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{{KidsIntro|This page answers the most common questions from people who give money to help WikiDeal grow: what they receive, how their gift is used, and what happens next.}} | {{KidsIntro|This page answers the most common questions from people who give money to help WikiDeal grow: what they receive, how their gift is used, and what happens next.}} | ||
{{ExpertIntro|A FAQ for donors. Donations may generate conditional | {{ExpertIntro|A FAQ for donors. Donations may generate conditional Subscription Tokens (no guarantee), funded by user subscriptions and redistributed at the pace of adoption. The intended narrative is community redistribution, not return on investment: not a share, not a security under current analysis. Activation is envisaged via a donor video session.}} | ||
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<span id="what-in-return"></span> | <span id="what-in-return"></span> | ||
== 2. What do I get in return? == | == 2. What do I get in return? == | ||
A donation can generate conditional [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards| | A donation can generate conditional [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Subscription Tokens]] (no guarantee). Subscription Tokens are funded by the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Subscriptions|subscriptions]] paid by the platform's users: as adoption grows, subscription revenue is redistributed to Subscription Token holders at the pace of that adoption. Subscription Tokens are automatically processed as cash-out (CHF). Right from the start, the person clearly chooses their option: | ||
* '''Pure donation''': no financial subscription token. | |||
* '''GetBack''': just give me my money back (×1). | |||
* '''×2 Subscription Token''': a subscription token equivalent to the donation times two. | |||
* '''Customized option''': an option aiming for the maximum subscription token, based on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]] (up to ×100 at the beginning), strictly limited by the actual funding needs. Nothing is promised: if few users subscribe, redistribution is slow or may not occur. | |||
<span id="not-speculative"></span> | <span id="not-speculative"></span> | ||
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For clarity, it is equally important to state what a donation is ''not'': | For clarity, it is equally important to state what a donation is ''not'': | ||
* Not a share in Ynternet.org Foundation (which has no shareholders) | * Not a share in Ynternet.org Foundation (which has no shareholders) | ||
* Not a security regulated by FINMA (based on the current legal analysis, see the [[Gov/en/Portal:Transparency/ | * Not a security regulated by FINMA (based on the current legal analysis, see the [[Gov/en/Portal:Transparency/Legal-Studies|legal and fiscal studies]]) | ||
* Not a guaranteed fixed-return instrument | * Not a guaranteed fixed-return instrument | ||
* Not a speculative token to be traded on exchanges | * Not a speculative token to be traded on exchanges | ||
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<span id="charity"></span> | <span id="charity"></span> | ||
== 4. Is my donation a form of charity? == | == 4. Is my donation a form of charity? == | ||
No, and this is a deliberate design choice. Charity gives unconditionally. A donation to WikiDeal is conditional: you believe in a future where many people choose a fair platform over an extractive one, and your donation can generate [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards| | No, and this is a deliberate design choice. Charity gives unconditionally. A donation to WikiDeal is conditional: you believe in a future where many people choose a fair platform over an extractive one, and your donation can generate [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Subscription Tokens]] (no guarantee) if that future materialises. Your trust is the seed of that future. | ||
<span id="how-used"></span> | <span id="how-used"></span> | ||
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The most fundamental thing a donor provides is '''time''': not their own time, the project's time. WikiDeal needs months and years of development, iteration, community-building, and legal validation before it can reach the scale where it is self-sustaining. Your money converts directly into time: runway, capacity, possibility. Your donation pre-funds months of platform usage, before those users exist. | The most fundamental thing a donor provides is '''time''': not their own time, the project's time. WikiDeal needs months and years of development, iteration, community-building, and legal validation before it can reach the scale where it is self-sustaining. Your money converts directly into time: runway, capacity, possibility. Your donation pre-funds months of platform usage, before those users exist. | ||
<span id="activate- | <span id="activate-subscription tokens"></span> | ||
== 6. How do I activate my | == 6. How do I activate my Subscription Tokens? == | ||
