Governance

Trusting a network starts with knowing who runs it. Tamga Network’s governance is built step by step: no heavy institution is set up on day one, but who takes over each stage, and under which conditions, is written down from the start.

Today: a provisional operator

Today Tamga runs the network as a provisional operator. It publishes Türkiye’s list on behalf of the state and names this openly: the lists say that the operator is “provisional” and on whose behalf it acts. Every list version is signed and recorded in a public log, so anyone can check that a list was not changed silently.

Once states join: a council or foundation

When one or two states are willing to join, a governance body is set up: a council of member states and a foundation or secretariat to take over operations. The lists are handed to their owners; network-level decisions, such as admitting a new member or a shared credential type, are taken jointly by the member states.

After two independent operators: a shared ledger

Once there are at least two independent operators, the records are also written to a permissioned shared ledger. That makes it technically harder for a single operator to change a list. The ledger is deliberately postponed until then: a ledger kept by a single operator adds no trust.

How is a hand-over done?

The hand-over of every provisional role is designed up front: the domain name, the root certificates, the list archive and the keys pass under a written succession agreement. For wallets and verifiers only the address and the signer change; the credentials in people’s wallets stay valid.