{"signature": "0xfb654d4d55d626f8b83d7dafb7be95b351e3fd61af88022e914b44e4a522fa3829a06fb1567d5bcd14c3d11904944294e9294270bc7498fadec14a248ee41f171c", "application": {"round": "0x3E93205B786796Cf7Ea70404E89c7dda3b84D07a", "answers": [{"type": "email", "answer": "info@alternun.io", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "jsantiago_gomez", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle We Can Use To Contact You", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "alternun-development", "hidden": false, "question": "Project GitHub Repo", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "link", "hidden": false, "question": "Link to your Public Group Chat", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes, we participated in GG19 and GG20 environmental rounds. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you participated in a previous Gitcoin Grants Round? If so, please name the rounds or link the builder profile associated with previous rounds.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "**ALTERNUN** contributes to the growth of the open-source software (OSS) ecosystem by introducing a decentralized infrastructure that transforms traditional gold mining into a regenerative and transparent digital alternative. Our open and modular approach to real-world asset tokenization, community governance, and sustainability empowers other developers, projects, and communities to build upon or replicate our framework.\n\n### 1. Open DAO Infrastructure for Decision-Making\nWe’ve designed a DAO-based governance system where token holders actively participate in decision-making regarding project selection, fund allocation, and treasury management. This model can be forked or adapted by other OSS and web3 communities seeking to implement transparent and community-driven governance over real-world assets or environmental initiatives.\n\n### 2. Innovative Tokenomics with Open Models\nThe architecture of ALTERNUN tokens (ATN and GBT) includes unique features such as:\n- Regenerative staking mechanisms  \n- Token burn upon minting GBTs  \n- Treasury and rewards distribution based on on-chain logic  \n\nThese mechanisms, shared publicly, provide a blueprint for other projects to create community-aligned incentives for sustainability and impact investing.\n\n### 3. Environmental and Social Regeneration as Public Good\nBy keeping gold underground and instead creating digital liquidity pools to fund regenerative projects, ALTERNUN acts as a catalyst for OSS-driven climate solutions. The results of funded projects—including feasibility studies, impact metrics, and governance discussions—are made accessible to the public to encourage transparency and inspire replication.\n\n### 4. Open-Access Sustainability Data and Models\nWe align with SDG and ESG criteria, and provide models and datasets (e.g., environmental impact mitigation, CO₂ avoidance from digital gold mining) that can be used or enhanced by researchers, developers, and activists working on open climate tech or decentralized sustainability projects.\n\n### 5. Educational Value Through Open Resources\nOur documentation, tokenomics diagrams, podcast interviews, and governance guides are open-access and serve as educational materials for those exploring tokenization, regenerative finance, and decentralized governance. ", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project contribute to the growth of the OSS ecosystem? Please provide specific examples of how your application enhances or expands the current ecosystem.", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "**ALTERNUN** presents a decentralized application (dApp) focused on **tokenizing unmined gold reserves** and using them to fund **environmental regeneration and community development** through a **fully decentralized governance model**. It introduces a unique blend of real-world asset tokenization, regenerative finance, and web3-native participation.\n\n### 🔑 Key Features and Use Cases\n\n#### 1. **Gold-Backed Token (GBT) Minting**\nUsers can mint GBTs backed by certified unmined gold reserves (validated by NI43-101 reports), offering a **sustainable store of value** without physical extraction. This helps prevent environmental degradation while still leveraging gold’s financial value.\n\n#### 2. **Staking to Fund Regenerative Projects**\nGBT and ATN holders can **stake their tokens** into regenerative projects (e.g. reforestation, local agriculture, clean energy). Only approved projects that pass feasibility analysis get activated for staking, creating a **democratized investment vehicle** for impact finance.