5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs
203 DReps voted · 72 with a rationale
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- Yes 17.1M ₳ Rationale
5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs
- No 16.7M ₳ Rationale
We see a potential value in decentralized identity, traceability, stablecoin rails, credit access, and real-world data anchored to Cardano. These are the kinds of use cases that could make Cardano useful outside the crypto-native ecosystem.
However, the proposal is not persuasive enough to justify a 10,000,000 ADA treasury request. After reading the proposal twice, we still can't tell who is accountable for execution. For a proposal of this size, DReps need a much clearer operational budget, ownership structure, line-item allocation, and responsibility map.
We are also concerned about the economic logic behind the projected Cardano impact. The proposal appears to rely on large L1 transaction numbers to justify its contribution to Vision 2030 KPIs, but for the business model to be sustainable, the high-volume parts of the system would likely need to be batched or moved to L2. The infrastructure layer, such as repeated satellite or verification updates, is exactly the part where batching is most rational. If those events are batched, the expected L1 transaction volume drops dramatically, which weakens the case that this proposal can generate enough on-chain activity to justify the spend.
This creates an unresolved tension: either the system produces high L1 transaction volume, which may become economically expensive for the operator, or it optimizes costs through batching/L2, which reduces the L1 transaction impact used to justify the treasury request. The proposal does not clearly reconcile this trade-off.
Finally, treasury funds may be used to scale infrastructure that later becomes a monetized commercial platform, without a clear repayment or value-capture mechanism for the Cardano Treasury. Indirect benefits such as transactions, TVL, stablecoin usage, and reputation matter, but they are not the same as a clearly defined return.
This may become a valuable real-world adoption case, but as submitted, it carries too much execution, coordination, and economic-risk uncertainty for the treasury.
- No 16.4M ₳ Rationale
Vote: NO
5am.earth proposes a 10 million ADA treasury withdrawal to build a Cardano-anchored trust layer for agricultural supply chains across India, Cambodia, and Kenya. The proposal is administered through Intersect's standardized Treasury Reserve Smart Contract framework developed by Sundae Labs, with disbursement gated by an independent five-entity Oversight Committee. The administrative structure is among the strongest we have seen — it is precisely the milestone-gated, externally-overseen model Vampyre Fund has called for, and we want to commend the proposing team for it. The underlying work — establishing verifiable real-world data anchored on Cardano — is also aligned with the long-term utility vision we support.
Vampyre Fund votes NO on grounds of treasury timing.
At current ADA prices, a 10 million ADA withdrawal represents an avoidable cost in real terms. Treasury preservation during depressed market conditions is itself a long-term position: the treasury's purchasing power compounds when we resist drawing it down at cyclical lows. We would rather fund well-structured proposals after price recovery than approve a wave of multi-million-ADA disbursements at present valuations.
This vote is not a judgment on 5am.earth, its team, or its administrative framework, all of which we view favorably. We encourage resubmission once market conditions support deployment, and Vampyre Fund expects to support a substantively similar proposal at that time.
- Yes 14.2M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 14.1M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 13.3M ₳ Rationale
RCADA votes YES on the 5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs Treasury Withdrawal proposal.
This is a cautious YES.
RCADA supports this proposal because it targets one of Cardano’s clearest opportunities for meaningful real-world adoption: verifiable identity, farm records, supply-chain trust, traceability, and financial access for smallholder agriculture. The proposal is ambitious, but it is aligned with the kind of external utility Cardano should be trying to enable.
The core idea — verify once, use many times — is compelling. Agricultural supply chains depend on trusted information, but today that information is often fragmented across lenders, buyers, insurers, certifiers, governments, and project operators. If a shared trust layer can allow verified farmer, farm, crop, credential, and application data to be reused across multiple services, then the value of each verified record can compound across the ecosystem.
RCADA also recognises that this is not presented as a purely speculative concept. The proposal states that Project Swaminathan is already operating on Cardano mainnet, with 10,500 cumulative farmer/farm registrations as of 5 May 2026, and that the pilot validated 1,056 farms with a reported 100% blockchain success rate. This existing operational foundation gives the proposal more credibility than a greenfield real-world adoption pitch.
