Earth Dollar
The Earth Dollar is
the World’s First Sovereign Humanitarian Blockchain
Backed by Assets and
Protected by Treaty with Nations
The Earth Dollar (Platform) Ushers in
a Decentralized
Living Economic System
Based on the Preservation
of Life on Our Planet
Designed To:
Empower Collaboration
Respond to Climate Change
Heal Our Planet
Create Prosperity
Revitalize the World Economies and
Designed to Provide a World Basic Income Worldwide
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Earth Dollar Testnet Dates: April 22, 2016 to Sept, 20, 2016 Symbol: ED (E$)
Github (code not updated yet): https://github.com/EarthDollar/Website: http://EarthDollar.orgTwitter: @EarthDollar
An Official currency of / supported by: Indigenous Peoples United Nations (an independent NGO of the UN); Anihsnabe Nation of the Ottawa River Watershed, Zo Nation, Tske'ehne Nation, the Country of Ghana (2 provinces) --- total population 6.5 million people
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We need developers and translators
Special thanks to all Earth Dollar stakeholders and supporters!
We are now working hard to give you the best launch possible at the 4th Quarter of 2016.
Please stay tuned to this thread for important updates.
Translations for Announcement and Website Needed (Bounties Offered)
Chinese
Croatian
Dutch
French
Greek
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Korean
German
Other Languages
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Introduction to the Earth DollarThe Earth Dollar Changes Everything!
System Change, not Climate Change” has been a rallying cry catalyzing all types of social movements around the world. Climate Change is just one of the symptoms of the cancer that is destroying our planet; nothing will ever change until that cancer is eradicated.
The root of the cancer for climate change is also the primary cause of poverty, pollution, war, the extinction of species, scarcity, and hyper-competition. The cancer that we are talking about is “Our Current Economic System”, which is based on the unlimited growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the accounting system that is supporting this madness called General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The more our economy grows, the more the environment becomes degraded. This system now only benefits 1% of the population, leaving 99% of the people in the dust.
We will need 2 Earths by the year 2030. “Humanity Has Overshot The Earth’s Biocapacity. Humans are ‘using one and a half planets’ worth of resources and will need two Earths by 2030. The world’s people are now living lifestyles which would require one and a half planets to sustain, though there are significant differences between rich and poor nations.
In 2008, the Earth’s total biocapacity was 12.0 billion gha, or 1.8 gha per person, while humanity’s Ecological Footprint was 18.2 billion gha, or 2.7 gha per person. This discrepancy means it would take 1.5 years for the Earth to fully regenerate the renewable resources that people used in one year, or in other words, we used the equivalent of 1.5 Earths to support our consumption.
Just as it is possible to withdraw money from a bank account more quickly than the interest that accrues, biocapacity can be reused more quickly than it regenerates. Eventually the resources – our natural capital, will be depleted just like running down reserves in a bank account. At present, people are often able to shift their sourcing when faced with local resource limitations. However, if consumption continues to increase as it has in the past decades, the planet as a whole will eventually run out of resources. Some ecosystems will collapse and cease to be productive even before the resource is fully depleted.” (Source: Report: Humanity Has Overshot The Earth’s Biocapacity, BY JEFF SPROSS DEC 15, 2012)
GDP is based on false assumption of unlimited economic growth, but this is theoretically impossible on a finite planet.
With the introduction of the Earth Dollar, we will run a parallel decentralized “Living Economic System” based on the preservation of life of our planet. Our H.O.M.E. (Heal Our Mother Earth) will become the new economy that we envision. In the Living Economic System, wealth is generated by taking care of Mother Earth.
THE EARTH DOLLARThe Earth Dollar is made up of 3 major components: (a) Fuel: The “Earth Dollar” as the fuel for social change; (b) Economic Engine: The “Living Economic System” is the economic engine for massive social change, which revitalizing Mother Earth and Global Economies; it is also connected to the World Heritage Sanctuaries, and c) Synergy Platform: “Synergy” is a decentralized blockchain technology that can provide the following services: payment processing, paying rewards, running Smart Contracts, running Computer Applications, calculating Ecological Footprint, monetizing Assets, and Medical Research.
(a) Fuel: The Earth Dollar is an asset backed complementary currency, that is decentralized, non-inflationary, and uses blockchain technology. While the Earth Dollar is independent of any political affiliations, borders or nation-states, the Earth Dollar is also the national currency of some indigenous nations, and the legal complementary currency of some local governments.
The publicized $4 trillion in estimated assets have been pledged on the blockchain to back the Earth Dollar; these assessments will be autonomously verified and is expected to be completed by the Fall of 2016, by applying the Natural Capital Accounting System (NCA).
