WAI Token
One token. 1,000 liters of verified water.
The WAI token is a verified water credit token. Asset-backed, audited, irreversible, permanently tied to real-world conservation.
What is WAI?
A token that exists only when conservation does.
- Asset-backed, every token tied to a real, audited water credit
- Audited, independently verified by EY and Gold Standard WBSR
- Irreversible, credits are permanently assigned on retirement
- Permanently tied to real-world conservation
Lifecycle
From conservation to permanent retirement.
01
Conservation
A verified water project conserves or reuses water.
02
Audit
WBSR (Gold Standard) audits and certifies every 1,000 liters.
03
Mint
ClimateChain mints a WAI token tied to the verified credit.
04
Trade
WAI is purchased and traded on the open market.
05
Retire
On retirement, the credit is permanently assigned on-chain.
Token Supply & Retirement
Supply that grows only with real conservation.
Total supply cap: 600,000,000 WAI, managed by smart contract and throttled by the underlying water credit market.
600M
Total supply cap
Smart-contract managed and throttled by verified credit issuance.
15M / mo
Maximum minting
Capped issuance over a minimum of 40 months.
1:1
Credit backing
Tokens can only be minted when verified Gold Standard credits exist.
The retirement mechanism is irreversible and recorded on-chain. The same credit cannot be claimed twice, no double-counting, no simulated retirement.
Revenue Distribution
Three transparent shares for every primary sale.
~5%
Incentive Share
Distributed to the water source that generated the credits, incentivising reclamation over extraction.
Variable
Development Share
Corporates fund water projects in stressed regions; individuals fund ecosystem growth and market making.
Variable
System Share
Covers operations and independent audits. Keeps the system free for water sources in low-income countries.
Use Cases
Who buys WAI, and why.
ESG Reporting
Corporations offset their water footprint and report verified water neutrality.
Water Neutrality
Organizations achieve and evidence water-positive status.
Conservation Support
Individuals and funds directly finance real conservation projects.
Water-linked Asset
Hold WAI as an investable asset tied to global water scarcity dynamics.
What makes WAI unique
Six things that no synthetic asset can claim.
- Backed by real water markets, not synthetic pricing
- Verified by the Gold Standard Water Benefit Standard Registry (WBSR)
- Built on quantum-safe blockchain infrastructure
- Anti-inflationary, supply grows only as new verified credits are generated
- SEC-registered; audited by EY, no greenwashing risk
- Transparent floor price linked to NQH2O and Murray-Darling Basin markets