Not a moonshot 

GST does not provide a moonshot investment for token holders. 

GST is specifically designed and governed to not be an investment, the goal is to protect our natural world and make nature the world’s largest landowner. Any fluctuations in land values, whether increasing or decreasing, are purely incidental. It is not the intention nor driver behind the GST model to acquire land for investment purposes for members or other stakeholders, land is acquired for its protection and must serve the special purpose of our DAO. However, it is important for a currency to have a stable value per token over time in order to create a better form of money and we propose that nature-owned land is a suitable asset for those means. 

For certain crypto investors, GST will not provide the moonshot gains they seek. It is designed to simply act as a better form of money. 

Saving nature 

The land assets that back GST are used to restore and protect nature for future generations, therefore the initial demand will be driven by altruism and individuals wanting to give land back to nature. Increasingly people are aware of the plight faced by our planet and want to help, but cannot financially justify substantial charitable donations. 

As GST is backed by the value of land, it is not a donation, though it may feel like one. This is the white space the Green Standard monetary system operates in.

Land-backed token 

The intention is not for GST to be an investment but a sensible financial decision that saves our planet. As discussed at length and central to our model – we believe that nature-owned land is a suitable asset to back a currency with. Our members will believe the same. 

Green Standard Shares (GSS) rewards 

We intend to distribute GSS to members who have contributed most to the success and growth of this DAO. Members will be able to vote on how we distribute GSS, though we will provide some (yet to be determined) parameters. The intention is that this incentive will drive demand for becoming an active member of the GST DAO real-world and digital ecosystem, as well as incentivising other activities that will lead to the success of our organisation.

We plan to reward members who help us on our mission and will be weighted in favour of those active early adopters. This will include but is not limited to shares (when tokenised) in the limited company which will be triggered by our pre-determined GSS token generation event. 

To encourage shorter-term holding there will be community rewards during minting cycles (when crowdfunds are active). This is aimed to incentivise engagement, holding and accruing GST over shorter periods of time. 

For mid-to-long-term holdings we will also reward members whose actions and have had the greatest social and environmental impact over time. Members will also be able to help decide how these rewards are distributed in the future. 

To incentivise minting GST, long-term holdings and to both promote and support utility of GST we intend to distribute our tokenised shares to this group as these actions will be the most impactful in supporting our growth.