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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.

  • ==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.==
  • 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
  1. Become a Bread Cooperative Community Member
    • Hold $BREAD tokens to participate in governance
  2. Access the Pool
    • Go to the Bread Cooperative Community Initiatives Pool on Gardens
    • Stake your $BREAD tokens to activate your voting rights
  3. 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
  4. Watch Your Conviction Grow
    • The longer you support a proposal, the stronger your voting power becomes—growing 50% every 7 days
  • 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