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General Magic has integrated email / social signups that automatically generate wallets in the background. This reduced friction will greatly support our onboarding efforts into the Optimism Ecosystem. \n\nQualitatively, the Optimism ecosystem will benefit in terms of brand image, & affiliation with the Regen community due to the massive impact we will be making as we regenerate the world. \n\nQuantitatively, our open source technology can be used as a Proof of X Impact tool for various types of impact on Optimism, boosting developers that are building for impact. Our Social Infrastructure relating to gamification of tree planting & referrals will also boost building capabilities in the ecosystem. \n\nQualitatively we will be doing high volumes of transactions on chain & onboarding the masses who are not currently onchain. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Vision Statement and Impact: Describe the long-term vision of your project and its intended impact on the Optimism and broader Superchain ecosystem, including both qualitative and quantitative benefits", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our intended impact over the next 3-6 months includes 1 million trees verified through our Proof of Plant dApp. \n\nWe aim to leverage our relationships with GreenPill Chapters & ReFi Nodes to connect with Regen groups around the world. These partnerships will also lead to onboarding events & grassroots partnerships with CBOs. \n\nWe are also partnering with environmental influencers, governments & other NGOs to make history next Earth Day as we set another world record!", "hidden": false, "question": "Initial Strategy: Outline a high-level strategy for how you will achieve your intended impact and key goals for the next 3-6 months", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Social Infrastructure through Gamified Engagement:\n\nDynamic Semi-Soulbound Tokens (DSSTs): These tokens gamify the tree planting process, encouraging participation through visual indicators of contribution. The non-transferable orbs (mind and heart) incentivize continuous engagement and foster a sense of personal achievement and community recognition.\n\nLeaderboards and Competitions: By introducing leaderboards and planting competitions, Treegens creates a social dynamic that motivates individuals and groups to actively participate in ecological restoration efforts.\n\nOur DAO TGN governance token has utility through the Proof of Plant Protocol. By staking TGN similar to Proof of Stake, their tokens are at stake as verification of tree planting methodology is verified with accountability built in. 5% of the MGRO that gets issued through Proof of Plant goes to the verifiers. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Integration Approach: Explain how the project applies token engineering within OP", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Social infrastructure", "hidden": false, "question": "Project category ", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "PoC", "hidden": false, "question": "Project stage: What stage do you consider your project is currently in? (F.e.: Plan, Proof of Concept (PoC), Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Fully integrated project)", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Shidan Gouran: \nShidan is advising on blockchain & growth strategies. He\u2019s one of the earliest investors in blockchain technology, backing several key development companies in the early stages. Scaled companies such as Gamesquare to 100M valuations. \n\nMike Koroshun: as Interim CTO, Mike supports our Web3 development with over 10 years in software engineering. His mastery in Blockchain, DeFi, and AI guides our tech progression. \n\nIbrahim Aziz leads our backend development & has been a blockchain developer for several years for a wide range of token engineering startups such as PureSky Earth & Aquapurge. \n\nGriff Green is one of our legendary advisors. He has a wide range of relevant experience & works with the TEC & Optimism as a Badge Holder. \n\nDevansh Mehta is also one of our advisors, who is highly knowledgeable of token engineering on OP as he has his own VoiceDeck startup on OP. \n\nWe have also partnered with General Magic for our front end. They are very familiar with with Token Engineering & developed for TEC as well. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Team Expertise: Provide a brief summary on the team\u2019s background and relevant expertise in token engineering and/or OP", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://github.com/Treegens/Treegens-SmartContracts\n\nbit.ly/TreegensGreenpaper\n\nhttps://www.figma.com/proto/TxrMEZpYUVb2iDy7XujsCh/Treegens-App-Development?page-id=8%3A5&type=design&node-id=614-4479&viewport=-1793%2C363%2C0.38&t=iKbng5CSUjhnKZuI-1&scaling=scale-down&starting-point-node-id=614%3A4479&show-proto-sidebar=1&mode=design\n\nhttps://www.figma.com/proto/TxrMEZpYUVb2iDy7XujsCh/Treegens-App-Development?page-id=8%3A5&type=design&node-id=481-1734&viewport=919%2C452%2C0.41&t=DYSQQuNtsAUmy9Ka-1&scaling=scale-down&starting-point-node-id=481%3A1734&mode=design", "hidden": false, "question": "Existing Work: Provide evidence of any existing work, such as prototypes, research papers, or previous projects. If you have already done work within OP/ Superchain, please include that here too", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": false, "question": "Returning grantees: If your project has received prior funding from the Token Engineering Grants Program, please describe the impact that funding has had on the project", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["I agree"], "hidden": false, "question": "Agreement checkbox: By checking this box, grantee commits to participating in the two milestones outlined below (exact dates will be communicated after your admission to the round): September: Milestone 1 requires completion of a grant profile in Grantee Accountability Protocol (GAP). The profile outlines the specific outcomes to be achieved by Milestone 2.  October: Milestone 2 requires a progress report on the grantee's progress towards achieving the outcomes agreed to in Milestone 1. ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes, we plan to apply for RetroFunding & the Growth Experiment Grant in the future. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you applied or are planning to apply for additional funding rounds within the Optimism ecosystem? https://sovs.notion.site/d24bc00e3ed14139beb44b82a5e145c5?v=50ae5a8b531641e0b78f39a710f3ffa6", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Let's GROW Live ", "hidden": true, "question": "How did you hear about the Token Engineering Grants Program?