Three ways to support the standard.
Whether you fund the work, build against the spec, or pressure-test it through adversarial review, every contribution strengthens the guarantees Canon makes to the public.
Fund
Sustain the specification, the verifier ecosystem, and the adversarial review that keeps both honest. Donations are public infrastructure funding, not a purchase.
- Recurring monthly supportDefault — predictable funding lets us commit to multi-quarter work.
- One-time donation
- Earmarked: verifier bounties
- Earmarked: Canon specification
Build
Implement the spec, write the docs, ship the tools. Compensation is bounty- or stipend-based and disclosed up front on every issue.
- Verifier implementer — RustRustEd25519JSON Canonicalization (RFC 8785)
$5,000 bounty per validated reference implementation
- Verifier implementer — GoGo 1.22+crypto/ed25519Conformance test harness
$5,000 bounty per validated reference implementation
- Verifier implementer — PythonPython 3.12+cryptographypytest
$5,000 bounty per validated reference implementation
- Documentation writerTechnical writingMarkdown / MDXDiagrams
Per-page rate or recurring stipend; rates posted in the issue
- Frontend contributor (blog widgets, marketing)TypeScriptNext.js 16TailwindReact 19
Issue-scoped bounties + recognition on the donor wall
- Backend contributor (Meridian core)TypeScriptPrismaPostgresServer-side crypto
Issue-scoped bounties + recognition on the donor wall
Review
Public infrastructure is only trustworthy if outsiders can — and do — pressure-test it. Reviewers are paid; their reports are published.
- Adversarial spec reviewCryptographic protocol analysisThreat modelingPublic review writing
Honoraria for accepted reviews; co-author credit in the canon registry
- Security auditor (paid)Application securitySupply-chain analysisEngagement scoping
Engagement-priced; published reports become part of the trust register
- Editorial reviewerDomain expertiseEditorial judgmentSource verification
Per-piece honoraria; named on every reviewed publication