We are the standard-setter for the global data monetization ecosystem — a hybrid of ICANN and the Bank of International Settlements, purpose-built for an era in which data, not currency, is the new proxy for value. Seven regional reserves. One framework. A people's right to own what they generate.
Consumer awareness is meeting technological capability and global regulation for the first time. The question has moved from whether citizens will own their data to how.
People already know their data has value.01 They produce it daily. They know companies profit from it. What they don't know is that they're paying, in kind, roughly $1,570 per year to process half the world's data — and receiving none of the value they generate.02
The International Data Reserve exists because the architecture of the 20th-century financial system — central banks, clearinghouses, capital controls, standard-setters — was never retrofitted for the economy that actually runs on our devices. Today, our money lives in banks and our data lives in clouds we don't control. That asymmetry is the great unpriced liability of the digital age.
In the AI economy, where models compound on every keystroke, every click, every pulse, that liability becomes unpayable. Which is why we're building the institution that prices it, protects it, and — through the mechanism of Data Savings — returns it to the people who generated it in the first place.
A federated system — sovereign at the regional level, coordinated at the global — designed for the realities of a multipolar data economy.
Regional members sit on the IDR Committee of Data Agents Supervision (CDAS), the body that authorizes and audits data agents — the business entities that offer data monetization services to citizens and companies, analogous to commercial banks in the financial system.
The Secretariat in Baar coordinates the Named Schema System, the Guides & Framework, and the Asymmetry Policy that governs the valuation rate across jurisdictions.
Money in the bank. Data in the cloud. Start saving the thing you already produce — and can no longer afford to give away.
Data Savings is a supplementary savings model — parallel to bank deposits, pension funds, and securities — that transforms the byproduct of ordinary life into a transferable, inheritable, spendable asset. A grandparent can open one at birth. A student can use it to pay tuition. A retiree can draw it down like any other annuity.
The Act defines the legal form, the custody rules, the valuation methodology, the tax treatment, and the floor price — the Asymmetry Rate — that protects savers from the classic race to the bottom that destroys unpriced commons.
The Act closes the loop between the production and the ownership of data value — reversing the decade-long transfer from individuals to platforms without the friction of redistribution.
By transforming digital activity into a savings primitive, citizens previously excluded from capital markets gain their first interest-bearing, transferable asset — at no upfront cost.
When industry is automated and labor income contracts, a data-denominated savings floor becomes the mechanism by which demand persists — and prosperity compounds.
How the IDR maintains the security, stability, interoperability, and auditability of the data monetization ecosystem.
The IDR Named Schema System (NSS) coordinates unique identifiers — credentials, schemas, certificates — so that data wallets can find one another and resolve sovereignty, fragmentation, valuation, and ownership cleanly. The Reserve is also the central repository for certificate addresses, distributed in turn to authorized data agents.
The IDR develops policy for the internationalization of the NSS, the introduction of new standard named schemas, and fair competition among data agents. The Guides & Framework — a living document — evolves from principles into standards, business procedures, and binding data valuation metrics approved by CDAS.
The IDR regulates issues related to data valuation, the trust architecture of the monetization ecosystem, specific named schemas, and the regional data reserves themselves. Some characterize this role as a hybrid of ICANN and the Bank of International Settlements — and they are broadly correct.
The IDR holds events, webinars, and training workshops, and operates a multistakeholder model that incorporates public comment into every published framework. Civil society is not a constituency of the Reserve — it is the Reserve's ultimate principal.
The IDR operates between General Assemblies through five standing committees — each with a narrow mandate, a chair elected by members, and a public agenda.
Responsible for developing and maintaining the IDR Guides & Framework — the living body of standards, procedures, and valuation methodology that defines the Reserve's work.
Custodian of the Asymmetry Policy and the target Asymmetry Rate. Tracks finance, market structure, and macroeconomics of the data ecosystem between assemblies.
CDAS — authorizes, audits, and, where necessary, sanctions data agents. The regional reserves sit on CDAS. It is the standard-setter for data monetization worldwide.
Follows up on standards, rules, technology, innovation, and operations in the ecosystem during the period between General Assemblies.
Supports the Secretary General in GA proceedings and follows governance, data ownership, and sovereignty themes. Holds the power to call an Extraordinary GA when a matter demands it.
Baar, Switzerland. Convenes the General Assembly, executes its resolutions, and represents the Reserve before multilateral bodies, governments, and civil society globally.
Money and data are indivisible in the data economy. Today, our money is in the bank and our data is in the cloud — and others manage and benefit from it. Here is the declaration.
To secure the blessings of liberty and prosperity, to transform our world from data-poor to data-rich, and to awaken the power within each of us. Together, we will redefine the very essence of freedom in the matrix of our reality.
We the People, in order to form a more perfect union, recognize the inherent value of data as an extension of our natural rights. Just as our lives, liberties, and pursuits of happiness are safeguarded, so too must be our data and the value therein.
Every individual — regardless of race, color, gender, or creed — contributes to the collective datum of our nations and the world at large. It is therefore our solemn duty to establish and protect data ownership rights, ensuring that every citizen retains the autonomy, benefit, and legacy of the value of the data they generate.
This right shall be inviolable — fostering trust, equity, and dignity in our digital age, and securing the blessings of liberty and prosperity for ourselves and our posterity.
Just as humanity once abolished the chains of slavery to affirm the dignity of every human being, we now dismantle the invisible shackles of control that bind our future generations. In this new dawn of liberty we proclaim that our children shall be born free — their data a sovereign right, untouchable and inviolate.
Individuals, institutions, universities, multilaterals, and civil-society organizations are invited to become members. Membership confers voting rights at the General Assembly, access to the full Framework, and eligibility for committee service.
● Accepting applications · Q2 2026 cohort