A Local Currency Loop
at the Market Gate
A farmers' market is the single most measurable unit of a local food economy — every vendor and every customer gathered in one place, one day a week. The Sacred Federation is already deploying a sovereign local currency among willing vendors in the Sierra foothills — one that keeps the full price with the vendor, handed out at the gate. We did not come asking the manager's permission. We came to offer this market the founding-node seat in a network that is already running. No investment. No lock-in.
Why the Market
The Market Is the Study Unit
A farmers' market is a bounded, measurable economic loop — the cleanest possible unit for the study. And the gate is where the gift lands.
Keep the Full Price With the Vendor
Every card swipe at a market stall sends 2.5–3% out of state. SFT carries zero processing fees — a basket of peaches sold for SFT keeps the full price.
The Gate Is the Gift Point
The market gate is the highest-traffic distribution point in the foodshed. The manager hands the $10 SFT welcome to customers as they enter.
A Bounded, Measurable Loop
The same vendors, the same gate, the same customers, one day a week. The cleanest possible unit for measuring circulation velocity and leakage reduction.
The Loop
From Gate to Stall and Back
The Sacred Federation Token (SFT) is pegged 1:1 to the dollar and paired 1:1 with RLUSD. Zero processing fees. Three-second settlement. All on a public ledger.
Customer receives $10 at the gate
A free welcome gift in SFT handed by the manager as customers enter. No investment, ever. Spend it, keep it, or return it.
Spend at any stall
Scan a QR with a free wallet. Zero fees. Three-second settlement. No card reader, no overnight hold. Vendors keep the full price.
Re-circulate stall to stall, or cash out
SFT passes from stall to stall, neighbor to neighbor. When ready, a Steward swaps it back to dollars. Never locked in.
What We Offer
Free · At the Gate · No Strings
A Start Here kit for every vendor & customer
A plain-English walk-through and $10 in SFT as a welcome gift. No purchase required, ever.
The gate as the gift point
The manager or a designated Steward hands the $10 SFT welcome to customers as they enter — the highest-traffic point in the foodshed.
The manager as the natural Steward
Trained to set up wallets and onboard vendors, with a Federation honorarium if desired. A fellow market person, not an outsider.
A measured market loop
Every SFT spent at every stall recorded on a public ledger — documented evidence of circulation velocity and leakage reduction.
Full data ownership
All transaction data belongs to the market, delivered in open format, at no cost.
Our Promise
No one will ask vendors or customers to invest. This is spendable money, not an investment. You can turn it back into dollars any time. If a vendor or customer ever feels unsure, stop and ask the Steward at the gate — that is what they are there for.
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