What is
d/acc?
A framework, by Vitalik Buterin, for accelerating technologies that preserve human flourishing and democracy. d/acc identifies and supports the technologies that expand human agency while resisting capture by centralized powers.
Developmental
Improves human capability and flourishing
Decentralized
Power flows from edges to center
Defensible
Resists capture by states or corporations
Democratizing
Expands access to powerful capabilities
The default trajectory is authoritarian
Without strategic countermeasures, every breakthrough in AI, biotech, and networking concentrates more power in fewer hands. The window to build defensible alternatives is narrowing.
d/acc is the counterstrategy
A framework for accelerating the technologies that preserve human flourishing and democracy — and identifying the ones that don't.
Explore how d/acc technologies organize across defense and coordination—spanning both physical (atoms) and digital (bits) domains.
Biosecurity,
Clean Energy,
Hardware
ZK Proofs,
Encryption,
Privacy Tools
Urban Planning,
Supply Chains,
Health
DAOs,
Quadratic Voting,
Prediction Markets
d/acc landscape
Market map
Explore the four d/acc quadrants, drill into categories, and inspect funded projects without leaving the map.