The non-profit-style steward of the AERE Network protocol, responsible for ecosystem development, grant funding, and the long-term health of the network.
The Foundation maintains the canonical AERE Network repositories, coordinates protocol upgrades, and publishes technical documentation. All changes go through public review on git.aere.network.
The Foundation administers the AERE Developer Grants program, funding dApps, infrastructure, tooling, research, and content with no equity claw-backs. Applications are public and community-visible.
The Foundation maintains the governance contracts and publishes proposals in plain language. No on-chain vote decides anything today: the canonical governance contracts are deployed but own no protocol contract yet, so a vote there is advisory until ownership is transferred (see the governance page).
The Foundation treasury is the source of grant disbursements, protocol development funding, and operational costs. Today it is an account controlled by a single key, not a multisig and not a governance contract (measured on 2026-10-15: the address holds no contract code), so disbursements are decided by the Foundation. The stated practice is to publish every grant decision as a public issue before payment; the grants repository had no application on 2026-10-15. Holdings that are not spent remain on-chain and visible at the address above.
The Foundation holds a defined allocation of the 2.8 billion AERE supply, established at genesis; the vesting schedule is published but not yet enforced by an on-chain contract (see the vesting page). There is no off-chain funding mechanism, no equity sale, and no private sale that bypasses on-chain accountability. The allocation and its vesting schedule are published in the AERE whitepaper and visible on-chain.
The Foundation does not accept fiat donations or off-chain investment. All financial activity occurs on AERE Network mainnet (Chain ID 2800) and is publicly auditable.
Builders, researchers, and content creators can apply for funding through the open grants program. Tiers from $1k to $100k. Public applications, milestone-based payments, no equity.
View grants program →AERE token holders will vote on protocol upgrades, treasury disbursements, and ecosystem decisions through the AERE DAO. The governance contracts are deployed and stake-weighted, but they own nothing yet, so their votes are advisory until the ownership transfer described on the governance page.
Go to governance →All AERE Network source code is open. Submit issues, review proposals, or open pull requests on Gitea. The Foundation reviews and merges contributions that pass technical review.
Open Gitea →For the post-quantum migration testbed, private deployments, tokenization pilots, press, or anything else: write to us directly. A person answers, not a funnel.
[email protected] →Grant decisions are published as public issues on Gitea before execution. The grants repository had no application and no decision on 2026-10-15; the first one will appear there.
View grant issues →