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Glossary

Key terms and concepts used across Green Goods for community members.

Looking for technical terms? See the Builder Glossary.

Action​

A task or bounty available for gardeners to complete within a garden. Actions define specific regenerative activities (like planting trees, litter cleanup, or biodiversity surveys) with clear instructions, metrics, and optional time windows. Each action is registered on-chain and tracks completion statistics.

Attestation​

An on-chain record created using the Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS). Green Goods uses three attestation types: work submissions, work approvals, and garden assessments. Attestations are permanent, cryptographically signed records that prove specific claims about impact work.

Community Member​

Participants in garden governance who signal support for actions and proposals through conviction voting in Gardens V2 and earn rewards for their engagement. Community members help shape garden priorities through sustained participation.

EAS (Ethereum Attestation Service)​

A protocol for making on-chain and off-chain attestations about any subject. Green Goods uses EAS to create verifiable records of gardener work, operator approvals, and garden assessments. Learn more at attest.sh.

Eight Forms of Capital​

A holistic framework for measuring wealth and impact beyond money:

  1. Living Capital: Biodiversity, soil health, water quality
  2. Material Capital: Physical resources and infrastructure
  3. Financial Capital: Money and financial assets
  4. Social Capital: Relationships and community trust
  5. Intellectual Capital: Knowledge and skills
  6. Experiential Capital: Lived wisdom and cultural practices
  7. Spiritual Capital: Sense of meaning and purpose
  8. Cultural Capital: Traditions and shared identity

Green Goods assessments track impact across all eight capitals.

Evaluator​

Impact assessors who verify work quality, create garden assessments, and certify impact across the Eight Forms of Capital. Evaluators ensure that reported work meets quality standards and provide the trust layer between field operations and funding.

Funder​

Capital allocators who deposit into Octant Vaults, purchase Hypercerts, and contribute to funding flows that sustain garden operations. Funders support regenerative work through yield-generating deposits and direct impact investment.

Garden​

A community hub for regenerative work, represented as an NFT using the ERC-6551 Tokenbound Account standard. Each Garden has its own smart contract account that can hold assets, manage members, and coordinate impact work. Gardens are localized to specific bioregions and serve as hubs for coordinating regenerative and community action.

Garden Operator​

Trusted coordinators who manage gardens and validate gardener submissions. Operators review work submissions, approve or reject them with feedback, and oversee garden membership. Operators have elevated permissions within assigned gardens, and garden creation depends on current permission policy.

Gardener​

Community members who perform on-the-ground regenerative work. Gardeners submit work through the Green Goods PWA using the MDR (Media-Details-Review) workflow, documenting their contributions with photos and metrics. Gardeners can belong to multiple gardens and earn recognition for verified work.

Hypercert​

A semi-fungible token representing a claim of impact work. Hypercerts enable retroactive funding by allowing impact to be certified, tracked, and fractionally owned. In Green Goods, hypercert mint/list workflows are implemented but may be activation-pending depending on deployment and indexing status. Note: "Impact Tokens" are the broader concept (verified impact work tokenized via Karma GAP attestations), while Hypercerts are the specific tokenized certificates that represent fractional ownership of those impact claims. Learn more at hypercerts.org and Mint and List Hypercerts.

Impact Token​

A token representing verified impact work that can be traded, funded, or used to unlock benefits. Green Goods uses Karma GAP attestations as the foundation for impact tokenization. Impact Tokens are the broader concept; see Hypercert for the specific tokenized certificate implementation.

IPFS (InterPlanetary File System)​

A distributed file storage system. Green Goods stores work photos, metadata, and action instructions in IPFS through the Pinata-backed upload path, with content identifiers (CIDs) referenced in on-chain attestations.

Karma GAP (Grantee Accountability Protocol)​

A standardized protocol for on-chain impact reporting. In Green Goods, Karma GAP integration is module-driven and deployment-dependent rather than something to assume on every chain by default. When that module is active, operators can sync approved work and garden/project state into GAP-compatible attestations.

MDR (Media-Details-Review)​

The three-step workflow for submitting work in the Green Goods PWA:

  1. Media: Capture before/after photos or video
  2. Details: Fill in task information, metrics, and feedback
  3. Review: Preview submission and confirm

This pattern ensures high-quality documentation and reduces submission errors.

On-Chain​

Data or transactions permanently recorded on a blockchain. Green Goods stores attestations on-chain for verifiability, while larger data (photos, metadata) is stored off-chain in IPFS and referenced by on-chain records.

Owner​

Administrators with full control over garden configuration, role assignments, and governance settings. Owners can promote gardeners to operators, configure actions, and manage the garden's on-chain infrastructure.

Passkey​

A cryptographic credential stored on your device (like Face ID or fingerprint) that enables passwordless authentication. Green Goods uses passkeys with Pimlico smart accounts to provide gardeners with a seamless, web2-like experience without managing private keys.

PWA (Progressive Web App)​

A web application that can be installed on mobile devices and work offline. The Green Goods client is a PWA, enabling gardeners to document work in the field even without internet connectivity. Work is queued locally and synced when back online.

Resolver​

Smart contracts that execute custom logic when attestations are created. Green Goods resolvers enforce permissions (only gardeners can submit, only operators can approve), emit events, and trigger Karma GAP integration for impact reporting.

Schema​

A structured template that defines the format of an attestation. Green Goods uses three schemas:

  • Work Submission Schema: Captures gardener work with media and metadata
  • Work Approval Schema: Records operator validation decisions
  • Assessment Schema: Documents garden-level impact across 8 forms of capital

Smart Account (Account Abstraction)​

A smart contract-based wallet that enables gasless transactions, social recovery, and improved UX. Green Goods gardeners use Kernel smart accounts powered by Pimlico, allowing them to submit work without paying gas fees or managing seed phrases.

Work Approval​

The validation process where operators review gardener work submissions and either approve or reject them with constructive feedback. Approved work creates on-chain attestations that serve as permanent, verifiable records of impact. Approvals trigger Karma GAP impact attestations automatically.

Work Submission​

Documentation of completed regenerative work submitted by a gardener. Work submissions follow the MDR workflow and include before/after photos, task details, metrics, and metadata. Submissions are stored in IPFS and referenced on-chain via EAS attestations once approved.