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.
  • actuate.selfdriven.community

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.ai

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.
  • AI Impact on Mind Framework
  • Situational Awareness Framework for Organisations

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.