Hey @Olivia, thanks for the question.
The upgrade is about making sure that whenever ecocredits are issued, traded, or retired, there’s a built-in pull on $REGEN. The main levers being worked on are:
- Service Fees: Credit transactions generate fees that get burned or recycled into REGEN, so more activity directly reduces supply or boosts demand.
- Bonding & Collateral: $REGEN can serve as collateral in lending markets tied to ecological projects. Also originators may need to lock $REGEN to issue credits.
- Liquidity & Access: Better cross-chain access and liquidity pools make it easier for buyers and sellers to use $REGEN as the default currency for credits.
- Fixed Cap + Dynamic Supply proposal combines Bitcoin’s scarcity (a supply cap) with Ethereum-style adaptive mint/burn mechanics, tied to network activity, staking ratios, and even ecological metrics. This would link $REGEN’s circulating supply directly to ecocredit sales, retirements, and registry actions — giving both a strong narrative and a self-stabilizing token economy.
- Cultural & Identity Layer: Holding $REGEN itself becomes a signal of ecological alignment, not just a utility token.
Would be thankful for your perspective on those ideas as well.