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From 2007-17, he supported the implementation of Azerbaijan's first online payment system. He then became Redhill's head of technology with a specific focus on blockchain. In August 2022, he, Savan, and Surekha started PariahDAO, a Web3 consultancy.\n\nSocials: [X](https://x.com/kentbabin)\n\n**Savan Wijewardene - Co-founder (Sri Lankan)**\n\nSavan is a journalist and entrepreneur. A graduate of Columbia University\u2019s journalism school, he has worked for publications in the UK, Russia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. He also co-founded Yamu.lk, Sri Lanka\u2019s largest online city guide, and was head of research at Redhill before starting PariahDAO.\n\n**Surekha Yadav - Co-founder (Singaporean)**\n\nSurekha co-founded Singapore-based comms agency Redhill. Prior to that, she was a producer with Channel News Asia and a journalism graduate of Columbia University.\n\nSocials: [LinkedIn](x)\n\n**Trinity Morphy - Writer**\n\nTrinity joined CARBON Copy in February 2024. He's been in the blockchain space for 2 years and writing about it for the past year. \n\nSocials: [X](https://x.com/trinitymorphy)", "hidden": false, "question": "Please provide a list of your major team members, including their relevant experiences and social network/professional links. Please indicate if there any Asian builders.", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "kentbabin", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram handle of major point of contact", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our current monthly expenditures for project manager, developer, writers, infrastructure, and admin is $2,300. We have self-funded this amount while we built a track record and intend to keep CARBON Copy a public good for as long as we can.\n\nIn terms of funding, we intend to rely exclusively on public goods funding, but understand that we may not be able to fundraise enough to cover expenses, let alone grow the project. We may, therefore, look outside the Web3 grant funding space to see what other funding is available. ", "hidden": true, "question": "Please demonstrate your financial plan here if it's not included in your project description.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We have a specific focus on the ReFi/Web3 impact space. A vast majority of the projects in it can be construed as public goods using the definition of positive externalities. As such, our advancement of the Asian public goods ecosystem is rooted in this context.\n\n## Research\n\nIn 2024, we produced 2 research reports: [State of ReFi](https://carboncopy.news/reports/The%20State%20of%20ReFi%20Report%202024.pdf) and [Impact DePIN](https://carboncopy.news/reports/The%20Impact%20DePIN%20Report%202024.pdf). Both reports prominently feature Web3 public goods in the ecological and social impact, including Asian projects like [Arkreen](https://carboncopy.news/project/arkreen/).\n\nIn 2025, we plan to produce new editions of the same two reports. This time, however, we want to place a specific emphasis on geography. Each report will map out the ReFi/Web3 impact ecosystem by region.\n\n## A source of truth for ReFi/Web3 impact as a public good\n\nOne of CARBON Copy's core features is a curated database of ReFi/Web3 impact projects. There are already more than 250 projects in it and we are working hard to connect more data sources (fundraising, impact, etc.). \n\nFor Asian ReFi/Web3 impact projects, we think this database will be particularly useful because it will allow them to a) establish reputation, and b) be part of the larger effort to advocate for Web3's potential for ecological and social impact.\n\nAt the same time, this central source of truth can help investors, journalists, and other potential stakeholders become familiar with the space and the overall value of public goods.\n\n## Transition to a community-managed database\n\nTo make the database a true public good, we think it should be managed by the community. We envision an approach where projects in the DB can \"claim\" their profile by minting an NFT and paying a \"skin in the game\" fee. All revenue would go directly to the community treasury (minus a small percentage to CARBON Copy for prior work done). NFT holders will get governance rights and will be the ultimate decision-makers regarding the future of the DB and how the treasury is utilized. We will also open-source the code-base and transfer ownership to the community.\n\nFor Asian projects, we see this as a great opportunity to participate in a public good with positive externalities.\n\nWe haven't settled on the exact community approach, but it is a critical part of our roadmap over the next 12 months.\n\n## Promotion\n\nWe actively track the happenings in the ReFi/Web3 impact space and add them to our news feed and weekly recaps. This helps us promote the work that these projects are doing and, ultimately, highlights the value of public goods. We are also connecting impact metrics to project profile pages, which gives projects a platform to demonstrate and promote the impact that they're making.