Picture this

Who it is for

A councillor promises to fix the market road by June. Residents fund a pot; Promise Keeper reads the agreed news and government pages and releases the pot to the road fund or back to residents.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$179

$45 deposit to reserve

Promise page, pot contract, source list, verdict record.

You choose: sources
You choose: accent color

Customfrom $1,400

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

What is new

Off chain promise trackers exist (Code for Africa); a GenLayer staked promise was not found.

Closest things out there

Code for Africa PromiseTracker; Agora on GenLayer.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Accountability with money on it.

The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

grant · GenLayer · rolling

GenLayer builder program

unknown

Official page ↗

Ecosystem program for shipped apps; check current terms.

Their rule on existing code: unknown

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Promise Keeper app: residents write down a public promise, lock the sources that will judge it, fund a pot, and let validators read those sources after the deadline to pay the project fund, split, or refund.

Base price · $179

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome

Shown once: write the promise down, agree the sources first, validators read and the pot moves.

Promise status and next actionHome

Pot, residents, days left, the promiser's own words, and one clear next step.

Promise pagePromise

Promiser, deadline and what kept means, locked once the pot opens.

Source list with independence rulePromise

Pick gazette, newspaper, radio and tenders; the promiser's own pages never count; fallback links stored.

More than one promisePromise

A second active promise in the ward is gated behind Organizer.

Anonymous pot with checkoutPot

Small contributions through the USDC checkout, locked until the deadline, never published by name.

Pot receiptsPot

Pot contract, total, source list hash; contributor identities offchain.

Verdict simulationVerdict

Paved, half paved or nothing; validators read the locked pages and decide.

Partial split payoutsVerdict

Pay out the share that was done and refund the rest. Gated behind Organizer.

Verdict receipt and share cardVerdict

Page text hashes, amounts to the fund and refunded, and a result card residents post.

Plans and Monday digestMe

Pricing from the owner paywall through the checkout; weekly digest gated behind Organizer.

Open the full app demo

Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue

Organizer and newsroom subscriptions, verdict fees, USDC payments, payment methods, live tiers and gates.

RulesRules

Validators per verdict, independent sources needed, grace after deadline, fee on kept pots, batched payouts.

Validator log and roadmapAgent

What failed and how it was fixed, running costs, and priced v2 and v3 builds.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Growth loopsGrowth

Radio call ins, result cards, newsrooms as hosts and organizer referrals.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

One promise per ward is free with refunds always. Organizers and newsrooms pay monthly, and the owner may take a small fee on pots that are kept.

CommunityFreeOne active promise per ward, public page and refunds

Organizer$15 a monthUnlimited promises, the Monday digest and partial split payouts

Newsroom$99 a monthEmbed promise pots in articles and run a public tracker for a whole county

Optional fee on kept pots set by the owner (default 0). Verdict transactions and batched payouts cost a few dollars a month.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

Every verdict produces a result card residents post in their groups
Local newsrooms and radio become sources, then hosts
Every new promise brings its own contributors
Organizer referrals between wards

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The full promise app

Promise page with deadline and criteria
Locked pot with anonymous contributions
Source list with fallbacks and independence rule
Validator verdict with page hashes
Payout, split or refund, and plans

Included

SMS and M-Pesa

Contribute and get refunds by M-Pesa
Verdict alerts by SMS
Swahili and Dholuo pages
Radio friendly verdict script

Add-on from $500

County tracker

Every ward's promises on one map
Newsroom embeds with live pots
Promise history per official
Open data export

Add-on from $1,200

For investors and grant reviewers

The pitch, ready

Put money on a public promise and let validators read agreed sources to decide if it was kept.

Problem: Local promises are easy to make and hard to follow up; residents have no leverage and no shared record.

Solution: A promise page with locked criteria and sources, an anonymous pot, and a GenLayer verdict that reads those sources after the deadline and pays the project fund, splits, or refunds.

Why now: Intelligent contracts can read web pages with validator consensus, and stablecoin pots make small community contributions cheap.

Market: Residents' associations, market traders, local newsrooms and civic groups.

The ask: Pilot in three Kisumu wards with one radio station and one local paper.

Funding is never guaranteed. Check each program's rules.

For hackathons and demo days

Your 2 minute demo

Home: meet Grace at Kibuye market and the councillor's road promise.
Promise: write what kept means and lock three independent sources.
Pot: add $5 through the USDC checkout and see the anonymous receipt.
Verdict: skip to 1 July with the road half paved and see the split gated.
Me: unlock Organizer, then rerun the verdict and see 44 percent go to the road fund.
Owner Agent: read how a cookie wall and a friendly blog led to fallbacks and an independence rule.
Owner Revenue: change the Organizer price and preview the Plans sheet.
Owner Growth and Roadmap: run a radio call in, then request M-Pesa and SMS.

