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4.8 KiB
Markdown
91 lines
4.8 KiB
Markdown
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launched: nov 2021
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medium:
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# Klima
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> ## A DAO, A PROTOCOL, AN ECOSYSTEM
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> KlimaDAO’s goal is to accelerate the price appreciation of carbon assets. A high price for carbon forces companies and economies to adapt more quickly to the realities of climate change, and makes low-carbon technologies and carbon-removal projects more profitable.
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> Through the KLIMA token, we will maximize value creation for our community and create a virtuous cycle of growth. Eventually, the KLIMA token (each backed by real, verified carbon assets) will function as a truly sustainable asset and medium-of-exchange, with real planetary value.
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# Commentary
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Looks like the algo stable coin part isn't going so well. Similar to [[dao/olympusdao.finance]]
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# Analysis v2 - April 2022
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**UPDATE: 2022-05-06. Extensive conversation with KlimaDAO team yielded this summary**
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Entire Deep Dive episode on KlimaDAO released: [collective-action-problems-and-climate-change](../notes/collective-action-problems-and-climate-change.md). Here's the drawing we did.
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### More notes
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Understanding how it works ...
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https://docs.klimadao.finance/klima-dao-ecosystem
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* BCT = "Base Carbon Tonne"
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> The BCT (Base Carbon Tonne) — KlimaDAO's reserve asset — is a carbon offset index token representing a basket of different tokenised carbon tonnes starting with `TCO2`. [https://docs.klimadao.finance/klima-dao-ecosystem]
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### What is the price of the BCT
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Since the BCT is what they hold in the treasury and provides the core "intrinsic value" it is important to understand what it's price is.
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* Klima DAO’s current capture cost is ~8 usd/tn (the price of BCT tokens) [https://hristovbz.medium.com/klima-dao-for-apes-degens-ogs-195af0b4cd0b - Nov 30 2021]
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* This seems low see e.g. this post from KlimaDAO itself https://klimadao.medium.com/carbon-markets-retail-offset-pricing-4eab0f6196c0 which includes this graphic
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# Analysis v1 (first pass Dec 2021)
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https://docs.klimadao.finance
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* It takes significant work to work how this actually works ... (is it like [[../notes/diatom.fund]] which has a relatively clear diagram ...)
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* (I think) Klima tokens are minted when they buy carbon offsets and store them in the treasury
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## The Problem (with some very dubious analysis)
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> We generally consider that the market itself is rational, and assume that it values things in a perfect way. We ignore the paradoxes in front of us everyday. Water, a necessity for life is essentially free across (much of) the world; diamonds have no real utility for us, yet in the free market they are priced exorbitantly, excluding all but the world’s richest.
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Who is we here? This is the diamond-water paradox which is precisely about how price != value ... (rather price arises from intersection of demand and supply ...)
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> In the past, the market price of a good was determined by the socially necessary labour inputs required to create it. In recent times we have moved to a system where subjectivity and speculation are key driving forces behind prices.
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This the (very erroneous) marx-originated labor theory of value. Price was never (purely) determined by the labor inputs to create something.
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> Value has become totally detached from the ‘market’.
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Well it was always only partly related ... And there are other reasons that is now so (information economy etc).
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## What KlimaDAO does
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> Klima DAO gives Web3 builders and users the opportunity to participate in the carbon market through the KLIMA token. KLIMA tokens are:
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> - fungible: per the ERC20 token standard
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> - backed: by at least 1 tonne of tokenized verified carbon offsets locked in the Klima DAO treasury
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> - useful: holders of KLIMA will have the ability to vote on Klima DAO policy
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> Therefore, the DAO serves the role of "de-central" bank, governing the monetary policy of this new carbon-backed currency, just as a central bank governs the monetary policy of a fiat currency. Over time, we will build an economy around KLIMA by driving adoption and unlocking growth of the _crypto-carbon_ economy.
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> By developing Klima DAO on transparent and open-source infrastructure, participation from Web3 developers, carbon projects, and climate experts will be welcomed, to both build this new economy and be rewarded for their contributions.
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Any clearer?
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## https://docs.klimadao.finance/klima-dao-ecosystem
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# Inbox
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* Dashboard for KlimaDAO https://dune.com/Cujowolf/Klima-DAO
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