#+TITLE: Constitution of the Bitcoin Only Party (BoP)
#+AUTHOR: Founding Nodes
#+DATE: 2025-04-30
#+OPTIONS: toc:t num:t
#+LANGUAGE: en

* Preamble

#+BEGIN_QUOTE
The Bitcoin Only Party (BoP) exists to restore sovereignty, integrity, and accountability to the citizens of Australia through the adoption of Bitcoin — a decentralized, incorruptible monetary protocol.

We reject fiat coercion, surveillance economics, and political intermediaries. We believe finality is freedom, multisig is democracy, and verification is trust.
#+END_QUOTE

* Name

The name of the party is: =Bitcoin Only Party (BoP)=

* Objectives

- Promote public understanding and adoption of Bitcoin as sound money.
- Replace fiat-dependent services and policies with verifiable, decentralized alternatives.
- Field candidates at the local, state, and federal levels to advocate for Bitcoin-native governance.
- Eliminate financial censorship and state-imposed intermediaries.
- Uphold radical transparency and immutability in all operations.

* Membership

** Eligibility

- Must be at least 16 years old.
- Must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
- Must support the core principles of the BoP as outlined in the Preamble.

** Rights

- One member, one verifiable vote.
- Propose policies, vote on resolutions, and participate in local BoP nodes.

** Revocation

Membership may be revoked for:

- Advocating fiat expansion, central banking, or surveillance finance.
- Conduct that discredits the BoP or violates its verification-first principles.

** Proof of Membership via Lightning Payment

To validate membership, a member may submit one of the following:

- A =bolt11= invoice string signed by a BoP node and matched by payment hash.
- A =payment_preimage= proving successful payment to a BoP LNURL.
- A PGP-signed message containing:
  - the payment request,
  - the preimage or payment hash,
  - and the timestamp of the transaction.

These proofs must be submitted via Nostr DM to a Council Node, uploaded to a verifiable endpoint, or committed to a public IPFS hash index.


* Governance Structure

** Council of Nodes

The highest decision-making body is the *Council of Nodes*.

- Each Node represents a local chapter and is authorized through verified multisig credentials.

** Roles

- *Coordinator*: Oversees operations and communications.
- *Treasurer*: Manages the multisig treasury and Lightning channels.
- *Policy Verifier*: Ensures proposals and activities are BDD-verified.
- *Tech Steward*: Maintains infrastructure such as websites, relays, and nodes.

** Elections and Terms

- Elections held every 12 months using Bitcoin-signed ballots.
- Term limits: 2 years maximum in any single role.
- Resignations and removals must be recorded and timestamped publicly.

* Decision-Making and Voting

- All decisions require quorum: 51% of active Nodes.
- Voting occurs via open cryptographic voting tools or public PGP-signed statements.
- No anonymous or fiat-derived influence permitted.

* Candidate Endorsement

Candidates must:

- Publicly commit to the BoP Preamble.
- Publish all campaign finances in satoshis.
- Agree to smart contract-based milestone verification for campaign promises.
- Be endorsed by at least 3 Council Nodes.

* Finances

- All treasury funds held in a 2-of-3 or 3-of-5 multisig Bitcoin wallet.
- No fiat accounts permitted.
- All donations and expenditures published to a public ledger (e.g., Nostr/IPFS).
- Lightning-based payouts must include proof-of-work receipts.

* Amendments to the Constitution

- Any Node may propose an amendment.
- Requires 66% Node consensus and public hash-linking to ratify.
- Changes must be immutably published and timestamped.

* Dissolution

- Requires 90% Council consensus.
- Remaining satoshis either burned or donated to open-source Bitcoin projects, as pre-defined in a verifiable spend script.

* Verification Appendix

This Constitution must be:

- Hosted via IPFS and verified by SHA-256 hash.
- Referenced in all BoP node onboarding packages.
- Updated only through signed commit histories.