Many hackathons require code written at the event. See the Regatta Boardfor each race's rule.

Make it entirely yours

Custom work from $1,400: local payment rails, a newsroom branded tracker, extra languages, or civic data integrations. Scoped on a call.

Custom from $1,400

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The need

Public promises about roads, boreholes and clinics are easy to make and hard to follow up. Residents have no shared, neutral way to say in advance what counts as kept, and no consequence beyond the next election.

What exists and what is new

Promise tracking exists offchain: Code for Africa's PromiseTracker lets communities track government promises. GenLayer itself has examples of AI-judged contracts such as Agora. What is new here is a resident-funded pot tied to one public promise, with sources agreed before the deadline and GenLayer validators reading them to release the pot to the project or back to contributors. A staked promise of this kind on GenLayer was not found; this is high novelty but unproven.

The data it runs on

The promise text, deadline, agreed source URLs with fallback links, the pot contract balance and contributions, the validators' verdict with hashes of the page text they read, and the payout split. Contributor identities and amounts are kept by the app and not published.

1.The mission

Put residents' money behind public promises and let agreed evidence, not the person who promised, decide what happens to it.

2.Why people can't resist it

Rules before results Everyone agrees on the sources before anyone knows the outcome, so the verdict is hard to argue with.

Money goes somewhere good either way Kept, it maintains the project. Broken, it comes back to the people who chipped in.

Monday digest A short weekly list of promises due in your ward, with one tap to follow or chip in.

3.How it works for real

Promise page: An organizer writes the promise, deadline and what counts as kept, and lists the sources with fallback links.

Pot contract: An intelligent contract on GenLayer holds contributions. No one can withdraw early.

Source rules: At least two independent sources must agree. The promiser's own pages can be read but never count toward kept.

Verdict: At the deadline, GenLayer validators each fetch the pages, run their own model and must reach consensus on kept, partly kept, broken or undetermined.

Payout: The pot goes to a named project fund, splits by measured progress if chosen, or refunds contributors. Undetermined holds the pot for a resident vote.

4.Cost per use and pricing

A verdict needs one GenLayer transaction with web reads by several validators; fees depend on the network and are expected to be small per promise. Hosting the promise pages and digest runs about $20 a month. Stablecoin payouts to many contributors are batched to keep per person cost low.

Community Free

One active promise per ward, public page and refunds.

Organizer $15 a month

Unlimited promises, the Monday digest and partial split payouts.

Newsroom $99 a month

Embed promise pots in articles and run a public tracker for a whole county.

5.Growth loop

Each verdict produces a shareable result card that residents post in their groups. Local newsrooms and radio stations become sources and then hosts. Every new promise brings its own contributors into the app.

6.Risks and guardrails

Bad sources: If sources are biased or go offline, verdicts suffer. Two independent sources, fallback links and an undetermined outcome are the guardrails.

Model mistakes: Validators can misread a page. Consensus among several validators and an appeal window reduce this.

Politics: Pots can be used to campaign. Promise pages should describe outcomes, not parties, and the app takes no side.

Rules on collecting money: Collecting money from the public may be regulated where you live. Check local rules before launching.

7.Build order

Promise page with deadline and kept criteria
Pot contract with locked contributions
Source list with fallback links and independence rule
Validator verdict with page text hashes
Payout: project fund, split or refund
Monday digest

8.Where this is going

Now
One ward, one road, one pot, decided by agreed news sources.
Next
Newsrooms host promise pots alongside their reporting across a county.
Later
A public record of promises and verdicts any community can check before the next election.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Promise Keeper

Promise Keeper: Stake on a public promise and let GenLayer read the sources to decide if it was kept. Using someone else's version means their rules, their brand and their revenue. Owning Promise Keeper means it is deployed under your wallet, carries your name, and every customer, partner and result builds your track record instead of theirs.

What’s stopping you?

“I am not technical.”

Promise Keeper arrives deployed with a guide. Running it is settings and sharing links, not code. If you get stuck, we help you ship it.

“What if nobody uses it?”

Start with ten people you already know. The first move below takes under an hour and tells you fast whether people care.

“I do not have time.”

Each step is sized in minutes. Most owners spend an hour a week, and the app does the repetitive part.

“Will it make me money?”

Nothing is guaranteed. The playbook gives you a clear path and honest numbers, and you decide how far to take it.

The million-dollar ladder

Charge the people who get the most value from Promise Keeper: a monthly plan for groups or teams, plus setup fees for anyone who wants it done for them.

$100

$1,450

$11,700

$78,000

First harbour

5 customers

$20 a month

Steady trade

50 customers

$29 a month

Known name

300 customers