Thank you, Monty, for this comprehensive and inspiring sensemaking report on Ethereum Localism Ć Regen Coordination. As the founder of Silviāa blockchain-enabled platform for scoping, funding, managing, coordinating and verifying reforestationāIām voicing strong support for establishing Ethereum Localism as a dedicated domain in Gitcoin Grants (GG24). This direction offers a clear path to route capital to place-based, verifiable impact and aligns perfectly with Silviās mission to embed Ethereum infrastructure into bioregional economic activities, fostering transparent, impact-driven funding for regenerative initiatives.
We see this domain as the ideal container for a community round: Bioregional Reforestation Campaigns. Building on months of collaboration with OneEarth (ecoregion/bioregion boundaries) and BioFi (developing frameworrks for bioregional financing facilities), the campaign would pilot 6ā10 sites across genesis bioregions alongside vetted implementers, using Silviās stack for tree stewardship verification, milestone-based disbursements, and transparent crowdfunding. Funding flows through bioregional pools using Allo/AlloKit for escrow, allocation strategies, and impact payoutsāso funds move programmatically based on verified work, not just proposals. This approach marries cutting-edge AI for ecological decision-making, MRV tools, and programmatic funding allocation. For instance, our Treekipedia AI tool enables species-fit per site, recommending species to veryfied soil, climate, and biodiversity data to optimize reforestation strategies. This not only enhances ecological outcomes but also defines the very flows of capital that bolster localism
Innovation in funding mechanism: fund bioregions, not just grantees. Each bioregion becomes a geographic ācontainerā with active bounties defining rules/conditions for compensation that benefit locally the most. This is inspired by Austin Wade Smithās āEcological Institutionsāāa step toward granting agency to ecosystems within our legal/economic systems and by Benjamin Lifeās hybrid framework for āBioregional Coordinationā .
Loops of reciprocity ā TVF (Total Value Flowed):
Donors/matching seed bioregional pools ā 2) stewards complete bounties (plantings, survivorship, MRV) ā 3) on-chain attestations (EAS) for claims record work and outcomes ā 4) milestone-based payouts via Allo strategies ā 5) stewards retain and circulate value on Web3 rails, increasing TVF locally. Weāll work with Regen Coordination to measure this: beyond ecological results, we track whether stewards meaningfully adopt Web3 (wallet creation, first txs, repeat participation, on-chain coordination).
BFF = Bioregional FInancing Facility
Measurement & accountability: Silvi is implementing four Karma GAP metrics that will surface in Gitcoin:
ā¢ # Trees planted
ā¢ # Trees survived
ā¢ $ flowed
ā¢ # Stewards onboarded
Weāll complement this with qualitative assessments alongside Regen Coordinationās existing innitiatives of AI evaluation and Impact Commons
Infra weāll use:
ā¢ Silvi for MRV
ā¢ Treekipedia AI + ecological intelligence
ā¢ AlloKit for pools + allocation strategies
ā¢ EAS for auditable attestations (schema work, impact audits, steward transactions etc)
ā¢ IPFS for storage
ā¢ Celo for smart contracts and payment rails
ā¢ KarmaGap for automated reporting
ā¢ Hypercerts for fractional containers and continuity
Funding readiness (beyond the domain): we have $5,000 in matching committed from BioFi, plus $15,000ā$20,000 in verbal commitments from partners to be announced. We also have micro-grants earmarked to directly seed bioregions during the funding window.
Silvi has been largely funded by Gitcoin to date; weāre now ready to help allocate capital into reforestationāa critical nature/climate themeāwhile showcasing Gitcoin 3.0ās domain-led, multi-mechanism approach and rigorous sensemaking. Weād be honored to co-design and pilot this within the domainās local experiments.
ā Djimo Serodio, Founder @ Silvi