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Regen Network community’s goal is to build foundational fintech infrastructure for ecological claims and data. This means serving as the ‘Layer 0’ upon which other projects and protocols may build and harness to execute their own climate-focused business models. Using a distributed ledger and modern remote sensing technology, the Regen team is creating new tools for how humanity relates to its environment.

Basics

Based in:
Started in: 2019
Mainnet release:15-4-2021

Proof-of-stake coin that Chorus One will (1-3-2020) provide staking for.
From this article (28-5-2020):

"The Regen Network is a Proof-of-Stake blockchain focused on ecological data, assets, and agreements using the Tendermint Consensus Engine and Cosmos SDK. The Network founders were troubled with the current ecological crisis that is facing humanity. They also stated that the crisis is a result of us failing to account for the aggregate impact of our decisions that mainly focussed on efficiency, profit, and comfort but deliver severe long-term damage to the earth.

Therefore, the Regen Network is focussing its efforts on scientific research and infrastructure development that creates a transparent, open Ecological State Protocol. They are aiming to create a culture of collaboration towards building an infrastructure needed to bring earth’s needs into our collective awareness and take action."

From an Interchain (who has funded Regen) blog (21-2-2020):

"The Regen Network has been leading the charge in using public blockchain technology like Cosmos to address the global challenge of ecological regeneration. Ecosystems all over the world have been devastated by corrupt financial incentive mechanisms, severely compromising global sustainability. Regen is focused on the use of smart contract technology to align incentives around protecting and regenerating ecological resources; for instance, creating credits and other financial instruments to value the provision of public goods like carbon sequestration into forests or healthy soils. This is a quickly growing market that requires both transparency and multi stakeholder agreement, making public smart contract networks a perfect solution. By combining advances in ecological monitoring with the low-overhead, economic engagements made possible by smart contracts, Regen intends to build an economy around ecological regeneration and the sustainable stewardship of Planet Earth, starting with the world’s first carbon and ecosystem service credit registry on a public blockchain.

Jae, Ethan, and other early members of the Cosmos community met Gregory Landua, the Chief Regeneration Officer at Regen, back at Ethereum’s 2017 DevCon in Cancun. Gregory has extensive experience in regenerative agriculture, and discovered the immense potential of blockchain technology to incentivize regeneration. The visions of both the Regen and Cosmos teams were found to align significantly, and Regen has been a staunch Cosmos supporter and community member ever since. More recently, Gregory started the Planetary Regeneration Podcast, where he has interviewed a number of prominent Cosmos community members.

The Regen team aims to build a sustainable organization around the economic opportunities unlocked by the launch of their public platform. Much more detail about the economics can be found in their whitepaper.

Beyond the investment, the ICF has also been engaged with Regen in service agreements since late 2018 to develop modules for, and improvements to, the Cosmos-SDK. While the initial focus was geared specifically towards the ecological regeneration use case, the scope has significantly expanded over time, to the point that the Regen team is now a core contributor to the Cosmos-SDK. To wit, they have been developing substantial improvements like the on-chain upgrade module, the account sub-key system, and the replacement of Amino with Protobuf, and they’ve played a leading role in the CosmWasm project, which is bringing WASM-based smart-contracts to the Cosmos-SDK. These improvements significantly benefit both their specific application and Cosmos at large. Much of this work has been led by Regen’s CTO, Aaron Craelius, who has become deeply familiar with the Cosmos-SDK, and by their lead developer, Ethan Frey, who built the first prototypes of the Cosmos-SDK at All in Bits in 2017.

They have been running a highly active and robust testnet program with many Cosmos validators, and we’re looking forward to the launch of their network (estimated to occur later this year) and to the opportunities it will create for ecological regeneration across the globe."

History

From Citadel (28-3-2022):

"Starting in 2019, Regen Ledger launched a series of testnets, which had the participation of over 80 independent validators in total. Regen Ledger mainnet was launched in 2021."

Audits & Exploits

Bug bounty program can be found [insert here].

Bugs/Exploits

Governance

From their FAQ (9-3-2020):

"Regen Network’s blockchain will be governed by a consortium of organizations. These organizations will be able to delegate votes to professional compute nodes that maintain the blockchain consensus for the system."