The funded programme is also structured around concrete milestones. Over 18 months, the proposal targets 200,000 cumulative farmers at Month 6, 350,000 at Month 12, and 500,000 at Month 18, across India, Cambodia, and Kenya. It also names three funded application paths: AE certification with Andamio, traceability and compliance with Zengate Global, and finance and credit with Seedstars SIGMA. These application paths help demonstrate that the trust layer is intended to support practical usage, not simply data collection.
RCADA sees particular value in the proposal’s focus on identity, traceability, and finance. If implemented well, this could help smallholder farmers access better verification, market access, training credentials, compliance pathways, and credit infrastructure. The proposal also states that Treasury funds would support the rails for finance and credit — including verified data, lender APIs, wallet and stablecoin rails, on-chain monitoring, and write-back — but not the loan capital itself. That distinction is important.
We also support the use of Cardano-native components and ecosystem partners, including Veridian identity, Andamio credentials, Zengate traceability, Seedstars SIGMA credit infrastructure, DigiFarm satellite data, NMKR tokenisation, and Cardano smart contract/on-chain anchoring infrastructure. This proposal has the potential to showcase Cardano as infrastructure for real-world trust, not merely as a financial speculation layer.
That said, RCADA’s YES vote should not be interpreted as an unconditional endorsement of the proposal’s projections or risk profile.
This is a large and complex programme. The Treasury ask is ₳10,000,000, with ₳5,000,000 released on approval, followed by ₳2,000,000 on M1 acceptance and ₳3,000,000 on M2 acceptance. RCADA recognises that some front-loading may be necessary for foundation setup, partner procurement, multi-country deployment, architecture lock, and early scale-up. However, the size of the first tranche increases the need for strong oversight, transparent reporting, and disciplined milestone verification.
The execution risk is also significant. This proposal involves multiple countries, field operations, Agri-Entrepreneur networks, identity infrastructure, satellite verification, on-chain attestations, application partners, credit rails, audits, legal transition, governance reporting, and institutional coordination. Each of these areas is challenging on its own. Delivering them together over 18 months will require careful management and clear accountability.
RCADA also treats the long-term projections with caution. The proposal’s 2030 projections — including 3 million farmers, 112.5 million annual on-chain transactions, $900 million TVL, and 16–20 million ADA in annual protocol revenue — are ambitious. We view these as directional upside rather than guaranteed outcomes. The proposal should ultimately be judged first on funded-period evidence: real farmer registrations, active application usage, verifiable credit activity, traceability pilots, dashboard data, independent audits, and partner delivery.
We also note the organisational transition risk. The proposal states that the legal contract will initially be created with Elk GMBH and HashPoint Consulting as pre-Foundation co-promoters, then transferred to the 5am.earth Foundation upon registration at M1. RCADA expects this transition to be closely monitored and clearly reported, because neutral foundation stewardship is central to the public-good argument.
The absence of a direct Treasury repayment or revenue-share mechanism is another point of caution. Unlike some commercial proposals that offer direct repayment or upside sharing, this proposal relies primarily on indirect ecosystem value: adoption, transactions, TVL, protocol revenue, farmer utility, and reusable infrastructure. RCADA accepts that public-good infrastructure does not always need a repayment model, but where Treasury funding helps establish a trust layer that commercial partners can build upon, public-good guarantees, open access rules, transparent governance, and clear sustainability reporting become especially important.
For this reason, RCADA expects strict reporting against the proposal’s stated commitments: public milestone reports, independent audits at M2 and M3, a monthly refreshed on-chain KPI dashboard, quarterly narrative reports to Intersect, monthly Cardano Forum updates, and quarterly DRep-facing reports. These reporting commitments should be treated as core deliverables, not optional communications.
Overall, RCADA believes this proposal clears the threshold for cautious support because it represents a serious attempt to scale real-world Cardano utility through identity, trust, agricultural verification, traceability, and finance. The existing Project Swaminathan mainnet activity, named partners, concrete application paths, and governance commitments provide enough basis to support the scale-up.
For these reasons, RCADA votes YES, while emphasising that this is not a low-risk vote. It is a deliberate vote for real-world utility, with strong accountability expectations attached. RCADA expects rigorous milestone verification, transparent reporting, careful monitoring of the Foundation transition, proof of real application usage, evidence of farmer benefit, and honest assessment of whether the programme is moving toward self-sustainability without recurring Treasury dependence.
