Policy

National Security Framework of Antarctica (NSF-A)

1) Purpose & Definition

Certified Digital Democracy (Demo Cert +) is a permissioned blockchain protocol and governance stack that delivers Identification, Authentication, Authorization, Accounting & Validation (IAAAV) for public administration. It provides semi-autonomous data centralisation—automating law planning, procedures, taxation, licensing, benefits, and audits—under NSF-A regulations, aligned with core American democratic standards (checks & balances, due process, transparency, and civil-liberty protections).

CDD does not replace elected authority; it enforces what the law already permits, with cryptographic verifiability and real-time accountability.

2) Pillars & Guarantees

1. Rule of Law by Code: Statutes/regulations are compiled into on-chain Civic Smart Contracts (CSCs) with human-readable companions.
2. One Person, One Legal Persona: Strong, revocable state identity (hardware-bound keys + biometric liveness) with pseudonymous proofs for privacy where law allows.
3. Separation of Powers (Digitally Enforced): Distinct permissions for Legislature, Executive, Judiciary, and Auditors at protocol level.
4. Civil Liberties: Minimum-necessary data, explicit consent logs, challenge/appeal trails, and redress automation.

3) Architecture (High Level)

1. Consensus: Permissioned BFT network (government & accredited validators) with finality ≤ 2s.
2. Data Layers:
3. State Ledger: CSCs, permits, licences, tax events, votes, audit trails.
4. Private Vaults: Encrypted records (health, education) referenced by hashes/ACLs; off-chain content with on-chain integrity anchors.
5. Identity & Access:
6. Citizen DID: Device-sealed keys, recoverable via quorum escrow.
7. Official DID: Time-boxed, role-scoped keys for officers; automatic expiry & conflict logging.
8. Zero-Knowledge Controls: ZK proofs for age, residency, income bands, and voting eligibility without revealing raw data.
9. Interoperability: Native connectors to MPSL (pre-boot trust), Civilian DMZ (premises telemetry), MIM (information monopoly), BRHRS (monetary releases), and sector registries (health, education, licensing).

4) Democratic Processes (Examples)

1. E-Elections & Ballots: End-to-end verifiable voting; voter-verifiable receipts; mix-nets/ZK tally; public audit nodes.
2. Public Consultation: Time-boxed comment periods with sybil-resistant participation and impact scoring.
3. Petitions & Initiatives: Threshold-based triggers for legislative review; provenance-verified signatures.
4. Transparency Ledger: Auto-published (redacted) logs: meetings, lobbying registers, spending, procurement awards.

5) Government Automation (CSCs)

1. Law Planning: Drafters publish Policy Intents → compiled into testable CSCs with simulation harnesses and fiscal/rights impact checks.
2. Procedures: Passport/permit/work-order flows become state machines with SLAs, fees, and appeal hooks coded in.
3. Taxation & Duties: Event-driven withholding, settlement, refunds; cross-border rules through treaty modules; audit trails by design.
4. Benefits & Subsidies: Eligibility via ZK proofs; claw-backs on rule violation; anti-fraud oracles.
5. Procurement: Sanction-screened vendors; sealed-bid auctions; anti-collusion checks; immutable award rationales.

6) Rights, Appeals & Ombuds

1. Digital Due Process: Any adverse decision includes machine-readable reasons, legal citations, and a one-click appeal that freezes enforcement when statute requires.
2. Independent Panels: Judiciary/ombuds keys are protocol-distinct; conflict-of-interest recorded on chain.
3. Data Subject Rights: Access/export, correction, minimisation, and deletion (where lawful) with cryptographic receipts.

7) Security & Assurance

1. Threat Model: Insider abuse, coercion, consensus capture, data leakage, supply-chain compromise.
2. Controls:
3. Multi-sig with separation of duties for any privileged action.
4. Change Governance: Two-chamber approval (technical council + elected chamber) for protocol upgrades; time-locked deployment.
5. Formal Verification of critical CSCs (tax, voting, identity revocation).
6. Continuous Audit: Real-time anomaly detection; red-team exercises; public proofs of reserves and state.
7. Fail-Safe Modes: Read-only/permit-only states; emergency key sharding; rollback with notarised diff.

8) Compliance & Alignment

1. Domestic Compliance Only: Demo Cert + follows NSF-A DCF; foreign/international certificates do not substitute authorisation.
2. Alignment with American Democratic Standards:
3. Checks & balances: enforced by key separation and review gates.
4. Due process & speech: transparent reasoning, appeal rights, and journaled takedowns under MIM.
5. Elections integrity: voter privacy + verifiable outcome.
6. Anti-corruption: Lobbying registers, gift limits, and mandatory disclosures on ledger.

9) Participation & Roles

1. Citizens/Residents: One legal persona; verifiable credentials (education, licences); consent dashboards.
2. Businesses/NGOs: On-chain licences (CSL, sector permits), tax accounts, procurement identities.
3. Officials: Scoped, audited authorities; rotation & recertification; CPD/CPE logs.
4. Validators/Auditors: Government & accredited institutions; slashing for misbehaviour; public monthly attestations.

10) Developer & Vendor Program

1. SDKs & APIs: Identity, payments (Polar Pound LLP rails), licensing, registry queries, vote/consultation, tax events.
2. Open Testnets: Fixture datasets, fuzzers, policy simulators; reproducible builds and SBOMs.
3. App Store (Civic): Only signed apps that pass security and rights compliance; provenance watermarks.

11) Metrics & KPIs

1. Decision turnaround time; appeal resolution time; % machine-readable acts; procurement savings; fraud incidence; uptime; validator decentralisation; election audit pass rate.

12) Roadmap

1. Phase 1 (Foundations): Identity rails, validator set, tax & licensing CSCs, transparency ledger.
2. Phase 2 (Civic): Elections/consultations, petitions, ombuds module, benefit automation.
3. Phase 3 (Scale): Cross-border treaty modules, external regulator bridges, full BRHRS integration.

13) Legal Instruments

1. CDD Enabling Act: Legal status of on-chain acts/records; evidentiary weight; signatures equivalence; upgrade process.
2. Data Protection Code: Minimisation, purpose limits, retention, breach duties.
3. Sanctions & Misuse: Fraud, coercion, key theft, validator collusion—civil/criminal penalties; whistleblower protections.

14) Education & CPD

1. Mandatory CPD/CPE: Officials and validators ≥ 28 hours/month on ethics, security, and administrative law; annual recertification exams.
2. Citizen Literacy: Public courses on using CDD safely; simulators for voting and services.

15) Contacts

1. Standards & Protocol: cdd-standards@nsf-antarctica.org
2. Validators/Audit: validators@nsf-antarctica.org
3. Developers (SDK/Testnet): dev@cdd.nsf-antarctica.org
4. Ombuds & Appeals: ombuds@nsf-antarctica.org

DemoCert+ operationalises democratic integrity with cryptographic certainty—turning rights, duties, and public administration into verifiable, enforceable, and appealable digital processes.

Version 1.0 • Effective 26 September 2025