CarbonBod/carbonbod

CarbonBod — West African carbon registry. Sensor-verified carbon credits built on continuous MRV data. Tech by Webara Studio. # CarbonBod **The West African Carbon Registry** *Sensor-verified carbon credits. Measured continuously, not estimated.* --- ## What is CarbonBod? CarbonBod is building the carbon registry for West Africa — inspired by Ghana's GoldBod model of national commodity authority, applied to the region's largest untapped asset: **verified carbon**. ### The problem - West Africa needs **$294 billion** in climate finance but accesses a fraction of it - Existing registries (Verra, Gold Standard) cost $150-300K and 18-36 months per project — pricing out African developers entirely - The 2023 integrity scandal showed the world that *estimated* credits are broken — 90% of some rainforest credits were phantom - ECOWAS just validated a regional carbon market framework (Aug 2026) with no technical infrastructure behind it yet ### The CarbonBod way | Old registries | CarbonBod | |---|---| | Annual auditor visits | Continuous IoT sensor monitoring | | Estimated baselines | Measured data, on-chain | | 18-36 month registration | Weeks, digital-first | | $150-300K entry cost | Accessible to smallholder cooperatives | | Opaque paper credits | Tamper-proof digital issuance | | Developer-hostile | Built for West African realities | ### Architecture 1. **MRV Network** — IoT stove sensors, satellite deforestation feeds, smart meters feeding continuous verification data 2. **Registry Core** — Project registration, credit issuance, corresponding adjustments (Article 6.2 / ITMO compliant) 3. **Settlement Layer** — Digital credit custody, transparent retirement, mobile-money payout rails (MTN MoMo) 4. **Trust Mark** — Every CarbonBod credit carries the *"Webara Verified"* data-integrity seal ### 📐 Protocol Documentation Full technical specifications live in `docs/`: - **PROTOCOLS.md** — the complete protocol stack: IPFS evidence layer, ERC-721 credit registry (1 credit = 1 tonne, OMGE auto-burn), Seaport (MIT) marketplace fork with Article 6 compliance gates, and the certificate l …