\n\n#### 3. **Dual Token Architecture**\n- **GBT**: A gold-backed token representing digital value of unmined reserves.  \n- **ATN**: The community and governance token, used for participation, rewards, voting, and access to benefits.\n\n#### 4. **DAO Governance for Liquidity Management**\nThe protocol operates through a **DAO where users vote** on project selection and fund allocation. Even after approval, users choose whether to delegate their liquidity, giving each stakeholder **sovereignty over their funds**.\n\n#### 5. **Merit-Based Community Rewards**\nUsers who engage with the ecosystem—through outreach, education, or art—can earn ATN tokens. These tokens can later be used for staking, governance, or to mint GBTs, creating a **gamified loop of purpose-driven engagement**.\n\n#### 6. **Environmental Impact without Extraction**\nOur model introduces the concept of **“Digital Gold Mining”**—a regenerative alternative to traditional extraction, preserving ecosystems while still unlocking gold’s financial utility.\n\n---\n\n### 🌍 How We’re Different\n\n- **No gold is physically extracted.** We tokenize the value of proven reserves and redirect capital toward regeneration, shifting the paradigm of mining into one of stewardship.\n- **Highly transparent and DAO-led governance**, where feasibility studies and investment proposals are all reviewed by the community.\n- **Impact-first and SDG-aligned**, directly supporting sustainability goals and offering real-world benefits like reforestation, community development, and education.\n- **Custom-built tokenomics** with real yield models from project profits (80% go to stakers), building long-term economic alignment.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "What features or use cases does your dApp/App present? How is it differentiated?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We have already developed a working MVP of the **ALTERNUN dApp on the Stellar blockchain**, leveraging **Soroban smart contracts** to manage our gold-backed token issuance, DAO voting system, and community reward mechanisms.\n\n### 🚀 Plans for Further Development\n\nOur next major milestone is to **expand ALTERNUN into the EVM ecosystem**, making our dApp interoperable with major blockchains such as Arbitrum, Ethereum, Polygon, and Base. This will allow us to:\n\n- **Increase accessibility and adoption** by reaching users and communities already active in the EVM ecosystem.  \n- **Enable cross-chain liquidity** for our gold-backed tokens (GBT) and community tokens (ATN).  \n- **Integrate with DeFi tools** and protocols for lending, staking, and real-world asset portfolios.  \n- **Enhance DAO participation** by using existing tools like Snapshot or Safe for treasury proposals and governance.  \n\n### 🎯 Grant Funds Will Be Used For:\n\n1. **EVM dApp Development**\n   - Smart contract deployment and testing on EVM-compatible chains.  \n   - Token bridge functionality between Stellar and EVM.  \n   - Integration of cross-chain liquidity management for GBT and ATN.  \n\n2. **Frontend Expansion and UX Improvements**\n   - Adapt UI to support multi-chain operations.  \n   - Enhance wallet support (e.g. MetaMask, WalletConnect).  \n   - Streamline onboarding for non-technical users.  \n\n3. **Community Onboarding and Education**\n   - Development of tutorials, AMAs, and documentation to onboard new users from EVM chains.  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However, this extraction process carries a significant carbon footprint, including the use of explosives, high consumption of fossil fuels during extraction, energy-intensive smelting, and emissions from refineries. Additionally, it involves transportation by plane or helicopter to storage sites, as well as aerial and heavy vehicle transportation to vaults, which continue to consume significant levels of energy to maintain the security scheme, among other factors. Long-term environmental damage cannot be overlooked, such as river pollution, indiscriminate deforestation, loss of vegetation cover, alterations in the water table, and the migration or death of animals.\n\nSome of these damages have large-scale consequences, such as global warming and droughts—all in the name of preserving its value. However, the problem does not end there. Due to the temporary nature of mining activities, long-term employment is not guaranteed as it depends on the existing reserves at the site. This lack of stability in the region leads to long-term social deficiencies, particularly in areas with high mineral wealth but little development. This creates a situation where investment in a town or region may not be sustainable over the long term, especially in developing countries that contribute a significant percentage of the world’s gold production volume. This exemplifies a win-lose economic relationship, where, considering the problems derived from the process, it could also be viewed as a lose-lose situation.