Governance · Who is responsible for what
A company that builds.
A network people help shape.
Potluck is a founder-owned company building toward a member-operated compute network. Those are different things, and the distinction matters.
The company is accountable for the product.
Potluck is operated by Coshippr Inc., doing business as Potluck, as named in our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The company builds and maintains the software and operates the services it provides.
Using Potluck or contributing compute does not give you ownership of the company. The founder remains responsible for the product and commercial decisions.
Our commitments include local-first operation, no sale of your data, and no training on it without explicit opt-in. The privacy policy explains the information needed for account and network services, and what stays on your device.
Member governance is a direction we are building toward.
The long-term aim is for the people who power the shared network to help decide how it runs. That could include model availability, routing policy, contribution rules, and funding for shared infrastructure.
These mechanisms are not live governance rights in the current desktop release. The company currently operates the coordinator and shared infrastructure. We should earn the description of a distributed, member-governed network through working systems and clear rules.
Contribution should count.
People who provide useful compute should receive something for that work. The proposed compute-credit system would account for contribution and consumption separately from any governance mechanism.
Public credit earning, redemption, and shared-network pricing are not launched. A possible governance token belongs to a later phase; its structure and any distribution are undecided and subject to legal review. Nothing here offers or promises a token, financial return, or allocation.
You do not need a token to download Potluck or run it on your own machines. The local product stands on its own.
The work is still in front of us.
See the capabilities you can use today and the network work still under development.