Protocol

CORA defines a system of on-chain state used to represent standing, authority, and participation within a governed environment.

While implemented using smart contracts, CORA is not designed as a transferable token. It is a persistent accounting and governance state.

Core components

Cora State Contract

The CORA state contract records non-transferable balances that encode participation and authority.

• Balances cannot be transferred between accounts.
• State is issued and revoked exclusively by a designated treasury.
• Historical state is checkpointed for snapshot governance.
• Treasury authority can be migrated via an explicit on-chain action.

Governance Contract

The governance contract defines proposal creation, voting, quorum, and outcome determination using snapshotted state.

• Voting weight is derived from state at a fixed snapshot block.
• State changes after snapshot do not affect active votes.
• Quorum is calculated from total state at snapshot.

Evidence anchoring

The protocol supports anchoring cryptographic commitments to research, evidence, and claims. Artifacts remain off-chain; integrity and time are enforced on-chain.