Civic Pulse
People-controlled data into aggregate civic intelligence.
A Civic Pulse is a mission-specific research product derived from data participants explicitly authorized Civic Ledger to process. The sponsor buys the defined aggregate output. The participant retains the underlying identity and profile.
The mission flow
- A sponsor defines a legitimate research question.
- The mission terms are published.
- Eligible participants review those terms.
- Each participant authorizes selected data and access.
- Civic Ledger decrypts or processes the authorized mission data.
- Responses are minimized, mixed, thresholded or de-identified according to the disclosed methodology.
- The aggregate Civic Pulse is created.
- The sponsor receives the defined aggregate product.
- Eligible participants receive the disclosed Civic Dividend.
These are requirements for the planned mission workflow. Submitting an inquiry today does not launch a mission or grant access to anyone's data.
The participant controls the keys
When joining a mission, the participant uses their wallet or interface to authorize the information and capabilities required for that mission. Readable-data processing may use mission-specific cryptographic access or decryption capability.
Participation must not require handing over the master private key controlling the participant's VerusID. An application's limited access is different from root identity control.
What a sponsor buys
The Civic Pulse product produced under the mission terms may include aggregate distributions, group-level trends, issue comprehension, trade-offs, conditions, confidence and subgroup results above privacy thresholds.
Methodology and limitations travel with the findings. The purchase does not automatically include the underlying identifiable profile, unrestricted reuse of mission data or individual targeting rights.
Preserve the context of every response
Human-confirmed responses and participant-authorized agent executions represent different forms of participation. The collection method, source evidence and response provenance must remain distinguishable in research.
De-identification is not a promise that any release is safe. The mission must define data minimization, aggregation and suppression thresholds before collection, and explain the limits of the resulting report.
Permission before value
Participants see the sponsor, question, requested access, processing, retention, reward, publication and withdrawal terms before deciding. Ending future permission does not undo a completed aggregate report; those consequences belong in the agreement.
Read the methodology · Read the sponsor standards · Explore the Civic Dividend