summary: Kleros is a decentralized arbitration service for the disputes of the new economy.
content: Kleros is an open source online dispute resolution protocol which uses blockchain and crowdsourcing to fairly adjudicate disputes. Development efforts are coordinated by Coopérative Kleros, a Société Coopérative d’Intérêt Collectif (SCIC) incorporated in France. All research and code development are open source and free for anyone to use. Kleros is a peer-to-peer justice system that aims to solve disputes of the Internet age. It contains a decision-making protocol that uses blockchain technology (Ethereum) and crowdsourcing elements to adjudicate claims. It works as a dispute resolution system to decentralize arbitration disputes. It relies on game theory incentives for jurors to rule cases correctly and is enforced by smart contracts. Overview Kleros is an online dispute resolution platform that leverages blockchain and crowdsourcing to provide an efficient resolution system for a number of frequent consumer disputes in areas such as e-commerce, collaborative economy and others. Kleros’ potential also includes content curation for applications such as fake news detection and fighting hate speech online, as well as oracle applications with the potential to secure a large number of contracts in insurance and finance. !1 mTBhhIgNZgemkQ_Bf2X_lw.jpeg Kleros has produced three live Dapps with real users on a limited budget. Kleros is regarded as a well-known and respected Ethereum project, having demonstrated the highest degree of effective management and development in delivering their roadmap promises. Kleros can greatly contribute to justice inclusion in consumer disputes and enable a safer and more equal commerce environment throughout the EU. Just as Bitcoin is bringing banking for the unbanked, the Kleros promise is to bring justice inclusion for the “unjusticed”. History Kleros's name is etymologically derived from kleroterion, an allotment in from klerostocracy. In Ancient Greek times, Athenian trials were conducted by a large body of citizens. They each inserted a pinakion into a slot of the kleroterion, which determined which candidates in the pool had jury duty. Partnership & Investors Some of the organizations in partnership with Kleros are: DeversiFi, MarketProtocol, Ink protocol, Winding Tree, Blue Frontiers, Alice, European Commission. Team Currently Kleros has 16 team members: Federico Ast -CEO & Co-founder Clément Lesaege - CTO & Co-Founder Sam Vitello - Dapp Developer Stuart James - Ops Director William George - crypto economics Researcher Addison Huegel – PR Damjan Malbasic - Comms Lead Ferit Tuncer - Dapp Dev Danil Dimitrikov - Dapp Dev Laurence Zhang - Moderator / Ambassador Laurence Zhang - Moderator / Ambassador Matheus Alencar - Dapp Dev Plinio Braga - Design Lead Tobias Glemming - Moderator / Ambassador !Kleros-Team.jpg <br