.
Velocity
What Shipped Since Last Update
STORE Pay 3.0 - Complete
Full purchase pipeline works end-to-end. Registration, KYC, agreement, payment, and on-chain verification in one session. Community tested across 7 countries - scored 9.5/10 with zero production bugs. Buy Order Form live at storecloud.org/buystore.
STORE VERIFY Protocol - Testnet Live
On-chain payment verification deployed on Optimism Sepolia. Every token purchase gets an Ethereum signature on Optimism L2. Mainnet deployment is a 1-2 day operation once wallet provider is finalized.
STORE Convert Protocol - Logic Built
USDC-to-USD conversion pipeline with Circle API integration, automated conversion logic, transaction monitoring, and bank settlement. Circle API credentials secured. Final module integration is the next step.
First Governance - Ballot Executed
BFT-compliant voting engine with voter authentication, voter registry, and Cloud ID with IPFS permanent storage. Delivered and community tested. 7-phase governance hardening roadmap now active.
On TREASURIES and Governor Protocol — These two items require the COMPASS sequence before launch — a constitutional 7-step process that ensures every regulated product has the right authorization and regulatory clearance before it goes live. COMPASS status is shown on each item. See The Story tab for the full sequence.
STORE AI Architecture — v5.15 (latest ratified: v5.9, March 6)
Full protocol architecture ratified March 6. Four namespaces, 75+ governance primitives, 13 sub-protocols, 9-step governed inference pipeline, on-chain governance proofs. 100+ operational endpoints documented, 600+ designed endpoints mapped.
STORE Pay Integration - Complete
Pay 3.0 connected to DaaS for revenue generation. Live at storecloud.org/buystore.
STORE Identity - Complete
NEWSingle sign-on across all STORE services. User dashboard with balance display. Personal endpoints for orders, votes, Cloud IDs, and profile.
STORE Governance HQ - Complete
NEWInternal operations dashboard with 12 feature areas, real-time updates, governance controls, and security review complete.
Unified Platform - Complete
NEWSTORE Pay and STORE Vote merged into a single platform with unified branding.
Quantitative Snapshot
By the Numbers
23
Platform modules live
40
Specs written
116
API endpoints
22
Integration tests passing
2
Frontend apps
9.5/10
Community test score (zero bugs)
7
Countries tested
Audit
Scorecard
5 of 22 items complete, 6 in progress or partial, 11 sequenced for upcoming sprints. Plus 3 new deliverables shipped outside the original list.
Execution
What's Next: 60-Day Plan
March 17 - May 12 · Active execution plan with 6 phases
Phase 1 - Integration testing + security hardening
Week 1 (March 17-23) - Complete
Phase 2 - Constitutional Fee Model
Weeks 2-4
Phase 3 - CONVERT module, Circle integration
Weeks 4-5
Phase 4 - LedgerService, centralized token ledger
Weeks 5-6
Phase 5 - Oracle Convergence, migrate Oracle into STORE AI
Week 7
Phase 6 - Governance Phases 4-7
Week 8
All 8 architecture decisions resolved as of March 17. Zero blockers. Executing.
Capital Path
How Funding Maps to Milestones
First Funding Milestone (⅓)
Marcus Aurelius
$1.33M
$410K remaining
Long-term bonus incentive vote
Second Funding Milestone (⅔)
Thomas Paine
$2M
$1.08M remaining
D&O insurance, SA setup, asset transfer
Third Funding Milestone (Full)
Neil Armstrong
$2.67M
$1.75M remaining
Switzerland launch
Milestone-based approach allows progress at each funding level.
2026 Funding Strategy
Minimum Goal: $1M at $0.039/STORE (current pricing)
This enables Switzerland entry and positions us to secure a lead investor who can fund Armstrong ($2.67M) and beyond. We'll accept additional capital from the right partners if it accelerates the roadmap.
Dependency Chain
Sequence to Asset Transfer
Thomas Paine funding ($2M milestone)
Purchase SA D&O insurance
Locke (found Swiss Association)
Tax approval
Johnson (transfer assets)
Legal Architecture
Regulatory Strategy
Hybrid Token: FINMA likely classifies STORE as hybrid (utility + payment) due to STORE Pay. This is why payment flows require demonstration.
Switzerland: Autonomous Infrastructure Status
Demonstrate autonomous payment/payout flows with human governance oversight to MME/FINMA
United States
If Switzerland fails from tax or regulatory perspective, pursue US pathway.
Note on MiCA: MiCA is a European regulatory framework that applies regardless of domicile. We're evaluating MiCA compliance in parallel with our Switzerland path - it's not an alternative jurisdiction, it's a compliance layer.
