Key Components

Blockchain & Smart Contracts

EDMA runs on Ethereum (L1) for security and auditability and on its own L2 for execution. PoV lives at the protocol layer: smart contracts admit or reject real-world claims based on verified attestations. Settlement uses $EDM; Energy and Carbon trades charge 4% total (2% buyer + 2% seller), Commodity milestone payouts 0.5% per tranche with caps. In all cases, 50% of every fee is burned on-chain. Mints and conversions of proofs are gas-minimal on EDMA L2.

Attestation & One-Claim Layer

Before any mint or payout, evidence is attested by an independent quorum (N-of-M roles such as metering operator, auditor, registry/operator). Each claim is reduced to a canonical evidence hash, and a global One-Claim Ledger enforces exclusivity so the same evidence can’t be reused across routes or registries. If something later proves wrong, a revocation/rectification flow “red-stamps” the record and appends corrections—history is never rewritten.

Evidence Tokenization

When a verified event passes the gate, EDMA mints non-transferable proofs on its L2 (gas-minimal):

• ETT (Energy Tracking Token): 1 per 10 kWh of verified generation; evidence-only. At 100 ETT, the supplier may mint a 1 MWh Energy NFT, or—where standards apply—convert that evidence into Carbon Credit NFTs.

• Carbon Credit NFTs: minted directly per verified tCO₂ reduction with full project/methodology metadata.

• EMT (Event/Milestone Token): proof of trade milestones (e.g., on board, customs cleared, delivered, assay); non-transferable and used to trigger staged releases.

• CLE (Clean Energy Coin): a separate reward token minted per verified MWh; not derived from ETT; tradable in-network and on exchanges.

Decentralized Marketplace

Proofs back market assets that can be traded or retired: Energy NFTs and certificates, Carbon Credit NFTs, CLE, and milestone-bound settlement instruments. Every move that realizes value—trades, retirements, payout releases—settles in EDM under the fee/burn rules above. This keeps proof creation cheap and ties token demand to real, verified activity.

AI-Powered ESG & Compliance

AI helps with anomaly detection, deduplication, and report generation, but it doesn’t replace attestors. The verification quorum remains the gate; AI makes it faster and cheaper to reach a high-confidence decision and to render regulator-ready ESG outputs from on-chain lineage.

IoT & Real-Time Data Integration

Proof starts at the edge. Smart meters, sensors, satellites, and logistics systems sign data at the source (device identity, window, quantity, method) and deliver it over secure channels. Oracles bring those attestations on-chain. Sensitive payloads stay off-chain; hashes anchor them to Ethereum so anyone can audit without exposing private data.

DeFi & Financial Integration

Because EDM is ERC-20 on Ethereum, verified assets slot into the broader DeFi stack: collateralized lending against Energy/Carbon NFTs, staking programs funded from the treasury half of fees (burn is never discounted), volume tiers for enterprise users, and liquidity pools for market depth. The economics stay aligned: settlement consumes EDM; growth retires supply.