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FOAF Marketplace Roadmap

The FOAF Marketplace builds on the foundations of GrowOperative to create a wider network of decentralized trade. It is designed to support the exchange of services, tools, and time between people who trust each other. This roadmap outlines how we move from the first alpha pilots into a full-featured marketplace guided by the FOAF DAO.

The Marketplace does not replace GrowOperative. It grows from it. By building on trust paths and mutual credit, we aim to support a new kind of community commerce where people can meet everyday needs without relying on cash.

2025

  • Improve backend support for fiat-denominated IOUs and mutual credit
  • Refine trust-path logic and markup routing through contact chains
  • Begin design and development for multi-category trade listings
  • Produce explainer videos to prepare the community for broader use
  • Raise $300K to support mobile apps, infrastructure, and outreach (see pitch deck)

Q2 2026

  • Launch GrowOperative alpha in multiple communities
  • Test contact-based trade routing and visibility settings
  • Collect feedback on markups, settlement experiences, and trust chains
  • Release onboarding videos for listing services, offering tools, and booking labor

Q4 2026

  • Build FOAF Marketplace prototype with support for diverse services and categories
  • Allow offers priced in local fiat per hour, per item, or by fixed service
  • Begin first round of community-driven governance using FOAF voting
  • Expand token distribution based on trust participation and contributions (see airdrops)

2027

  • Launch full FOAF Marketplace across all supported categories
  • Integrate reputation scoring to support delegation and routing confidence
  • Continue producing content that helps new communities launch independently
  • Finalize treasury mechanics and stake-based proposal system (see dao-transition)

2028 and Beyond

  • Add advanced features such as subscription billing, recurring work, or group offers
  • Enable cross-community routing between distinct trust networks
  • Expand international support with localization and offline-first trade models
  • Introduce experimental tools for public service or commons-based coordination

Marketplace Features

  • Flexible Listings Offer services, tools, and help with per-unit pricing in local currency

  • Trust-Based Discovery Items and services can be shared with friends only or propagated to wider networks through trusted intermediaries

  • Settlement Options Use cash, mutual credit, or RHEO. All fees are in RHEO and flow automatically through trust chains

  • Transparent Fees Three percent of each trade value in RHEO, plus one percent per intermediary hop, routed fairly with no central control

  • Media for Learning Video explainers are released at every phase to help new users understand and participate quickly

Why It Matters

  • Builds Resilience Communities can meet needs directly without waiting for outside help

  • Grows Organically The system grows through relationships and participation, not venture capital or paid adoption

  • Supports Self-Reliance Families and neighbors can help each other without needing to spend money they do not have

  • DAO-Governed Control remains in the hands of the people who use it, guided by FOAF token holders and active trust builders

Explore more in vision, technical roadmap, and tokenomics.