Admin Keys

DAO

Treasury

Token

Launch

Token allocation

From Citadel (28-3-2022):

"During the Token Generation Event, which happened on Apr 15, 2021, 100,000,000 REGEN were created and distributed to the various wallets and contracts as dictated by the genesis file. Since then, the only Regen Tokens that have been added to the supply are through a mechanism referred to as inflation, which is a Proof of Stake mechanism to encourage token holders to stake their tokens and participate in governance."

Utility

From Citadel (28-3-2022):

"REGEN is the native governance token of Regen Network. Assuming the token holders stake their tokens, the token allows one to participate in the governance of the chain, receive block rewards and receive their share of the inflation mechanism. As the native token for Regen Ledger, REGEN must be used to pay for transaction costs on-chain, commonly referred to as gas, which is required to transfer REGEN. The future utility of the token is connected to the issuance, governance, curation, auditing and exchange for eco-credits."

From their FAQ (9-3-2020):

"The XRN token serves two key functions; to program the rules that make an ecological data commons and marketplace possible and to bring together a community of shared interest in service to strengthening and regenerating the living systems that we need to support life on earth."

Token Details

Started out as XRN but changed into REGEN.

Stablecoin

Tech

Whitepaper from can be found here (13-5-2018).
Code can be viewed here.
Built on: Tendermint
Programming language used: From their FAQ (9-3-2020):

"Ceres is a domain specific programming language that we are building. It is designed for writing contracts to take advantage of the full suite of remote ecological sensing protocols being developed on Regen Network."

Transaction Details

Capacity (TPS):
Latency:

How it works

Fees

Upgrades

Staking

Validator Stats

Liquidity Mining

Scaling

Interoperability

Other Details

Oracle Method

Privacy Method

Compliance

Roadmap

Can be found here (28-3-2022).

Usage

Projects that use or built on it

Pros and Cons

Pros

Cons

Competition

Team, investors, partners

Team

Full team can be found here (9-3-2020).
Regen’s team consists of developers, ecologists, scientists, and designers.
Gregory Landua, the Chief Regeneration Officer
Aaron Craelius; CTO
Ethan Frey; lead dev

Advisors

Jae Kwon, Brian Fox, Alex Kehaya, Gustav Simonsson, Ben Best.

Investors

From an Interchain (who has funded Regen) blog (21-2-2020):

"Much of Regen’s funding has come in the form of grants and pilot projects in ecological regeneration. Since late 2019, the Regen team has been fundraising using a SAFT for their staking token, which will underlie the economics of their ecological regeneration platform, much like Atoms currently underlie the Cosmos Hub. The ICF participated in the SAFT offering along with a number of other prominent Cosmos community members."

Got a grant from the Interchain Foundation (Cosmos) (29-6-2020).

Partners

All partners can be found here (9-3-2020). Some are: Cornell University and Multi Capital.