\n\n![Value destruction of extractive model](https://i.postimg.cc/SRM9Htv9/Extractive-ENG-CHARTs.png)  \n![Conventions of extractive mining](https://i.postimg.cc/mgGqg3r4/Conventions-Extractive-ENG-CHARTs.png)\n\n> #### *\"We have been destroying our nature to take the gold out from its natural vault, smelt it and save it in a place where nobody will see it again\"*\n\n## What Do We Propose?\n\n**ALTERNUN** proposes a disruptive change by capturing the value of gold mining reserves through “Digital Gold Mining” in liquidity pools. This innovative strategy not only offers investors a safe haven as a store of value but also provides them with the opportunity to generate profits by executing projects while making fully decentralized decisions. This change reverses the negative dynamics associated with traditional mining, allowing for long-term value generation and delivering environmental benefits, social development, and economic diversification. It also contributes to building a strong connection to the territory.\n\n### Liquidity Allocation\n\n![Allocation](https://i.postimg.cc/vB8hJcTW/CHART-ALiquidity-Pool.png)\n\n**Liquidity Allocation:**\n\n- **Miner (8%)**: Becomes a curator, protecting the reserves underground.  \n- **Nation (2%)**: Offers a clear solution to the conflict of interest; now the nation can collect taxes while protecting the environment.  \n- **Exploration (5%)**: Continues exploration to increase certainty and, if possible, reserves.  \n- **Community/Marketing (2.5%)**: Reserved for community token holders to swap ATN with GBT and promote projects.  \n- **Projects Feasibility (2.5%)**: Funds feasibility studies before committing liquidity, managing project risks.  \n- **Recovery Pool (30%)**: Provides liquidity for extraction if necessary, also buys gold produced in exploration to strengthen reserves.  \n- **Projects (50%)**: Funds regenerative projects.\n\n\n## Liquidity Management & Profit Distribution\n\nWe have designed a clear way to manage liquidity, including a decentralized approach for decision-making regarding the investment and future of the gold mine reserves.\n\nEighty percent of the resources are controlled by the DAO, where holders participate in electing projects. A staking process allows users to decide if they want to transfer their liquidity to a project. Even if the DAO approves a project, each user retains the freedom to opt in or out—ensuring that personal risk preferences are respected.\n\nEvery time a project proposal is accepted, **ALTERNUN** conducts a detailed feasibility study using the reserved resources. The results are shared with the community, and if the project is deemed feasible, the company will start the construction, operation, or management of the fund according to the decision.\n\n> #### *From 100% of project profits, 15% is allocated directly to the liquidity pool to further strengthen the reserve. The remaining 85% is then re-based as the full profit pool, from which 20% is allocated to Alternun for project management, and 80% is distributed to token holders. This revised distribution creates a robust, virtuous cycle—fueling further investments and rewards throughout the ecosystem.*\n\n## How Digital Gold Mining Looks in the Long Run\n\nThanks to the regenerative approach created by the liquidity pool allocation, long-term results reveal that it is possible to create an infinite business model. Here, the liquidity pool continues supporting the development of impact projects that, in turn, regenerate the environment and develop communities.\n\n![Digital gold mining model](https://i.postimg.cc/rs3X94dK/Digital-ENG-CHARTs.png)  \n![Conventions digital gold mining](https://i.postimg.cc/pT1f3CgH/Conventions-Digital-ENG-CHARTs.png)\n\n## Process Required to Create a Digital Gold Mine\n\nTo establish a digital gold mining operation, several key steps must be completed to maximize trust among all stakeholders:\n\n1. **A Legal Mine:** Ensure that the mine included in the process is fully licensed to operate.\n2. **Exploration:** Gather valuable information about the mining methods and the potential amount of gold available.\n3. **NI43-101 Report:** Have a qualified person (QP) produce an NI43-101 report evaluating all mine data—from licensing to exploration findings—to build confidence among potential holders.