Hey all .. +1 to @davidcasey ‘s framing: ground tokenomics in real usage, make routing transparent, and reinvest where adoption is densest.
We just posted our first public announcement of the Cosmo-Local Credit (CLC) DAO (Grassroots Economics/Sarafu.Network++) building on Celo: a commitment-first settlement layer for the long tail of RWAs - vouchers, invoices, tuition, service credits, labor contracts, clinic/transport entitlements, gift cards, mutual-aid pledges, and verified public-good work.
A key tokenomics idea here is not deflation-first, but settlement-first: fees and incentives tied to fulfilled commitments (settlement velocity, fulfillment rate, redemption latency) rather than trading churn. The DAO is a governance + funding structure for shared routing/safety infrastructure (standards, monitoring, off-ramps, optional insurance), with receipts and public dashboards as first-class requirements.
If Celo wants mechanisms like “burn-to-route” or surplus routing, this is the kind of real-world rail where that routing can be measured and audited: increasing reliable settlement throughput and reinvesting directly into liquidity/off-ramps and builders in the regions driving adoption.
Happy to share the draft whitepaper + what’s live vs planned, and align on KPIs/telemetry so any new mechanism is transparent from day one.
Celo’s mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all - let’s make that concrete by funding the infrastructure that helps everyday commitments find a path to settlement 
