“World spent $5.2 Trillion subsidizing fossil fuel use (stalling renewable energy adoption).”
– 2017 U.N. Report
“1 Million species at risk of extinction.”
– 2019 U.N. Report
“World’s 26 richest people own as much as the poorest 50%… the gap is accelerating”
– 2019 Oxfam
It all Started with Bitcoin
Bitcoin made 8.7+ Billion USD worth of BTC last year. Over $3.5 Billion (40+%) of this new value was spent on electricity costs.
Bitcoin is phenomenally inefficient. But that’s not the story. The real story behind Bitcoin is that it successfully demonstrated a new financial system that created, distributed and facilitated the exchange of enormous sums of value.
All this using a global, immutable system controlled by no-one and backed by transparency.
Our societies are built on top of human exchanges. When we alter the medium of these exchanges we fundamentally transform the foundations of our societies.
here we are, 10+ years after Bitcoin’s birth and more efficient financial systems are emerging. For example, EOS.IO the open source blockchain protocol, is *66,454X more energy efficient than Bitcoin.
With this new efficiency, instead of paying electricity bills and wastefully utilising scarce resources. We could be better rewarding all the users and organisations that make up the network. These rewards could be programmed however the community decides, for whatever actions benefit the community.
This new model is capable of reversing paradigms. People could be sustainably rewarded for exchanging money opposed to being charged fees. We could provide grants to regenerative organisations to replant native forests, clean up pollution and heal our planet. All of these are the actions necessary for humanity to continue and none are currently profitable.
We could have a financial system that is exponentially regenerative, as opposed to the present exponentially exploitative and energy intensive models. We could re-wire organisation incentives to build products that last as opposed to pursuing planned obsolescence. We have the capability to radically reprogram how our societies reward behaviour.
On top of all this, new automated monetary protocols can address Bitcoin’s volatility. With cutting edge protocols we can create better stable currencies that have a dynamic supply to meet demand changes — creating a new class of “algorithmic stable currencies.”
These fertile possibilities form the roots of a new financial ecosystem called SEEDS.
Conscious Currency for a Regenerative Society
Political
Just like our ‘democratic-republics’ were a revolutionary step up from ‘divine right of kings’, so too is this next evolution. Each step further distributing voice and value.
Our current political systems were designed 100’s of years ago using the best technology and ideas available to them then. It once made sense to elect a representative to cast your vote when the alternative meant you had to hop on a horse and ride for days to do so yourself.
Blockchain technology and the internet solve this archaic method. We can now vote immutably and transparently directly on the issues that affect us in a manner that reflects how much we’re invested in the outcome, an idea inconceivable to the former framers of our current systems. In SEEDS the Citizens directly control the network. Voice is weighted not simply by how much money you have, but through a broader accounting of how you’ve contributed to your society.
Environmental
We reprogram money to align the most profitable decision and the most environmentally healthy decision.
Our financial systems encourage the conversion of our natural world into money. There is meager financial incentive (if any) to regenerate our planet or prevent complete environmental collapse.
What we need are financial incentives not only to be “sustainable”, but also to take positive action at healing the damage we have caused. We call this regeneration. SEEDS provides the opportunity for companies to get rewarded for regenerative behaviour and lose rewards they would have received for being ‘degenerative’. Now there is clear revenue to be earned for changing behaviour.
Further, SEEDS’ largest shareholder is planet Earth. Earth receives regular dividends in the form of grants to regenerative enterprises to clean our waters, replant our native forests and all the other things we need to do to thrive as a species.
Financial
Seeds is transparent, programmable money delivered directly to people for beneficial actions in their society. It’s evolving the co-op model to include our entire financial system. Up until recently this has only been a fantasy. Today it’s not only possible, but it’s the only rational thing to do.
We truly mean it when we say “by the people for the people” as SEEDS gives direct control over to all Citizens. Transparent algorythms create money, not shadowy figures behind closed doors. You get rewarded for the economic growth in your economy, a direct voice in how new money is spent and how these protocols evolve.
Imagine if your central bank asked you how to spend the money it created while sending you a check? In SEEDS, this is what happens.
The Minimal Viable Society
Changing the game by changing money.
Simply download the SEEDS app and watch a new world unfold before your eyes.
You’ll enter a global digital society with a new governance model where you have a clear voice. You gain a currency that rewards you for buying your meals and exchanging with others. You join a community that’s regenerating our planet.
From the comfort of your current home you can visit a new culture and get rewarded for co-creating a new story for humanity.
SEEDS is a ‘Minimal Viable Society’. It provides the basic governance, financial and organisational tools to facilitate the co-creation of an inclusive, transparent, equitable, regenerative and global society.
With SEEDS co-creating a new society is as easy as downloading an app.
Why SEEDS?
A Conscious Currency to empower humanity and regenerate our world.
Our financial systems are at the root of many of our global crises. We should not expect to overcome these challenges without an evolution of our financial systems. Opposed to a top-down solution for this, we propose a Citizen-led bottom-up solution. Where we, the people, collectively evolve our financial systems and get rewarded for doing so.
Symbol for the Seeds Currency: A subtle shift from ‘$’ “top down bars” to ‘=’ “growing equality”.
How do you get Seeds?
In some ancient traditions, when planting seeds they would plant 4 in each hole. 1 for animals in the sky. 1 for the animals of the land. 1 for their neighbours and 1 for themselves.
The core community behind SEEDS will earn a maximum of 25% of the initial Seeds. The rest will be given out to the world!
There are 2 ways to earn Seeds. First, join the core community, help co-create the ecosystem and earn Seeds for contributing.
Or, wait until November 5th when we are going to give free Seeds for a wide variety of “regenerative behaviours”, from planting trees and giving gifts to being a part of the local food movement. Our community is made up of those who are actively making the world a healthier, happier place. To those people, we gift the first Seeds!
Who we are?
“… I looked around at the world and how we’re treating our planet, then back to my wife’s pregnant stomach and thought ‘We can do so much better than this!’” — SEEDS co-creator
We are a group of passionate humans wanting to build a better world for ourselves and our children.
Hypha Limited — A New Zealand company growing Dapps (Decentralized Apps) for a more beautiful world.
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“we are offering a world of more beauty, more joy, more connection, more love, more fulfilment, more exuberance, more leisure, more music, more dancing, and more celebration. The most inspiring glimpses you’ve ever had about what life can be that is what we are offering.”
Charles Eisenstein — The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible
