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Subsequently, he was involved in the establishment and operation of a shop that combined apparel brands, vintage items, remade pieces, and a caf\u00e9, both domestically and internationally. Since 2019, he has been learning about the restoration of terraced rice fields and rice cultivation in the Ueyama settlement of Mimasaka City, Okayama Prefecture. Currently, he is working on creating a terraced rice field sauna and a terraced rice field tea house.\n\nKota Miyake\nAfter graduating from university, he joined the financial industry as a new graduate. Reflecting on what truly holds value, he decided to move to the Ueyama settlement in Mimasaka City. While working on the restoration of terraced rice fields and the preservation of local events, he is also involved in the reconstruction of the \u014cashi Highlands Campground. Additionally, he serves as a high school community coordinator and conduct disaster preparedness workshops utilizing his outdoor skills.\n\nNaoki Akazawa - Co-founder / CTO of Fracton, https://x.com/akazawa_naoki\nIn 2016, I embarked on a freelance software engineering journey, crafting applications powered by machine learning and blockchain technologies. My passion for these innovative domains led me to join FLOC Co., Ltd. in 2019, where I imparted my knowledge and developed comprehensive training programs for aspiring blockchain professionals. Driven by a desire to make a broader impact, I co-founded Fracton Ventures Co., Ltd. in late January 2021, assuming the role of CTO. At Fracton Ventures, I spearhead development projects, forge strategic partnerships, and oversee research initiatives, all with the aim of shaping the future of blockchain technology.\n\nShu Tanaka - Research Engineer of Fracton, https://x.com/shutanaka_jp\nShuhei Tanaka works as Research Engineer at Fracton Ventures Research, mainly developing smart contracts and front ends, and researching public goods funding and DAOs in the crypto space.\n\nShinya Mori - Coordination Lead of Fracton, https://x.com/MorleySheen\nHe works as a researcher in the public goods space in the context of crypto. His research focuses on public goods funding, decision-making processes, and DAO governance using blockchain. Specifically, he analyzes grants programs and grants DAOs by quantitatively cross-comparing them to achieve better, more effective, and fairer programs. His latest report hypothesizes that there are differences in granted amounts, grant numbers, and other factors among various grants programs depending on the types of decision-making bodies.\nFurthermore, I co-founded GreenPill Japan, the Japan chapter of the GreenPill community inspired by Gitcoin. He has been contributing to the Community Grants Program as a reviewer. He regularly contributes to local communities and the global DAO ecosystem for public goods. Additionally, he has recently become involved in the arts space, working on providing culture sustainably and creating artworks to express the concept of the \"pluriverse\" as he envisions it.", "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": "@MorleySheen", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram handle of major point of contact", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "", "hidden": true, "question": "Please demonstrate your financial plan here if it's not included in your project description.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The project, [] (Yohaku), is a cutting-edge initiative using decentralized technologies to promote community contributions and respect local values. It focuses on revitalizing the Ueyama area of Mimasaka City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan by leveraging blockchain technology. The project involves issuing NFTs to new participants to visualize and evaluate their contributions, creating a system that can be inherited across generations. [] (Yohaku) aims to form new communities beyond geographical boundaries through autonomous governance and scalable design.\n\nThe targeted user group for [] (Yohaku) includes local residents, particularly in rural areas facing issues such as depopulation, aging, abandoned farmland, and dilution of local communities. The project addresses the need for maintaining cultural heritage, town maintenance, and finding successors to continue regional activities. By increasing the number of people who support the region and providing a mechanism to properly evaluate their contributions, [] (Yohaku) aims to solve these pressing regional issues.\n\nThis project is focusing on problems in Asian local cities, in Japan.", "hidden": true, "question": "Please demonstrate how your project would advance Asian public goods ecosystem.", "questionId": 5}], "project": {"id": "0x52e15e381a59c4ea34a4d4c0bee529ee82ab0e780509d37b9a3b258e82b40c97", "title": "[] - Yohaku", "logoImg": "bafkreiegl4cpvts6vn6b44gxtwwhtnifwrrqsooilrvtwhmoebmzemv2qq", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreici7g3d3jv5ouxut6zbag3bwj3qyrfbyabihujfjcdhzlvvfdlfp4", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://yohaku.xyz", "bannerImg": "bafkreigqv62tzhfeezogc4gmcezflx4kgmnxfc7kn4r7xlwwl3jrqjkezq", "createdAt": 1722928578156, "userGithub": "SHiNYA-MORi", "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..OUcwhb_K2BMc6pHmRD55ERH-UuXXEGgeD7pbSTSPoz0oEANhH0AncZ4KM1otQUOW5GqZTrje6UCPQt9_ZdmiBw", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-08-08T15:48:46.568Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-08-08T15:48:46.568Z", "expirationDate": "2024-11-06T15:48:46.568Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x7F875466d50a878323281A80f527a9478Cd11c7d", "hash": "v0.0.0:Xooqt2MggWCWqgpT6/JdqVn3s+dvPwVCQ9xJpAXRV88=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#Yohaku_NFT"}}}, "description": "This project promotes community contributions using decentralized technologies to respect local values. NFTs visualize and evaluate individual contributions, creating a generationally inheritable system. It aims to form new communities beyond geographical boundaries through autonomous governance and scalable design.\n\nYohaku is a project to promote community contribution activities using cutting-edge decentralized technologies, born from the terraced rice paddy restoration efforts in the Ueyama area of Mimasaka City, Okayama Prefecture. The Ueyama area is a beautiful \"satoyama\" with about 8,300 terraced rice paddies, but due to depopulation and aging, the number of abandoned farmland is increasing, making it difficult to maintain the terraced rice paddies that boast a thousand years of history. Furthermore, it is a region where the issues faced by rural Japan, such as cultural inheritance, town maintenance, lack of successors, and the dilution of local communities, are concentrated. Yohaku uses blockchain technology to solve these regional issues, increasing the number of people who support the region and providing a mechanism to properly evaluate their contributions.\n\nSpecifically, Yohaku NFT will be issued to new participants, and the reporting of contribution activities will be reflected in EAS (Ethereum Attestation Service). Users who have made a certain contribution will be issued an NFT to prove it, and will be able to manage it with TBA (Token Bound Account). The four main features of Yohaku are \"self-governance,\" \"scalability,\" \"succession,\" and \"outcome-oriented.\" We believe that the future of the region should be decided by the people involved in the region, that digital technology can overcome geographical and community constraints, that the contributions of each individual can be passed on to the next generation, and that concrete results should be evaluated. In particular, the \"succession\" mechanism allows the accumulation of contributions to be passed on to the next bearer with the approval of multiple users when the current holder is unable to continue regional activities due to circumstances, enabling community contributions across generations. Yohaku will first conduct a demonstration experiment in the Ueyama area through NFT distribution challenges and actual regional activities, and then expand the model to other areas. In the future, we will promote collaboration with other regions facing similar issues by making it open source. Yohaku is an ambitious project that challenges regional issues and sustainable community building with the power of decentralized technology. The new approach, which is based on the spontaneous activities of local people while supporting them with digital technology and fostering them as an \"unstoppable infrastructure\" across generations, may become a model case for regional revitalization in Japan.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "yohakuxyz", "projectTwitter": "Yohaku_NFT"}, "recipient": "0x4671461d47072b6c091A55a1c32BA925f36e6BCA"}}