Level 0 · Sovereign-Grade · Since 2013
The operating system for regulated economies.
L3COS is the universal legal and financial management system for countries, corporations and households. Three tiers, three consensus algorithms, one ledger — under one protocol and one rule of law.
¹ Founder disclosure. Not independently audited.
Founded 2013 · Completed October 2019 · Launched at WEF Davos · 21–24 January 2020 · Predecessor of the L3RS-1 Standard
The Three Tiers
Three tiers. Three consensus algorithms. One operating system.
L3COS organises the digital economy into three tiers: Sovereigns at the top, Corporations in the middle, and Households at the foundation. Each tier operates under its own consensus algorithm, optimised for its role.
Yet all three tiers share a single ledger. The rule of law is not a wrapper added after the fact — it is a protocol primitive, anchored at the highest tier and inherited by every transaction beneath it.
Governments operate the constitutional layer. Central banks and regulators anchor the ledger.
Enterprises run block-producing witnesses, elected by stake. Commercial throughput, sovereign oversight.
Individuals lease storage and earn network rights. The foundation that gives the system ballast.
Consensus
A different algorithm for each tier. A single ledger across all three.
Proof of Government
A supernode operated by regulators, central banks and ministries of finance. Gives the ledger a constitutional anchor. Regulatory history is written at tier one.
Delegated Proof of Stake
Enterprises run block-producing witnesses elected by stakeholder vote. Delegated governance gives commercial throughput without surrendering the sovereign anchor above it.
Proof of Storage
Individuals lease spare storage to the network and earn network rights in return. Tier three provides the ballast.
What L3COS is for
A country can run on it. A bank can run on it. A person can run on it.
Governments
Digitise the rule of law. Run a central bank digital currency. Enforce cross-border compliance at the protocol level.
Enterprises
Issue assets, settle trades, operate within a regulator-anchored ledger. Compliance is not a wrapper; it is the foundation.
Individuals
Lease storage, hold sovereign-grade digital rights, transact under a ledger that has a constitutional anchor.
Public engagements
Where L3COS has been taken seriously.
World Economic Forum
Official launch, Davos, 21–24 January.
Bank of England
Proposed as the technical platform for a central bank digital currency. See the L3COS CBDC paper.
Digital Health Passport
L3COS-built blockchain application for verified personal health history, GDPR/HIPAA compliant.
AgriDex
$85M agricultural marketplace built on L3COS.
Founder disclosureENT Global / TITLE 9
$110M music and film digital rights management on L3COS.
Founder disclosureFigures and counterparties are drawn from public disclosures and L3COS source documents. See /press.
Zurab Ashvil
Founder & CEO
PhD · Cybernetics & Applied Mathematics · ex-director of SoftBank
L3COS is not a product. It is an operating system for regulated economies. We spent eight years building it because that is what building one takes.
Institutional enquiries only.
L3COS does not run a retail product. Enquiries from governments, central banks, regulated enterprises, and institutional counterparties are welcome.
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