Akropolis describes itself as a domain-specific financial protocol dedicated to the needs of the informal economy. It is designed to:

- enable anybody to quickly set up, operate, and grow informal autonomous financial organizations (AFOs) (e.g. digital co-ops, guilds, mutuals)

- enable an interoperable scalable network where value can be exchanged freely in a trust-minimized way (e.g. co-invest, lend/borrow, trade)

- reduce instances of fraud and misuse of funds