Update # OCT 2025
We haven’t done an update for a little while, so this one’s a catch-up!
We plan to return to monthly updates and reflections.
selfdriven Foundation
Strengthening the foundations of the selfdriven ecosystem — frameworks, tools, and shared understanding for communities to self-actuate.
Actuate (“Onboarding”)
Helping communities begin their selfdriven journey with clarity and purpose.
- A framework and set of resources to help communities progressively self-actuate and become self-driven.
AI Diagrams & Frameworks
Turning intelligence into insight — visualising systems to make complexity actionable.
- Expanding our AI Interface work — turning complex systems into visual frameworks to help people and communities navigate change and decisions more clearly.
selfdriven Get-Together — Cardano Summit, Berlin
Connection and reflection as the selfdriven co-founders meet in person for the first time.
- For the first time, four of the co-founders will be together in Berlin this November!
- We’ll be attending the Cardano Summit and running the first “selfdriven Reflect & Project” session.
- Early work has also started for a follow-up “Reflect & Project” gathering for all of the selfdriven community.
- We look forward to catching up with many friends and collaborators at the Cardano Summit!
Merch & Shop
Extending our identity — wear the movement and share the message.
- Based on our new branding, you can design and order your own merch using the instructions at resources.selfdriven.foundation/merch.
- You can also purchase merch directly at shop.selfdriven.foundation.
selfdriven.network
Building the digital backbone that connects people, data, and purpose.
- Interfaces
- Foundational work continues to align all APIs into eight clean Interfaces.
- selfdriven.network
- Handshake / .selfdriven
- We’ve secured the .selfdriven top-level domain on the Handshake decentralised DNS — an important step towards resilient, trustless naming for our ecosystem.
- selfdriven.network/infra-interface/handshake/
Education
Empowering lifelong learning through frameworks and accessible resources.
- We’ve moved the selfdriven guides to selfdriven.support/guides.
- This frees up selfdriven.education to host our educational frameworks and learning tools.
Frameworks
Designing mental models and organisational tools for self-actualisation.
- We continue to develop frameworks that support the self-actualisation of individuals and their communities.
Research
Grounding innovation in research — linking insight to impact.
- All research work has been gathered at research.selfdriven.foundation.
- This will serve as a key input to the selfdriven.institute.
Catalyst Projects
Continuing our engagement with Cardano’s global innovation community.
- We submitted several proposals in Cardano Catalyst Fund 14 — they received good support, but not enough for funding.
- We’re now preparing two submissions for Fund 15, most likely BioHub and BeHub (as selfdriven.health).
- energy.selfdriven.foundation
selfdriven Services
Where purpose meets practice — bringing our frameworks to life through real-world delivery.
Beyond all the research, frameworks, and multidimensional building — selfdriven.services is busy delivering real-world projects that connect purpose with practice.
Insurance (Private Pilot)
Proving new models of trust in the insurance ecosystem.
- In collaboration with key insurance ecosystem stakeholders in Australia, we’re developing a private-pilot insurance platform built on SSI and trust frameworks — a proving ground for what community-anchored risk management can look like.
Health
Re-imagining health through membership, collaboration, and shared data.
- selfdriven.health is taking shape — focused on member-based models for better health outcomes, powered by beHub and selfdriven.
Community, Mallorca BioHub
Growing regenerative practice through verifiable community action.
- The BioHub project continues to gain momentum, linking regenerative practice with verifiable data and community development.
- actuate.selfdriven.community/use-cases
Unity Node, Infra Interface, selfdriven.tel
Expanding our infrastructure footprint and decentralised ownership model.
- We’ve secured a Unity Node as part of selfdriven.tel.
- Ownership is communitised.
- It will also present the first reward for holding SDF Tokens — more on this soon.
- You can still obtain SDF tokens buy support the foundation by buying Octo art.
University Community of Practice
Connecting educators and researchers around shared principles of Bildung.
- The University Community of Practice (CoP) continues to grow.
- selfdriven.university — join
- Bildung Presentation by Benjamin
Thank you for your ongoing support — the selfdriven movement is building.