Crowdsource what matters

Democracy that flows
through networks of trust

BasaltHQ gives everyone 100 votes a month. Delegate them to people you trust, problems you care about, or solutions that work. Priorities surface from the bottom up.

100
votes per month Delegate, direct, or hold
The Graph

Three types of nodes.
One living network.

Your votes flow through a knowledge graph of people, problems, and solutions. Delegation is transitive. Expertise emerges naturally.

People

Delegate votes to someone you trust on a topic. They become an everyday expert, empowered by your delegation to go deeper. Revoke anytime.

Problems

Vote on a problem when you know it matters but don't know the solution. The platform aggregates priority rankings across your network and beyond.

Solutions

Vote directly on organizations, projects, or proposals when you've built enough knowledge. The most direct form of democratic participation.

From delegation to direct action

01

Receive votes

Every month, you get 100 fresh votes. Unspent votes don't carry over. This creates an ongoing signal, not a static snapshot.

02

Delegate or direct

Assign votes to people (when you trust their judgment), problems (when you know the issue), or solutions (when you know what works).

03

Watch priorities form

Votes aggregate into transparent rankings. See what your network prioritizes, what your community cares about, what the whole platform surfaces.

04

Fund what matters

Optionally, subscription funds follow vote paths. Voting and funding are decoupled: one click separates priority signal from financial support.

Funding

Money follows trust,
not algorithms

Through a monthly subscription, real funds trickle through the same trust network as your votes. But with one click, you can vote without funding, keeping the priority signal clean.

✓  Voting and funding are intentionally decoupled
Priority Votes 72% allocated
Funding Flow 45% directed
Emerging Experts 58 in your network

The gradient between representative and direct democracy isn't a compromise. It's the design.

BasaltHQ uses liquid democracy to let people delegate when they lack expertise, vote on problems when they trust an expert, or vote directly when they've built enough knowledge. A better-informed populace gradually takes on more direct decision-making. That's not a bug. That's the whole point.