Governance
Rules you can build on
Trust needs structure. NODA's governance is simple, public, and in its most important parts — unchangeable.
Principles
Five principles
Sovereignty of Nodes
Nodes own their business. They set their prices, terms, referral rates, and charity share — NODA provides infrastructure, never competition.
Transparency of Money
Every fund flow is on fixed, public percentages. The backing fund balance is public. Nothing moves in the dark.
Identity as Foundation
Every participant is a verified, real person. Anonymity has no place in an economy built on trust.
Earn Before You Govern
Influence follows contribution. Governance rights are earned through real participation, not bought or claimed.
Social Impact by Design
1% of every transaction goes to charity — not as marketing, but as an architectural rule of the platform.
Community Rules
Clear lines, kept simple
Allowed
- Verified members list and purchase services
- Nodes set their own prices and terms
- Single-layer referral, registered by the buyer
- Token redemption at base price, anytime
- P2P token trading within the platform
Not allowed
- Anonymous participation
- Multi-layer referral schemes
- Token issuance without backing
- Undermining Nodes with competing platform services
- Misrepresentation of identity or services
Decision Making
Governance grows with the community
Phase 1
CurrentNODA decides
Decisions made by NODA, published transparently with reasoning. Speed matters while the foundation is laid.
Phase 2
Node Council
An advisory council of established Nodes reviews and shapes platform decisions.
Phase 3
On-chain governance
Smart-contract governance with earned voting rights — the community steers itself.
Token Governance
Four rules that cannot change
Floor price never below $0.01
Backing fund always public
New mint only with real value
Redemption always available
These rules are immutable — they hold in every phase of NODA's development, and no governance process can override them.
Dispute Resolution
When something goes wrong
Level 15 business days
Platform mediation
NODA mediates directly between the parties and proposes a resolution.
Level 210 business days
Node Council review
Unresolved disputes go to a review panel of independent Nodes.
Level 3Final
ENTERTEC financial arbitration
Financial disputes are arbitrated by our regulated partner ENTERTEC (FINTRAC N300000251).