The purpose of the association is to support, promote and develop ecosystems, work environments and communities in the field of new open, permissionless and decentralized software architectures, technologies, applications and platforms. To this end, the association may: support and finance suitable research and development activities and projects; publicly announce new technologies and offer training on them; issue, receive, spend and hold virtual currencies and tokens; organize conferences or other events; and take all actions that are necessary, appropriate, related or desirable to achieve or promote the goals described here. The association may join other organizations and cooperate with them, as well as participate in jointly carried out activities that promote the same interests.