About

Gaia is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that aims to create an ecosystem of prominent DeFi products on the BSC blockchain while supporting environmental and philanthropic organizations.

At Gaia, we believe that token holders should be able to vote on all aspects of the project - including the protocol's future development path. As a result, the community will decide on marketing decisions, protocol parameters, future tokens and any smart contract changes. This includes any subsequent projects built by the DAO as well as which organizations Gaia will support. Some plausible future platforms built on Gaia may include, but are not limited to, liquidity mining, staking, farming, lending and a DEX. These products will be chosen by the community and its members will be able to participate in their development, making the project truly autonomous. Furthermore, there will be an NFT marketplace designed to reward early adopters and dedicated members.

GAIA is a decentralized autonomous organisation committed to developing DeFi products chosen by its community. The mission is to leverage the scale of decentralized finance to create exponential positive environmental impact. While we recognize the importance of developing strong DeFi products to benefit our community, we believe we have a responsibility to support positive change on Planet Earth. We all have a responsibility to ensure the needs of future generations are met and that Earth can continue to support life. Which environmental initiatives we support at a given time will ultimately be decided by GAIA’s community but donations are intended for wildlife conservation programs, ecosystem preservations or anything to improve Planet Earth. We must protect it! 

Road Map

2021 Q1Conceptualization

• Mission statement
• Tokenomics of $GAIA
• Gaiadao.org launch
• Smart contract development
• Social Media presence

2021 Q2Genesis

• IDO Launch via DxSale
• First audit
• Listing on PancakeSwap
• Gaia Governance
• First Gaia donation
• Listings on CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap and Blockfolio

2021 Q3Growth

• Onboard new community developers
• First DeFi product development
• CEX exchange listings
• Partnerships with influencers

2021 Q4Evolution

• DeFi hub for multiple products
• Partnerships with other projects
• Artist partnerships for GAIA NFTs
• NFT marketplace
• Audit on new DeFi smart contracts

Tokenomics

GaiaDAO’s governance token is $GAIA. The token is intended to determine the protocol’s direction as well as to choose which environmental or philanthropic organizations to support. It may develop further utility in the foreseeable future depending on prospective products. 35% ILO - Large scale $GAIA token distribution through an ILO on [Dx sale] platform. This will mark the birth of the Gaia community. 70% of the BNB acquired during the ILO will be paired with $GAIA and locked in liquidity to ensure the longevity of the project. The remaining BNB will be used for operations and development. In the case that any tokens are not acquired during the ILO, they will be burnt. 22% Locked-Liquidity - Percentage added as liquidity to PancakeSwap. These tokens are paired with BNB obtained from the token ILO. LP tokens will be locked for a 6 month period to avoid liquidity issues and rugpulls. 20% Operations and Development - Reserves to finance the future development of Gaia, including DeFi products and an NFT marketplace. 15% Marketing - Funds used to promote Gaia, run contests and giveaways. 8% Founding team - Founder governance provided upon launch and locked for a one-month period. An anti-whale mechanism that restricts wallets to a limit of 3 BNB ensures that each participant can only carry 0.3% of the total token supply at most on launch. This supports the goal of becoming a truly decentralized organization where a community determines the organization’s future development

$GAIA is a reflective governance token which powers the Gaia ecosystem. The token was designed with 5 key features in mind. Governance - Let the community determine the direction of the project Redistribution - Redistribute voting power to dedicated community members Donation - Support the planet, its ecosystems and their living Liquidity - Support the longevity of the project. Burn - Be scarce in nature That is why there is a 5% transaction fee built into the token model which is automatically called by the token contract functions. Redistribution: 1% of tokens will be automatically redistributed to every wallet address that has acquired and held on to GAIA, ultimately providing loyal members with a bigger say in the project. Liquidity: 1% of the tokens will be used to provide liquidity. The smart contract will sell 0.5% into BNB, while the remaining 0.5% will be automatically paired with the recently acquired BNB and added as a liquidity pair to PancakeSwap. Donation: 2% of the tokens will be sent to a donation wallet which will be sold back to the community. At the end of each month, the funds accumulated in this wallet will be sent to the non-profit organization (NPO) of choice, determined by the community. Burn: 1% of all GAIA transacted will be automatically sent to a dead address that no one can access and therefore be removed from circulation forever.