15 Milestones
Regulatory & Operations Path
Tap any milestone to expand details.
Foundation & Accounting Infrastructure Design
2022-2025 (3+ years)
BitGo custody + QuickBooks + Bitwave crypto accounting
Institutional-grade financial ops
Directors & Officers insurance for SR leadership
Required for institutional growth
Preparing Switzerland integration and asset transfer framework
Required for transfer
U.S. and Swiss counsel sign-off on Switzerland structure
Required for launch
Swiss Association legal founding with MME (entity creation)
50% = preparatory work (tax, regulatory, technical infrastructure)
Directors & Officers insurance for SA leadership
Required after SA founding, before asset transfer
Marcus Aurelius
$1.33M target - $410K remaining to milestone
Unlocks: Long-term bonus incentive vote
Founding Elections for STORE Association Stewards
Target 2026
Constitutional mathematics and Hamilton = Lamport validation
External academic/expert review
Thomas Paine
$2M target - $1.08M remaining
Unlocks: Funding for D&O insurance, SA founding, and asset transfer preparation
Release Schedule Vote
First Governance votes on token release schedule mechanics
Token Registration Protocol
Token holders register wallets for Swiss compliance
Final Launch Procedures
Asset transfer execution after tax ruling (moving assets to SA)
Neil Armstrong — $2.67M target
Switzerland launch with full legal framework
Already Built
Foundation Infrastructure
5 Global Data Centers - 26,400 vCPUs - 240TB RAM - 12PB Storage
Live since 2022
$29.66M private market cap governed democratically
Live since 2017
$29.66M governed democratically - the first pool of STORE tokens under democratic control
126 governors vote on how it's managed. 5 ballots. 0 constitutional violations. Proof the system works.
126 Governors across 30+ countries, one entity = one vote
Live since 2020
12PB storage with 99.99999999% redundancy
Live since 2023
Constitutional AI Governance under democratic control
Live since 2020
Stage 1 · The Premise
The Window Is Closing
Why the window is closing (projected timeline based on AI infrastructure consolidation)
Big Tech is building AI infrastructure with zero democratic oversight. Once they control it, game over.
Amazon, Google, Microsoft control 70% of cloud computing
They make all decisions about pricing, policies, AI behavior
Users pay bills forever, never own anything, never vote
We project approximately 8 years to prove an alternative model works before the window closes permanently.
This projection is based on the current pace of AI infrastructure consolidation by Big Tech. If democratic AI governance isn't established with operational proof, legal frameworks, and constitutional mathematics — Big Tech sets the standard.
Origin Story · Stage 2
2017: Two Inventions, Same Year
Mountain View, California
"Attention Is All You Need"
8 researchers. 11 pages. Transformers invented.
San Francisco, California
+2/3 Signature Scheme
Leaderless blockchain. BFT math. 2 patents filed.
Heritage
Why American Names?
STORE is an American research project building democratic AI governance. The milestone names honor the constitutional thinkers who discovered the math we use.
1787
Hamilton
No faction > 1/3 of power
1982
Lamport
Distributed systems need 2/3 consensus
Hamilton (1787) = Lamport (1982)
Same math. 195 years apart. Neither knew about the other.
The math behind the US Constitution's checks and balances is identical to the math behind Byzantine fault tolerance in distributed systems. We discovered this and built STORE on it. We're the first research team to identify this connection and put it into computing and AI. The heritage is the point.
Architecture Overview
What is STORE?
First Treasury
The first pool of STORE tokens governed by democratic vote. Proof the system works.
$29.66M Governed
Total value of STORE tokens under democratic control. 126 governors vote on how it's managed.
Inference-Time Governance
Like brakes on a car, not the engine. We govern what AI is allowed to DO — not how it thinks.
$STORE TOKEN
The Monetary System
- Ownership stake in governed AI infrastructure
- Governed by STORE Association (Switzerland)
- 126 Governors, one entity = one vote
STORE RESEARCH
Inference-Time AI Governance Lab
- Executes technical roadmap
- Drives the ship to Switzerland
- US entity → Swiss integration
The Relationship
Regulatory Context
Why Autonomous Systems Are Required
MME's payments specialist needs to see autonomous payment/payout flows to distinguish protocol operations from exchange activity.
MME needs clarity on how payments and payouts work.
This is why the backlog includes: autonomous payments, autonomous accounting, autonomous governance, and an operational economy.
