WHITE PAPER
A 34-page design document for what we’re building.
Architecture, tokenomics, methodology strategy, verification network, risks, and roadmap. Published for transparency, peer review, and the recruitment of collaborators.
WHAT’S INSIDE
A practical, opinionated technical document.
- The problem and the 2026 reframe. Why the original 2021 idea didn’t ship, what changed, and what the redesigned project looks like.
- Why now. The matured voluntary carbon market, Microsoft’s 45M-tonne 2025 carbon-removal contracts, Article 6.4 PACM going live, ICVCM CCP, and the SEC’s January 2026 clarity on tokenised commodities.
- Architecture. The three-layer system: AI-native dMRV pipeline (Sentinel-2, foundation-model reasoning, C2PA-attested ground truth), on-chain registry and credit issuance, and the Arboreum claim and governance token.
- Tokenomics. Two-token architecture, mint/burn/redeem mechanics, reserve composition, and why this avoids the Toucan and KlimaDAO failure modes.
- Verification network. Reputation-staked verifiers, slashing rules, the path from permissioned to permissionless.
- Methodology and compliance strategy. Anchored to Verra VM0048, Plan Vivo, and ART/TREES. ICVCM CCP and Article 6.4 PACM alignment paths.
- Go-to-market. Aggregator partnerships, anchor-buyer strategy, three-phase plan from prototype to first credit issued.
- Risks and mitigations. Demand concentration, methodology rejection, regulatory drift, dMRV accuracy, verifier-network integrity, and bootstrapping risk.
- Team, roadmap, glossary, and references.
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WHO IT’S FOR
Written for three audiences.
Technical reviewers
Methodology, dMRV architecture, on-chain registry design, verifier-network mechanics. We welcome red-team critique that exposes design flaws before they harden into code.
Token-aware investors
Reserve mechanics, regulatory framing, governance design. The tokenomics chapter has been redesigned specifically to address the Toucan and KlimaDAO failures.
Climate / ReFi community
The integrity story, the small-landowner exclusion problem, the ecosystem fit, the open-source posture. Where CTP sits next to Open Forest Protocol, Pachama, Sylvera, Isometric.
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