What is the Satori Association?
The Satori Association is a non-profit organization established to steward, govern, and safeguard the Satori ecosystem in alignment with its mission, values, and long-term sustainability.
The Association exists to ensure that the Satori ecosystem is operated ethically, transparently, and in the best interests of the community, while supporting a clear path toward increasing decentralization over time.
Purpose and Role
The Satori Association serves as the governance and oversight layer of the ecosystem. Its role is to provide structure, accountability, and continuity—especially during periods of growth—without directly controlling or owning the Satori technology. The Association does not exist to generate profit, guarantee outcomes, or extract value from the network. Instead, it acts as a temporary steward, supporting the ecosystem until governance can be progressively decentralized.
What the Association Does
The Satori Association is responsible for:
- Governance & Oversight
– Upholding the mission, values, and ethical standards of the ecosystem
– Facilitating community participation, proposals, and voting
– Ensuring accountability and transparency in decision-making - Stewardship & Sustainability
– Supporting long-term ecosystem health and resilience
– Coordinating resources necessary to sustain network operations
– Acting as a fiduciary administrator for ecosystem funds - Operational Coordination (Transitional)
– Funding and coordinating infrastructure and essential services
– Compensating contributors for mission-aligned work
– Reimbursing legitimate expenses incurred on behalf of the ecosystem
These operational functions are administrative and supportive, not proprietary or profit-driven, and are intended to decrease as decentralization matures.
What the Association Is Not
To avoid ambiguity, the Satori Association is explicitly not:
- A for-profit company
- An investment vehicle
- A guarantor of token value, rewards, or network performance.
- The owner of the Satori protocol or technology
- A permanent centralized operator of the network
The Association exists to serve the ecosystem, not to control it.
Relationship to the Satori Project
The Satori Project is responsible for building, maintaining, and evolving the technology and software that power the Satori Network.
The Satori Association, by contrast, provides governance, oversight, and stewardship. It does not direct day-to-day technical development, but instead ensures that the ecosystem operates responsibly and in alignment with its stated mission.
This separation helps protect decentralization, reduce central points of control, and promote long-term trust.
Commitment to Transparency and Integrity
The Satori Association operates under clear governance principles, including:
- Transparency in decisions and resource use
- Conflict-of-interest disclosure and recusal requirements
- Community visibility into proposals and governance outcomes
- Accountability to its nonprofit mission and membership
Long-Term Vision
The long-term goal of the Satori Association is to enable greater decentralization, reduce reliance on any single entity, and support the evolution of community-driven governance over time.
The Association is a steward—not a destination.
