They are not.

A donation is a one-time transfer of value to a recipient (or a charity wallet). It is immediate and final.

A charity token allocation is a structural component of a system. It can be designed to support long-term funding only if it is paired with enforceable constraints and verifiable execution paths.

The core idea is rule-based accountability, not sentiment:

• Long-term alignment: funding capacity can exist over time, not only at the moment of a single donation.

• Constraints over intention: limits and rules can reduce discretion (and therefore risk).

• Verifiability over narrative: the relevant elements must be independently checkable.

This is not a promise that outcomes will be good.
It is a claim that mechanisms can reduce the set of possible bad outcomes.

Donation (one-time):

• Immediate transfer

• No built-in governance

• Accountability is mostly post-hoc (reports, audits, explanations)

Rule-based token structure (long-term):

• Designed for repeated or scheduled funding capacity

• Requires enforceable constraints (locks, vesting, permission boundaries)

• Accountability can be ex ante (what is allowed is restricted by design)

Claimed:

• Transparency alone is not enforcement.

• Long-term credibility improves when discretion is reduced through constraints.

Not claimed:

• That “charity tokens” equal donations.

• That any specific impact outcome is guaranteed.

• That visibility alone solves governance.

• Medium (accountability vs. transparency):
  “If transparency fails, accountability must take over” — https://medium.com/%40info_54391/if-transparency-fails-accountability-must-take-over-ac37a9971d4f
  (Related framing: “Transparency alone doesn’t create trust — structure does” — https://medium.com/%40info_54391/transparency-alone-doesnt-create-trust-structure-does-f6ecfe6158a8 )

• Transparency Portal:
  https://germanfoundationcoin.org/en/transparency/

• GitHub Repository (specs & documentation):
  https://github.com/GFConBase/gfc-infrastructure

They are not.

A donation is a one-time transfer of value to a recipient (or a charity wallet). It is immediate and final.

A charity token allocation is a structural component of a system. It can be designed to support long-term funding only if it is paired with enforceable constraints and verifiable execution paths.

The core idea is rule-based accountability, not sentiment:

• Long-term alignment: funding capacity can exist over time, not only at the moment of a single donation.

• Constraints over intention: limits and rules can reduce discretion (and therefore risk).

• Verifiability over narrative: the relevant elements must be independently checkable.

This is not a promise that outcomes will be good.
It is a claim that mechanisms can reduce the set of possible bad outcomes.

Donation (one-time):

• Immediate transfer

• No built-in governance

• Accountability is mostly post-hoc (reports, audits, explanations)

Rule-based token structure (long-term):

• Designed for repeated or scheduled funding capacity

• Requires enforceable constraints (locks, vesting, permission boundaries)

• Accountability can be ex ante (what is allowed is restricted by design)

Claimed:

• Transparency alone is not enforcement.

• Long-term credibility improves when discretion is reduced through constraints.

Not claimed:

• That “charity tokens” equal donations.

• That any specific impact outcome is guaranteed.

• That visibility alone solves governance.

• Medium (accountability vs. transparency):
  “If transparency fails, accountability must take over” — https://medium.com/%40info_54391/if-transparency-fails-accountability-must-take-over-ac37a9971d4f
  (Related framing: “Transparency alone doesn’t create trust — structure does” — https://medium.com/%40info_54391/transparency-alone-doesnt-create-trust-structure-does-f6ecfe6158a8 )

• Transparency Portal:
  https://germanfoundationcoin.org/en/transparency/

• GitHub Repository (specs & documentation):
  https://github.com/GFConBase/gfc-infrastructure