Introduction

zkPass DAO is organized as a Swiss Association, created to steward the zkPass treasury and safeguard its community. Its guiding principle is simple and clear: every form of participation, whether governance, development, contribution, or attention, should be recognized and rewarded through verifiable proof rather than assumption or speculation.

For years, DAOs have faced recurring challenges. Governance has been dominated by capital, sybil attacks have weakened legitimacy, and genuine contributions have often gone unseen or unrewarded. Token-weighted systems alone cannot represent the full spectrum of value that communities create.

zkPass DAO introduces a new governance model where allocations, incentives, and decisions are guided by verifiable participation instead of noise or subjective influence. It establishes a foundation where coordination is measurable, integrity is provable, and growth remains sustainable.

Three principles make this model self-sustaining:

• The protocol captures utility from every proof generated, every integration deployed, and every application built on zkPass.

• The network redistributes rewards to contributors, developers, and the community based on transparent and verifiable participation.

• A governance flywheel emerges, where $ZKP strengthens coordination, supports treasury alignment, and drives further ecosystem adoption, which in turn fuels more proofs, more participation, and greater protocol resilience.

At the center of this framework is $ZKP, the token of coordination that enables transparent governance, fair resource allocation, and long-term alignment between the protocol and its community.

This makes zkPass DAO one of the first governance systems where credibility and contribution, rather than capital alone, define influence. By turning verifiable participation into the foundation of coordination, zkPass DAO sets a new standard for how decentralized treasuries are managed and how ecosystems can grow with integrity.