Revenue Model
How Royalties Work
As revenue-generating services emerge on STORE, all royalties are paid out in STORE. Someone locks treasuries in Bitcoin? We sell instantly for STORE, lock in STORE, pay out in STORE. Content gets tokenized? Royalties in STORE. Economies get built? Settlement in STORE.
Multi-currency entry, STORE-only settlement. That's what we're protecting with MME.
Operational Proof
8 years. $30M private market cap governed.
Zero constitutional violations.
AI Infrastructure That Humanity Can Govern — this is operational proof.
8
Years
126
Governors
0
Violations
The FTX Test
When FTX collapsed — 100% of governors participated. Five votes. Zero violations. The system got stronger under pressure.
Market Context
Why This Matters Now
Every major AI lab is grappling with governance. OpenAI's board drama. Anthropic's constitutional AI. Google's AI principles. They're all trying to solve the same problem — how do humans maintain control over AI systems — and they're all using traditional corporate governance. Boards, policies, oversight committees.
That approach won't scale. When AI systems make thousands of decisions per second, you can't have a board meeting for each one. You need governance that runs at machine speed but still maintains human override capability.
Google DeepMind · December 2025
Getting AI systems to work together reliably is still difficult. Their words: "designing workflows for AI agents that will produce reliable results turns out to be difficult."
We solved reliable coordination for governance decisions years ago. That's not hype — operational proof running in production.
Real world proof: Our consensus mechanism is currently helping a small town reach agreement on its historical heroes. Emotionally charged territory — people fight about history. 1,000 votes. Nearly 1% of the town participating. They trust the math.
hilanders.org/democracyComplexity Moat
Why STORE Is First
A regulatory-compliant framework across multiple jurisdictions
A monetary system that must be digitized, audited, and flow correctly
Autonomous payment infrastructure that satisfies Swiss regulators
An AI governance layer scaling from 498 to 2,500 endpoints under constitutional control
Tax compliance across two jurisdictions in real time — dollars, francs, and multiple cryptocurrencies
All of this connected, verified, and operational
Belief Filter
What's Already True
The EU AI Act is live. US Executive Orders are active. Enterprises need provable AI oversight now — not eventually.
Democratic AI governance has been running at machine speed since 2020. 126 governors. 30+ countries. Five ballots. Zero constitutional violations. The math works.
The next 8 years determine who governs AI permanently.
Once Big Tech infrastructure is entrenched, democratic alternatives become impossible.
Switzerland's regulatory framework enables what no other jurisdiction can.
Swiss Association law combined with FINMA's utility token guidance creates a path for democratically governed infrastructure.
If you do — you're early.
Competitive Moat
The L0/L2 Sandwich
GOVERNANCE ← STORE
Governs deployment of ANY L1 AI
AI MODELS ← Anyone's
Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, Grok
INFRASTRUCTURE ← STORE
5 data centers, 8 years operational
$29.66M
Private Market Cap — Governed Democratically
498→2.5K
AI Endpoints
8 yrs
Operational
2 Patents
BlockfinBFT Consensus Mechanism (STORE Chain)
$30M private market cap governed. Zero constitutional violations.
AI Infrastructure That Humanity Can Govern — this is operational proof.
9 years STORE Research (2017)
6 years zero violations (2020)
4 years L1 Cloud (2022)
Stage 5 · The Window
Three Things Reprice This
Switzerland reprices.
$0.039 pre-SwitzerlandWhen STORE's Swiss Association runs its own raise, the $0.039 price is the pre-Switzerland price.
Peer review reprices.
150 institutions invited150 institutions invited to stress-test constitutional mathematics. The moment those results publish, the conversation changes.
Enterprise customers reprice.
EU AI Act enterpriseEU AI Act compliance becomes mandatory. Every enterprise needs provable AI oversight — and STORE's the only operational option.
116 endpoints. 23 modules live.
A small engineering and innovation team.
AI Infrastructure That Humanity Can Govern
This backlog IS the MVP. Every item is required for launch. SEND and ACCOUNT are blockers — builds are sequential and interdependent. APIs are in active development.
Sprint Order
The 30-Day and VERIFY sprints are substantially complete. Development is now entering the Required phase.
25+ Items
Build Sequence
Circle API integration complete. USDC-to-USD conversion pipeline built and tested with transaction monitoring, error handling, and bank settlement. Final module integration is the next step, followed by first production test.
On-chain payment verification deployed on Optimism Sepolia. Every token purchase gets an Ethereum signature on Optimism L2. Mainnet deployment is a 1-2 day operation once wallet provider is finalized.
First Governance ballot executed. BFT-compliant voting engine with voter authentication, voter registry, and Cloud ID with IPFS permanent storage — all delivered and community tested.