RCADA's full vote assessment can be found here: "https://brolloks.github.io/rcada-drep-votes/."
- Yes 12.8M ₳ Rationale
I am voting YES on governance action aaa6d9ccb72639c77db46b73bec2eaff9e5fcdfa04909cf1a0f7855a4d31485a#0.
First, I have no known conflict of interest that prevents me from voting on this proposal. Sundae Labs is not involved in any of these ventures as a contractor or beneficiary. We have had some early discussions about whether Gummiworm would be a good fit for some of the infrastructure layer for this proposal, but the conversations have gone no further than initial discussions at BuidlerFest and my vote is not contingent in any way on how those conversations progress.
I was on the fence about this proposal for two primary reasons:
- Commercial terms; I believe that when we fund commercial ventures from the treasury, it should include explicit repayment or revenue share terms, beyond just the transaction fees they will generate. Transaction fees are table stakes, and are already paying for the network infrastructure that processes them, so considering them as repayment for deployed capital is double-counting their utility.
- Lack of technical and business clarity; Despite the 45 page proposal (which I did read), I was left murky on the exact business value captured by this protocol. Perhaps this is a case of the authors being in the weeds enough that the value is obvious, or perhaps this is a case of "less is more" and the sheer size of the document muddled what could have been made much clearer in less words, I was left only with a vague sense of "data anchored on Cardano and something something marketplace for that data".
- Several people reached out to me to encourage me to vote on this. It may seem silly, but I really don't like to be hounded about my vote. Whether I vote, and how I vote, is between me and my delegators. If you want to talk to me about my vote, show me that you are a delegator.
In the end though, the following facts won me over to a yes vote:
- The infrastructure already built is fairly substantial, with 22,000 transactions already on chain.
- The projected 112m transactions, though likely overly optimistic, would represent roughly 4.48m ADA in revenue for the treasury, bringing the total cost of this down to only 5.02m ADA.
- We have heavily funded infrastructure, and I have been a very loud and vocal advocate of funding adoption alongside that infrastructure. This seems to be a very real attempt at doing so, with a path to sustainability that makes this capital expenditure, rather than operational expenditure.
If the proposal doesn't pass, and the team would like to submit a revised proposal, I think that explicit repayment terms and better business clarity (you should be able to describe the value flow in a single, word-light diagram-heavy page), would dramatically strengthen the proposal for most DReps.
You can find a larger writeup justifying my vote here.
- Yes 12.2M ₳ Rationale
We initially voted no on this proposal because we identified several material due-diligence concerns relating to execution feasibility, operational readiness, adoption assumptions, financial risk management, data integrity, governance structure, and the credibility of the proposed impact targets. Given the ambitious nature of the proposal, we believed these concerns required clearer evidence and stronger justification before treasury funds could be responsibly allocated.
Following access to the proposer's detailed Q&A and feedback document, we undertook a further review focused specifically on the issues that formed the basis of our original position. As a result of that review, we conclude that the proposer has provided satisfactory responses to the majority of our key concerns and has materially strengthened the overall case for funding.
One of our primary concerns was the proposal's ability to onboard and support 500,000 farmers within the proposed timeframe. The additional information provided demonstrates that the initiative is not starting from concept stage, but is building upon existing deployments, active farmer registrations on Cardano, established implementation partners, and operational structures already in place. While the growth targets remain ambitious, the evidence presented provides a far more credible pathway to execution than was apparent in the original proposal.
We were also concerned about adoption and long-term participation. The Q&A clarified how agricultural entrepreneurs, supply-chain actors, compliance requirements, and access to financial services collectively create incentives for ongoing engagement rather than one-time onboarding. Although long-term retention can only be fully validated through execution, the explanation provided significantly reduced our concerns regarding sustained usage and ecosystem impact.
Our review further found that concerns relating to lending and financial infrastructure were substantially addressed. The proposer clarified that the trust layer itself serves as enabling infrastructure and that financial services are expected to operate through specialized partners rather than placing direct lending responsibilities on the project. This distinction helped reduce concerns around treasury exposure to poorly defined credit and underwriting risks.
