Governance and safety

Visible review states, checkpoint gates, and accountable participation

KenMatch keeps launch decisions, blocked work, and contributor standing visible. The goal is a legible public process for deciding what should, and should not, receive sustained compute.

Ground rules
  • Voice is account-bound and attestation-aware. Money can support compute, but it cannot buy rank.
  • Kens can appear publicly during review, but launch requires explicit release conditions.
  • Blocked Kens stay visible so people can inspect where the boundary is drawn.
  • Checkpoint approvals give people a real stop, pause, and rollback mechanism during long runs.
Attestation ladder
Noor Haddad
Biomedical researcher
expert

Research identity and contribution history are well established.

Identity review is strong enough for full public participation and full voice capacity.

verifiedSybil risk lowVoice cap 82Reviewed Mar 11, 2026, 4:30 PM
Maya Chen
Open-source maintainer
expert

Long-running open-source track record matches the public identity on the profile.

Identity review is strong enough for full public participation and full voice capacity.

verifiedSybil risk lowVoice cap 64Reviewed Mar 12, 2026, 10:00 AM
Elena Petrov
Security engineer
verified

Identity and defensive expertise were manually reviewed before higher-weight participation.

Identity review is strong enough for full public participation and full voice capacity.

verifiedSybil risk lowVoice cap 38Reviewed Mar 10, 2026, 2:10 PM
Rafael Ortiz
Public-interest technologist
verified

Public-interest work and identity signals are consistent.

Identity review is strong enough for full public participation and full voice capacity.

verifiedSybil risk lowVoice cap 54Reviewed Mar 10, 2026, 1:20 PM
Priya Singh
Operations lead
verified

Operational identity and track record are strong enough for full participation.

Identity review is strong enough for full public participation and full voice capacity.

verifiedSybil risk lowVoice cap 51Reviewed Mar 13, 2026, 3:00 PM
Aiko Tanaka
Creative technologist
verified

Identity is strong, but some work is pseudonymous outside client references.

This account is verified, but medium-risk identity signals keep the voice cap slightly reduced until additional review lands.

verifiedSybil risk mediumVoice cap 36Reviewed Mar 13, 2026, 9:45 AM
Recent governance log
safety councilMar 14, 2026, 3:00 PM
Attestation ladder refined for public launch

The council separated identity confidence, sybil risk, and contribution standing in public profiles.

Outcome: Profiles now show verification source, review date, and sybil-risk band.

safety councilMar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM
Launch approved with advocate sign-off requirement

The council approved a narrow launch because the workflow drafts materials for advocates rather than replacing legal judgment.

Outcome: The Ken can launch once the rule-freshness gate and pilot sign-off are satisfied.

safety councilMar 11, 2026, 1:30 PM
Embargo handling constraints tightened

The council required explicit embargo handling before new public advisories can publish automatically.

Outcome: The Ken remains active, but public release stays gated behind stricter human review.

allocation chamberMar 10, 2026, 8:00 PM
Month-scale compute retained after checkpoint review

The chamber renewed this Ken after specialist reviewers confirmed the contradiction log remained useful and source-grounded.

Outcome: Month-tier allocation stays live through the next expert correction checkpoint.

allocation chamberMar 7, 2026, 4:00 PM
Creative and cultural lane opened

A dedicated lane was added so the board does not collapse into purely utilitarian work.

Outcome: Creative and cultural Kens now rank directly inside their own category and allocation ladder.

safety councilMar 5, 2026, 5:00 PM
Pilot closed after compute limit with partial success

The council accepted a narrow shipped state because clinicians found the question drafts helpful, but broader automation remains premature.

Outcome: The pilot artifacts stay public while wider expansion returns to review.

allocation chamberMar 4, 2026, 6:00 PM
Ken advanced into the active weeks lane

The chamber prioritized this Ken because it combines everyday usefulness with auditable source grounding.

Outcome: A week-scale lane opened with a nonprofit review checkpoint before wider rollout.

safety councilMar 3, 2026, 11:00 AM
Ken blocked as prohibited offensive work

The proposal directly improves phishing performance and cannot satisfy the platform's legitimacy or safety requirements.

Outcome: The Ken remains visible on the board as blocked and cannot collect compute allocation.

Visible blocked Kens
Autonomous Phishing Lure Optimizer
Blocked

The Ken directly improves offensive abuse capacity.

Category health
Creative and Cultural

Creative, functional, and preservation-oriented Kens for artists, educators, and communities.

2 eligible · 0 running · 0 shipped
Everyday Services

Helpful Kens for household decisions, paperwork, repairs, and local opportunities.

2 eligible · 1 running · 1 shipped
Open Tools

Shared software and reliability infrastructure that others can reuse.

1 eligible · 1 running · 0 shipped
Public Interest

Civic, environmental, and nonprofit workflows with broad public upside.

2 eligible · 1 running · 0 shipped
Science and Health

Long-horizon evidence maps and carefully supervised research support.

2 eligible · 1 running · 1 shipped