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Governance Theory (GT)

We're launching GT as a new research wing focused on distributed decision-making architectures starting Summer Semester 2026.

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Mission

Mathematically-guaranteed distributed & trustless decision-making only first became possible in the advent of blockchain distributed computing. Figuring out how to make these systems scalable, secure, accurate and cost-efficient is no trivial task. Our mission is to provide mathematical models, algorithms, and deployable architectures for delegative voting systems built on artificial intelligence and smart contracts.

Open Collaboration

TBC × IF Lab University of Oregon

Constrained Optimization of AI Delegative Systems

Our TBC x IF Lab collaboration is focused on solving a major issue with modern ERC-20 standards. In many token-based governance implementations, delegates cannot easily split voting power across competing choices within a single governance decision. As a result, accurately representing a large, diverse electorate can require creating many bespoke delegates—potentially one per voter preference profile. As governance shifts toward AI-controlled smart-contract delegation, that design can become expensive: on-chain actions (delegation updates, vote casting, accounting) risk scaling with the number of tokenholders. We are addressing this by designing an intelligent voting/assignment algorithm that lets a smaller set of delegates approximate the electorate's preferences under formal constraints, while minimizing gas costs.

Team Members

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Alexander Semenov
IG
Ivan von Greiff

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Desired Skills

  • •Optimization research and mathematics background OR research-oriented business / political science students
  • •Comfort with academic literature or systems prototyping
  • •Writing discipline (preprints, submissions)
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