Regeneration Credit
A peer-to-peer Nature regeneration system
Overview
The Regeneration Credit is a peer-to-peer funding system to incentivize the regeneration of terrestrial ecosystems. Today there is more economic incentive to clear land and exploit its resources than to regenerate it; the protocol offers a new way to sell ecosystem services.
Regenerators earn credits for the verified impact of their area, after a certification carried out by the community itself. Supporters buy these credits and, by retiring them, generate a public certificate of the impact they funded.
The system runs on the Sintrop Impact Blockchain, in public and audited smart contracts, with no company or board able to change the rules. It was created by André O. Ravagnani and José Everson B. Silva.
Mission
To incentivize the regeneration and conservation of terrestrial ecosystems.
- • Autonomous and decentralized governance
- • Inclusive access, designed for family farming
- • No middlemen: direct payment to the provider
- • Full transparency and open source
How it works
- 1
Request
A registered regenerator requests an inspection of their area, drawn on the map (from 2,500 m² to 100 ha).
- 2
Acceptance
An inspector accepts the request. Each inspector inspects the same regenerator only once.
- 3
Field
The inspector visits the area and records trees (over 1 m tall and 3 cm in diameter) and species.
- 4
Validation
The data goes on the blockchain and can be contested during the era. After that, it becomes final.
A regenerator becomes validated after 3 inspections by 3 different inspectors. Trees and species become a regeneration index from 0 to 64 points, which sets each regenerator’s share of the distribution.
The 7 community roles
Regenerator
Registers and cares for an area under regeneration. Earns according to the regeneration index of the inspections.
Inspector
Visits the areas and records trees and species. Each inspector inspects a regenerator only once.
Supporter
Open registration. Buys credits and retires them, generating a public certificate of the funded impact.
Activist
Invites new regenerators, inspectors and activists to the community.
Researcher
Publishes research, the evaluation method and impact calculator items. Votes on validation.
Developer
Publishes development reports on the system and the apps. Votes on validation.
Contributor
Publishes contributions such as education, translation, design and documentation. Votes on validation.
Impact and token
182,354
verified trees
1,264
recorded species
181.9 ha
under regeneration
18,235 t
of estimated CO₂
32
regenerators with impact
77
inspections carried out
96.3 g
of CO₂ per RC
1,657,926
RC already certified
Read live from the RegenerationCreditImpact contract. Carbon is estimated at 100 kg of CO₂ per tree.
The RC token
Fixed supply of 1,310,000,000 RC, created at once and held in each role’s pool. No new tokens can ever be created: credits only leave the pools when someone is rewarded for verified work.
Emission happens per era (about 6 months) and halves every epoch of 12 eras. By retiring credits, the supporter takes them out of circulation and generates the certificate.
The backing is the aggregated impact of all areas. If the ecological base grows faster than the credits in circulation, each RC comes to represent more impact.
Initial allocation
- Regenerators750 M · 57.25%
- Inspectors230 M · 17.56%
- Pre-launch contributors160 M · 12.23%
- Researchers40 M · 3.05%
- Developers40 M · 3.05%
- Contributors40 M · 3.05%
- Activists40 M · 3.05%
- Validation10 M · 0.76%
Apps
Mobile app
Registration, wallet, transfers, marketplace, inspections, offsetting and certificate, for every role.
Regeneration Credit Core (desktop)
The full app for Windows, macOS and Linux, with every action and the contracts.
Download on GitHubContracts and audit
The contracts have been live since October 2025 and were audited by Nethermind Security. Every finding was fixed, mitigated or answered.
Read the audit| Contract | Role | Address |
|---|---|---|
| RegenerationCredit | RC token (ERC-20, fixed supply) | 0x24fD0C0e…5cb6f1Ed |
| RegenerationCreditImpact | Aggregated impact backing the token | 0x323b2162…294C55F5 |
| CommunityRules | User and role registry | 0xec19012c…94f34150 |
| InspectionRules | Inspection cycle | 0x13A40b1C…0f583281 |
| RegenerationIndexRules | Regeneration index (trees + species) | 0xcd42a990…398cbF4A |
| RegeneratorPool | Distribution to regenerators | 0xFC222077…5B7b75f7 |
| SupporterRules | Supporters, offsetting and certificate | 0x69a5c30D…FbEc27C1 |
There are 22 contracts in total. The full code, with every address, is on GitHub.
Documentation
Sintrop network (to set up MetaMask)
- Network name
- Sintrop
- RPC
- https://rpc.sintrop.com
- Chain ID
- 250225
- Currency
- SIN
- Explorer
- https://explorer.sintrop.com
Courses
Community
Want to know more?
Download the app or book a free online presentation to understand the system and how to take part.