\n4. **Tokenization:** Based on the report, decide the number of tokens to be issued, following rules tied to resource certainty and market selling costs.\n5. **Liquidity Pool:** Establish the liquidity pool as described above, decentralizing and managing the resources according to the project’s ethos.\n\n## Relationship Between GBTs and Unmined Gold Resources\n\nGold resources underground are categorized based on certainty levels rated by the QP and expressed in the NI43-101 report. These resources provide collateral for GBT holders.\n\n**Categories of Resources and Their Collateral Percentage:**\n\n- **Inferred Resources**:  \n  - Description: Low certainty level; minor data  \n  - Collateral: 15%\n\n- **Indicated Resources**:  \n  - Description: Medium certainty level; enough data for mining plan  \n  - Collateral: 30%\n\n- **Measured Resources**:  \n  - Description: High certainty level; detailed mining plan possible  \n  - Collateral: 60%\n\n- **Probable Reserves**:  \n  - Description: Medium certainty level; 50%-90% recovery potential  \n  - Collateral: 50%\n\n- **Proven Reserves**:  \n  - Description: High certainty level; over 90% recovery potential  \n  - Collateral: 70%\n\n\nThe Collateral Gold Grams (CGG) calculation adjusts based on commercialization margin (CM) factors specific to each country. Some technical details—such as the complexity of ore reduction and gold recovery—may reduce the number of tokens issued in order to cover additional expenses incurred during exploitation. In those cases, the Mining Intelligence department will share the report and conclusions. In general, this step will increase the collateral per token in circulation if required and will be applied on an individual basis since it is directly related to the geology of each mine.\n\n## Minting GBT\n\nGBT can be minted using stable coins. The liquidity used for minting is allocated as described in the Liquidity Allocation table. The total supply of GBT is variable and will be the sum of all the mines' supplies. To increase or modify it, a new NI43-101 report from an onboarded or new mine must be shared and published, making it clear that new resources are available to be used as collateral according to the rules explained in the previous section. Even though Alternun is designed to be multichain, a global pool will be created from all the sales, avoiding liquidity fragmentation. That means that, independently of the network the customers are working with, they will have the opportunity to participate in all the projects.\n\n### Understanding the Token Supply\n\n#### Example 1\n\nFor a gold mine in Colombia with Indicated resources of 2,100,000 gold grams:\n\nVariables: \n- Category = Indicated = 30%\n- Country: Colombia = CM = 20%\n\n- Equation to determine token supply = Resources × Category % × (1 − CM)  \n- = (2,100,000 × 30%) × 0.8  \n- = 504,000  \n\nThe initial total supply (ITS) is set at 504,000 GBT (1 token = 1 gram of gold). In this example, each GBT in circulation has collateral of 4.16 grams of gold (Collateralization Ratio).  \n\n#### Example 2\n\nAfter further exploration, suppose the QP reports new resources with an additional indicated 700,000 gold grams. Using the same collateral calculation:\n\n- Additional GBT supply = (700,000 × 30%) × 0.8 = 168,000\n\nThe GBT supply is expanded by this additional backing. The total supply increases from 504,000 GBT to 504,000 + 168,000 = 672,000 GBT. This expansion directly reflects the increased collateral provided by the newly confirmed resources, thereby enhancing the value and stability of each token. Concurrently, a portion of the profits generated from this additional backing is used to repurchase Community and Rewards Tokens for distribution among active participants.\n\n(Collateralization Ratio remains 4.16)\n\n#### Example 3\n\nA new mine in the same jurisdiction comes with the following report: \n\n- Resources: 800,000 grams. \n- Category: Measured. \n- CM = 20%\n\n- Calculation: (800,000 × 60%) × 0.8  \n- = 384,000 new GBT \n- New total supply = 672,000 + 384,000 = 1,056,000\n\nThe updated collateralization ratio is 3.41. The collateralization ratio has been lowered due to the higher certainty offered by the measured resources added in this example.\n\n## Global Aggregation and Exploration Rewards Mechanism\n\nAll participating mines contribute to a single, globally aggregated digital gold resources reserve backing the GBT. This global gold-backed token model avoids liquidity fragmentation and ensures that every confirmed resource—from any mine—strengthens the overall collateral.