WebPKI Observatory — Ecosystem Participation
The CA/Browser Forum's 56 members include only 21 active contributors, while 35 organizations maintain zero-contribution membership. Sectigo leads organizational participation, while individual Stephen Davidson has proposed 36 ballots and endorsed 1, demonstrating concentrated leadership. This participation gap means ecosystem governance depends on a small subset of members, while the silent majority of CAs benefit from collective trust decisions without contributing to policy development, creating a free-rider dynamic that compounds the governance coverage decline.