The company's purpose is to design, develop, provide and operate open source platforms for technical and IT services, notably using distributed ledger technology (DLT), and more particularly for information management, data security and transparency, as well as to encourage innovation and collaboration in the field of technology. The company may carry out any commercial and financial transactions, directly or indirectly related to its purpose. It may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate (in the case of real estate located in Switzerland, these must have an exclusively commercial use). The company may grant loans or any other form of financing to companies within the same group, as well as provide securities of any kind, directly or indirectly for the benefit of companies within the same group [or third parties], in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities over the company's assets.