About the membership

Whether for the individual company, Web3 projects or companies with a long tradition: Bundesblock is a community builder for DLT, Web3 and blockchain in general. We offer networks, from technical experts to lawyers, working groups and panels for further education.

We support our members in the evaluation of this new technology. If you have questions or are looking for employees, service providers or freelancers in this field, become a member and benefit from the work and vibrant exchange of our working groups.

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Benefits for members

Prerequisites for membership

The federal association represents the interests of the entire blockchain community in Germany. Requirements for joining are:

  1. The applicant's activity is related to blockchain, DLT and/or web3.
  2. The applicant is willing and able to make a positive contribution to achieving the purpose of the association.

Please note: We currently only accept legal entities as members. Private individuals are welcome to join our Slack-channel and participate in the Working groups .

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Fee structure

Membership fees

Membership in detail

Characteristics:
Regular members develop or market products or solutions that are mapped on a blockchain or are related to crypto assets as their core activity.

Annual contribution:
The annual contribution is determined by self-assessment in one of the size classes (1) to (5) with contributions starting at EUR 500.

The categories can be found in the table below. 

Characteristics:

The core activity of supporting members does not primarily relate to services that are bulit on a blockchain or are related to crypto assets. However, supporting members may provide consulting and other services related to blockchain or crypto assets, or may otherwise be interested in promoting blockchain technology.

Annual contribution:

Der Jahresbeitrag ergibt sich über eine Selbsteinstufung in eine der Größenklassen (2) bis (6) mit Beiträgen ab EUR 1.700.

Characteristics:

Non-profit or academic members are companies or
organizations that are not commercially active in the field of research, education, or other promotion of blockchain technology or crypto assets.

 

Annual contribution:
There is no annual fee, a voluntary annual fee is possible.

Characteristics:

Small members are typically in their first 12 months after founding and have no more than 5 employees.

Annual contribution:
EUR 500–

Characteristics:

Medium-sized members have more than 5 but no more than 20 employees (FTE).

Annual contribution:
EUR 1,700-

Characteristics:

Large members typically have more than 20 but fewer than 50 employees (FTE) and/or generate sales of or have capital investments of more than EUR 5 million.

Annual contribution:
EUR 4,000-

Characteristics:

Very large members typically have more than 50 employees and/or a turnover or capital investment of more than EUR 10 million./ oder einen Umsatz von oder Kapitalinvestments von mehr als 10 Mio. EUR.

Annual contribution:
EUR 7,500–

Characteristics:

Very large companies or members with a special interest in joint cooperation whose statutes are in line with the objectives of Bundesblock.

Annual contribution:

By individual agreement from category 4 upwards

 

Characteristics:

Blockchain protocols / network layer, regardless of legal form

Annual contribution:

By individual agreement, starting at EUR 2.000,--