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Path to Launch

We are in the First Governance.

STORE grows by upgrades: nine STORE Betas, each one opening when it's stable and tested. Then launch, in Switzerland.

We're building to win.

  1. First
  2. Second
  3. Third
  4. Fourth
  5. Fifth

Our targets

Next 90 days: our targets.

  1. STORE Beta 1 live, once this round closes.
  2. FG.006-R closes, by the end of November.
  3. Outbound begins, when STORE Beta 1 passes.

We set these targets ourselves. Every update reports each one as Hit or Missed.

The record

126governors in 30+ countries, one vote each
43 of 126to hold more than a third today. In 2020 it took 3 of 8.
Jan 2021the first price ballot. Governors have voted since 2020.
5price ballots, every one passed by governors

No one has ever held more than a third.

Our first foundation ballot

Ballot 1, The Foundation: ratify the rules we run on today, and raise the quorum to a majority of governors.

Proposed

Governors ratify this road, our test network strategy and our Community Standards, item by item. Ratifying gives the community and the team one plan to move forward on.

First, FG.006-R closes our old process, by the end of November. Then Ballot 1 opens.

  1. This ballot:The Foundation
  2. Payments test network
  3. Governance test network
  4. The Foundation ballots
  5. The time box
  6. Open the Cloud
  7. The Handoff

STORE's democracy widens step by step. No one holds more than a third of any vote.

How STORE grows

Nine upgrades. Each one a win.

Every upgrade is architected, designed, built and tested inside STORE Research first, for security, safety, user experience and compliance. Then our test network community makes it stronger. Betas 2 to 7 are being built at once, and each opens when it's stable and tested.

Test network rule: security bounty. 10,000 STORE Credits for a confirmed security vulnerability found with any AI tool. Report it to team@storecloud.org.

  • Beta 1

    STORE Pay and STORE ID

    Pay and prove who you are in one system.

    In testing, inside STORE Research for now. It adds organization buying and is built to follow the rules for U.S. buyers. When it passes, STORE Pay and STORE ID go live.

    In testing
  • Beta 2

    Payments infrastructure

    Customers pay in dollars, stablecoins or STORE itself.

    Being built
  • Beta 3

    GOVERN

    Governors vote inside STORE.

    Being built
  • Beta 4

    Hamilton Intelligence (HI)

    The rules-based AI that sets STORE's prices.

    Being built
  • Beta 5

    STORE Send

    Sends STORE tokens to one person or many.

    Opens: After our Swiss counsel, MME, approves

    Being built
  • Beta 6

    STORE Account

    Live books, connected to QuickBooks.

    Being built
  • Beta 7

    STORE Monetary System

    The rules for STORE's supply.

    Being built
  • Beta 8

    STORE On-chain

    Accounts, payments, sends, the monetary system and governance move on-chain.

    Designed
  • Beta 9

    STORE Register

    Where holders sign up to receive their tokens.

    Opens: with the STORE Association

    Being built

  • Counts published as each test network closes.

    This roadmap is preliminary. We execute against it, and any change to it comes to governors for approval.

The four launch gates

Launch needs all four.

Our teams in Switzerland and the United States are working all four at once. None is met yet.

Technology

Not met

Finish and test the systems needed for launch.

Met when
STORE Betas 1 to 8 complete and tested, including STORE On-chain, and STORE Register ready to open with the STORE Association.
Where it stands
STORE Beta 1: In testing, inside STORE Research for now. STORE Betas 2 to 7 are being built, all at once.

Funding

Not met

Raise the next part of our seed round.

Met when
Our current round, then at least two-thirds of the final part of our seed, raised in the United States, Switzerland or both.

Tax

Not met

A Swiss tax ruling on moving our core technology to Switzerland.

Met when
A Swiss ruling that moving HI, with its brand marks, web addresses, social channels and token contracts, to the STORE Association creates no tax bill.
Where it stands
Step 1 of 3: our CPA is finalizing our books. Then we file, and the Swiss tax authority decides.

Regulatory

Not met

Swiss approval for the STORE token and payments.

Met when
Swiss approval for the STORE token, payments, payouts, STORE as the unit of account, and the STORE Association.
Where it stands
MME reviews what runs on our test networks. Then the Swiss regulator decides.

The road

Five governances. More people get a vote at every step.

  1. First Governance

    Start

    Today

    126 governors, one vote each. STORE runs on itself.

    Opens:Running since 2020

  2. Second Governance

    Share

    Two chambers: the Cloud and the Edge.

    Opens:The Handoff

  3. Third Governance

    Balance

    Launch, in Switzerland. The STORE Association, which has not yet been founded, launches STORE.

    Opens:All four gates are met

  4. Fourth Governance

    The People's Cloud

    The cloud opens to the public.

    Opens:Governors decide

  5. Fifth Governance

    The People's Internet

    Every verified person gets a vote.

