Decide together, prove you are human
Demist is an open-source platform for direct democracy. Citizens certify each other face to face, vote anonymously on the questions that concern them, and earn a civic currency for taking part. No company owns it, and no app store stands in the way.
Alpha testing campaign
1 – 30 September 2026
The first public alpha network is open to everyone. Nothing works without people willing to use it early, break it, and say what went wrong — that is exactly what we are asking from you.
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Install the app
Open app.demist.net in your browser, or install it on your phone or computer. It is a progressive web app: no store, no account, no tracking.
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Get certified
Meet other testers in person and certify each other by scanning a QR code. Five certifications make you a citizen.
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Report what breaks
A crash, a confusing screen, an awkward translation, a button that does nothing: every report helps.
The alpha runs on a test network. The misthos you gather has no monetary value and is destroyed when the campaign ends.
Open the app Read the testing guide Report an issue Join the forum
The project
Humanity faces increasingly serious threats — AI rise, global warming, mass extinction, wars, nuclear threat, pollution, resource depletion, pandemics management, poverty, famines, etc. Current governance systems are too slow and too often captured by economic interests to address them, and democracy is regressing worldwide.
We believe direct democracy is the way to meet these challenges. Demist develops open technologies to spread a worldwide governance system based on direct democracy: a Web-of-Trust identity system, a Universal Dividend currency, anonymous geographically-scoped voting, private voting, and citizen document signatures.
How it works
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An identity you own
Your identity is a key pair on your own device, protected by your fingerprint or your face, and recoverable from twelve words. No account, no password, no company in the middle.
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Personhood proven by people
Citizens meet in person and certify each other by scanning a QR code. Five valid certifications make you a citizen, three keep you one. No biometrics, no vendor.
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Anonymous, verifiable votes
Any citizen can propose a text and gather support for it. Ballots are cryptographically anonymous, and everyone can verify the count. Each voting is scoped to a real administrative area, from your municipality to the whole planet.
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A currency that rewards participation
Every citizen receives one misthos per day, created equally for all. Proposing and voting earn more. The money is created by the citizens themselves, not by a bank.
The ecosystem
Demist is a protocol, not a service. Anyone can run the pieces that make it work.
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The app
A progressive web app that installs from the web, on Android, iOS, and computers.
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Smith nodes
Citizens run the nodes that hold the blockchain and reach consensus. No mining, no stake to buy: one citizen, one chance to forge each block.
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The agora
A document signature service where citizens sign petitions, manifestos, and the proposals that must gather support before they can be voted on.
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The koinon
The shared tree of administrative territories, built from OpenStreetMap, that gives every voting its geographic scope and keeps it anchored to the real world.
Open by construction
Every line of code, the protocol specification, and this website are open source under the MIT license. The app depends on no store and no proprietary service, so nobody can switch it off. Read it, run it, fork it, or help us improve it.
Support Demist
Demist is a non-profit, open-source project that relies on donations from foundations and individuals to build a worldwide direct-democracy governance system. Your contribution keeps it free and independent. Thank you for your support!
- Bank transfer (IBAN)
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- Bitcoin
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- Ethereum
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- Filecoin
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Questions about donating? Write to donate@demist.net