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Sustaining the Commons: The Sovereignty Ledger

This site and the research it documents operate outside the reach of corporate advertising and algorithmic tracking. It is a digital commons, sustained by people who believe that knowledge—whether it’s about mesh networking or soil health—should be free to use and independent of corporate influence.

The Sovereignty Ledger is a living record of the projects currently supported by the community. Your contributions directly fund the time, hardware, and field testing required to build these systems. No corporate gatekeeping, no marketing hype—just fuel for the craft.

Projects in motion:

  • Reticulum Mesh Networking: Testing and documenting resilient, transport-independent communication systems. I’m currently focused on practical deployments across regional South Australia to ensure we have tools that work when the grid fails.
  • GrowGood Infrastructure: Developing open-source, offline-first farm management software. This isn’t just code; it’s a tool for food sovereignty, built on open standards like Valueflows so farmers own their data.
  • The SEIN Cycle: Exploring the practical links between regenerative gardening, fermentation, and digital independence. It’s about sensing the land and distilling the results—both literally and metaphorically.
  • Unbiased Technical Research: Deep-dives into IoT, open hardware, and digital sovereignty that cut through the marketing hype to find what actually works.

If you value this research and are in a position to help, I invite you to become a steward of the commons. You can support these projects via Ko-Fi.

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Views expressed on this website are purely my personal opinion, not those of any associated company / organisation past or present.

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