What ICN Enables
ICN provides infrastructure for timebanks, mutual credit systems, and cooperative coordination. Here's what communities can build with it.
Timebanks
Hour-for-hour exchange systems
ICN's mutual credit ledger is designed for timebanking. Members log hours given and received, with double-entry accounting ensuring the books always balance.
- • Hour logging with categories
- • Member balance tracking
- • Activity history and charts
- • CSV export for treasurers
- • Mobile-friendly interface
- • Trust-based member verification
Mutual Credit Systems
Community currencies without external money
Create community currencies backed by mutual trust rather than external assets. Members can go into negative balance (credit) and positive balance (debit), with the network always summing to zero.
- • Dynamic credit limits
- • Trust-based line increases
- • Dispute resolution mechanisms
- • Real-time balance tracking
- • Transaction transparency
- • Merkle-DAG anchoring
Worker Cooperatives
Democratic workplace coordination
Worker cooperatives can use ICN for member management, democratic decision-making, and resource allocation. The governance system supports one-member-one-vote and configurable quorum rules.
- • Member onboarding with DIDs
- • Proposal and voting system
- • Transparent decision records
- • Configurable governance rules
- • Trust-based role assignment
- • Federation with other coops
Community Governance
Participatory decision-making
Neighborhood associations, housing cooperatives, and community groups can use ICN for participatory governance. Residents verify identity, make proposals, and vote on community decisions.
- • Resident verification
- • Domain-scoped proposals
- • Time-bounded voting
- • Automatic execution on approval
- • Voting history records
- • Mobile participation
Federation
Networks of cooperatives
Multiple cooperatives can federate to share resources, coordinate on larger projects, and maintain local autonomy while participating in a larger network. Each cooperative runs their own node(s) and controls their own governance.
- • Cross-coop resource sharing
- • Federation-level governance
- • Maintained local autonomy
- • QUIC/TLS secure networking
- • Trust-gated communication
- • Gossip protocol propagation
Ready to Try ICN?
ICN has 20 development phases complete. Clone the repo and start exploring, or contact us to learn more.