Presidio Principles

Presidio Principles

Foundational Values for a Decentralised Future

16 Principles for Preserving & Protecting User Rights

The objective

The Presidio Principles aim to provide creators of blockchain applications with a baseline for designing systems that preserve the rights of their participants.

Applications built on top of blockchain-based systems should preserve the following participant rights:

Service operation

Understand how a service is operated, including potential risks of the service, availability of source code, and the rules and standards upon which it is based.

Risks and benefits

Understand the potential risks and benefits of a service’s use of blockchain technology.


System performance

Understand system performance expectations and where the responsibility for service delivery lies.

Rights and obligations

Understand the rights and obligations of different participants in the system.

The Presidio Principles are a bill of rights, a guidepost that provides a foundation for us align the technology we’re building to the social values of the system we want to be a part of. 



Colombia, Delloite, ConsenSys sign on to WEF’s “Blockchain Bill of Rights”, May 22, 2020

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