PARTICIPANT-OWNED CIVIC VALUE
THE SIGNAL HAS VALUE. THE PEOPLE CREATED IT.
When an institution commissions privacy-preserving civic research, the people whose authorized participation creates the aggregate signal should share in the economic value.
That share is the Civic Dividend.
How a Civic Mission works
No hidden sponsor. No hidden purpose. No hidden bargain.
1. A question is commissioned
An approved organization commissions research about a defined public issue, jurisdiction or policy question.
2. The issue is grounded in evidence
CivicLedger.ai creates a source-backed issue brief and separates official facts, interpretation and uncertainty.
3. Eligible participants are invited
Participants see the sponsor, purpose, requested information, permitted use, retention terms and reward before deciding.
4. Participants choose
A person may participate, save the issue privately or decline.
5. Aggregate insight is produced
The sponsor receives only the approved privacy-preserving aggregate output.
6. The Civic Dividend is distributed
Eligible participants receive the compensation disclosed before participation.
Payment independence
You are paid for participation—not agreement.
For every Civic Mission:
Reward for support = reward for opposition = reward for uncertainty = reward for abstention
The sponsor cannot purchase a preferred answer.
CivicLedger.ai does not condition compensation on:
- supporting a policy;
- opposing a policy;
- favouring a candidate;
- voting in an official election;
- refraining from voting;
- joining a political party;
- publishing a response publicly.
What the sponsor receives
The sponsor may receive:
- response distributions;
- clearly thresholded subgroup analysis;
- changes over time;
- issue comprehension findings;
- evidence gaps;
- stated reasons and trade-offs;
- methodology and limitations;
- an optional public report.
The sponsor does not receive:
- participant names;
- email addresses;
- exact residential addresses;
- full Civic Profiles;
- individual cross-mission histories;
- tools for political microtargeting;
- a downloadable database of political identities.
Civic Dividend account
See where the value came from.
A participant’s private Civic Dividend record can show:
- mission name;
- disclosed sponsor;
- permission granted;
- completion date;
- reward amount;
- payment status;
- public report, if one exists;
- current retention period;
- future-use status.
During the founding release, Civic Dividends should be paid through ordinary currency or account credit.
A tradable token is not required for the model to work.