Mandate

Entered into force on February 21, 2026.

On-chain voting result: association.dao.eth/transaction-hash

1. General Provisions

1.1. Subject: This Mandate defines the general authorities, obligations, and conditions of activity granted to Authorized Representatives (hereinafter “Representative”) of the New Epoch Association (hereinafter the “Association”).

1.2. Purpose: The Mandate establishes the framework within which the Representative may act on behalf of the Association to fulfill the Association’s Mission, as defined in the Governance Resolution.

1.3. Authority Binding: Authorities are granted within the framework of a specific position (e.g., “Public Relations Coordinator,” “Data Protection Coordinator”), not to an individual. Appointment of a specific cryptographic address holder to a position is effected by an Executive Act.

1.4. Applicable Law: This Mandate is governed by substantive Swiss law. Lex Cryptographica (protocol code) is applied subsidiarily.

2. Rights and Authorities

2.1. Granting of Authorities: The Representative may be granted authorities that become effective only after explicit activation and limitation in the corresponding Executive Act.

2.1.1. General Authorities:

2.1.1.1. Administrative Support: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at administratively supporting the Association’s activities, including concluding, amending, terminating Agreements with specialists and organizations providing hosting, cloud computing, accounting, and other services to ensure uninterrupted operation of the website, software, governance protocols, Tokens, and other Association resources and services.

2.1.1.2. Outsourcing Support: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at outsourcing support of the Association’s activities, including concluding, amending, terminating Agreements with specialists, experts, and organizations to perform technically complex tasks requiring high qualification.

2.1.1.3. Financial Support: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at financially supporting the Association’s activities, including concluding, amending, terminating Agreements with specialists and organizations to obtain consultations and/or manage Assets in compliance with the Hedging and Asset Management Policy, Asset Reserving and Risk Management Policy, Expense Reimbursement Policy, and other Association Policies.

2.1.1.4. Legal Support: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at legally supporting the Association’s activities, including concluding, amending, terminating Agreements with consultants, lawyers, experts, and organizations to ensure compliance with the Governance Resolution and other Association documents, and to provide comprehensive legal protection of the Association’s interests (including intellectual property rights transfer).

2.1.1.5. Security Support: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at ensuring the secure operation of the Association, including concluding, amending, terminating Agreements with specialists and organizations providing data protection services (including DPO for GDPR implementation), compliance audits (including KYC/AML providers), security audits (including smart contract and financial audits), protection of authorized representatives, Teams, and events to comply with the Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing, and International Sanctions Policy, Smart Contract and On-Chain Transaction Risk Management Policy, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and other Association Policies.

2.1.1.6. Technical Support: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at technically supporting the Association’s activities, including concluding, amending, terminating Agreements with specialists and organizations providing website and smart contract maintenance services to ensure operation of the website, governance protocols, Tokens, and other Association resources and services, as well as their development to fulfill the Mission.

2.1.2. Special Authorities:

2.1.2.1. Event Participation: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at participating in events to fulfill the Association’s Mission, including concluding, amending, terminating Agreements with specialists and organizations to prepare and conduct negotiations, presentations, and reports.

2.1.2.2. Event Organization: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at organizing events to fulfill the Association’s Mission, including concluding, amending, terminating Agreements with specialists and organizations to prepare and conduct presentations, discussions, forums, conferences, seminars, and award ceremonies.

2.1.2.3. Awareness Raising: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at raising public awareness to fulfill the Association’s Mission, including concluding, amending, terminating Agreements with opinion leaders, specialists (including translators), experts, and organizations to conduct campaigns informing on research and development outcomes as well as on the Association’s activities and Mission.

2.1.2.4. Strategic Partnerships: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at concluding strategic partnerships to fulfill the Mission, including concluding, amending, terminating cooperation Agreements with opinion leaders, specialists, experts, and organizations for joint mutually accelerating development.

2.1.2.5. Team Liaison: The right to create, develop, and adjust processes aimed at establishing and maintaining liaison with Teams to fulfill the Mission, including providing access to confidential information, internal working ecosystems, participation in analytical sessions, receipt of work results, as well as communication and consulting to increase the likelihood of Project implementation.

2.1.2.6. Qualified Confirmation: The Representative acting as a qualified verifier is granted the exclusive authority to perform technical and cryptographic verification (signing) of on-chain transactions (Executive Acts) in accordance with the Governance Resolution requirements. This authority is strictly limited to verifying transactions’ compliance with the Governance Resolution provisions and does not include the right to make operational or financial decisions or to initiate transactions independently. The Representative in this capacity performs a limited fiduciary role.

3. Limits and Restrictions

3.1. Representation Authority: The Representative within the scope of their position is entitled to enter into agreements and make legally significant actions with third parties (legal and natural persons) on behalf of the Association.

3.2. Authority Limits: The Representative’s authorities are strictly limited by their position, this Mandate’s provisions, and the relevant Executive Act. The Representative is not permitted to exceed the budget established by the Executive Act.

3.3. Liability Limitation: All agreements concluded by the Representative on behalf of the Association must include a clause stating that the Association’s obligations are limited to assets controlled by the Association’s smart contracts and do not extend to the personal property of community members or the Representative.

3.4. Legal Protection: The Representative acting within their authorities is covered by all provisions of the Indemnity Agreement, effective simultaneously with the corresponding Executive Act.

4. Representative’s Obligations

4.1. Good Faith and Diligence: The Representative undertakes to act honestly, with due professional diligence, and exclusively in the best interests of the Association’s Mission and community.

4.2. Legal Compliance: The Representative must comply with all applicable international and national laws, including but not limited to anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and sanction regimes (in accordance with the Association’s Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing, and International Sanctions Policy).

4.3. Reporting: The Representative shall maintain records of all expenses incurred and agreements entered into and provide progress reports on mandate fulfillment upon Association request via on-chain transaction at any reasonable time.

5. Remuneration and Compensation

5.1. Absence of Remuneration: The Representative receives no fees or salary for performing duties under the Mandate.

5.2. Expense Compensation: The Association commits to compensating reasonable, necessary, and documented expenses incurred by the Representative solely within the scope of Mandate authorities. Compensation is within limits established by the relevant Executive Act.

6. Entry into Force and Amendment

6.1. Entry into Force: This Mandate enters into force simultaneously with the date and time the Governance Resolution enters into force.

6.2. Amendment: Any amendments to this Mandate may only be made through Voting with Qualified Confirmation performed according to provisions established in the Governance Resolution.