> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://guides.regen.network/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://guides.regen.network/guides/network-governance/community-spend-pool/about.md).

# About

At the genesis launch of [Regen Network](https://regen.network/), a community pool was established. The pool is funded by token inflation in the form of a two percent tax. This means that if the current inflation is 20%, 2% goes into the community pool and the remaining 98% is distributed to the rest of the network. The community pool currently contains over 2M $REGEN that may be used as the community sees fit. Projects wishing to use community fund pools must go through the proposal process, which culminates in a community vote. 

The community spend pool has most recently been used to offset Regen Network's validator set as part of the [Cosmos ZERO](https://www.notion.so/Cosmos-ZERO-Achieve-protocol-net-zero-carbon-emissions-while-building-a-carbon-market-in-Cosmos-ddd441e3ff3d4dbda83265433843ec10) initiative. Cosmos ZERO is a partnership of the Interchain Foundation and the Cosmos community devised in October of 2021, and an initiative for Cosmos protocols and validators to achieve net-zero carbon emissions for their network validator node infrastructure and operations. 

[Proposal 21](https://forum.regen.network/proposal/21-signal-proposal-offset-regen-validator-set) was a signaling proposal for Regen Network to offset the validator carbon footprint with community funds and established which credits would be used for the offset. Proposals [23](https://forum.regen.network/proposal/23-proceed-with-city-forest-credits-offset), [25](https://forum.regen.network/proposal/25-allocate-the-missing-regen-for-city-forest-credits-offset), and [30](https://forum.regen.network/proposal/30-required-final-offset-amount-community-spend-proposal-for-purchasing-and-retiring-nct) were community spend proposals that allocated the appropriate funds to a wallet where they were used to purchase and retire ecocredits from the Regen Marketplace.