Hello Breadfam! $BREAD Distribution Cycle #26 is in. 1,999 $BREAD went out to our eight member projects, up from 1,427 last cycle thanks to a longer window for yield to build up. Full newsletter in our bio, a thread for the greatest hits.

For just $9.58... You can own @breadcoop's community message banner featured on fund.bread.coop/governance Just launched, with its first views logged today 🚀

two frontiers im pondering as we quietly lay tracks for @gitcoin next chapter 1. syntropic financing 2. consumer adoption syntropy is the tendency of living systems to organize toward greater order, energy, and complexity over time. eg a forest doesn't just sustain itself, it gets richer over time. richer (in the context of nature) = more soil, more species, more energy turned into resilience each season. syntropic financing asks what capital would look like if it behaved the same way. money that leaves every system it touches more alive than it found it, where the returns are measured in the health and growth of the whole. consumer adoption is how that reaches the world. the primitive only matters if ordinary people touch it through products they'd already choose, no ideology required. get both right and you have an engine that grows the system and an on-ramp wide enough for everyone to climb aboard. I think in 2019-2022 @gitcoin was a leader in both. QF is a small glimmer of what syntropic financing can be. and @gitcoin was one of the first consumer dapps ppl used. I think that in 2027+ it is possible we could do it again at a larger and more holistic scale - tho success is not guaranteed, this is an aspiration and a target, imo we are well positioned to take another shot.

If you're interested in constructing something new out of the situation then I suggest checking out the showcase I made for a new on-chain and auditable version of what Artizen was trying to do that I've been building using the @breadcoop stack tbsoc.github.io/pastry

Our webinar with the Democratic Tech Fund is up. Wouter Tebbens on DTF's crowdfunding platform launching 29 Oct at MozFest, plus @allmodelsRwrong with a sneak peek of a Bread x DTF fund on the $BREAD model. Hosted by @bertmangil, watch the full session at the link in bio.

For those affected by the Artizen situation, I'm happy to share a showcase that I've been working on built on the @breadcoop stack as an alternative to get feedback. tbsoc.github.io/pastry/ How it works: - Deposit and get pasUSD, pasEUR or pasETH. You can always redeem them 1:1 for the underlying token - The yield from those deposits generates matching funds - 10% of every donation goes into a wealth fund that permanently earns yield, so the matching pool compounds over time - Curators run funding rounds and choose which projects to include - Points from donating, inviting others and using the app let you steer each season's yield split between funds and projects - The core model already works in production with @BreadCoop for over two years. We've given over $60k in funds through our Solidarity Fund. There are plenty of technical decisions to be made but I first want to validate that this is something people want. We'd be happy to lead the development if people are positive.

Exactly, our payouts are onchain. Transparent and resilient. Check out fund.bread.coop Find out how we generate funds and distribute them.

Currently working on an Artizen alternative using the @breadcoop stack. Let me know if you're interested!

* All Models Are Wrong is: allmodelsarewrong.online/p/b… “Technology is never just technology. All Models Are Wrong examines who controls and benefits from these systems and how they might be organized differently.” The new project by Joshua Davila (and the @breadcoop ?)

At @breadcoop we've been building Etherform, a CI/CD standard for smart contracts! Check it and help support it on @thedaofund initiatives.thedao.fund/init…

After 7 years, The Blockchain Socialist has ended but today, its rebirth begins: All Models Are Wrong AMAW examines who controls and benefits from technological systems, and how they might be organized differently. 🧵

Last call for our webinar tomorrow! - Learn what it takes to build outside the reach of Big US Tech - Explore proven models that have worked - Exclusive first look at the Democratic Tech Crowd Fund, launching 29th October Sign-up link in our bio

We're 5 days out from our next webinar. Join us alongside the Democratic Tech Fund and Free Knowledge Institute to see how solidarity funding is spreading to communities building technology in the commons. Free to attend, no technical background needed. Link in our bio.

Join us today to chat about #solidarity #finance and what Bread Coop is building 💰 Solidarity Fund ⭕️ Rotating Savings and Credit Associations #ROSCA 🫂 Mutual Insurance 📍 cryptoleftists.xyz 🗓️ Wednesday 23rd September, 19UTC