Governance
The Foundation sets and evolves the rules validators and applications run under – transparently, through a defined governance process.
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D FOUNDATION · ZUG, SWITZERLAND
ThestewardofDchain.
D Foundation is the independent Swiss steward of Dchain – the authoritative public ledger for onchain capital markets. It governs the network, safeguards the compliance standards and holds the endowment treasury that keeps Dchain neutral and open.
THE FOUNDATION
Independent by design.
Dchain is public infrastructure for capital markets. Infrastructure like that cannot be owned by any one company that builds on it – so it is stewarded, not operated for profit. D Foundation holds that role: a non-profit that governs the network’s rules, curates the trusted issuers behind its compliance and manages the endowment treasury that funds Dchain’s development independently of any single participant.
Compliance standards
It curates the trusted issuers whose credentials the network recognises, keeping Dchain’s compliance anchored to recognised standards rather than any private gatekeeper.
Endowment treasury
It holds and manages the treasury that funds ongoing development, keeping the network neutral and open rather than dependent on its commercial users.
THE COUNCIL
Governed by people who built the institutions it replaces.
Dchain’s Council oversees the network’s governance and standards – senior figures from capital markets, digital assets and regulation.
VALIDATORS
Run by credentialed operators.
Dchain’s validators are onboarded under governance and hold a verifiable credential to take part in consensus – accountable institutions, not anonymous nodes. Credentials can be revoked by governance, so compliance is built into who runs the network.
Become a validator
Dchain validators are credentialed institutions, onboarded through a trusted issuer recognised by the network’s governance. Onboarding is open now on testnet. If you operate infrastructure and want to help run Dchain, start with the validator guide.
Read the validator guide →Are you a trust-services provider? You can also join as a trusted issuer – get in touch.
Get in touch →GOVERNANCE
Rules set in the open, not behind a desk.
Dchain runs on rules its participants can see and shape. The Foundation stewards a defined governance process that decides who can validate, which credential issuers the network trusts and how the protocol evolves. Changes are proposed, voted and recorded onchain – so the network’s rules are transparent and accountable, not set privately by any single operator.
Read the governance process →THE ECOSYSTEM
Four entities, one stack.
Dchain is built by NYMLAB, supervised by D Foundation and run by its token holders – no single organisation or individual controls the network.
D FoundationZug, Switzerland
The independent steward. Governs Dchain, safeguards its standards and holds the endowment treasury.
PlatformDLondon
The flagship compliant Financial Market Infrastructure. Originates and issues digital securities on Dchain; entrant to the Bank of England and FCA Digital Securities Sandbox.
NYMLABDublin and Milan
Core technology and protocol engineering – the team that builds Dchain.
GayadeedMilan
Digital-signature and identity partner. Turns real-world documents into the signed, verifiable data Dchain notarises.
THE DCHAIN TOKEN (DT)
The token that runs the network.
DT is Dchain’s native token – used to transact, notarise and secure the network through staking. Its supply is fixed, and the Foundation stewards its distribution and the treasury behind it. The full economics – supply, distribution and how value accrues – live on the Dchain page.
See the DT economics →