# Why We Build on Blockchain

The decision to build Generos on a blockchain is deliberate, and it is worth being clear about what that means.

The blockchain serves one purpose in Generos: trust through transparency. Every act of generosity recorded on-chain cannot be altered. Every treasury balance is publicly auditable. Every Gencoin in circulation has a corresponding USDC backing verifiable by anyone, at any time, without needing to trust an intermediary. The chain is the record.

## Why Solana

Generos builds on Solana for practical reasons: low transaction costs, high throughput, and the speed required for a protocol where vault cycles and gifting happen at scale. The choice is infrastructural, not ideological.

## What Lives On-Chain

The following assets are minted and recorded on-chain:

* **Gencoin (GGC)**: the protocol's primary token, backed 1:1 by USDC in the Redemption Treasury
* **Seed (GSD)**: the redemption token
* **Good Token (GGT)**: the protocol's governance token
* **Vaults**: on-chain records of generosity, tied to each participant's account

All treasury activity: every deposit, every cycle, every redemption, is publicly visible and auditable at any time. The treasury on-chain addresses are published and accessible to anyone.

## The Result

Participants in Generos do not need to trust the company. They can verify. That is what the blockchain makes possible: not speculation, but infrastructure for trust.

As the protocol matures, blockchain infrastructure may serve additional roles. The foundation is built to support that evolution without compromising the core: transparency, verifiability, and community ownership of the economic record.