Bread Garden Pool Setup
Introduction to Bread Cooperative ==Gardens Pool 💧==
Section titled “Introduction to Bread Cooperative ==Gardens Pool 💧==”What are Gardens Pools?
Gardens funding pools allow communities to fund projects through conviction-based voting:
- Members allocate voting power to support proposals they believe in
- Support grows stronger over time (50% every 7 days)
- Sustained backing carries more weight than quick decisions
- The system rewards genuine, persistent support
🍞 Bread Cooperative Community Initiatives Pool: Supporting projects that advance post-capitalist values and solidarity economics
- Participation: Open to all Bread Cooperative community members
- Voting Token: $BREAD with weighted voting (more $BREAD = more voting power)
- Total Funding: TBD
- Option: 6k (3k from Bread Cooperative + 3k matching from Gardens round)
🍞 Bread Cooperative Community Initiatives ==Pool==
Section titled “🍞 Bread Cooperative Community Initiatives ==Pool==”Designed to fund and reward community-led proposals that advance Bread Cooperative’s broader network goals. Initiatives could include new platforms, research, content production, collaborative gatherings, or other ventures that bring collective benefits to Bread Cooperative’s network.
==🌱 Goals==
Section titled “==🌱 Goals==”- ==Encourage network innovation== ==by funding initiatives that advance Bread Cooperative’s impact, tooling, and community-building efforts.==
- ==Foster collaboration== ==among member projects, their communities and the greater ecosystem of post-capitalists.==
- ==Strengthen the Bread Cooperative’s community== ==through accessible micro-grants that reward valuable contributions and experimentation.==
==✅ Eligibility Requirements==
Section titled “==✅ Eligibility Requirements==”- Value Alignment: projects must demonstrate alignment with Bread Cooperative’s core principles, dual power, economic democracy, mutual aid, transparent governance
- Community Benefit: Each proposal must show how it benefits the broader Bread Cooperative ecosystem
- Maximum Funding Request: 500 BREAD? (to be determined by community)
- Disputes: Proposals that fail to demonstrate alignment with Bread Cooperative’s values may be disputed and reviewed by the community
✋ How it Works / How to Participate
Section titled “✋ How it Works / How to Participate”- Become a Bread Cooperative Community Member
- Hold $BREAD tokens to participate in governance
- Access the Pool
- Go to the Bread Cooperative Community Initiatives Pool on Gardens
- Stake your $BREAD tokens to activate your voting rights
- Support or Create Proposals
- Browse existing proposals and allocate your conviction to those you support
- Create your own proposal if you have an initiative that aligns with Bread Cooperative’s values
- Watch Your Conviction Grow
- The longer you support a proposal, the stronger your voting power becomes—growing 50% every 7 days
🧪 Pool Parameters Explained
Section titled “🧪 Pool Parameters Explained”- Pool Type: Funding – proposals that meet the required conviction will be granted funds from the pool
- Token for Voting: $BREAD – weighted voting based on token holdings
- Spending Limit: 500 BREAD – maximum amount that can be requested in a single proposal
- Minimum Conviction:
TBD– percentage of total voting power required for proposals to pass - Conviction Growth:
7 days– support for proposals strengthens over time (50% per 7 days) - Collateral to Create/Dispute:
TBD– prevents spam proposals/disputes - Ruling Time:
TBD– time for community review of disputed proposals - Default Abstain Resolution: Rejected – if no decision is made, the proposal is automatically rejected