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# The Role of the Community

The community plays three roles in how the governance structure functions.

**Monitoring** is the first. Because every founding team commitment comes with a self-enforced consequence, community oversight is the primary accountability mechanism — no petition or complaint needed; penalties are automatic. What the community provides is visibility.

**Proposing improvements** is the second. The Layer 2 and Layer 3 change proposal process is open to community input. Users can initiate proposals, participate in the public review period, and challenge changes that conflict with Layer 1 principles.

**Protecting the core** is the third. If a proposed change is inconsistent with Layer 1, any community member can flag it. A Layer 1 conflict is grounds for rejection, independent of how much support the proposal has otherwise gathered.


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