We also found meaningful improvements in the explanation of data verification, oracle architecture, and governance processes. The proposer outlined a multi-layered approach involving satellite verification, field-level validation, and Cardano-based infrastructure, while also providing greater transparency around accountability mechanisms. Although real-world systems will always involve some degree of off-chain trust, the controls described are considerably stronger than those originally presented.
Importantly, the proposal now provides greater clarity around governance safeguards and accountability for treasury funds. Milestone-based funding, independent oversight, audit requirements, and outcome-linked disbursement mechanisms provide stronger assurances that progress can be measured and funding can be tied to delivery.
Finally, our original concerns regarding long-term projections and Vision 2030 KPIs were addressed through clarification that these figures represent aspirational long-term targets rather than contractual commitments tied to the requested funding. The proposal now more clearly distinguishes between funded deliverables and future growth projections, allowing for a more realistic assessment of expected outcomes.
While the proposal remains ambitious and execution risks remain inherent in any initiative of this scale, we believe the proposer has demonstrated a genuine commitment to transparency and has provided sufficient evidence to address the material concerns that initially informed our no vote. The additional information presented through the due-diligence process significantly improves confidence in the project's feasibility, governance, and potential value to the Cardano ecosystem.
For these reasons, and in recognition of the substantial effort made to address community concerns, we are changing our position and voting yes in support of this proposal.
Access the Q&A and Feedback document from here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1HZyOyj_jVqqV3UjHLur1ia0d_8AWYF3N
- Yes 11M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 10.8M ₳ No rationale
- Abstain 10.5M ₳ Rationale
So far this year Cardano governance is approved
137 million ADA expenditure + 116 million ADA IOG proposals, so far
That is already 253 million ADA expenditure. I will be voting NO/ABSTAIN on all other proposals because imo the yearly spend should be between maximum 200-250 million.
However I think this proposal is very strong and should be considered by other dReps
- Yes 9.6M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 8.8M ₳ Rationale
私は本提案に賛成します。本提案は、Cardano Mainnet上で既に運用されているProject Swaminathanを基盤として、農業サプライチェーン向けのオープンな信頼レイヤーを拡張するものです。農家ID、農地・作物データ、衛星オラクル、AE認証、トレーサビリティ、金融・信用を共通基盤として接続し、複数のアプリケーションが利用できる仕組みの構築を目指しています。長期的な成長予測には不確実性があるものの、具体的な成果目標と既存の実績を踏まえれば、Cardanoにおける実利用の拡大につながる可能性があると判断し、賛成します。\n\nI am voting Yes on this proposal. This proposal seeks to expand an open trust layer for agricultural supply chains based on Project Swaminathan, which is already operating on Cardano Mainnet. It aims to connect farmer identities, farm and crop data, satellite oracles, AE certification, traceability, and finance and credit through a shared trust layer that can be used by multiple applications. While the long-term growth projections involve uncertainty, I believe the proposal has the potential to expand real-world adoption on Cardano based on its concrete objectives and existing operational track record, and therefore I support it.
- Yes 8.1M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 7.8M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 7.8M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 7.3M ₳ No rationale
- Abstain 7.1M ₳ Rationale
Voting ABSTAIN as I am developing a more structured approach to Commercial and Hybrid proposals
I'm working on my own rulebook (+ scoring framework) for assessing Commercial (and Hybrid) Treasury Withdrawal requests.
I need more structure.
I will change my votes to Abstain on all such active proposals.
Sharing latest rulebook v4 doc (link in tweet below):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xp9jkdT23bVy1igj4HeCVKjdHvAcPhjtM1zlMtKzGUo/edit?usp=sharing
- No 6.2M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 6M ₳ Rationale
I am voting Yes.
This proposal carries meaningful execution risk, and I remain cautious about some of the adoption projections presented. However, unlike many proposals focused primarily on infrastructure, tooling, or future technical capabilities, this initiative is directly aimed at creating real-world adoption and bringing new users and economic activity into the ecosystem.
At approximately 10M ADA, the request represents less than 3% of the current 350M ADA Net Change Limit. While not insignificant, it is also not large enough to meaningfully constrain the ecosystem's ability to fund other priorities.
I do not view every projection in the proposal as guaranteed to materialize, but I do believe treasury funding should leave room for a limited number of adoption-focused initiatives that have the potential to create meaningful ecosystem growth. On balance, I believe this proposal is a reasonable candidate for that category.
