Why We Are Building Hypercerts: Recognizing and Rewarding Value Creators
Markets fail to recognize collective value—public goods, such as regenerative land projects or open-source software, remain chronically underfunded. Hypercerts are a protocol that creates structured, portable records of contributions, enabling "value recognition networks" where work can be identified, evaluated, and funded across platforms. Implemented on AT Protocol for decentralized data and blockchains for ownership, hypercerts provide a common language that funders, evaluators, and AI systems can use to fund based on impact and trust-signals rather than just narrative.