\n\nSince exploration is conducted with resources from the liquidity pool, Alternun will use the Community and Rewards Token to reward those holders who actively minted GBT and participated in the projects. This creates an important incentive for minters on the platform.\n\n## Treasury Management Strategy\n\nTo safeguard the value of the liquidity pool and mitigate risks from rapid fluctuations in gold prices, Alternun employs a simple and effective treasury management strategy. When a customer mints GBT, a portion of the stable coins received is automatically swapped into reputable gold-backed tokens, such as Pax Gold or Tether Gold. This conversion helps maintain the liquidity pool’s value by aligning a significant portion of our assets with gold. Additionally, 2% of the treasury allocated for government royalties is held exclusively in gold-backed tokens, ensuring these funds are preserved in a stable, gold-valued form until needed.\n\n## Token Uses or Benefits\n\n- **Protection Against Inflation:**  \n  GBT remains a secure, gold-backed asset with a robust, aggregated liquidity pool—providing stability and defense against inflation.\n- **Governance:**  \n  Holders can vote and influence decisions regarding regenerative projects, exploration investments, and other strategic initiatives.\n- **Staking and Integrated Rewards:**  \n  By staking GBT and participating in governance and project elections, holders benefit not only from profit-sharing but also from additional rewards. Profits from the Recovery Pool are used to repurchase Community and Rewards Tokens, which are then distributed to active participants—linking exploration success with community incentives.\n- **Exclusive Features:**  \n  Holders gain access to special benefits such as guided visits to mining sites and regenerated areas, further deepening their connection with the ecosystem.\n\n## Why Invest in ALTERNUN GBT?\n\nALTERNUN Gold Backed Tokens (GBT) provide a unique opportunity to bridge traditional gold investments with innovative blockchain technology. Designed to cater to a diverse range of stakeholders, GBT offers stability, transparency, and environmental sustainability. Below are the key reasons why various groups should consider investing in GBT:\n\n### For Institutions\n- **Stability and Security:**  \n  GBT is backed by a globally aggregated digital gold reserve, ensuring inherent value and serving as a reliable store of wealth.\n- **Transparent and Decentralized Governance:**  \n  Participate in a decentralized ecosystem with clear profit-sharing mechanisms and robust collateralization.\n- **Risk Management:**  \n  Hedge against inflation and market volatility with an asset that is both tangible and securely managed.\n\n### For DeFi Protocols\n- **Seamless Integration:**  \n  Incorporate GBT into your ecosystem as a stable, secure asset that complements existing DeFi solutions.\n- **Enhanced Liquidity:**  \n  Benefit from a token that supports both value preservation and dynamic profit-sharing, thereby adding utility and depth to your platform.\n- **Multichain Compatibility:**  \n  GBT is designed to operate across multiple networks, avoiding liquidity fragmentation and fostering interoperability.\n\n### For Individual Investors\n- **Portfolio Diversification:**  \n  Add a gold-backed digital asset to your portfolio, reducing exposure to traditional market risks.\n- **Inflation Hedge:**  \n  Secure your investments with a token that maintains its value even during economic fluctuations.\n- **Community and Profit Sharing:**  \n  Engage in governance and staking to receive rewards, ensuring that you directly benefit from the ecosystem’s growth.\n\n### For Environmental Advocates\n- **Sustainable Practices:**  \n  Support regenerative mining and sustainable practices that minimize environmental impact while promoting social development.\n- **Positive Social Impact:**  \n  Invest in a product that not only preserves wealth but also contributes to the rehabilitation of ecosystems and community development.\n- **Responsible Resource Management:**  \n  Align your investments with environmental stewardship and transparent management of natural resources.\n\n### For Wealth Creators\n- **Long-Term Value Creation:**  \n  Benefit from a continually expanding token supply as new gold resources are confirmed, enhancing the overall collateral.\n- **Profit Sharing and Reinvestment:**  \n  Enjoy a model where a portion of project profits is reinvested to strengthen the liquidity pool and increase token stability.\n- **Innovative Digital Gold:**  \n  Combine the enduring value of physical gold with the innovation of digital finance to create sustainable, long-term wealth.