Anchors

What are anchors?

Anchors are validation methods used to authenticate steps within an ecosystem.

The Kiwi CO2 accounting network uses anchors to validate:

  1. Asset association
  2. Carbon credits
  3. Emission offsets
  4. Organisation association

Asset association

The association of the stellar-network asset Kiwi CO2 (KCO2) and the website kiwico2.org is validated by the issuing account home domain and Kiwi CO2 toml. See example below.

Carbon credits

The Kiwi CO2 (KCO2) carbon credit representation is anchored by compliant real-world CO2 sequestration data profiles linked to each Kiwi CO2 (KCO2) carbon credit in circulation, listed in a public registry.

The data profile URL is attached in the “Memo (TEXT)” section of each issuance transaction. See example below.

Data profiles

Data profiles host public information which verify the issuance of Kiwi CO2 carbon credits, as well as private information accessible to independent third party verification services.

This information consists of: 1. Geo-tagged images of each soil sample, 2. the section map area, 3. soil sample lab reports, and 4. the calculated claim.

Emission offsets

Regulatory guidance defines offsetting as the cancellation or removal of carbon credits from circulation, so they cannot be used again by another buyer.

On the stellar-network an asset is deleted or ‘burnt’ when it is sent to the issuing account. This transaction creates a permanent public record proving how many credits were offset, when they were offset and who offset them. See example below. Learn more.

Organisation association

The association between kiwico2.org and NETZERO.KIWI LTD is validated by the kiwico2.org about page, and the NETZERO.KIWI LTD home page.