The Trusted Seed is a whitelist of people who have contributed to the development of the Commons Stack mission and who have reputation and expertise in areas related to the operation of Commons. Trusted Seed members can also be invited to participate in a Commons Hatch, alongside the Commons’s project launching community. The Trusted Seed as the name suggests, is meant to support future Commons in their initial phase and help them to achieve a sustainable development, which will likely be valuable for many communities experimenting with new economic systems. Trusted Seed members have a legal protection layer with the Commons Stack Swiss Association.