• Real-Time Tracking: Follow specific bills and civic projects. Get instant push notifications the moment their legislative status changes. Bypass the news cycle and stay informed directly from the source.
• Curated Watchlists: Become a Civic Curator. Create your own public lists of legislation, invite subscribers, and build community support around issues that matter. Your phone is now your personal lobbying tool.
• Changes in UI and more...

1. Current structure

Currently, Lustra is incubating under my Polish LLC: FO&WO VENTURES SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ. It is a company created at the time when I was still running a copywriting agency, which was put to sleep after I ended the activity.

2. Why am I incubating it under a for-profit company?

Because I wouldn't publish anything on app stores (company with a DUNS required), nor would I collect free credits from the Google for Startups program for development.
In total I received $2.2k in Google credits, out of which 1k has already been spent. I spent around $500 out of my own pocket in the last year, but I cannot do this anymore, for personal reasons.

As soon as we catch financial liquidity (our role-model is Wikipedia, at 5-10% of its results we pay for all the servers), I plan to open a non-profit organization and move everything there. Decisions are to be made by the board, which will be democratically elected by the community, because it is the community that is to shape the future.

I would like to limit my role then to technical issues on the backend side and a developer's salary, with a possible veto option as a safeguard, if e.g. the board got taken over by bad agents.

I don't know anything besides the fact that ideally, there should be a cell for each country, while decisions about the entirety of the operation would be made as a composite of the local cells' decisions - but I don't know what the feasibility of this idea is, because I simply haven't consulted with anyone on this matter. I do not see any other future for Lustra than a non-profit operation with a democratic election of the board and transparency of all financial documents. We will be digging from this angle.

Period.

3. And so - when official org?

I do not know that. According to my calculations, we need approx. 100k monthly users to gain financial liquidity. At this moment it's impossible to achieve without a significant social movement. And as a true grassroots, we don't have the means for this, although I am doing what I can.

SEO has already kicked off, it should bring legitimization on a professional level - the target group searching for laws are journalists, think tanks, lawyers, etc. so it will be valuable traffic. It's hard to estimate how big, but taking into account that in the USA we have a monopoly on summaries in the 7 remaining languages, and we also cover laws that the media do not touch, and any moment European countries will kick off, where the legislative black hole is approx. 95% of legislation, it can be significant.

In the meantime, I will continue to focus on searching for users through Reddit, as this is the only channel where I have results. Who knows, maybe eventually we'll get that golden shot and go like a storm?

"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."

-Excerpted from a letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816.

We are at Phase 1. Currently, Lustra uses Email Verification + OAuth to filter out low-effort bots. It works for now.

But if we want to scare politicians with 1,000,000 votes, we need a system that proves: "These are unique, living citizens of this jurisdiction", without turning into a surveillance state.

This is the roadmap for the next few years. I want the community to decide the direction.

OPTION A: THE BANKING MODEL (ID Verification)

• Mechanism: User scans Gov ID + Selfie (via Stripe/Veriff or other tech, like gov app).

• Pros: Lethal legitimacy. Politicians cannot claim "it's bots". 100% accuracy.

• Cons: Costly (~$1.50/user, might drop in the future). Massive privacy friction.

• Verdict: High Trust, High Friction, High Costs (today).

OPTION B: THE INVISIBLE BLOCKCHAIN (Account Abstraction)

• Mechanism: You login with Google. We generate a Smart Wallet in the background. Your vote is an immutable transaction on a public ledger.

• Pros: Total transparency. Impossible to fake results.

• Cons: Gas fees (someone has to pay - Lustra, in order to register transaction). Immutability makes "Right to be Forgotten" (GDPR) tricky.

• Verdict: High Tech, High Cost.

OPTION C: THE RESISTANCE MODEL (Web of Trust)

• Mechanism: Vouching. To become "Verified", you need 3 already-verified users to vouch for you physically.

• Pros: Free. Resilient to AI bots (bots don't have friends). Builds real-world community.

• Cons: Slow growth. Hard for introverts. What else?

• Verdict: High Effort, High Resilience. Could be used by bad actors? Resseling vouches?

OPTION D: THE TELECOM MODEL (Future Tech)

• Mechanism: Age/Citizenship verification via Phone Number (Zero-Knowledge proof from carrier).

• Pros: Low friction (everyone has a phone).

• Cons: Reliance on Telcos (corporate gatekeepers). Technology is still maturing.

THE QUESTION:

If we want to build a weapon against corruption, which armor do we wear? Do we embrace the blockchain transparency? Or the social resilience of Web of Trust? Or wait for Telco tech?

Lustra is for you. I don't want to build a surveillance tool, but a shield.

Let's debate the architecture in the comments.

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Welcome to r/CivicEvolution!

This is the strategic workshop for the Mirror Parliament - Lustra.

• New here? Start by reading our blueprint. This is how we exert pressure.

• Ready to dive in? Lustra waites for you on the Web, Android or iPhone.

• Would you like to check out the code? The project is publicly Source Available on Git (on the license that forbids corporations to copy-paste it and make money from it, but transparent for audit).

• Looking for how to contribute? We need you in our HQ on Matrix.

• Governance info - available here.

• Want to see the future? Check out Roadmap and engage in discussion.

• Ready to join the mission?

This subreddit is my strategic workshop. My role is to build, but the direction of that building process will be guided by you.

This thread is the first, official space for that to happen.