Click the links below to see the type of backing and details of the pledge from the various Indigenous Nations and property owners:
Anishnabe Nation of the Ottawa River Watershed (completed)
Ghana (2 government territories) (completed)
Aiken Lake Nation (completed)
Tsek’ehne Nation (pending)
The Fall 2016 report for asset evaluation will include as follows: (Land cover map and geospatial database by land cover classification of all lands, natural resources, ecosystem services, and areas of significance for traditional use; Carbon budget and GHG emissions assessment and map; Marketable Natural Resource Asset valuation, highest and best-use analysis of natural capital; Ecosystem services valuations for 18 ecosystem services; Traditional Land Use Mapping and Valuation; Human Industrial Footprint and Industrial Disturbance analysis and loss to traditional values: Estimated economic/cultural (TLU)/ecological costs of damages incurred from human/industrial impact; Completion of a Natural Capital Asset Balance Sheet and Valuations for the Earth Dollar to inform strategic decision making)
(b) Economic Engine: The Earth Dollar is designed to Heal Our Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.), by running a parallel economic system based on the wellness of Mother Earth. The Earth Dollar also mitigate the effects of climate change, helps to further the goal of ending global poverty, can revitalize our global economies and able to resolve some of the world’s biggest problems. The Earth Dollar works in alongside national currencies, and complementary currencies.
The world is getting more interconnected, and global problems such as climate change, pollution, collapsing economies, poverty, and war require global collaborative solutions. The world already has many solutions, but “there isn’t enough money” to implement them. While the world spends about over $1.7 trillion annually on war, it “does not have” $30 billion per year to feed the millions of people dying from hunger every year. We could convert all our homes to solar power, but “it is too expensive”. There is “not enough funding” to reverse climate change… “not enough money” to provide clean water to all the world’s population… The scarcity of money is a man-made problem and the Earth Dollar can provide a way to funnel the power of money into the solutions.
(c) Synergy Platform: The “Synergy” Platform is a decentralized blockchain consensus technology that is cloned from an upgraded and modified version of Ethereum, which runs the “Living Economic System”. Synergy will provide the following services: payment processing, paying rewards, running Smart Contracts, running Computer Applications, calculating Ecological Footprint, monetizing Assets, and Medical Research. The Synergy Platform is being developed into a decentralized super computer.
We hope to use the Earth Dollar to redefine wealth, success and prosperity by creating a monetary system and economic system centered around the preservation life. We believe the Earth Dollar will also be central in the creation of the world’s largest climate action fund. Unlike other traditional currencies that are created by issuing debt, the Earth Dollar is debt free because it is created via assets.
Note: Mother Earth Trust recognizes the various Indigenous Nations listed above as the true and rightful property owners of the unceded land and their Natural Capital Assets via the Montevideo Declaration of 1933, the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Royal Proclamation of 1763. the Treaty of Niagara of 1764, Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 SCC 44 and many other cases.
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Goals- Becomes the most variable and concrete solution to fight climate change
- Brings sustainable prosperity for everyone on Earth by providing a Universal Basic Income worldwide
- Achieve massive adoption as a Living Currency in both the crypto community and the fiat world
- Recruit numerous chain stores to adopt the Earth Dollar as a way to fight climate change
- Provide long-term open source development, support and maintenance
- Promote a large-scale decentralized mining community
- Build a massive international community of stakeholders from a diverse set backgrounds
- Promote the use of democratic processes in peer-to-peer systems using decentralized block reward voting
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SpecificationThe Earth Dollar is built on a enhanced and modified clone of the Ethereum platforrn;
Name: EarthDollar - Version 0.8.1 BETA
Symbol: ED (E$)
Assets: Billions in estimated assets have been pledged on the blockchain to back the currency; this asset value will be independently verified and is expected to be completed by the Fall of 2016, using the Natural Capital Accounting System (NCA); natural capital assets from the Mother Earth Trust wildlife sanctuaries (carbon credits, water, trees, net biome productivity.. etc.) have been pledged to back the Earth Dollar to provide a solution for to extreme hunger, poverty and climate change.
Platform: Based on the Etherum platform, ASIC resistant
Current potential number of users recruited: 6.5 million
Target number of users: 500 million indigenous peoples, the poor and Cultural Creatives
Proof: Proof of Work - modified version of Dagger-Hashimoto like Ethereum, converted to Proof-of-Sustainability (New Proof) in the future
Difficulty: The difficulty dynamically adjusts so that on average one block is produced by the entire network every 12 seconds
Block reward: 5 ED, every 12 to 15 seconds; the difficulty and amount of coins minted adjusted by the Cost of Living
Total coin mined (Coinbase): 10% of the asset value; the asset value will be determined by a leading accounting firm in the Fall of 2016
Transaction Confirmations Needed: 6
Preallocation: We have to be generous to asset owners who have pledged their precious assets to back the Earth Dollar to give it s strong intrinsic value, as well as to pay the team members including developers working on this humanitarian project. If we are to bring prosperity to the world, we have to reward those who help us. In moving towards a proof-of-stake and a proof-of-sustainability model in the future, the preallocation shall never be more than 10% of the asset value.
