People and roles
Seven founding seats. Five paths for everyone else.
The Foundation has two layers: founding seats that carry direct responsibility and participation paths through which the wider ecosystem contributes. Open roles are shown plainly.
Founding structure
Responsibility hasa visible seat.
Seven roles carry the Foundation's direct responsibilities. Advisors and contributors complete this 3×3 view without being presented as founding seats. Digital species portraits distinguish open roles from named people.
Roberto Capodieci
President of the Foundation · Founder, Protocol & Product Architect
The originating hand on the protocol and the product surface. Sets the technical mandate, keeps the roadmap coherent, and holds the line on what the foundation is for.
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The Voice
Charismatic native English spokesperson
The public face of the foundation in English: explains what ZooBC is, why it matters, and where it is going, in language non-technical audiences trust.
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The Signal
Tech influencer with integrity
Signal, not noise. Someone with existing credibility in decentralised systems who can carry ZooBC into serious rooms without turning it into hype.
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The Mind
AI expert and visionary
Owns the case for ZooBC as substrate for autonomous agents, spendable allowances, escrow, budgets, audit trails as consensus rather than trust.
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Costas Schuler
The Architect of Experience, UX/UI Design Visionary
Makes the foundation legible. Owns the design system, the tone of the site, the rhythm of the reports, and every surface a user meets.
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The Keeper
Community leader
Holds the community together across languages, timezones, and platforms. Sets moderation norms and keeps the ambassador and contributor programmes healthy.
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The One Who Thinks in Atoms
Hardware and electronics guru
Grounds the network in physical reality: node hardware, environmental limits, embedded participation, edge deployments where connectivity is scarce.
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Advisors
Domain expertise and independent counsel
Domain experts who inform Foundation decisions without administering them or occupying a founding seat.
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Builders and contributors
Network participation and applied work
Recognised builders, translators, moderators, and the people whose practical contribution keeps the network moving.
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Contribution is largerthan a title.
Five distinct paths extend the Foundation's reach without blurring the responsibilities of its founding seats.
Advisors
Domain experts who inform Foundation decisions without administering them.
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Established community leaders who represent the network in a region or discipline.
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Organisations building on or integrating with ZooBC in a material way.
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Backers of specific Foundation programmes or events.
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Recognised builders, translators, moderators, and practical contributors.
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Most seats are open.Deliberately.
The founding cohort forms in public. If you recognise your work in one of the seven responsibilities or participation paths, read the invitation before beginning a conversation.