- No 5.5M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 5.3M ₳ Rationale
STORM Partners votes YES on 5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs.
This is one of the clearest adoption-oriented proposals in the current treasury batch. It targets a real-world problem, has live mainnet evidence through Project Swaminathan, and is built around a concrete use case: verified agricultural identity, farm data, traceability, finance, and trusted records for smallholder farmers.
The proposal is especially strong because it connects Cardano infrastructure to practical outcomes outside the existing crypto audience. Better farmer records, lower verification costs, improved access to credit, traceability workflows, and stablecoin-based payment rails are all credible paths toward real usage. The proposal also has named partners, existing field distribution, and a milestone structure tied to measurable adoption.
The ask is meaningful at ₳10M, but it is aligned with the type of adoption the treasury should make room for under the Net Change Limit. Cardano needs more proposals that can turn infrastructure into transactions, users, financial activity, and real-world value. This proposal has enough evidence, ambition, and KPI linkage to justify support.
- Yes 4.8M ₳ No rationale
- No 4.5M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 4.4M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 4.2M ₳ Rationale
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Optamos por votar "SIM" nesta ação de governança "5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs" (gov_action142ndnn9hycuuwld5ddemash2l709ln06qjgfeudq77z45nf3fpdqqn7pwux), pois compreendemos que a proposta da 5am.earth representa uma oportunidade concreta de ampliar a utilidade da Cardano em cadeias agrícolas globais, combinando identidade descentralizada, dados verificáveis de produtores, oráculos baseados em satélite e aplicações reais voltadas à certificação, rastreabilidade e acesso a crédito. Avaliamos positivamente o fato de o projeto partir de uma base operacional já existente, com o Project Swaminathan em funcionamento na Mainnet, demonstrando capacidade de execução e reduzindo parte dos riscos normalmente associados a iniciativas em estágio inicial. Além disso, a proposta estabelece metas objetivas para os próximos 18 meses, incluindo o registro de 500 mil agricultores, a ativação de múltiplos caminhos de utilização da infraestrutura e mecanismos de governança acompanhados por auditoria independente. Também apoiamos a proposta por sua forte aderência aos objetivos da Visão Cardano 2030, especialmente nos pilares de infraestrutura, adoção, governança e sustentabilidade do ecossistema. Entendemos que o modelo de identidade e dados verificáveis baseado no conceito de "verificar uma vez, utilizar muitas vezes" tem potencial para reduzir custos de onboarding, aumentar a interoperabilidade entre aplicações e gerar demanda real por infraestrutura Cardano em setores econômicos relevantes. Além disso, consideramos positivo que a proposta preveja administração segregada por meio da Intersect, desembolsos vinculados a marcos de execução, auditorias independentes e uma estratégia explícita de autossustentação financeira, reduzindo a dependência futura de recursos do Tesouro e aumentando a responsabilidade na utilização dos fundos comunitários.
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We chose to vote "YES" on this governance action "5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs" (gov_action142ndnn9hycuuwld5ddemash2l709ln06qjgfeudq77z45nf3fpdqqn7pwux), because we believe the 5am.earth proposal represents a concrete opportunity to expand Cardano’s utility within global agricultural supply chains by combining decentralized identity, verifiable producer data, satellite-based oracles, and real-world applications focused on certification, traceability, and access to credit. We view positively the fact that the project builds upon an existing operational foundation, with the Project Swaminathan already running on Mainnet. This demonstrates execution capability and reduces some of the risks typically associated with early-stage initiatives. Furthermore, the proposal establishes clear objectives for the next 18 months, including onboarding 500,000 farmers, enabling multiple application pathways, and implementing governance mechanisms supported by independent auditing. We also support the proposal because of its strong alignment with the Cardano Vision 2030, particularly regarding infrastructure, adoption, governance, and ecosystem sustainability. We believe the "verify once, use many times" model for identity and verifiable data has the potential to reduce onboarding costs, improve interoperability across applications, and generate meaningful demand for Cardano infrastructure in economically significant sectors. In addition, we consider it positive that the proposal includes segregated administration through Intersect, milestone-based fund releases, independent audits, and a clear path toward financial self-sustainability. These elements reduce long-term dependence on Treasury funding and strengthen accountability in the use of community resources. - Yes 4.2M ₳ No rationale
- Abstain 4M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 3.8M ₳ Rationale
This proposal offers a framework to onboard 500,000 real-world identities and operationalize supply chain compliance on Cardano. While the 10,000,000 ADA budget represents a significant capital concentration, the project targets a genuine market failure by building an open-source, neutral data trust layer that private venture capital routinely underfunds. On balance, the clear alignment with looming global regulatory deadlines and the rigorous, smart-contract-gated milestone structure justify a cautious approval.
