Stand With Our Brands — Frequently Asked Questions

Welcome! This guide explains what Stand With Our Brands is, where your support goes, and what each offering includes, and then points you to whichever brand you'd like to stand with. The model, the offerings, and the funding structure are the same across every brand; only the brand you choose to support changes.

What is Stand With Our Brands?

Stand With Our Brands is a monthly community initiative where supporters cover a brand's operational bill together. It's not charity, and it isn't an investment — it's participation. Every supporter who purchases one of the two offerings gets their name on that brand's Believers Board for the month, alongside everyone else who showed up.

100% of every purchase goes toward the brand's monthly operational costs: the shared infrastructure, hosting, the support team and engineers, security, AI services, and the tools that keep the community aligned.

Which brands can I stand with?

Every brand below runs on the same shared foundation and uses the same Stand With model. Click any brand to see its live status, this month's goal, how much is covered so far, and its current Believers Board.

Each brand's health page is the single source of truth for that brand's current numbers and status. For a brand's full mission, blockchain details, and token information, replace /health with /governance in its link (for example https://green.node-governance.io/governance).

What is the shared infrastructure my support protects?

Every brand runs on a shared foundation — twelve systems that sit underneath all of them:

• Infrastructure: the blockchain, wallets, bridges, and reward distribution
• Operations: support, hosting, and dev/system operations
• Intelligence: the shared AI, AI services, AI models, and core code
• Governance: governance coordination and community alignment

Instead of every brand rebuilding the same stack alone, it's centralized so each project can focus on what makes it unique. Your support keeps that shared foundation running for whichever brand you choose.

Who's in charge of these brands?

Nobody centrally — that's the point. Governing authority for each brand sits with its Node Owners under a Distributed Governance Framework (DGF), pursuant to a duly ratified charter, rather than with a central authority. Administration of governance is supported by Node Governance Sàrl, a Swiss entity delegated certain authority under the charter (including facilitating proposals and voting). The specific company that originally created each brand is listed on that brand's DGF site.

How are the brands funded, and what are the funding stages?

Each brand's operations are funded in four stages, and every purchase fills whichever stage is currently open:

• 01 · Activation — $50K/month
• 02 · Growth — $50K/month
• 03 · Markets — $100K/month
• 04 · Trading Support — $1M/block

Once a stage is fully funded, the next one opens. These aren't arbitrary fundraising targets — they represent the actual operating bill, and it comes due again on the 1st of every month. You can see how much of the current stage is covered, and how many days are left, live on each brand's health page (linked above).

What happens if a brand's monthly cost isn't met?

• Day 20 of the prior month: If the upcoming month's costs aren't paid, a late notice goes to brand leadership and the community council, requesting payment or help.
• Day 20 of the second month: If costs are still outstanding, a disconnect notice goes out to brand leadership, the community council, and the entire community. Trading support, Foundations support, legal, and the Connect shopping cart go offline. Distribution stays active, but foundational and market support stop.

Note: Reactivating the full stack after a disconnect requires six months of operational costs paid upfront. Distribution keeps running the whole time — foundational and market services resume as soon as payment is made.

More generally: if sustainability is reached, shared hosting, AI, and support continue uninterrupted, new features keep shipping, and the brand stays part of the cross-brand stack. If it isn't, shared hosting is reduced or moved off, AI services and routing pause, support coverage slows, and new shared-module development stops — though distribution may continue independently.

What are the two ways to stand with a brand?

You'll be asked two simple yes-or-no questions — one per offering — and either answer moves you forward. Every "yes" moves the mission forward too. 100% of each purchase goes to the brand's monthly operational costs.

Founders Block NFT — $5,000 (USDT, USDC, or ETH)
Only 200 blocks are issued per month. Each block delivers a fixed quantity of reward tokens across the top 5 trading blockchains on the Foundations layer (valued at $10,000 per chain at issuance, $50,000 total) — you receive the tokens themselves, not cash, and values fluctuate. Tokens are delivered upfront and staked in the NFT for one year, unlocking after 52 weeks. Also included:

• A BlockBot ($2,500 retail value)
• Your name on the brand's Stand With leaderboard
• A seat on the weekly Top 100 call
• Admission to the next Sundance Summit and Hawaii Retreat (admission only — travel and lodging aren't included)
• Admission to the weekly founders calls
• Featured placement on the brand's website as a founder
• A hand in guiding and leading the brand's blockchain

Note: This program is in beta. Reward tokens are utility only — no investment return is offered or implied.

Boost Node — $500–$2,000 (USDT, USDC, or ETH)
Pairs with a SmartNode you already own to multiply that node's Action Points by 1× (Good, $500), 2× (Better, $1,000), or 4× (Best, $2,000) for a full 12 months. The rule is simple: one Boost Node per SmartNode. Own two SmartNodes, run two Boost Nodes. 100% of every Boost Node purchase flows directly to the brand's monthly foundational cost.

Note: Utility only — no investment return is offered or implied.

Do I have to say yes to both offerings?

No. Each one is its own independent choice. Saying "no thanks" to an offering doesn't stop you from moving on to the next — and your supporter card completes either way.

What's the Believers Board?

The Believers Board is a public, monthly record of everyone who's stood with a brand — not a wealth ranking, but a living list of the people carrying that brand's operational costs.

• Verified means you've purchased at least one of the two offerings during the current month.
• Streak counts how many consecutive months you've been verified.

Each brand has its own Believers Board, visible on its health page.

What shows up on my supporter card?

Your name or a nickname, your country, and a photo or an avatar — all customizable anytime from your profile settings. It's a live preview as you build it; once you're verified, it goes live on that brand's public leaderboard.

Is this an investment?

No. Standing with a brand is participation — not charity, and not an investment. Across both offerings, reward tokens are utility only, with no investment return offered or implied.

Are these brands' future plans guaranteed?

No. Statements about future development are aspirational, and everyone is encouraged to do their own research. Each brand operates under a Distributed Governance Framework, which continues to shape how the network evolves. The brands' tokens and node licenses are speculative, and Node Governance makes no guarantee of profitability or financial benefits. Conduct your own due diligence and consult a financial advisor before any purchase.

What's the organizational status?

Stand With Our Brands is a not-for-profit community initiative — powered by the people who choose to participate each month.

Ready to stand with a brand? Pick one from the table above and click through to its live health page to see this month's progress and its current Believers Board.