vishkap The financial facilitation being provided to Carbonmark is not, in any manner, to be construed as a "grant." This is a crucial distinction. What we are discussing is a budgetary provision specifically earmarked for the continued development and advancement of Carbonmark. This aligns with the precedent set over the past two years, where funds were allocated for its growth, innovation, and service improvements.
Channeling resources in this manner allows us to maintain a consistent trajectory in support for Carbonmark, while also ensuring it is able to develop as needed to satisfactorily integrate within commercial and regulatory realms, per the RFC post.
Choosing to give Carbonmark a loan depends on a number of deliberate factors. We are aiming to create an innovative and symbiotic Digital Carbon Market. With this in mind, the earmarking of specific development budget allocations allows targeted work to promote the achievement of expected results without incurring repayment obligations.
Also, it would change the terms of the relationship as for pursuing the repayment, Carbonmark would have to look for the best economic relationship, while in this case it's more of solidifying the relationship and having CM being the storefront of Klima.
The synergy between Carbonmark and KlimaDAO's activities is intended to create a unique relationship that is defined beyond financial transactions. Carbonmark can operate and thrive on a budget while being closely aligned with KlimaDAO's strategies, ensuring both ongoing business' efficiency and effectiveness. Adding loans to the equation may inadvertently create financial stringency and potentially tie Carbonmark's growth efforts to repayment plan constraints.
On the other hand, this approach intends to create a sense of trust that allows Carbonmark to operate smoothly and focus on its development goals and innovative activities - directing value back to the KlimaDAO ecosystem. Similarly, by separating KlimaDAO's work from Carbonmark's, we intend to preserved the integrity of its mission and ensured that the larger vision is not diluted (and we can proceed with further implementations at the protocol level for progressed decentralization).