Strategic Assessment:
The proposal does not address a core blockchain infrastructure bottleneck, but it solves a critical real-world adoption bottleneck. Global supply chains face immediate disruption from strict new compliance frameworks like the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). By anchoring self-sovereign identities (DIDs) and satellite telemetry to Cardano, this initiative positions our network as a production-grade enterprise data layer. If left unfunded, this specific cross-border infrastructure will likely plateau, and the market will naturally default to centralized databases or permissioned corporate ledgers, permanently costing Cardano a high-value real-world asset (RWA) footprint.Treasury Assessment:
Treasury funding is justified here because of a clear market failure: private capital is willing to fund proprietary, rent-seeking application layers, but it will not fund the foundational, neutral public identity rails for smallholder farmers in developing economies. The proposal establishes a clear division of labor—public treasury capital builds the open data rails, while private commercial partners must source their own lending and operational capital. Crucially, the inclusion of a constitutional clawback clause to return unspent or appreciated ADA back to the treasury sets an excellent, fiduciary-first precedent for large-scale treasury actions.Risk Assessment:
The primary risk is execution complexity and precedent. Scaling an operational footprint 50x across India, Cambodia, and Kenya inside 18 months introduces massive cross-border logistical friction. Furthermore, front-loading 50% of the budget (5,000,000 ADA) at initial approval exposes public capital to significant early downside if execution stalls. There is also an inherent ecosystem distortion risk: by heavily subsidizing this consortium, the treasury may inadvertently grant the involved commercial entities an unfair competitive advantage over other bootstrapped teams building similar supply-chain solutions on Cardano. These risks are partially mitigated by the independent oversight committee and strictly gated smart-contract escrows.Conclusion:
This proposal represents a strategic investment rather than an immediate protocol necessity. In an environment of capital scarcity, application-layer projects cannot command top priority over core ledger security. However, this initiative earns an above-average priority ranking to me because it delivers a credible runway to massive active wallet distribution and real-world network utility. The expected value of securing a dominant position in the global compliance sector justifies the capital outlay. My vote is a Lean Approve, dependent on the independent reviewers enforcing strict milestone verification before releasing subsequent tranches of public capital. - Yes 3.7M ₳ Rationale
Changing my vote to YES (previous rational below). The team, after multiple spaces and Q&As, has convinced me that it is a good investment for our ecosystem, at least theoretically. I sincerely hope that the proposal passes and the team delivers.
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(My previous NO vote)
I am not convinced by this proposal. The supply chain elements described have already received substantial community funding through Catalyst or token sales from various Cardano projects. Moreover, one related Catalyst roadmap remains unfinished after 1.5 years and has delivered less than 50% of its promised milestones.
I do not feel comfortable supporting this governance action, particularly without any meaningful additional return to the treasury beyond the projected increase in onchain Cardano transactions. - Yes 3.7M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 3.5M ₳ No rationale
- Abstain 3M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 2.9M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 2.8M ₳ Rationale
I'm happy to vote Yes on this proposal. A large scale onboarding project that drives real transaction volume and utility to the Cardano blockchain is exactly the kind of project that we need right now. This proposal is also being operated by trusted Cardano community members with a reputation of past delivery. I hope to see more real world utility proposals like this emerge in the future that carry on and execute the original vision for Cardano. Thank you for all your hard work on this!
- Yes 2.7M ₳ No rationale
- No 2.6M ₳ No rationale
- Abstain 2.5M ₳ No rationale
- No 2.5M ₳ Rationale
Due to rationales becoming stressful and the bear market vibes - I will not be providing rationale. I voted the way that I did bc we need a 'no stress' environment more than ever.
