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Here is a +list of DECA contracts in multiple Networks: + +| Network | Contract | +|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| Ethereum | 0x3556a5005d5411603e0115efd9b875fdfb3ad7e9| +| Arbitrum | 0x02f1CB850799D651d56775dAe04F66362eb8e4B2| +| Linea | 0x380D8b3FbDD15Ad5ff4Bc5Fb5393FCd10dc2A68b | +| ZKEVM | 0x34f4E513517f7aEA7D6Ef797b30Ed56AF8000344 | +| ZKSync | Unknown | + + +It is up to the comunity to provide liquidity and bridge into other Ethereum +Layers or Dexes. If you did please contact us to verify and update this section. + +> Notice: Disclossure Agreement +> You should be aware of your own country cryptocurreny regulations and it is +your own responsability to comply with the laws of your country. + +### Can I mine DECA Token? + +DECA Token cannot be mined or minted. It is based on the ERC20 created by an +ICO that previously backed up the DECA Token minting with Decentralized Carbon +Credits, DECA Token has a limited supply, and its security has been audited. +DECA Governance token will be able to be minted/mined in the future, and there +will be the possibility to migrate DECA Token to the DECA Protocol as DECA +Governance tokens if requested. + +## What is the difference between the DECA Token and the DECA Governance Token? + +Currently, the DECA Token works with the ERC20 standard and is used in the +snapshot DAO +for governance purposes. It also includes a record of the decentralized carbon +credits database (A.K.A decentralized backlog) which holds a record of the +previous migrated carbon credits to back up the emissions on the DECA Token. + +The DECA Governance Token will be an updated version of the DECA token with +added Governance feautures and tokenomics model with ultrasound money like properties +. The goal is to create a model that controls the DECA Governance Token +minting as reward to the participants of the [DECA Minting/Mining Use Case]() +Process, which also mints a secondary token (Carbon Token) as backup by the +same mechanism. This secondary token represents the decentralized carbon credits +or a reduction proof of 1 ton CO2 offset 1:1 equivalence following some ISO standards +and technical DAO Approval. + +## More about the carbon token + +The carbon token is the representation of 1 tco2 offset, either backup by +previously decentralized carbon credits in the early phase, or by a verified +technical DAO Committee that approves that it was created following the ISO 14064 +standard as compliance. + +## What is the DECA Protocol? + +Since the model is very abstract, it serves many use cases. Also, the base proto +col design intends to be modular and upgradeable if the DAO Decides to make +changes, and thus, we consider this a base protocol that can support green +energy and carbon offset decentralized solutions. + + +## What are the DECA Offset Certificates? + +The carbon token will have inflationary and burnable properties, and in the +event of being burned, there will be burning proof added to the DECA Offset +Certificates (Soulbound tokens with offset tracing features capabilities) +> Think of it as a proof of carbon offset in a certificate + +The DECA Offset Certificates are [Non-Transferable NFTs](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2022/01/26/soulbound.html) + +## What are carbon credits? + +Basically, they are digital assets that are equivalent to one metric ton +(1000kg/2205 lbs) of CO2 equivalent. The different kinds of certificates (CER, +ERU, AAU, RMU, etc.), the virtual currency of the carbon market, are called +carbon credits or carbon offsets. In the literature, two definitions of carbon +credits are common. + +A carbon credit is a tradable instrument that represents either: + +- A permit which gives the holder the right to emit one ton of carbon dioxide or + equivalent greenhouse gas (tCO2e) into the atmosphere, or +- A certificate from a project that represents the removal or avoidance of one +tCO2e from the atmosphere. + +## What is the Paris Agreement? + +The Paris Agreement set out to improve upon and replace the Kyoto Protocol, an +earlier international treaty designed to curb the release of greenhouse gases. +It entered into force on November 4, 2016, and has been signed by 197 countries +and ratified by 187 as of November 2019. + +Paris Agreement, in full Paris Agreement Under the United Nations Framework +The Convention on Climate Change, also called the Paris Climate Agreement, or +COP21, is an international treaty, named for the city of Paris, France. It was +adopted in December 2015 and aimed to reduce the emissions of gases that +contribute to global warming. + + +## What are the carbon markets? + +Carbon markets arise with the intention of obtaining the necessary emission +reductions (targets) at the lowest cost: whoever can carry out the reduction +actions at a not very high cost performs them. Whoever costs more, buys and +helps finance, in this way, the projects of the former: this is how the +efficiency of the system is achieved. + +With this in mind, the European emissions trading market emerged in 2005. The +objective was to meet the objectives established by the Kyoto protocol and for +the European industry to contribute in the most optimal way. Each issuing +facility had a reduction target to meet and could