Thank you, Artizen 🌾 We are from Ukraine. We do not live in a world of pink ponies. So our story with Artizen is a story of gratitude, and another experience to learn from. Yes, we had expectations too. We were counting on funding that may now only partly arrive. Behind those expectations were specific projects and people in our ecovillages. But I want to thank the Artizen team. Even in this difficult situation, they made a small payout to support one of our projects in Ukraine. That gesture means a great deal to us. We remain in dialogue with Venus, and we may receive another portion of the funding. We do not yet know. Our path to Artizen began with another difficult experience. A scammer had tricked us into transferring funds from our wallets. These were remaining funds from earlier Octant rounds. When we shared what had happened in a community chat, someone suggested an Artizen round as a possible source of support. We joined, presented our projects, and mobilised our ecovillage network to vote. We supported other projects too. We invested time and trust, hoping this would help us continue our work. But our Artizen story cannot be reduced to the amount we expected to receive. Through the platform, I attended Artizen Village during Value of the Commons. I met Liron, some of the team, and people building their own projects. We shared our work and listened to one another. I presented our Ukrainian communities and our experience of working during the war. Those encounters happened. That exchange happened. They remain with us, even as the financial outcome differs from what we expected. Regarding René, I did feel he was promising too much. But from what I saw and heard, I do not perceive him as someone who set out to deceive everyone. My impression is that the scale of the promises eventually exceeded the capacity to fulfil them. That is my personal assessment. It does not explain every financial circumstance or erase the consequences for those who depended on the funding. At the same time, I feel for him as a person who has suffered. I would like to stay connected with people behind platforms that could not continue. There are already many such stories in ReFi and Web3. I speak with these people and see their efforts to build a different world. Those efforts do not always succeed. Sometimes they leave losses, disappointment, and unfulfilled promises. But I do not want to erase everything that happened between us. For us, there is another dimension to this story. We work on the land, in specific places. The money invested here leaves tangible consequences: planted trees, shared spaces, infrastructure built by hand, and communities where people can live and support one another. Especially near the frontline, where that support is badly needed. Sometimes the support is financial. Sometimes it brings meaning and visibility. When we place dots on your ReFi and Web3 maps, those dots are in Ukraine. Behind them are people planting trees during a war, restoring land, recording ecological outcomes, and experimenting with tokenising impact. They are working towards a future that is far from guaranteed. Each platform gives us some hope that this work matters to someone. That it is seen. That it may continue. I know a digital record cannot protect an ecovillage from war. But it can preserve evidence that we were here and did something. Even if platforms disappear, and the war destroys what we built, some of our writing, map entries, and blockchain records may remain. Traces of people who tried to restore life. Of course, I hope more than a digital trace survives. I hope the trees, the spaces, and the people remain. So thank you, Artizen. For the support we received. For the connections. For the opportunity to speak about Ukraine. And for an experience we now have to carry into our work.