Phase 5 - Expansion
Window: Q2 2028 → Q4 2029
Phase 4 delivered GA in ≥2 regions, bounded DeFi, compliance automation, and DAO maturation. Phase 5 scales geography, deepens interop, and opens the ecosystem—without touching the law of the rail.
Settlement law
No EMT, no funds · Must-fund before shipping · One-Claim · Locked EDSD → Unlocked EDSD only on proof · 50% of each protocol fee burns in EDM. ETT stays proof-only; EDSD remains platform-bound (no bridges); cross-chain tokens are representations tied to the EDMA claim_id.
Q2 2028 — Geographic Expansion & Public Programs
Launch new regions: lane templates (schemas, attestor rosters, fallback quorums), local compliance mappings, and status pages in-language
Government & utility partnerships: registry mirrors, program dashboards, and ESG proof feeds for national sustainability programs
Standards alignment: extend Registry Mirror adapters (I-REC/GO/VCM variants) and publish First-Seen policies by region
Acceptance / exit criteria: 2–3 new regions live; ≥ 2 public-sector or utility MoUs signed; mirror SLA (freeze→replace ≤ 48 h p95). Order capacity ≥ 500+/month across regions; dispute closure ≤ 72 h p95.
Q4 2028 — Advanced AI (advisory-only) & Security Automation
AI-assisted ops: demand/supply forecasts, anomaly ranking (doc drift, sensor gaps), SLA predictions, exception routing—advisory only. PoV Gate still decides admissibility
Automated controls: real-time fraud heuristics (image forensics/EXIF, serial checksum, Merkle segment outliers) → flags feed B5 Exceptions, not auto-release
Contract posture: continuous audit pipelines, differential tests, and auto-generated invariants checks (EDSD conservation, fee caps, 50% burn proofs)
Acceptance / exit criteria: False-positive rate for AI flags ≤ 1% of gates; median “flag→resolution” < 24 h; no increase in dispute rate or SLO regressions. Invariant suite passes 100% on weekly builds; zero security incidents.
Q1 2029 — Infra Scaling & Interoperability
L2 scaling: multi-operator sequencer rotation, inclusion lists for critical calls (EMT, release, exit), PBS-style builder separation when mature; zk validity proofs for fee/burn correctness, EDSD conservation, and EMT issuance (batch-level)
Cross-chain representations (EDMA stays canonical): EDM: lock on EDMA → mint wrapped on destination; burn proof → unlock. Energy/Carbon tokens: lock on EDMA → mint wrapped with claim_id & pov_hash; burn proof → unlock or record compensating retirements. CLE (reward): permitted as ERC-20 bridge with governance caps. ETT (proof-only) and EDSD: not bridged
Edge & IoT: device key management at scale, Merkle commitments at the edge, offline buffer & delayed proof paths for weak networks
Acceptance / exit criteria: 99.9% availability; EMT→release p95 ≤ 15 s; forced-inclusion resolution ≤ 30 min. Zero double-use of bridged representations (One-Claim > 99.9%); bridge incidents 0. Device ingest success ≥ 99.8%; data freshness p95 ≤ 5 min across regions.
Q2 2029 — Community-Led Growth & DAO Maturity
DAO scope expansion to “Full-DAO”: ParameterStore (bounded), TreasurySplitter (non-burn half), program allowlists (attestors, connectors, registry keys), ZK verifying-key registries, inclusion-list policy. Constitutional brakes remain out of vote
Grants & incentives funded from treasury half: Energy innovators (microgrids, storage, metering); Developers (SDKs, connectors, analytics, wallets); Attestors (tooling, QA, device certification)
Dev ecosystem: SDKs (TS/Python), mock attestor nodes, public sandbox with test vectors, bounties for Schema packs
Acceptance / exit criteria: ≥ 50 proposals executed without SLO regressions; governance participation > 15% veEDM on average. ≥ 25 funded grants; ≥ 10 third-party integrations in production; two new attestor firms onboarded per region.
Expected Outcomes (end of Phase 5)
Global footprint: multiple regions live, each with lane templates, SLAs, mirrors, and public status pages
AI-assisted operations: accelerate exception handling—without replacing PoV decisions
Scaled L2: multi-operator sequencing, inclusion lists, forced inclusion, zk proofs for invariants, and stable cross-chain representations that never create second truths
Community engine: Full-DAO governance over parameters/programs/treasury-half, a grants flywheel, and an active developer ecosystem
Partnership depth: utilities, governments, enterprises running on proof packs and burn-backed receipts
Guardrails that remain constant
No EMT, no funds · Must-fund before shipping · One-Claim uniqueness
Locked EDSD → Unlocked EDSD only on proof · 50% of each protocol fee burns in EDM
EDSD not bridged; ETT stays proof-only; bridges mint representations tied to claim_id and require burn proofs to unlock
Phase 5 makes EDMA bigger, not looser: more regions, more users, better tooling—while the settlement law and burn discipline remain exactly the same.
Last updated