\n  \n ## First Steps of Our Projects\n \n Each of these regions not only has a significant mining tradition but also boasts a diversified economy based on agriculture, livestock farming, commerce, and other productive activities.\n\nFrom Nechí to Girardota, we explore the economic and social characteristics of each territory, highlighting their potential and the impact of our initiatives on local development. With this approach, we aim to generate sustainable opportunities that drive community growth and promote a balance between mining and other key economic activities.\n\n- **Nechí:** \n  \n  Is a municipality located in the Bajo Cauca subregion of the Antioquia department, Colombia. Below is a summary of its population and economic activities.\n  \n  **Population:** According to data from the Government of Antioquia, in 2021, Nechí had a population of approximately 26,000 inhabitants.\n\n  **Economic Activities:** In addition to mining, which is a significant economic activity in Nechí, the municipality has a diversified economy that includes:\n    * **Agriculture:** \n  Crops such as rice, cassava, corn, plantain, and cocoa are grown. In 2020, 3,600 hectares of rice were planted, producing 37,606.25 tons.\n    * **Livestock Farming:** The buffalo population stands out, with 2,265 buffaloes registered across 13 farms.\n    * **Trade and Services:** Local commerce and social, communal, and personal services also contribute to the municipality's economy.\n\n\n- **Anorí:**\n  \n  Is a municipality in the department of Antioquia, Colombia, founded in 1808 and officially declared a municipality in 1821.\n  \n  **Population:**  According to 2024 projections, Anorí has approximately 19,675 inhabitants, distributed as 9,299 women (47.3%) and 10,376 men (52.7%).\n  \n  **Economic Activities:** In addition to gold mining, which has historically been significant, Anorí has a diversified economy that includes:\n    * **Agriculture:** The municipality stands out in the production of panela sugarcane, with 126 mills, 166 producers, and around 950 hectares cultivated. Other crops include coffee, plantain, cassava, cocoa, beans, corn, and fique.\n    * **Livestock Farming:** The vast territorial extension and diverse climate conditions favor livestock farming, which is considered one of the main economic sectors in the region.\n\n\n- **Gómez Plata:** \n\n  Is a municipality located in the Northern subregion of the Antioquia department, Colombia. Below is a summary of its population and economic activities:\n  \n  **Population:** According to projections based on the 2018 census, by 2021, Gómez Plata had an estimated population of approximately 10,086 inhabitants.\n  \n  **Economic Activities:** In addition to gold mining, which has historically been significant in the municipality, Gómez Plata has a diversified economy that includes:\n  \n    * **Agriculture:** The municipality's economy is primarily based on coffee cultivation, dual-purpose livestock farming, pig farming, and sugarcane production for panela.\n    * **Livestock Farming:** Dual-purpose livestock farming (milk and meat production) is a key economic activity in the municipality.\n    *  **Pig Farming:** Pig breeding is another relevant economic activity in Gómez Plata.\n    *  **Sugarcane Cultivation for Panela:** The production of panela from sugarcane is an important economic activity in the municipality.\n\n\n- **Palermo:** \n\n  Is a township of the municipality of Támesis, located in the Southwestern subregion of the Antioquia department, Colombia. Below is a summary of its population and economic activities:\n  \n  **Population:** Approximately 1,500 inhabitants.\n  \n  **Economic Activieties:** In addition to mining, which has been a significant economic activity in the region, Palermo has a diversified economy that includes:\n  \n     * **Agriculture:** The inhabitants engage in the cultivation of coffee, plantain, corn, and beans, with coffee being the main agricultural product in the area.\n     *  **Livestock Farming:** Cattle breeding for milk and meat production is an important economic activity in the township.\n     *   **Commerce:** Small local businesses supply the community’s basic needs and contribute to the local economy.\n\n\n\n* **Tesalia:**\n  \n  Is a municipality located in the department of Huila, Colombia. Below is a summary of its population and economic activities:\n  \n  **Population:** According to data from 2015, Tesalia had an approximate population of 9,280 inhabitants.