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+[https://www.regen.network/ Regen Network] community’s goal is to build foundational fintech infrastructure for ecological claims and data. This means serving as the ‘Layer 0’ upon which other projects and protocols may build and harness to execute their own climate-focused business models. Using a [[Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)|distributed ledger]] and modern remote sensing technology, the [[Regen]] team is creating new tools for how humanity relates to its environment.
 == Basics ==
 * Based in:
-*Started in:
+*Started in: [https://medium.com/citadel-one/regen-overview-dac4c656357a 2019]
 *[[Mainnet]] release:[https://medium.com/paradigm-fund/c%C3%B8smos-network-the-interchain-era-has-begun-tendermint-ventures-announced-hackatom-ru-videos-8d884d67a42d 15-4-2021]
-* [[Proof-of-stake]] coin that [[Chorus One]] will (1-3-2020) provide staking for.
+* [[Proof-of-stake]] [[COIN|coin]] that [[Chorus One]] will (1-3-2020) provide staking for.
 * From this [https://medium.com/stakin/dapps-and-blockchains-built-on-the-cosmos-ecosystem-31731494570b article] (28-5-2020):
 ''"The Regen Network is a [[Proof-of-Stake]] [[blockchain]] focused on ecological data, assets, and agreements using the [[Tendermint]] [[Consensus]] Engine and [[Cosmos]] SDK. The Network founders were troubled with the current ecological crisis that is facing humanity. They also stated that the crisis is a result of us failing to account for the aggregate impact of our decisions that mainly focussed on efficiency, profit, and comfort but deliver severe long-term damage to the earth.''
-''Therefore, the Regen Network is focussing its efforts on scientific research and infrastructure development that creates a transparent, open Ecological State Protocol. They are aiming to create a culture of collaboration towards building an infrastructure needed to bring earth’s needs into our collective awareness and take action."''
+''Therefore, the Regen Network is focussing its efforts on scientific research and infrastructure development that creates a transparent, open Ecological [[State]] Protocol. They are aiming to create a culture of collaboration towards building an infrastructure needed to bring earth’s needs into our collective awareness and take action."''
 * From an [[Interchain Foundation|Interchain]] (who has funded Regen) [https://medium.com/@interchain_io/highlighting-organizations-in-the-cosmos-ecosystem-e55c39e262d7 blog] (21-2-2020):
-''"[http://www.regen.network/ The Regen Network] has been leading the charge in using [[public blockchain]] technology like [[Cosmos]] to address the global challenge of ecological regeneration. Ecosystems all over the world have been devastated by corrupt financial incentive mechanisms, severely compromising global sustainability. Regen is focused on the use of [[smart contract]] technology to align incentives around protecting and regenerating ecological resources; for instance, creating credits and other financial instruments to value the provision of public goods like carbon sequestration into forests or healthy soils. This is a quickly growing market that requires both transparency and multi stakeholder agreement, making public smart contract networks a perfect solution. By combining advances in ecological monitoring with the low-overhead, economic engagements made possible by smart contracts, Regen intends to build an economy around ecological regeneration and the sustainable stewardship of Planet Earth, starting with the world’s first carbon and ecosystem service credit registry on a public blockchain.''
+''"[http://www.regen.network/ The Regen Network] has been leading the charge in using [[public blockchain]] technology like [[Cosmos]] to [[address]] the global challenge of ecological regeneration. Ecosystems all over the world have been devastated by corrupt financial incentive mechanisms, severely compromising global sustainability. Regen is focused on the use of [[smart contract]] technology to align incentives around protecting and regenerating ecological resources; for instance, creating credits and other financial instruments to value the provision of public goods like carbon sequestration into forests or healthy soils. This is a quickly growing market that requires both transparency and multi stakeholder agreement, making public smart [[contract]] networks a perfect solution. By combining advances in ecological monitoring with the low-overhead, economic engagements made possible by smart [[contracts]], Regen intends to build an economy around ecological regeneration and the sustainable stewardship of Planet Earth, starting with the world’s first carbon and ecosystem service credit registry on a public blockchain.''
 ''[[Jae Kwon|Jae]], [[Ethan Buchman|Ethan]], and other early members of the Cosmos community met Gregory Landua, the Chief Regeneration Officer at Regen, back at [[Ethereum (ETH)|Ethereum’s]] 2017 [[DevCon]] in Cancun. Gregory has extensive experience in regenerative agriculture, and discovered the immense potential of blockchain technology to incentivize regeneration. The visions of both the Regen and Cosmos teams were found to align significantly, and Regen has been a staunch Cosmos supporter and community member ever since. More recently, Gregory started the [https://soundcloud.com/planetaryregeneration Planetary Regeneration Podcast], where he has interviewed a number of prominent Cosmos community members.''