- SR review / FG override — 7 endpoints
- 9 governance statuses
- Attack recovery flow — 3 endpoints
Current sprint: design and architecture phase — not yet built. Next sprint: building begins. STORE Registration, STORE Economy, and STORE Democracy are in design alongside it — all three build on top of STORE AI Architecture.
- Laying API tracks for future DaaS service
- Webhook endpoint schemas
- Slack/Teams endpoint schemas
- Universal Agent endpoint schemas
On-chain payment verification integrated with STORE Pay 3.0. Community tested across 7 countries — scored 9.5/10 with zero production bugs. Every token purchase gets an Ethereum signature on Optimism L2. Buy Order Form live at storecloud.org/buystore.
- On-chain voting verification
- Ballot integrity proofs
- Governor authentication
- On-chain voting infrastructure
- Verified ballot submission
- Transparent vote counting
- On-chain payment rails
- Verified transaction flow
- Settlement finality
Next generation permanent storage infrastructure
The master API layer that governs all STORE services. Four sub-APIs build on top of it: Web Services API, Monetary System API, Democracy API, and additional service APIs as the protocol expands. Architecture ratified March 6, 2026 (v5.9). 100+ operational endpoints documented. 600+ endpoints mapped. Sub-API builds begin once the 60-day sprint closes.
One of four sub-APIs built on top of STORE API Architecture. Exposes STORE services externally, powering integrations, developer access, and third-party connections. Sequenced after STORE API Architecture is complete.
One of four sub-APIs built on top of STORE API Architecture. Connects every transaction type — grants, sales, options, airdrops, and more — to the unified token ledger, autonomous accounting, and the blockchain in real time. The engine that brings the STORE economy alive. Sequenced after STORE API Architecture.
One of four sub-APIs built on top of STORE API Architecture. Powers democratic governance operations — votes, ballots, governor authentication, and constitutional decision-making — at machine speed. Sequenced after STORE API Architecture.
The centralized token ledger that records every STORE transaction — grants, sales, options, warrants, airdrops, and more — in a single unified database. Powers the Monetary System API. Build in progress.
STORE Oracle is STORE AI — the intelligence layer built on top of STORE API Architecture. Detects governance milestones, confirms fair market value at every transaction, enforces constitutional math, and feeds the Monetary System API. Sequenced after STORE API Architecture. TREASURIES follows.
Send protocol integration with transaction routing
Full identity and account system live. Single sign-on across all STORE services. User dashboard with STORE and BITS balance display. Personal endpoints for orders, votes, Cloud IDs, and profile — all built and operational.
6 of 10 stages built — Required before Registration
Monetary policy integration and economic monitoring
Registration flow and onboarding infrastructure — Required for launch
Full Slack/Teams integration, webhook infrastructure
STORE Pay 3.0 fully integrated. Registration, KYC, agreement, payment, and on-chain verification in one session. Buy Order Form live at storecloud.org/buystore. Connected to DaaS for revenue generation.
On TREASURIES and Governor Protocol: These two items require the COMPASS sequence before launch — a constitutional 7-step process that ensures every regulated product has the right authorization and regulatory clearance before it goes live. COMPASS status is shown on each item. See The Story tab for the full sequence.
Protocol commitment programs where participants lock STORE tokens for 2-year, 4-year, or 8-year terms and earn network rewards funded by protocol inflation (3% annual constitutional cap). Subject to COMPASS sequence before launch.
COMPASS Status: Waiting for launch threshold — Swiss Association formation required to begin.
The democratic governance layer. Governor seats acquired via auction and trusted elections. One entity, one vote. 70/25/5 revenue distribution. Subject to COMPASS sequence before launch.
COMPASS Status: Waiting for launch threshold — sequenced after TREASURIES.
A permanently restricted protocol reserve that funds Swiss Association operations and public goods grants. Funded by TREASURIES early withdrawal penalties and global public donations. Principal locked forever — only yields distribute. Co-launches with TREASURIES.
COMPASS Status: Waiting for launch threshold — co-sequenced with TREASURIES.
Full authentication and identity system. Single identity across all STORE services, secured access on all endpoints, wired into every app.
Internal operations dashboard. 12 feature areas, real-time updates, governance controls. Full security review complete.
STORE Pay and STORE Vote merged into a single platform app with unified branding. Consistent experience across all services.
Hiring
Operations & Team
Top hiring priority once capitalized — May also lead SA
May be VP Finance/COO — Master coordinator for Swiss operations
Team growth area — Protocol development and infrastructure scaling
Team growth area — Go-to-market and community building
Priority Legend