\n  \n  **Economic Activities:** In addition to mining, which has been a significant economic activity in the region, Tesalia has a diversified economy that includes:\n  \n     * **Agriculture:** The inhabitants engage in the cultivation of coffee, plantain, corn, and beans, with coffee being the main agricultural product in the area.\n     * **Livestock Farming:** Cattle breeding for milk and meat production is an important economic activity in the municipality.\n     * **Commerce:** Small local businesses supply the community’s basic needs and contribute to the local economy.\n\n\n\n* **Amalfi:** \n\n  Is a mountainous municipality in Colombia, located in the Northeastern subregion of the department of Antioquia. It borders the municipalities of Anorí and Segovia to the north, Segovia, Remedios, and Vegachí to the east, Vegachí, Yalí, Yolombó, and Gómez Plata to the south, and Guadalupe and Anorí to the west.\n  \n  **Population:** According to the 2018 census, Amalfi had a total population of 20,265 inhabitants, distributed among 6,805 households, with an average household size of 3.0 people.\n  \n  **Economic Activities:** Amalfi's economy is diverse and includes several key activities:\n  \n    * **Agriculture:** The production of panela from sugarcane is fundamental to the local economy. Additionally, coffee is cultivated on a smaller scale, contributing to the livelihood of many families.\n    *  **Livestock Farming:** Cattle farming is a significant economic activity, providing dairy and meat products for local and regional consumption.\n    *  **Forestry:** The region's rich forest resources allow for timber exploitation, serving as an additional source of income for the inhabitants.\n    *  **Handicrafts:** Amalfi is known for the production of carrieles, a traditional Antioquian accessory that is both a cultural icon and a source of income for local artisans.\n\n\n* **Girardota:** \n\n  Is a municipality located in the Aburrá Valley subregion of the department of Antioquia, Colombia. It borders the municipalities of Barbosa and Donmatías to the north, Santo Domingo to the east, Copacabana and Bello to the south, and San Pedro de los Milagros to the west.\n  \n  **Population:** According to data, Girardota has a population of approximately 47,000 inhabitants.\n  \n  **Economic  Activities:** Girardota's economy is diverse and encompasses several key sectors:\n  \n    * **Agriculture:** The municipality is known for the cultivation of sugarcane, coffee, onions, and mangoes.\n    * **Livestock Farming:** The raising of cattle for milk production, as well as pig farming and horse breeding, are important economic activities in the region.\n    * **Industry:** Girardota has experienced significant industrial growth, with the presence of various manufacturing sectors, ceramic production, and synthetic fiber industries.\n\n\n## Sustainability\n  \n  We have made significant progress in sustainability and are working to obtain the \"Sustainability Level\" international certification, awarded by Green Cross UK to organizations that implement its Programs and Initiatives (P&I).\n\nThis recognition reflects a fundamental commitment to sustainability and marks the beginning of a journey toward a positive environmental and social impact.\n\nThe certification is based on 73 sustainability and resilience indicators (called \"credits\"), organized into six key categories: Social Impact, Governance, Life Cycle Resources, Environment, Risk and Resilience, and Approach. These cover aspects such as human well-being, community, economy, energy, water, conservation, and emissions.\n\nEach project is assessed based on these indicators, determining its level of compliance and encouraging continuous improvements in sustainability.\n  \n## Useful Links\n\n* [Community and rewards token.](https://hackmd.io/@sgomezp/HJy7mkovR)\n* [Alternun's impact explained thru SDG's.](https://hackmd.io/@sgomezp/Bk57s9P3C)\n* [Projects election and profits distribution.](https://hackmd.io/@sgomezp/H15K2hWAR)\n* [Alternun Roadmap.](/7Gc9vptURHG4ALCpwEOd-w)\n* [ALTERNUN team.](/USESnJekQgm0lnFqd-9Upw)\n* [Our website.](https://alternun.io/)\n* [Discord.](https://discord.gg/zqgQNxZx8a)\n* [Crypto altruism Podcast.](https://www.cryptoaltruism.org/blog/crypto-altruism-podcast-episode-169-alternun-creating-wealth-regenerating-the-environment-with-onchain-digital-gold-mining)\n* [10AM Podcast in spanish.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1W8NhtOaoQ&t=2s)\n\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "alternun-development", "projectTwitter": "Alternun_io"}, "recipient": "0x3f4224e134EAdB9EAD94490D50Ac3a34E897C4eD"}}