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 ''The Regen team aims to build a sustainable organization around the economic opportunities unlocked by the launch of their public platform. Much more detail about the economics can be found in their [https://regen-network.gitlab.io/whitepaper/Economics.pdf whitepaper].''
-''Beyond the investment, the ICF has also been engaged with Regen in service agreements since late 2018 to develop modules for, and improvements to, the Cosmos-SDK. While the initial focus was geared specifically towards the ecological regeneration use case, the scope has significantly expanded over time, to the point that the Regen team is now a core contributor to the Cosmos-SDK. To wit, they have been developing substantial improvements like the [[on-chain]] upgrade module, the account sub-key system, and the replacement of Amino with Protobuf, and they’ve played a leading role in the [https://www.cosmwasm.com/ CosmWasm] project, which is bringing WASM-based smart-contracts to the Cosmos-SDK. These improvements significantly benefit both their specific application and Cosmos at large. Much of this work has been led by Regen’s CTO, Aaron Craelius, who has become deeply familiar with the Cosmos-SDK, and by their lead developer, Ethan Frey, who built the first prototypes of the Cosmos-SDK at All in Bits in 2017.''
+''Beyond the investment, the ICF has also been engaged with Regen in service agreements since late 2018 to develop modules for, and improvements to, the Cosmos-SDK. While the initial focus was geared specifically towards the ecological regeneration use [[case]], the scope has significantly expanded over time, to the point that the Regen team is now a core contributor to the Cosmos-SDK. To wit, they have been developing substantial improvements like the [[on-chain]] upgrade module, the account sub-key system, and the replacement of Amino with Protobuf, and they’ve played a leading role in the [https://www.cosmwasm.com/ CosmWasm] project, which is bringing [[WASM]]-based smart-contracts to the Cosmos-SDK. These improvements significantly benefit both their specific application and Cosmos at large. Much of this work has been led by Regen’s CTO, Aaron Craelius, who has become deeply familiar with the Cosmos-SDK, and by their lead developer, Ethan Frey, who built the first prototypes of the Cosmos-SDK at [[All in Bits]] in 2017.''
-''They have been running a [https://medium.com/regen-network/regen-network-2020-testnet-roadmap-72415254eb70 highly active and robust] [[testnet]] program with many Cosmos validators, and we’re looking forward to the launch of their network (estimated to occur later this year) and to the opportunities it will create for ecological regeneration across the globe."''
+''They have been running a [https://medium.com/regen-network/regen-network-2020-testnet-roadmap-72415254eb70 highly active and robust] [[testnet]] program with many Cosmos [[validators]], and we’re looking forward to the launch of their network (estimated to occur later this year) and to the opportunities it will create for ecological regeneration across the [[globe]]."''
 == History ==
+* [https://medium.com/citadel-one/regen-overview-dac4c656357a From] [[Citadel]] (28-3-2022):
+''"Starting in 2019, Regen Ledger launched a series of [[Testnet|testnets]], which had the participation of over 80 independent [[Node|validators]] in total. Regen Ledger [[mainnet]] was launched in 2021."''
+==Audits & Exploits==
+*[[Bug bounty]] program can be found [insert here].
+===Bugs/Exploits===
+==Governance==
+*From [http://www.regen.network/faq.html their FAQ] (9-3-2020):
+"''Regen Network’s blockchain will be governed by a [[consortium]] of organizations. These organizations will be able to delegate votes to professional [[compute]] [[nodes]] that maintain the blockchain consensus for the system."''
+===Admin Keys===
+===DAO===
+===Treasury===
 == Token ==
 === Launch ===
 === Token allocation ===
+* [https://medium.com/citadel-one/regen-overview-dac4c656357a From] Citadel (28-3-2022):
+''"During the [[Token]] Generation Event, which happened on Apr 15, 2021, 100,000,000 REGEN were created and [[distributed]] to the various [[Wallet|wallets]] and contracts as dictated by the [[genesis]] file. Since then, the only Regen [[Tokens]] that have been added to the supply are through a mechanism referred to as inflation, which is a [[Proof-of-Stake (PoS)|Proof of Stake]] mechanism to encourage token holders to [[stake]] their tokens and participate in [[governance]]."''
 === Utility ===
-* From [http://www.regen.network/faq.html their FAQ] (9-3-2020):
+* [https://medium.com/citadel-one/regen-overview-dac4c656357a From] Citadel (28-3-2022):
+''"REGEN is the native governance token of Regen Network. Assuming the token holders [[Proof-of-Stake (PoS)|stake]] their tokens, the token allows one to participate in the governance of the chain, receive [[Block Reward|block rewards]] and receive their share of the inflation mechanism. As the [[native token]] for Regen Ledger, REGEN must be used to pay for [[Transaction (Tx)|transaction]] costs on-chain, commonly referred to as [[gas]], which is required to transfer REGEN. The future utility of the token is connected to the issuance, governance, curation, auditing and exchange for eco-credits."''
