A note from the gardeners

Built by the
community,
for the world.

BLOK is a protocol — not a product owned by anyone. The team that shipped it doesn't hold the keys to your money, the right to change it without a vote, or the ability to take it down.

MIT on GitHubDAO-governed since 2023Live on Arbitrum

P.S.We work in the open. Read the contracts.

Folio II · About

Floating Garden — three quartz crystals over moss bed with anemone-style blooms

Specimen II · in full bloom.

Yours in the soil,

S. Nehra

Founder, BLOK Capital DAO
Wyoming, USA · Founded 2023

The story

One question, a single answer.

We started by asking why every wealth manager looked the same. Then we built something that didn't.

A letter from Sheetal

Lagos · 2017

Dear reader,

The first wallet I ever made was on a flight to Lagos in 2017. By the time I landed I understood what was wrong with crypto — but I also understood what was wrong with the alternative.

Custodians don't run away with your money very often. They just quietly tell you no when you ask the wrong question. They charge you 2-and-20 to invest in the same five things. They send you a PDF every quarter and call it transparency.

BLOK is the protocol I wanted to use myself: a way to follow real managers, with on-chain receipts, without ever handing anyone the keys. We didn't invent any of the primitives — but we put them together in a way no one else had.

Yours in the soil,S. Nehra

Wyoming · Founded 2023 · Read in about two minutes

Core values

What we won't trade away.

Four principles. Encoded in the protocol where it matters, and in the people where it doesn't.

IPrinciple
Self-custody always
If we ever build a custodial product, we've gotten lost.
In the contracts
IIPrinciple
Transparency by default
If it can be on-chain, it should be on-chain. Receipts beat reports.
In the receipts
IIIPrinciple
Community-owned
BLOK is governed by people who actually use it. Not us.
In the votes
IVPrinciple
Long-term wealth
Compound, not pump. Boring is a feature.
In the rebalance

P.S.Two of these are enforced by the smart contracts. Two are enforced by the people who hold the keys. Read either.

Team · Core DAO members

A garden takes many hands.

The core DAO members listed on-chain in our Aragon token-voting plugin — the people who tend the protocol day to day.

P.S.Every member is verifiable on-chain. See the full membership on Aragon.

DAO governance

Every change goes through the same door.

No back-room upgrades. No admin keys with quiet superpowers. Aragon OSX, on-chain, public.

IStep
Propose
Any BLOKC holder can submit a proposal — protocol upgrade, new index, fee parameter, or treasury allocation.
IIStep
Discuss
Open community discussion on Telegram, Discord and the forum. Refine the proposal in public before a vote.
IIIStep
Vote
On-chain vote via Aragon OSX, weighted by held BLOKC. Every vote is a public, verifiable transaction.
IVStep
Execute
Passed proposals execute directly through Aragon OSX. Decisions become contract state — no admin override.

P.S.Every vote is a public on-chain transaction. Read the proposals on Aragon.

Backers & Ecosystem

The people who put money on it.

Strategic capital from funds and platforms that share the non-custodial thesis.

LedgerBackers05 entries · Strategic round

IBackerStrategic
Lemniscap
Crypto-native fund · Self-custody primitives
Round closed · Lemniscap backed BLOK
IIBackerStrategic
Republic
Retail access · Regulated investment platform
Round closed · Republic backed BLOK
IIIBackerStrategic
Outlier Ventures
Web3 accelerator · Token engineering
Round closed · Outlier Ventures backed BLOK
IVBackerStrategic
Lattice
Early-stage fund · Protocol architecture
Round closed · Lattice backed BLOK
VBackerStrategic
Mantis
Crypto fund · DeFi specialists
Round closed · Mantis backed BLOK

P.S.Strategic round closed without an admin key in any of our pockets. The protocol holds itself, and the DAO holds the protocol.

Get involved

Join the garden.

A protocol is only as alive as the people tending it. Roll up your sleeves — code, write, govern, or just hang out.

PlotsOpen to allGarden is open

IStart hereFor new contributors

How to contribute.

Find out all the different ways you can roll up your sleeves and help tend BLOK Capital — code, design, writing, governance, the lot.

Read the contributor guide

P.S.The whole team — engineers, founder, gardeners — hangs out in our Discord. Drop in. We don't bite.

Press & media kit

Take what you need.

Press, partner and ecosystem teams: request what's useful and we'll send it your way. Direct downloads ship soon.

IAssetSoon
Logo pack
SVG + PNG · light + dark variants
Ping us on Discord (opens in a new tab)
IIAssetSoon
Brand guidelines
PDF · color, type, voice, usage rules
Ping us on Discord (opens in a new tab)
IIIAssetSoon
Founder bios
Short + long form · 1-pager + 4-pager
Ping us on Discord (opens in a new tab)
IVAssetSoon
Product screenshots
Hero + dashboard · 4K, transparent BG
Ping us on Discord (opens in a new tab)

P.S.For anything press, partnerships, or urgent — find us in our Discord. We read everything.

Built by thecommunity,for the world.

How to contribute.

Built by thecommunity,for the world.

How to contribute.

Built by the
community,
for the world.

Built by the
community,
for the world.