Bread Garden Pool Setup

Introduction to Bread Cooperative ==Gardens Pool 💧==

What are Gardens Pools?
Gardens funding pools allow communities to fund projects through conviction-based voting:

• Members allocate voting power to support proposals they believe in

• Support grows stronger over time (50% every 7 days)

• Sustained backing carries more weight than quick decisions

• The system rewards genuine, persistent support

🍞 Bread Cooperative Community Initiatives Pool: Supporting projects that advance post-capitalist values and solidarity economics

• Participation: Open to all Bread Cooperative community members
• Voting Token: $BREADwithweightedvoting(more$BREAD = more voting power)
• Total Funding: TBD

  • Option: 6k (3k from Bread Cooperative + 3k matching from Gardens round)

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🍞 Bread Cooperative Community Initiatives ==Pool==

Designed to fund and reward community-led proposals that advance Bread Cooperative’s broader network goals. Initiatives could include new platforms, research, content production, collaborative gatherings, or other ventures that bring collective benefits to Bread Cooperative’s network.

🌱 Goals

• ==Encourage network innovation by funding initiatives that advance Bread Cooperative’s impact, tooling, and community-building efforts.==

• ==Foster collaboration among member projects, their communities and the greater ecosystem of post-capitalists.==

• ==Strengthen the Bread Cooperative’s community through accessible micro-grants that reward valuable contributions and experimentation.==

✅ Eligibility Requirements

• Value Alignment: projects must demonstrate alignment with Bread Cooperative’s core principles, dual power, economic democracy, mutual aid, transparent governance

• Community Benefit: Each proposal must show how it benefits the broader Bread Cooperative ecosystem

• Maximum Funding Request: 500 BREAD? (to be determined by community)

• Disputes: Proposals that fail to demonstrate alignment with Bread Cooperative’s values may be disputed and reviewed by the community

✋ How it Works / How to Participate

1. Become a Bread Cooperative Community Member
   • Hold $BREAD tokens to participate in governance
2. Access the Pool
   • Go to the Bread Cooperative Community Initiatives Pool on Gardens
   • Stake your $BREAD tokens to activate your voting rights
3. Support or Create Proposals
   • Browse existing proposals and allocate your conviction to those you support
   • Create your own proposal if you have an initiative that aligns with Bread Cooperative’s values
4. Watch Your Conviction Grow

   • The longer you support a proposal, the stronger your voting power becomes—growing 50% every 7 days

🧪 Pool Parameters Explained

• Pool Type: Funding – proposals that meet the required conviction will be granted funds from the pool

• Token for Voting: $BREAD – weighted voting based on token holdings

• Spending Limit: 500 BREAD – maximum amount that can be requested in a single proposal

• Minimum Conviction: TBD – percentage of total voting power required for proposals to pass

• Conviction Growth: 7 days – support for proposals strengthens over time (50% per 7 days)

• Collateral to Create/Dispute: TBD – prevents spam proposals/disputes

• Ruling Time: TBD – time for community review of disputed proposals

• Default Abstain Resolution: Rejected – if no decision is made, the proposal is automatically rejected

🔗 Relevant Links

• Bread Cooperative Website
• Detailed Intro to Conviction Voting
• Introduction to Gardens V2 and Documentation