Ethics Guidelines

🔥 TLDR: THE CORE FOUR 🔥

1. NO PRICE TALK - Never predict, target, or hype $REGEN's price. Focus on utility, not speculation.
2. NO INSIDER TRADING - Don't trade on non-public info, and don't share it selectively. Period.
3. RADICAL TRANSPARENCY - We publish everything. If something truly can't be public yet, don't trade on it or leak it.
4. AUTHENTIC PASSION IS WELCOME - Communicate with genuine enthusiasm about $REGEN's mission to bring integrity to ethical capital formation and make regenerative processes legible in the marketplace.

Remember: We're pioneering a new level of integrity in the digital asset space. Our conduct should reflect the ecological values we're working to encode.

Introduction

As participants in the Regen Token Economics Working Group, we contribute to a public forum for discussing the future of the $REGEN token and its economic ecosystem. This working group serves as an open discussion space where diverse stakeholders—including community members, Regen Foundation representatives, RND PBC team members, and independent contributors—can explore ideas that may eventually be formalized through the network's governance process.

Given $REGEN's presumed classification as a digital commodity under CFTC regulation due to its sufficient decentralization, all participants should understand the ethical considerations that apply to our discussions, even as they remain transparent and public.

Our Role and Context

The Token Economics Working Group:

• Functions as a public discussion forum, not a decision-making body
• Publishes 100% of meeting minutes for complete transparency
• Presents ideas that may later be formalized through proper network governance channels
• Includes participants with various affiliations across the Regen ecosystem

All material decisions regarding the $REGEN token must ultimately be made through the formal forum and network governance processes, not within this working group.

Core Ethical Principles

1. Transparency and Public Discussion

• Identify your affiliations: When making substantive contributions, clearly state your role(s) within the Regen ecosystem.
• Support public deliberation: Recognize that working group discussions are public by design and will be documented in published minutes.
• Maintain a stakeholder registry: Contribute to a public record of participant affiliations that is regularly updated.
• Document perspective diversity: Ensure minutes reflect the variety of stakeholder viewpoints represented in discussions.

2. Responsible Market Conduct

• Avoid price targeting or forecasting: Never communicate specific price targets, forecasts, or expectations for $REGEN in public or private messaging.
• Focus discussions on utility: Frame all explorations around the utility of $REGEN for ecosystem governance, network security, and ecological verification rather than investment potential.
• Exercise personal trading judgment: Consider implementing personal cooling-off periods around significant policy discussions, even though all discussions are public.
• Prevent market manipulation: Never engage in activities that could be perceived as "pumping" the token, including coordinated buying, misleading statements about adoption, or exaggerated claims about utility.

3. Communication Guidelines

• Differentiate exploration from recommendation: Clearly indicate when ideas are preliminary versus well-developed enough for formal governance consideration.
• Maintain consistent messaging: Ensure that working group participants understand and accurately represent the token's purpose, utility, and economic model.
• Clarify the path to governance: Regularly explain how working group discussions feed into formal governance proposals.
• Separate personal views from working group discussions: When communicating personally about $REGEN, clarify that views expressed are personal and not official working group positions.

4. Discussion Integrity

• Prioritize ecosystem health: Focus discussions on what will strengthen the network and support ecological regeneration, not what might increase token value.
• Respect decentralization: Avoid proposing actions that would centralize control or influence over the token or network.
• Balance stakeholder interests: Consider impacts on all ecosystem participants (validators, land stewards, credit buyers, developers) when discussing economic policies.
• Uphold technical integrity: Ensure that technical claims about the token and network are accurate and verifiable.

5. Regulatory Awareness

• Stay informed: Maintain awareness of evolving regulatory guidance regarding digital assets, particularly CFTC regulations on commodities.
• Document compliance considerations: Include regulatory perspectives in working group discussions where relevant.
• Implement prudent safeguards: Proactively discuss practices that demonstrate commitment to fair markets, even where specific regulations may not yet exist.
• Consider legal consultation: When uncertain about the regulatory implications of a proposed direction, recommend seeking qualified legal advice before formal governance proposals.

Specific Guidelines for Discussion Participants

Working group participants should:

1. Be transparent about their ecosystem roles when making substantive contributions
2. Avoid making specific claims or predictions about future token price or returns
3. Clearly distinguish between exploratory discussions and formal recommendations
4. Present accurate information about the utility, adoption, and technical capabilities of the network
5. Consider how discussions might be perceived by the broader community and market participants
6. Recommend appropriate diligence and research for concepts before they enter formal governance
7. Maintain awareness of how personal trading activity relates to public working group discussions
8. Support the working group's role as a public forum rather than a decision-making body

Best Practices for Working Group Operations

• Establish clear agenda items and discussion objectives
• Document and publish comprehensive meeting minutes
• Create distinct sections in minutes for different stakeholder perspectives
• Maintain clear traceability between working group discussions and eventual governance proposals
• Establish processes for moving concepts from working group discussions to formal governance
• Periodically review and update these ethics guidelines
• Conduct periodic discussions on regulatory developments
• Maintain the group's independence as a multi-stakeholder forum

Handling Sensitive Information

While the working group operates with maximum transparency, occasionally limited types of information may require careful handling:

• Technical vulnerabilities (until patched)
• Preliminary partnership discussions (when required by NDA)
• Legal advice protected by privilege

In these rare cases:

1. Document the rationale for limited distribution
2. Establish a timeline for public disclosure
3. Minimize the scope of non-public information
4. Ensure equitable access to information once publicly released

Conclusion

As participants in the Token Economics Working Group, we contribute to open, transparent discussions about the future of the $REGEN token ecosystem. By adhering to these ethical guidelines, we demonstrate our commitment to building a sustainable, legally compliant, and effective economic system for ecological regeneration.

These guidelines will evolve as regulatory clarity increases and as the Regen Network ecosystem matures. Working group participants are encouraged to suggest improvements to this document as needed.