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SpiritDAO membership is free — always. One membership gets you full access to the entire platform: governance, communities, events, bounties, and more. No subscription. No paywall. No trial period.
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How It Works
Your Proof of Curiosity
When you join SpiritDAO, you receive a Proof of Curiosity — a membership credential that gives you full access to the platform at no cost. It's your starting point in the ecosystem: the thing that opens the door.
With it, you can browse every Pod in the community, attend open events, read forums, and apply to the communities that interest you. As you participate — attending gatherings, completing bounties, engaging in governance — your record grows. Your membership evolves with you.
There is no paid upgrade. The platform is free. What you earn through participation is reputation, access, and the accumulated record of how you've shown up.
Getting Started
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Download the app
Available at app.spiritdao.org on web, iOS, and Android. Create your account — it takes under two minutes.
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Receive your Proof of Curiosity
Your membership credential is issued automatically. No application. No waitlist. Full platform access, immediately.
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Explore the Pods
Browse the communities available in the ecosystem. Each Pod has its own focus, culture, and governance. Apply to the ones that resonate.
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Show up and participate
Attend gatherings, vote in governance, take on bounties, contribute to forums. Participation is how you deepen your place in the community.
What's Included
Everything. Free.
There is no premium tier. No features locked behind a subscription. This is what membership looks like.
Pods
Browse and join autonomous sub-communities, each with its own governance, treasury, and culture.
Governance
Vote on proposals, shape community decisions, and participate in transparent onchain governance.
Bounties
Take on paid work posted by communities — contribute your skills and get compensated through the community treasury.
Events
Attend weekly online gatherings, in-person retreats, and community events — each with verifiable attendance records.
Forums & Chat
Pod-permissioned forums and real-time chat keep discussions organized within the communities you belong to.
SensemakerAI
An AI assistant trained on SpiritDAO's knowledge — the Eight Dignities, Temporal Naturalism, governance history, and community context.
Marketplaces
Communities can add exclusive offerings to their members, payable with fiat or time-bound currencies.
Knowledge Bases
Custom repositories of community protocols, practices, resources, and more. Gated for your members only.
Why We're Here
A community built around the Eight Dignities.
SpiritDAO is organized around a shared conviction: that every person deserves access to certain fundamental conditions of a good life — food, shelter, health, safety, education, meaningful work, democratic participation, and connection to the natural world. We call these the Eight Dignities.
We don't advance those values through lobbying or petitions. We build the infrastructure for communities to practice them — governance systems, economic coordination tools, shared practice, and mutual accountability. The platform is the mission.
SpiritDAO is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 99-1308806). The platform is free because it's funded by donations, not subscriptions. Communities that join own their data, their governance, and their treasury.
Ready to join?
Free membership. Full access. No waitlist. Download the app and receive your Proof of Curiosity today.