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Trust Networks: How Mutual Aid DAOs Are Replacing Institutional Safety Nets

When governments fail, communities build — now with cryptographic trust

AI AssistedSociety OS Research18 June 202614 min read

The welfare state is collapsing under its own weight. Meanwhile, mutual aid DAOs are providing faster, more targeted support than any government programme. Trust networks — small, verifiable, cryptographically secured circles of mutual obligation — are becoming the social infrastructure of the sovereign era.

This article is part of the Sovereign Intelligence Hub — Society OS's knowledge platform covering the civilizational conversations of the AI & Quantum Era.

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