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Treegens was voted 1st place in the Optimism Fractal Group assessment of contributions towards Optimism\n\nTreegens was also voted 1st place in multiple Gitcoin rounds - the Climate Program & the $Earth Round", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? 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Let's GROW!\n\nSince GG20, we\u2019ve planted 60,000 mangrove trees, we have built an API for our AI tree counting tool & Jimi the founder has officially broken the Guinness World Record for most trees planted in 24 hours by planting 30,469 mangroves! \n\n![GWR](https://i.postimg.cc/v8W0tkjd/Jimi-World-record-Photo.jpg)\n\nWe are soon launching our OS Technology to empower the Regen movement to break the next World Record - Most Trees Planted In a Day by Any Number of People, which is 560M trees! Our ambitious goal is 1B mangroves on Earth Day 2025. \n\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/wMRQs0bw/Treegens-Banner-01.png)\n\n### \ud83c\udf33 THE CHALLENGE \ud83c\udf33\n\n**Misaligned Incentives**\n\nOur economy currently values the degeneration of nature more than it values the regeneration of nature. According to the UNEP, approximately 1.9 billion trees are planted yearly, yet approx. 15 billion are cut down each year. We Are losing forests at a rate equivalent to 27 soccer fields per minute! \n\n**Impact Transparency**\n\nThe impact sector faces criticism for not providing enough transparency. Peer reviewed studies have shown that donations increase by 52% within 1 year when nonprofits become transparent. The amount of funds on the sidelines, not funding what matters could make all the difference for the climate crisis. \n\n### \ud83c\udf33 HOW WE'RE SOLVING IT \ud83c\udf33\n\n### Proof of Plant\n\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/J43g2Z1p/Proof-of-Plant.png)\n\nThe only way to create the $MGRO token is through Proof of Plant. Tree planters onboard through account abstraction, learn how to plant & film the mangrove trees, film the land before & after planting in our DApp with GPS captured, then submit the data inside our DApp on their mobiles. \n\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/4NypnJSB/Mockups-1-3.png)\n\nTreegen DAO members then verify AI tree counted videos with GPS coordinates captured while filming in DApp. 1/6th of an $MGRO token is minted after this initial plant & another 1/6th is issued every 6 months over the course of 3 years. 95% of $MGRO tokens & retro rewards goes to the tree planters & 5% goes to the validators. \n\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/QxRztRCK/download-4.gif)\n\nSimilar to Proof of Stake, $TGN token holders stake their governance token to verify the videos, assisted by AI tree counting. There are always multiple verifiers. If maliciously or carelessly approved or rejected, the DAO member will have their TGN slashed for accountability. \n\n![download](https://i.postimg.cc/gJmr3zcw/Untitled-design-8.gif)\n\n### Non-Fungible Updates (NFU)\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/W3xQzSsn/download-14.gif)\n\n\nEvery verified video becomes viewable on the Treegens DAO map as a Non-Fungible Update video. In order for companies or individuals to make an ecological claim that they funded trees, they buy these NFT videos with $MGRO tokens, which burns / retires $MGRO.\n\n### \ud83c\udf33 EXPONENTIAL REGENERATION \ud83c\udf33\n\nTreegens DAO was designed to **scale** tree planting around the world. We will achieve exponential regeneration through carbon forwards. As an organisation we will be planting mangroves and sell the future value of the carbon credits as forwards. These forward funds are at a discounted rate yet still an order of magnitude more than what it costs to plant. By reinvesying these funds back into more mangroves & repeating this process, we will multiply our mangroves by approximately 9X. We will also stream a portion of these revenues towards retroacively rewarding MGRO holders & stakers, making people bullish on tree planting!\n\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/wxZKgsw5/download-16.gif)\n\n### GAMIFICATION\n\nIn addition to leaderboards, we are further gamifying the planting & funding of trees through the world's first Dynamic Semi-Soulbound Token (DSST). The mind orb gets brighter when you fund trees by retiring $MGRO & claim an NFU. The heart orbs get brighter when you plant mangrove trees & MGRO is minted to your wallet. While the underlying artwork is transferable, these overlaid orbs are non-transferable and will display on whichever Treegen NFT is connected to our DApp through your profile. This is because we are gamifying regeneration!\n\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/bJkMt096/DSST.png)\n\n\n### \ud83c\udf33 USER-CENTRIC ACCESSIBILITY \ud83c\udf33\n\nTreegens has partnered with the legends at General Magic for our frontend development & UI/UX design. GM has helped us leverage account abstraction to easily onboard tree planters in developing countries around the world. GM has supported Giveth, clr.fund, TEC, ENS, The Commons Stack & many more impactful DAOs to create smooth user experiences & develop their front end. \n\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/cLXjw77f/Partnership-section.png)\n\nWe have also partnered with Protofire to audit all of our open source smart contracts. Protofire has worked with Filecoin, Polkadot, Aave & Avalanche. \n \n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/FRwr9xsD/Screenshot-2024-04-17-at-01-41-07.png)\n\n### \ud83c\udf33STREAMED RETRO REGEN REWARDS\ud83c\udf33\nTo GROW the movement & make everyone bullish on Regeneration, we plan to retroactively reward MGRO holders by streaming rewards to them via. SuperFluid. From Grant funds, Optimism RetroPGF, Optimism's Growth Experiment Grants, EBF Forwards & yield from $Earth in our treasury will all flow towards $MGRO holders. \n\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/dtrRgfHY/Latest-Treegens-Impact-Investment-Deck-1.png)\n\n### \ud83c\udf33 OUR TEAM \ud83c\udf33\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/y8kygzvX/7.png)\n### \ud83c\udf33 MANGROVE ADVISORS \ud83c\udf33\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/JncNV7zm/9.png)\n\n### \ud83c\udf33 LEGENDARY WEB3 ADVISORS \ud83c\udf33\n![Results](https://i.postimg.cc/5t2N2BNt/Re-Fi-Advisors.png)", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "Treegens", "projectTwitter": "thetreegens"}, "recipient": "0x2e19B39A5fB2608B10F375780a425aFa0e042b11"}}