Features: Insured Secured Accounts, Functions with debit card, credit cards and P2P, Micro-Carbon-Credits, Medical Reserach Engine,..etc.
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DevelopersWe have a large team developing the Earth Dollar. See the entire team here:
http://earthdollar.org/home/team/The Earth Dollar need strong community support who are committed to its success. Over time we hope the Earth Dollar developer community will grow larger and our long-term goal is developing the Earth Dollar over many years to come. The current Earth Dollar developers are
The best way to contact us at developers[at]earthdollar.org.
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ForumsThis thread
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Block ExplorersTo be announced
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PoolsTo be announced
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ExchangesTo be announced
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Launch schedule:
Earth Dollar Testnet Dates:[/b] April 22, 2016 to Sept, 20, 2016
Full Launch -- Sept 21, 2016 International Day of Peace
The Earth Dollar has the potential to achieve massive adoption and become a wide-reaching currency, since it will be issued as both as a digital currency and also as a traditional currency. With a strong community behind it, the Earth Dollar will support and work with bitcoin to bring alternative currencies to the world. With this in mind, the Earth Dollar launch is taking place in multiple stages to encourage a diverse body of early adopters and stakeholders. The Earth Dollar will also leverage multiple launch strategies for maximum impact.
Dates and infoAlpha website of the Earth Dollar launched: September 23, 2015 at the Equinix
Test mining launch: April 22, 2016
Full mining launch: Sept. 21, 2016
Wallets: Windows, Google, Ubuntu, Debian and Mac OSX available at launch
Each launch stage focuses on a specific user group, such as miners, investors, developers, marketers and journalists. Our aim is that each group will be given a chance to become an early adopter and bring their unique talents and expertise to strengthen the Earth Dollar community.
Details TBA
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Bounty detailsSeeking the Following Innovations and Contributions (Generous Bounties)
Thanks to the bounty phase, The Earth Dollar will start with enough funds to do some serious work in terms of branding, marketing and promotion. Here are some of the projects we will be rewarding early adopters and promoters for. If you are interested, send a email to me at developers[at]earthdollar.org, so we can confirm the details.
$3,00 $3,000 ED - professional grade commercial art and logos (specific guidelines, logo competition)
$500 $5,000 ED - professional grade promotional video explanation (specific guidelines apply)
$1,000 $10,000 ED - first substantial merchant to accept payments with Earth Dollar
$500 $5,000 ED - second merchant
$400 $4,000 ED - third merchant
$300 $3,000 ED - fourth merchant
$200 $2,000 ED - fifth merchant
$500 $5,000 ED - first gambling site (specific guidelines apply)
$200 $2,000 ED - first dice site
$100 $1,000 ED - setup and maintenance of a dedicated Earth Dollar forum
$100 $1,000 ED - sign-up of the first Earth Dollar exchange
$30 $300 ED - first block explorer
$20 $200 ED - second block explorer
$300 $3,000 ED - first mining pool
$200 $2,000 ED - second mining pool
$100 $1,000 ED - first article published
$50 $500 ED - second article published
$300 $3,000 ED - article at CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine, Forbes or Money Week
$5 $50 ED - Chinese PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - Greek PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - French PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - Spanish PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - Dutch PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - Polish PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - Russian PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - Italian PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - Turkish PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - Croatian PRE-ANN translation
$5 $50 ED - Other languages PRE-ANN translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Chinese earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Greek earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - French earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Spanish earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Dutch earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Polish earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Russian earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Italian earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Turkish earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Croatian earthdollar.org website translation
$300 $8,000 ED - Other languages earthdollar.org website translation
$100 $1,000 ED - Informative blog post
$100 $1,000 ED - Setup and maintenance of a dedicated Earth Dollar forum
$100 $1,000 ED - Seed node servers (long-term)
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Chinese translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Greek translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for French translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Spanish translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Dutch translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Polish translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Russian translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Italian translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Turkish translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Croatian translation
$10 $100 ED - Campaign for Other languages translation
Thousands more to be awarded to promoters on twitter, facebook and online forums.
We are still awarding bounties for pre-launch contributions (ex. promotions and translations), so please send us a email to me at developers[at]earthdollar.org