    Opens:Governors decide

Inside the First Governance

The governance road, in order.

Governors vote on every step. No price or date opens one.

  1. 1FG.006-R: the closing ballot of our old process. Governors decide whether to overrule STORE Research on FG.006. It closes by the end of NovemberOpens when:Next
  2. 2Ballot 1, The Foundation, our first foundation ballot. Governors ratify this road, our test network strategy and our Community Standards, item by item ProposedOpens when:FG.006-R closes
  3. 3Payments test network (STORE Beta 2)Opens when:Stable and tested inside STORE Research
  4. 4Governance test network (STORE Beta 3): five governors, drawn by lot, vote inside the protocolOpens when:The payments test network runs
  5. 5Ballot 1, The Foundation, raises the quorum to at least 51 of every 100 governors (65 of 126 today)Opens when:STORE Beta 3 passes its test network
  6. 6The time box: every governor registers in the protocol. No one loses a seatOpens when:FG.008 passes
  7. 7The rebalance: quorum counts registered, verified governorsOpens when:The time box closes
  8. 8Open the Cloud: registered, verified STORE buyers, our earliest investors among them. One vote each, once STORE ID has checked who they areOpens when:Governors vote to open it
  9. 9The Handoff: Second Governance begins, and the Edge formsOpens when:The 126 and the Edge are each at most a third of registered governors, and the first Cloud ballot reaches quorum

How the democracy grows

Wider at every step. Harder to capture.

Today126 governors

One person or organization, one seat, one vote.

NextThe Cloud opens

Registered, verified STORE buyers, our earliest investors among them. A purchase alone never makes anyone a governor.

At the HandoffThe Edge forms

A second chamber that reviews what the Cloud passes. It never holds more than a third.

Hamilton's ratio

Hamilton's Law: no one holds more than a third of the power. Every three new governors raise the bar to capture by one. Governors needed to block:

3 of 8in 2020
43 of 126today
127 of 378at the Handoff

In Switzerland, in order

How launch happens.

  1. 1The STORE Association is founded in SwitzerlandOpens when:The tax, regulatory and funding gates are met
  2. 2Governors ratify the transfer, after the final numbers are publishedOpens when:The tax ruling sets the numbers
  3. 3HI moves to the Association, with our brand marks, web addresses, social accounts and channels, and the token contractsOpens when:Governors ratify the transfer
  4. 4STORE Register opens. Release needs more than half of individual wallets registeredOpens when:The transfer is done
  5. 5Custody moves to the Judicial Branch in SwitzerlandOpens when:The Association's keys are hardened
  6. 6Launch: Third Governance begins. Tokens are delivered after identity checksOpens when:All four gates are met

Until the Judicial Branch takes custody in Switzerland, STORE Research holds time-limited emergency authority. A restart after a governor halt lasts up to 30 days. Other emergency actions last up to 90 or 180 days, depending on type. Every use is on the public record.

How money moves

One currency inside. Governors set the rules.

Customers pay in dollars, stablecoins or STORE itself.

After launch, the STORE Association settles every governed action in STORE, at the market rate.

The Association runs its own treasury, for its own account, under a policy it publishes. It never trades to steer the price, and it reports what it holds and sells.

Operators are paid in STORE from fees. Fees never pay governors.

The Foundation

Governed by vote since 2020. Verified computing since 2022.

126governors
30+countries
5data center locations
5price ballots passed
77.43of 100average approval

Approval on each price ballot, out of 100

Approval on the five price ballots, FG.001 to FG.005, out of 100. Average 77.43.050100FG.001: 52.94 percent approval52.94FG.001FG.002: 89.47 percent approval89.47FG.002FG.003: 94.74 percent approval94.74FG.003FG.004: 77.27 percent approval77.27FG.004FG.005: 72.73 percent approval72.73FG.00577.43
Dashed line: the 77.43 average.
Show as a table
FG.00152.94
FG.00289.47
FG.00394.74
FG.00477.27
FG.00572.73

How a ballot works

One vote each. Every vote counted.

QuorumToday a third of governors must take part (42 of 126). From Ballot 1, at least 51 of every 100 (65 of 126 today). An abstain counts toward quorum only.
A majority passesEach item passes with a majority of the votes cast.
Two-thirds overrulesIf STORE Research sends an item back, two-thirds of the yes and no votes, with at least 44 yes, overrules it.

Every ballot: five business days of review, opening at 9:00 AM Pacific, then five business days of voting, closing at 5:00 PM Pacific on the last business day.

Governors vote on the ballot page with a one-time code sent to their email. No account or sign-in needed. One seat, one vote, and every vote gets a Trust Receipt. Your vote is free: a no is counted, published and respected the same as a yes.

Help launch STORE Cloud (STORE Protocol).

Updated when a status changes. Last change: Oct 25, 2026.