- Yes 2.5M ₳ Rationale
私は、5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs 提案に賛成します。
5am.earthは、単なる農業アプリではなく、農家ID、農地・作物情報、AE credential、衛星検証、traceability、finance/creditをCardanoにアンカーするopen trust layerを目指す提案です。Project Swaminathanは既にCardano Mainnetで稼働しており、実世界データをオンチェーン化する実績があります。
10M ADAおよび初回5M ADAのfront-loaded構造は大きなリスクです。しかし、本提案はSmart Contract Disbursementの考え方に合致しており、Intersect管理、TRSC/PSSC custody、外部Oversight Committee、milestone-based controls、audit、refund条件、公開dashboardが明記されています。
500,000 farmers、2M on-chain transactions、lending activityというKPIは野心的です。そのため、M1/M2/M3での公開証拠とon-chain KPI報告、そして独立監査と未使用資金・未達成scope分の返還という2点を強く求めた上で、YESを投じます。
I support the 5am.earth Trust Layer Targeting Vision 2030 KPIs proposal.
I see 5am.earth not as a single agricultural app, but as an open Cardano-anchored trust layer for farmer identity, farm and crop records, AE credentials, satellite verification, traceability, and finance/credit use cases. Project Swaminathan is already operating on Cardano Mainnet, which gives this proposal a real operational foundation.
The 10M ADA ask and the initial 5M ADA front-loaded tranche are significant risks. However, the proposal aligns well with Smart Contract Disbursement principles: Intersect administration, TRSC/PSSC custody, an external Oversight Committee, milestone-based controls, audits, refund conditions, and public dashboard reporting.
The KPIs — 500,000 farmers, 2M on-chain transactions, and lending activity — are ambitious. Therefore, I strongly expect two safeguards: clear public evidence and on-chain KPI reporting at M1/M2/M3, and independent audits with refund of unused funds or funds tied to undelivered scope. On that basis, I vote YES.
- Yes 2.5M ₳ Rationale
No brainer.
The on-chain activity is there.
Proposal backed by real economic activity.
- Yes 2.4M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 2.3M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 2.1M ₳ No rationale
- No 2.1M ₳ Rationale
I vote No on this Treasury Withdrawal.
I support the ambition behind this proposal and recognise the value of bringing real-world agricultural identity, data, financing, and trust infrastructure onto Cardano. The proposal has credible intent, relevant partners, existing progress, and a serious attempt to align with Cardano’s constitutional requirements for Treasury withdrawals.
However, I do not believe this proposal is ready for a 10M ADA Treasury withdrawal in its current form.
The requested amount is significant, the programme is complex and multi-country, and the execution risk remains high. The proposal appears to rely on substantial scaling from current adoption levels to a much larger farmer and farm registration target within 18 months. I would need to see stronger demand-side validation from buyers, lenders, insurers, governments, or other institutional users before supporting a Treasury request of this size.
I am also concerned that the first tranche is too large and front-loaded relative to the current level of proven traction and operational maturity. For a proposal of this scale, I would prefer clearer country-level delivery plans, stronger signed commitments, more granular unit economics, a fully established legal structure, and tighter milestone-based release conditions.
This is not a rejection of the mission. I would be open to supporting a revised proposal with a smaller initial tranche, clearer measurable milestones, stronger evidence of demand, and more robust safeguards for Treasury funds.
For now, I believe the responsible vote is No.
- No 2M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 1.9M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 1.8M ₳ No rationale
- Yes 1.8M ₳ Rationale
This is an ambitious proposal but if successful it would be a significant contributor to Cardano’s transaction volume.
The proposal builds a trust layer for smallholder farmers in India, Cambodia, and Kenya; who are essentially invisible to formal systems. This enables verified farmer identities (who they are, their land, crops, yields, etc) which opens access to markets, credit, insurance, and local programmes. Traceability and compliance is significantly improved. Stablecoins are utilised to improve the flow of money, allowing settlement in minutes instead of days/weeks. Repayments are monitored on-chain, building a credit history.
While there is no guarantee this proposal will be a success I believe the foundations are there, it is solving a real-world problem which unlocks significant value for local communities. I would have liked to see a commitment to return a portion of revenue to the treasury over time, but if the estimated transaction volumes eventuate this will pay for itself over time.
Cardano needs more real-world use cases – this looks like a promising project.
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