meet it either by making +technological changes that would reduce its own emissions or, if that option +was complicated and expensive, by purchasing emission rights. + +## Why should I trust DECA? + + +DECA seeks to create a fair and transparent way for parties to easily +participate in a decentralized, low-carbon economy. With DECA, individuals are +part of the carbon credit process and can vote on the way they get generated, +used, and allocated. This means that DECA community members can use the +platform to enhance the scientific rigor of their local jurisdiction or to seek +validation of carbon credit from one jurisdiction to another. The DECA Protocol +seeks to redress the wrongs of carbon emissions by adhering to the principles of +the protocol and by opening the process of the Paris Agreement to a worldwide +audience. + +DECA smart contract was audited by Quantstamp, a trusted leader in blockchain +security, and delivers end-to-end blockchain solutions for the world’s largest +enterprises. The entire project is completely open-source and can be accessed by +everyone. + +* 100% FOSS software +* A community-based project +* DAO decision-making +* **Don't trust; verify!** + +## How does the GAS thing work on an EVM-based blockchain? + +DECA Token and DECA Protocol operate on the Ethereum blockchain and Layer 2 +blockchains, which uses a technology called the Ethereum Virtual Machine to +execute Smart Contracts. + +As with any blockchain, you need to pay a fee to make a transaction. In +Ethereum, the name of this fee is gas, and it is required to run processes or +make transactions. These transaction fees are covered in Ethereum (yes, you +must have some ether in the wallet). There are two parameters you need to set +in the gas amount or fee to make it work properly: one is GAS AMOUNT or UNITS +the other is the gas price. + +- The GAS UNITS are the minimum required to process the transaction. + +- The GAS PRICE is an amount related to how fast the transaction will be +processed. + +The GAS UNITS are recommended to have 100 000 for two main reasons: in test +need, we need more, it is easy to remember, and you get back the units the +transaction did not use as change (IMPORTANT: if you use less than 65 000, You +might lose your transaction and the fee/gas). + +The GAS PRICE depends on how much congestion is in the network, we used to say +30 GWEI is an average good amount but for some reasons, this may vary a lot, so +the best way is always to verify the congestion and check how fast you want your +transaction to be done by the site [eth gas station](https://www.ethgasstation.info/) +which will give you some recommendations on how much GWEI you should use +depending on how fast you want your transaction. + + +## When DECA cancels carbon credits, why doesn't the token lose value? + +DECA creates value through the cancellation of carbon credits in two ways: + +* It supports projects with social and environmental aspects and prevents CO2 +from entering the atmosphere. Each carbon credit is unique, and the purchase +price of the carbon credit is frozen in the blockchain and represented in the +secondary carbon token. + +You can compare it with contracting a service; the value of the service isn't calculated during the project's development but only in its execution afterward. + +## What happens if DECA doesn't reach or surpasses the soft cap? + +DECA has an ambitious goal to save the environment: The project team wants to +raise 10 Million USD. If DECA doesn´t reach the softcap, the business plan will +be adjusted but not stop the development of The DECA Platform. + +If DECA surpasses the soft cap, the carbon credit percentage will be increased +in order to support more environmental and social projects. + +Furthermore, the DECA Protocol Development will include a new tokenomics model +to incentivize its community and carbon market participants with their +reduction of carbon footprints and carbon credits integration into the protocol +to further the DECA Governance Token. + +## Who is behind DECA? + +### Currently +The DECA DAO will follow up on the development as an open collective group +to develop the DECA Protocol as a common good and fully free software project. + +We still get support from other organizations and previous project developers. + +### 2022-2024 +The Decentralized Climate Foundation, which is a non-profit organization, is +currently leading the DECA Project and other green energy and footprint +offset projects. + +### 2019-2022 +DECA token and Deca Search where originaly developed by two Canadian companies: +Neetsec International Inc (NSI) & Innovative Hydrogen Solutions (IHS); + +Innovative Hydrogen Solutions is a company founded in 2004 and based +in Aurora, Ontario; Innovative Hydrogen Solutions develops and commercializes +new hydrogen-based energy and power technologies that improve internal +combustion engine performance. + +NSI is an open-source, cybersecurity, and blockchain solutions company founded +in 2019 in Aurora, Ontario. + + +DECA Ecosystem is a project filled with visionaries, experts, and believers +unified by the possibility that there is a better tomorrow. + +## How to support DECA + +- Help Solve Development Issues at git. +- Provide Liquidity and/or donate to the DAO Vault. +- Join our community groups and ask us. + +