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title: Impact Certificates Development Plan

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# Impact Certificates Development Plan

Three stages:
1. Merkle drop tool
2. Curated lists of airdrop receipients
3. IC creation

[Technical specs](https://hackmd.io/@zeframlou/S1oE_Jgvv/edit)

## Merkle drop tool

* Merkle-tree based airdrops as a service
* Gets us initial traction
* Popularize retrospective rewards

## Curated lists of airdrop recipients

* Once the Merkle drop tool is popular, users will want curated lists of recipients
    * Examples
        * Gitcoin donors in the most recent round
        * yEarn governance voters
        * Holders of tokens that offset carbon emissions
        * ETH2 stakers
* Why?
    * Convenience: no need to manually compile lists
    * Signalling: clearly signals what kind of behavior you are rewarding
* The lists will be framed as "list of people who have done a certain thing that has had a positive impact"

## IC creation

* Once the curated list platform is popular, IC is the logical next step
    * ICs will be framed as tokenized curated lists of possible recipients
    * Holding an IC = Responsible for the impact done by the underlying project
* The IC marketplace can be seamlessly added to the curated list platform
    * Holders of an IC = just another curated list