\n\nFor Asian projects, we see this as an effective way for them to draw attention to the work being done in the region.", "hidden": true, "question": "Please demonstrate how your project would advance Asian public goods ecosystem.", "questionId": 5}], "project": {"id": "0x31e242a4e85e6d033f63dc6d2d97ae6245bc1a50e5560266c23ad3a1d5608a63", "title": "CARBON Copy", "logoImg": "bafkreia5kqza65efhqfomjfoydnkbnzxha7adxsxpgpn5ukg4is3edv2sq", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreia77abyr3pb3bh6kc73fr3ejstvledji3tneof73i52nvrmuyilde", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://carboncopy.news", "bannerImg": "bafybeig5arvlizu7rkvktvg4jdopdcgth2r54vnkl63lgkpxaou2drnjle", "createdAt": 1712638977118, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..Ku_DOTCjI2PDQv-oYnPSpaC0MSjR3Ht0YT7KR8fyqvoIVw6EKZjxD7G5p5qMDA5H1_v3e4zat79bRWLLv6HhCA", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-04-09T04:52:10.293Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-04-09T04:52:10.293Z", "expirationDate": "2024-07-08T04:52:10.293Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x687EaD20dee82DcD9f04409BdE1b134e915ab1FB", "hash": "v0.0.0:TB3ATLMUFvGg4/08gHhr/dKL1umilfvwLhLY5VpMyW8=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#carboncopy_refi"}}}, "description": "We fill the information void in Web3 regenerative finance (ReFi) by providing a combination of news, education, expert analysis, industry reports, and project evaluation to help industry stakeholders better understand the space and to get projects more exposure.\n\nA core part of this is our comprehensive, curated ReFi company database. Each company has its own profile page complete with contact info, news, media coverage, content feed, token and fundraising data, and more. Each category in our taxonomy also has its own dedicated page showing aggregated data.\n\nWe are also developing a suite of educational tools to help projects expand and promote their regenerative impact. The first tool is a regenerative self-assessment survey based on a framework developed by Kate Bennett.\n\n# The ReFi Project Database\n\nOur database is a curated mapping of the Web3 regenerative finance space. We hope it will serve as a source of truth for the space and help new projects, in particular, establish an online footprint.\n\n## Features\n\nAll of the projects are accessible in one paged list:\n\n![ReFi project listing](https://carboncopy.news/images/db-article-list.png)\n\nEach project has its own dedicated profile page, including direct integration with Karma GAP milestones:\n\n![Project profile page](https://carboncopy.news/images/db-article-project.jpeg)\n\nEach category in our taxonomy has its own dedicated page with aggregated data:\n\n![Category page](https://carboncopy.news/images/db-article-category.jpg)\n\n# Other Activities\n\n**Industry Reports** - We released the 2024 editions of our cornerstone industry report, [The State of ReFi](https://carboncopy.news/reports/state-of-refi-2024/), in February in coordination with ReFi DAO and [The Impact DePIN Report](https://carboncopy.news/reports/impact-depin-2024/) in July in coordination with Arkreen, Switch Electric, and Shamba Network.\n\n**Regenerative Self-Assessment** - We have launched a survey based on the research of [Kate Bennett](https://au.linkedin.com/in/ktlbennett) to help ReFi/Web3 projects become more regenerative in their organisation and impact. \n\n**Articles & Interviews** - We are slowly building a team of writers that produce rich analytical articles on ReFi topics, with a specific focus on localised impact. Example: [Exploring ReFi's Potential in Nigeria](https://carboncopy.news/features/exploring-refi-potential-nigeria/)\n\n**X Spaces** - We have started to host monthly X Spaces around topics relevant to the ReFi space. We've so far discussed the GG20 Climate Round with Climate Coordination Network, the Impact DePIN Report with Arkreen, Switch Electric, and Shamba Network, and the launch of our project database with Pranav Khanna. \n\n**Weekly ReFi recaps** - We aggregate the news, wins, content, and thoughts from the ReFi space each week into a single article so stakeholders can stay up to do with what's happening. Example: [This Week in ReFi: July 20th-26th](https://carboncopy.news/this-week-in-refi/july-20th-26th-2024/)\n\n**ReFi News Feed** - We aggregate news from across the ReFi space into a single RSS feed that anyone can subscribe to or integrate into their projects. As the ReFi space grows, we see this as an important source of truth for crypto and tech media outlets.\n\n# Roadmap\n\nLooking forward, we are currently working on the following:\n\n## 1) Impact metric integration on project profile pages\n\nAt the heart of our mission is the desire to help ReFi projects demonstrate and promote their impact. To that end, we are working towards integrating impact data directly on the project profile and category profile pages.\n\n## 2) ReFi Dashboard\n\nWith project data integrated, it will allow us to put together an aggregated dataset of impact across the ReFi space.\n\n## 3) Nouns-style community for database management\n\nWe want the ReFi project database to remain a public good. As such, we are aiming for a community approach where decisions regarding the database are not made by us.\n\n## 4) 2025 editions of the State of ReFi and Impact DePIN reports\n\nWe aim to use this year's reports plus the data we are aggregating to produce richer, more insightful reports in 2025.\n\n## 5) Latin American and Southeast Asian content\n\nWe are looking to expand the geographic scope of our content and offer analysis from wherever ReFi is making impact.\n\n# Links\n\n**ReFi Project DB** - [https://carboncopy.news/projects/](https://carboncopy.news/projects/)\n\n**Regenerative Self-Assessment** - [https://carboncopy.news/regenerative-assessment/](https://carboncopy.news/regenerative-assessment/)\n\n**Discord** - [https://discord.gg/53TpqNgPC5](https://discord.gg/53TpqNgPC5)\n\n**CARBON Copy RSS Feed** - [https://carboncopy.news/feed.xml](https://carboncopy.news/feed.xml)\n\n**ReFi News RSS Feed** - [https://api.carboncopy.news/feed](https://api.carboncopy.news/feed)", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "carboncopy_refi"}, "recipient": "0x33E2b4576746684598562deA4775995BD161eb2C"}}