Activation is intended to start with a '''first-contact video session''': a webinar reserved for people who have made a donation, with proposed dates to choose from. This session is intended to introduce the model, answer questions, and confirm the activation of your [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards| | Activation is intended to start with a '''first-contact video session''': a webinar reserved for people who have made a donation, with proposed dates to choose from. This session is intended to introduce the model, answer questions, and confirm the activation of your [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Subscription Tokens]]. The booking mechanism is under study; details will be communicated to donors. | ||
<span id="step-by-step"></span> | |||
== 6bis. How do I get my Subscription Token money back, step by step? == | |||
The intended path, in four steps: | |||
# '''I sign up''' and confirm my donation and Subscription Token option. | |||
# '''I check my dashboard''': it is intended to show my Subscription Tokens and the subscription revenue generated so far. | |||
# '''I choose my cashout method''': the money would arrive automatically, or on demand. | |||
# '''I receive the money''': payments are intended to be made in tranches of CHF 100, at the pace of the subscriptions generated by the pilot experiments. No guarantee: see [[#not-enough-users|question 8]]. | |||
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<span id="not-enough-users"></span> | <span id="not-enough-users"></span> | ||
== 8. What happens if not enough users subscribe? == | == 8. What happens if not enough users subscribe? == | ||
Then redistribution slows down or does not occur. | Then redistribution slows down or does not occur. Subscription Tokens are conditional by design: they convert into value only at the pace of user [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Subscriptions|subscriptions]], and there is no guarantee that there will be many users. This conditionality is central to the model's non-speculative design: no fixed return is promised to anyone. | ||
<span id="when-money-back"></span> | |||
== 8bis. When could I see money back? == | |||
There is no guaranteed date. An indicative, non-binding projection illustrates one possible trajectory: in the order of 100,000 subscribing users after 24 months, 2 million after 36 months, 8 million after 48 months and 20 million after 60 months. With an average of about 5 million users paying around CHF 10 per year, subscription revenue would allow Subscription Tokens to be cashed out at the 25% allocation rate (or pro rata of actual adoption) over an average horizon of 3 to 4 years. These figures are purely illustrative: see the full chapter [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards#How long to cash out? Indicative trajectory (no guarantee)|Indicative trajectory on the Subscription Tokens page]]. | |||
<span id="fund-management"></span> | <span id="fund-management"></span> | ||
== 9. Where can I see how funds are managed? == | == 9. Where can I see how funds are managed? == | ||
In the [[Gov/en/Portal:Transparency/ | In the [[Gov/en/Portal:Transparency/Legal-Studies|legal and fiscal studies]], which document the funding mechanism, its legal analysis and its indicators. The algorithm that governs the distribution of Subscription Tokens (the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]], [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Need-Driven-Funding|Need-Driven Funding]] and the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Revenue-Structure|25/25/50 revenue structure]]) is public and auditable by anyone; the [[Gov/en/Portal:Justice/Court-of-Auditors|Court of Auditors]] is currently proposed as the independent body verifying distributions, and rights already attributed are protected: no retroactive rule change can reduce them. | ||
<span id="how-to-donate"></span> | <span id="how-to-donate"></span> | ||
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* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/What-You-Get|What You Get]] | * [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/What-You-Get|What You Get]] | ||
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Why-Fund-WikiDeal|Why Fund WikiDeal]] | * [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Why-Fund-WikiDeal|Why Fund WikiDeal]] | ||
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards| | * [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Subscription Tokens]] | ||
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards-FAQ| | * [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards-FAQ|Subscription Tokens FAQ]] | ||
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Need-Driven-Funding|Need-Driven Funding]] | * [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Need-Driven-Funding|Need-Driven Funding]] | ||
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Subscriptions|Subscriptions]] | * [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Subscriptions|Subscriptions]] | ||
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Transparency/ | * [[Gov/en/Portal:Transparency/Legal-Studies|Legal Studies (incl. fiscal)]] | ||
[[Category:Funding]] | [[Category:Funding]] | ||