The Factum Protocol.
Factum is how AllGaia proves what it does. It is the verification layer underneath every partnership — designed to make every commitment, every disbursement, and every restoration outcome publicly verifiable. Built in phases, by design.
Trust, made structural.
Most restoration funding moves through goodwill, board discretion, and annual reports that nobody can verify. AllGaia is building a different default — where every claim about funds, partners, and outcomes can be independently checked, by anyone, at any time.
The Factum Protocol is the mechanism that makes this work. It is not the Foundation's marketing layer. It is its accountability layer.
What it makes possible: a partner organisation can show its members the actual funds that arrived. A journalist can verify a public claim against the ledger. A regulator can audit without asking permission. A future Foundation board cannot quietly redirect funds away from the constitutional mission.
This requires building several things in sequence — not all at once. The current status is below.
Built in stages. Public from day one.
Factum is delivered in three stages. Each is real. Each is publicly stated. Partners do not wait for the on-chain phase — they can operate from Phase 1.
Trusted Ledger
Every partner transaction is documented in the Foundation's accounting system. Partners receive periodic statements. Funds move via standard banking rails and are recorded permanently, with full audit trail.
Public Verification
A public web ledger where every partner, every disbursement period, and every aggregate flow is visible to anyone. Partners are listed by name, with the cumulative funds disbursed to them. No accounts required to view.
On-chain settlement
Settlement moves to the Polygon network. Disbursements execute automatically at point of sale via a smart contract. The Foundation's allocation rules become structurally enforced, not just statutorily promised.
Public communications across the site that describe Factum Protocol in operational terms (e.g. "on-chain settlement", "every accounting period") refer to the full system once Phase 3 is live. Phases 1 and 2 deliver the same outcomes through different mechanisms — accounting integrity is real today; on-chain enforcement arrives in stages.
Four things, by design.
Factum is scoped deliberately. It is not a marketing tool. It is a fact-recording layer.
Partner commitments
When a partner organisation joins, the agreement is recorded — including the statutory share, the term, and the start date. The commitment is not stored in a private folder.
Member-purchase flow
Every sale through a partner link is recorded with the partner attribution. The aggregate per partner per accounting period is the basis for disbursement.
Disbursements
Each disbursement to a partner is recorded with date, amount, and accounting reference. Partners can verify their statements against the ledger.
Convening commitments
Commitments made at the AllGaia Annual Convening are recorded with the partner, the commitment text, and the target outcome — so they are not lost between events.
Same outcomes. Stronger guarantees.
Partners do not lose anything by joining in Phase 1. The accountability surface grows as the phases roll out.
| What partners get | Phase 1 (now) | Phase 2 | Phase 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Their statutory share | Disbursed periodically by the Foundation, with statement | Same, with public web ledger entry | Settled automatically on-chain at point of sale |
| Public verification of their funding | On request; named in the Foundation's annual report | Always visible; public web page lists every partner with cumulative | Always visible; on-chain queryable in real time |
| Independence of allocation | Constitutional rule — partner's governance allocates | Same — constitutional rule does not depend on the phase | Same |
| Audit access | Annual report + on-request access to detailed records | Self-serve via the public ledger | Self-serve, plus regulators and journalists query the chain directly |
| Convening commitments tracked | Recorded by Foundation, published in annual report | Recorded in public web ledger, immediate visibility | Recorded on-chain with cryptographic proof of timing |
The principle: the constitutional rules — the Foundation share, the partner share, partner-governance independence, the §8 firewall — apply identically across all three phases. They are statutory, not technical. Factum makes them progressively more verifiable, never less true.
When the site says "Factum Protocol" — what's true today.
Across the AllGaia site, language like "on-chain settlement", "every accounting period", or "settled via the Factum Protocol" refers to the full Phase 3 system. Today, Phase 1 delivers the same outcomes through standard accounting — the disbursement is real, the record is permanent, the partner can verify it.
The site uses forward-looking language because Factum is designed end-to-end, not as Phase 1 forever. But we are committed to being explicit: Phase 1 is what is operational today. Phases 2 and 3 are on the way.
Partners reading the Partner Framework, the application form, or the Statutes can ask at any point which phase a specific mechanism is in. AllGaia answers honestly. No phase is described as more than it is.
Ask. Verify. Audit.
If your organisation is considering an AllGaia partnership and wants to understand a specific Factum mechanism, ask. We will tell you what is real now, what is under construction, and what timeline applies.