Taproot Soil
5/10 sections recovered · name · leaderboard description · match catalog cover · match catalog tags · match catalog funding · leaderboard
1 season
Open-source tools for community projects: simple logging, shared checklists, and verifiab…
Collective GovernanceConflict ResolutionEducation agriculture-landcommunity-economyeducationopen-infrastructure
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About
Taproot Soil is a simple set of tools that helps a town keep track of what’s true and what we decided. It logs meetings, tasks, and proof of work so projects don’t fall apart when people argue, forget, or leave. Think “community notebook with receipt
Impact
When communities can’t agree on facts, everything turns into rumor and conflict. Taproot Soil makes local projects easier to run: clear plans, clear ownership, and a record of what happened. It reduces waste, drama, and freelancing—so small towns can
Progress
I’ve built the core framework: the trust/receipt model, the vocabulary, and the operating playbooks. I’m now translating it into a small, usable MVP with a first pilot workflow (library + attendance + basic work orders). I have early users and a clea
Team
I’m a retired Army field artillery NCO: planning, coordination, accountability, and “nothing moves without a log.” I’ve spent years designing Taproot/CMM and I’m now doing hands-on IT training (networks/VMs). I can ship a working pilot, not just a co
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
| Total | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/taproot-soil
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Not recovered: creator, links, drives, submissions, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.