Getting Started as a Funder

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Overview

Funders play a critical role in the Green Goods ecosystem — they provide the capital that makes regenerative work sustainable. Unlike traditional grant funding where impact is self-reported and hard to verify, Green Goods gives funders attestation-backed proof that their capital supports real, community-verified work.

As a funder, you can:

• Deposit into yield-bearing vaults — Your capital generates returns while funding garden operations
• Purchase Hypercerts — Buy tokenized impact certificates representing verified regenerative work
• Track real impact — Every claim is backed by EAS attestations verified by community operators
• Choose your gardens — Support specific communities and bioregions that align with your values

How It Works

1. 1

   Connect your wallet

   Use MetaMask, Rainbow, or any WalletConnect-compatible wallet on Arbitrum, Celo, or Sepolia.

2. 2

   Browse gardens

   Explore active garden communities, their verified work history, and available impact certificates.

3. 3

   Fund impact

   Deposit into a garden's vault for yield-bearing support, or purchase Hypercerts for direct impact ownership.

4. 4

   Track outcomes

   Monitor your portfolio's impact through attestation-backed dashboards and reporting.

Why Verified Impact Matters

Traditional impact funding relies on self-reported metrics. Green Goods changes this:

Traditional Funding	Green Goods Funding
Self-reported impact	Community-verified attestations
Annual reports	Real-time attestation chain
Trust the organization	Verify on-chain
One-time grants	Sustainable yield + impact tokens

Every piece of funded work has a verifiable chain: Gardener submission → Operator approval → Evaluator assessment → Hypercert. Each step creates an on-chain attestation you can independently verify.

Best Practices

Choose your funding approach

If: You want passive, sustainable support

Do: Deposit into a garden vault. Your capital generates yield while funding operations.

Then: Monitor vault performance and garden activity over time.

If: You want direct ownership of verified impact

Do: Purchase Hypercerts from gardens with strong attestation histories.

Then: Review the attestation chain backing each Hypercert before purchasing.

If: You want to influence community priorities

Do: Combine vault deposits with conviction voting to signal which work matters most.

Then: Participate in governance to help shape garden strategy.

• Always verify the attestation chain before purchasing Hypercerts — check EAS explorer for approval records
• Start with smaller deposits to understand a garden's operational cadence before committing larger amounts
• Review garden assessments across the Eight Forms of Capital for holistic impact understanding
• Diversify across gardens and bioregions for broader impact coverage

What's Next

Next best action

Learn the mechanics of vault deposits and Hypercert purchases.

Vaults & Hypercerts

• How It Works
• Glossary