The International Data Reserve is the standard-setter for data ownership, sovereignty and savings. We coordinate seven regional reserves, build trust in data, and make data part of everyone's life — the way central banks once made money part of everyone's life.
Every individual generates, on average, enough data to represent US$1,570 of compute cost per year — processed and monetized by companies, with almost none of the value returning to the person who produced it.
If consumers are already paying to process roughly half the world's data, they are entitled to at least half of the value that data creates. The IDR exists to make that transfer possible — technically, legally, and economically.
The IDR system is designed to expand to seven Regional Data Reserves — each a standard-setter for its territory, each a member of the Committee of Data Agents Supervision (CDAS). Like the BIS coordinates central banks, IDR coordinates data reserves.
Money and data are indivisible in the AI economy. Our money is in the bank; our data is in the cloud — managed by others, monetized by others.
We declare that every individual retains the autonomy, benefit, and legacy of the value of the data they generate. Data ownership is not a feature. It is an extension of natural rights — inviolable, inalienable, universal.
We invite civil society, governments, universities and multilateral organizations to co-author the ratification. This is the emancipation proclamation of the AI age.
IDR maintains the security, stability, interoperability, and audit of the international data monetization ecosystem. Some describe IDR as a hybrid between ICANN and the Bank for International Settlements — for data.
The IDR Named Schema System (NSS) coordinates unique identifiers — credentials and named schemas — so data wallets can find each other and transact at global scale.
IDR develops policies for internationalization of the NSS, introduction of new standard named schemas (SNSs), and fair competition among data agents.
IDR regulates data valuation metrics, trust ecosystem structure, specific named schemas, and Regional Data Reserves — a role comparable to ICANN and the BIS combined.
IDR holds events, webinars and training workshops, and includes public comment in its multistakeholder model — so individuals, not only institutions, shape the standards.
Develops and maintains the IDR Guides and Framework — the evolving standard for data monetization worldwide.
Sets the IDR asymmetry policy and follows finance, market, and economic themes between General Assemblies.
Standard-setter for data monetization. Authorizes and audits data agents in each territory, akin to bank supervisors.
Follows standards, rules, technology, innovation, and operations across the ecosystem between GAs.
Supports the Secretary General, oversees governance and data-ownership themes. Can convene Extraordinary GAs.
Grandpa opened a Data Savings Account for Josh when he was three. By the time Josh enters the AI workforce, his account will have compounded for two decades — usable for personal, professional, and financial purposes.
Mommy and Daddy opened Rita's Data Savings Account on the day she was born. Her first data — birth records, early milestones — was saved, tokenized, and deposited. Rita is data-rich before she can walk.
Stephanie is taking control of her life — and her data. She opened her own account on her 18th birthday and is back-claiming value from the data trail she's generated since adolescence.
Your money is in the bank. Your data is in the cloud. Start saving your data today — and join the coalition building the standard for the AI economy.