+*From [http://www.regen.network/faq.html their FAQ] (9-3-2020):
 "''The XRN token serves two key functions; to program the rules that make an ecological data commons and marketplace possible and to bring together a community of shared interest in service to strengthening and regenerating the living systems that we need to support life on earth."''
 === Token Details ===
+* Started out as XRN but changed into REGEN.
 === Stablecoin ===
 == Tech ==
 * [[Whitepaper]] from can be [http://www.regen.network/team.html#partners found here] (13-5-2018).
-* Code can be viewed [insert here].
+* Code can be viewed [https://github.com/regen-network/ here].
 * Built on: [[Tendermint]]
 * Programming language used: From [http://www.regen.network/faq.html their FAQ] (9-3-2020):
 "''Ceres is a domain specific programming language that we are building. It is designed for writing contracts to take advantage of the full suite of remote ecological sensing protocols being developed on Regen Network."''
+====Transaction Details====
-=== Transaction Details ===
 * Capacity ([[TPS]]):
-* [[Latency]]:
+*[[Latency]]:
-=== Other Details ===
+===How it works===
-=== [[Consensus]] Algorithm ===
+===Fees===
-=== Staking ===
+===Upgrades===
-== Privacy Method being used ==
+===Staking===
-== Oracle Method being used ==
+====Validator Stats====
-== Their Other Projects ==
+===Liquidity Mining===
-=== DEX ===
+===Scaling===
-== Governance ==
+=== Interoperability===
-* From [http://www.regen.network/faq.html their FAQ] (9-3-2020):
+===Other Details===
-"''Regen Network’s blockchain will be governed by a consortium of organizations. These organizations will be able to delegate votes to professional compute nodes that maintain the blockchain consensus for the system."''
+==Oracle Method==
+==Privacy Method ==
-=== DAO ===
+==Compliance ==
+==Roadmap==
-== Upgrades ==
+*Can be found [https://www.notion.so/regennetwork/Regen-Network-Roadmap-b804e0d0af7b485ea89c9a723328fd65 here] (28-3-2022).
-== Roadmap ==
-* Can be found [Insert link here].
-== Audits ==
-* [[Bug bounty]] program can be found [insert here].
-=== Bugs ===
 == Usage ==
 === Projects that use or built on it ===
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 === Cons ===
 == Competition ==
-== Coin Distribution ==
 == Team, investors, partners ==
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 === Team ===
 * Full team can be [http://www.regen.network/team.html found here] (9-3-2020).
+*Regen’s team consists of developers, ecologists, scientists, and designers.
 * Gregory Landua, the Chief Regeneration Officer
 * [[Aaron Craelius;]] CTO
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 === Investors ===
 * From an [[Interchain Foundation|Interchain]] (who has funded Regen) [https://medium.com/@interchain_io/highlighting-organizations-in-the-cosmos-ecosystem-e55c39e262d7 blog] (21-2-2020):
-"''Much of Regen’s funding has come in the form of grants and pilot projects in ecological regeneration. Since late 2019, the Regen team [https://www.regen.network/investors.html has been fundraising] using a [[SAFT]] for their [[staking]] token, which will underlie the economics of their ecological regeneration platform, much like Atoms currently underlie the Cosmos Hub. The ICF [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/regen-network-crosses-1mm-raise-194500581.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF3QdYok4PTIjvNyP01pTJLvPDZWKaGfz05Rj-Aq-cD3WsYsOOO8o8V7G4NmfIqULt4CRbc6VQ0C1sVDHWTrGFYrTHGFa2VRMoCQZaH3z8PsKoBhasgC4Wj3Bz-C9JvF8o55UMjtKkq0WaO3ti1PkvZRMrnieEP5-PH3Ax-JB_IS participated] in the SAFT offering along with a number of other prominent Cosmos community members."''
+"''Much of Regen’s funding has come in the form of grants and pilot projects in ecological regeneration. Since late 2019, the Regen team [https://www.regen.network/investors.html has been fundraising] using a [[SAFT]] for their [[staking]] token, which will underlie the economics of their ecological regeneration platform, much like Atoms currently underlie the [[Cosmos Hub]]. The ICF [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/regen-network-crosses-1mm-raise-194500581.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF3QdYok4PTIjvNyP01pTJLvPDZWKaGfz05Rj-Aq-cD3WsYsOOO8o8V7G4NmfIqULt4CRbc6VQ0C1sVDHWTrGFYrTHGFa2VRMoCQZaH3z8PsKoBhasgC4Wj3Bz-C9JvF8o55UMjtKkq0WaO3ti1PkvZRMrnieEP5-PH3Ax-JB_IS participated] in the SAFT offering along with a number of other prominent Cosmos community members."''
-* [https://medium.com/@interchain_io/expansion-of-the-cosmos-ff2447c25e5 Got a grant] from the Interchain Foundation ([[Cosmos]]) (29-6-2020).
+* [https://medium.com/@interchain_io/expansion-of-the-cosmos-ff2447c25e5 Got a grant] from the [[Interchain]] [[Foundation]] ([[Cosmos]]) (29-6-2020).
 Partners
 All partners can be [http://www.regen.network/team.html#partners found here] (9-3-2020). Some are: [[Cornell University]] and [https://multicapital.io/ Multi Capital].[[Category:Coins/Tokens]]