Initiative for a Trustless Computing Cluster and Campus in Eastern Switzerland

The Trustless Computing Cluster and Campus (TCCC) is a public-private initiative project to jump start - mostly in Eastern Switzerland and Germany, over the next 5 years - the World’s leading research and startup hub for leading-edge IT security, privacy and safety in the area of critical human communications, financial transactions, cyber-physical and artificial intelligence systems.

TCCC would compete with Israel and US cyber cluster by being radically rooted in in unique “zero trust” IT paradigms and approach, transparency, open innovation and international collaboration, and by offering unmatched array of scientific, quality of life, campus spaces and economic incentives to attract the very best talents, researchers, startups, accelerators and companies in such sectors.

While we have a very hard focus on a revolutionary uncompromising security-by-design approach based on open, time-proven and battle-tested IT technologies, oversight processes and governance models - it will also focus on the risks and opportunities of mid-long term techs like quantum computing, AI and blockchain.

The Initiative

The initiative is promoted by the Zurich-based Trustless Computing Association, its partners, its Zurich-based startup spin-off TRUSTLESS.AI. TCCC aims to create a thriving geo-located open ecosystem around: (a) uniquely uncompromising and comprehensive security-by-design principles, (b) a proposed Trustless Computing Certification Body, and (c) a complete free/open source computing base and a resilient supply-chain comprising all critical components and fabrication phases. Such Certification Body is the central goal of the Free and Safe in Cyberspace conference series, held in Brussels, New York, Iguazu, Berlin, and last in Geneva and next in Zurich, and will provide 100% of the trustworthiness of the SeeVik Pod being developed by our startup spinoff.

The Cluster is also highly synergistic with our Trustless Dual-Use Initiative, a dual use initiative being discussed at the highest levels of European Defence Agency, as well as German Italian and Swiss MoDs.

Why Switzerland?

Swiss privacy laws, neutrality and historical leadership in secure communication systems with Crypto AG and Kudelski, and ETH, position it to lead in this sector. Our initiative is very much in line with the goal of Switzerland to radically increase its digital sovereignty, the goal of the Swiss private banking associations system to turn cybersecurity in a geographical competitive advantage, as well as the Swiss Digital Initiative - just launched, just in Geneva, and supported by the Swiss President and leaders of the Swiss major corporations.

After the $5.2 billion fine to UBS for allegedly helping French citizens evade taxes, plus similar fines for other Swiss banks, the Swiss ecosystem should seriously consider that – leveraging some unique expertise they have built in IT security since WW2 – the main business model of Switzerland which has been “providing UHNWIs and firms unique confidentiality against other nations’ tax authorities” could be complemented by “providing UHNWIs and firms unique confidentiality and security against competitors, hackers, snooping governments”.

A novel political-economic model

The Cluster will implement a novel political-economic model that will aim to achieve a substantial, sustainable and distributed economic development, through the promotion of (a) leading public policies for both research subsidies, pre-commercial procurement and early adoption policies, (b) leading-edge cyber security certifications, and (c) over CHF 200m of private R&D/innovation co-investments in the areas of ultra-secure IT and AI, and (d) innovative and extensive retraining programs for the unemployed. 

Contact us for 5-pager Executive Summary: 
rufo@trustlesscomputing.org