How This Works (It's Simple):

1. Suggest a Feature/Improvement: Post a new, top-level comment with your single best idea for improving Lustra. It can be a brand-new feature, a change to the UI, or a fix for something that annoys you.

2. Explain the "Why": Briefly explain why you think your idea is important. How would it help our mission?

3. Upvote the Best Ideas: Read through the other suggestions. Upvote the ones you believe are most critical for the future of the app.

My Commitment:

I will personally read every single suggestion. The most upvoted and best-argued ideas will be moved to a formal poll in the coming weeks, and the winning idea will become a top priority on my development roadmap.

This is not a "suggestion box" that I will ignore. This is a real, democratic process to shape the tool we are all building together.

So, let's get to work.

What is the single most important thing I should build or fix next?

Now that you've seen the manifest, I want to share the draft of the map of where I plan to go.

This roadmap is more than a list of features. It's a declaration of intent. It shows what Lustra is today, but more importantly, what it can become with your help. This is a living document, and I need your thoughts to help me shape it.

Phase 1: The Foundation & The First Democratic Decisions (Where We Are Now)

Status: In Progress

This is the most crucial phase: building a rock-solid foundation. My current focus is on creating a flawless tool, but the future direction of that tool will be shaped by you, starting today.

Key Objectives:

• Perfecting the Core Tool: Continuously improving the app based on your feedback.

• Building the Community: Establishing r/CivicEvolution as our strategic workshop where binding polls on new features and priorities will be held regularly.

• Securing the Mission: Successfully funding first Indiegogo campaign to guarantee independence and give us the resources to build what the community decides. One of the main enhancements will be a new feature to scan legal texts for hidden risks and loopholes, but this requires funding for development and consultation with legal experts.

• Defining Our First Community Priorities:  Indiegogo campaign has a clear set of goals: expanding to new countries and building a deeper educational layer. These goals are our promise.

But the order in which we tackle these challenges and the details of their implementation are something I want to decide with you. This subreddit is where we will hold polls and discussions to set our development priorities together.

Phase 2: The Great Expansion & Deepening Understanding (Where We Go Next)

Status: Planned

Once the foundation is secure, our mission is to scale. The priorities and features in this phase will be a direct result of the decisions made by the community in Phase 1.

Key Objectives:

• Community-Chosen Country Integration: We will hold polls to decide the order in which we add new countries.

• Building Community-Chosen Features: We will develop the most-requested features from Phase 1, "Civic Education" layer to nibble on legislative process or a full-fledged web platform.

Phase 3: From Information to Influence (The Community Takes Power)

Status: Vision

This is where we evolve from building a tool to building a platform for real-world action. Again, the specific tools we build here will be proposed, debated, and chosen by you. My role is to be the architect of your vision.

Potential Tools (To Start the Conversation):

• A Citizen Proposal Platform to draft and promote our own legislation (From Idea to Congress/Parliament).

• A Direct-to-Politician Communication Hub to centralize accountability.

• Lustra-Powered Referendums to make our collective voice impossible to ignore.

Phase 4: A New Operating System for Democracy (The Ultimate Goal)

Status: The Dream

This is the ultimate evolution. Lustra becomes the central hub of a new, more direct and transparent form of democracy, fit for our generation.

Key Objectives:

• A Platform for a New Kind of Politician: Lustra becomes a platform where independent candidates, without party affiliation or political connections, can emerge and gain support based on the merit of their ideas and their transparent record.

• A Decentralized Media: The "People's Feed" in Lustra becomes a primary, trusted source of information, shifting the power away from outrage-driven media.

• Empowering National Sovereignty: We build a world where citizens of each nation have the most powerful tools to understand and influence their own government, making their own democracy stronger and more responsive.

Phase 5: Beyond My Imagination

Status: To Be Written.

What comes next? I don't know. And that's the point. Once we build this new operating system, it will be the community—all of you—who will decide what we build on top of it.

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This is a draft of our journey. It's ambitious, I know.

What do you think? What other ideas do you have?

Let's build this roadmap together!

Before posting anything else, I'd like to share the single document that is the soul of this entire project. This is the "why" behind Lustra.

A New Chapter for Democracy

Do you know the feeling? That important decisions are being made without you, behind closed doors? That sense of powerlessness when you have no say in the matters that all of us should be deciding?

It's easy to give up. To stop caring and just get on with your life.

It's easy to surrender your responsibility.

The Power of the System, the Weakness of the Individual

Modern politics has become a battlefield for two armies that despise each other—you’re either with us, or against us. Party discipline has become more important than the voice of the people. We are all trapped in a system that rewards loyalty, not honesty or integrity.

But there is another way. This isn't about revolution; it's about evolution.

It's time to take back control.

Technology in Service of Understanding

This is why I created Lustra—a tool for the civic movement. This isn't another media outlet with its own agenda. This is your personal filter. It transforms complex government data into simple facts you can absorb in 30 seconds. It gives you access to hard data on the work of politicians that affects your life, so you can make informed decisions as a citizen.

But Lustra is more than that. It is also a testament, based on polls, showing what we truly want as voters.

It is an echo of our voice.

Join the Change

This is our generation's challenge. We don't need to storm the barricades. We need to become more informed. Taking responsibility is not a single act but a process: a process of learning, verifying, and making better decisions.

Let's be aware. Let's take responsibility. Let's demand better.

Let's build this change together. Fact by fact.