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Keep the upside."** +> Manna is a zero-interest CDP protocol on Solana. Deposit SOL, mint solUSD, pay once. + +--- + +## What We're Building + +Manna is a Liquity V1-style Collateralized Debt Position (CDP) protocol on Solana. Users deposit SOL as collateral, mint **solUSD** (a decentralized stablecoin pegged to $1), and pay only a **one-time borrowing fee — no ongoing interest, ever.** + +The peg is maintained by two hard mechanisms: +1. **Redemptions** — solUSD can always be exchanged for $1 of SOL, creating a hard floor. +2. **Liquidations** — vaults below the minimum collateral ratio are liquidated via the Stability Pool, where stakers earn SOL at a discount. + +Governance will be launched via **MetaDAO** — full futarchy from day one. The market decides what's value-accretive. + +--- + +## Market & Differentiation + +### Target Market + +| Segment | Pain Point | Manna's Answer | +|---|---|---| +| SOL holders | Want liquidity without selling | Borrow solUSD against SOL, zero interest | +| Leveraged traders | Need cheap leverage on SOL | 125% min CR = max capital efficiency | +| DeFi stablecoin users | Want a trust-minimized, decentralized USD | Non-custodial, no governance attack surface | +| Stability Pool stakers | Want yield without impermanent loss risk | Earn SOL at a discount when liquidations happen | + +**Primary beachhead:** SOL holders with >10 SOL who want liquidity without triggering a taxable sell event. This is a large, underserved segment on Solana. + +### Competitive Edge + +| | **solUSD (Manna)** | **USX (Solstice)** | **USDv (Solomon)** | **jupUSD (Jupiter)** | **USDGO (OSL)** | +|---|---|---|---|---|---| +| **Mechanism** | CDP · overcollateralized | Delta-neutral synthetic | Yield-bearing backed | RWA-backed (BlackRock BUIDL + USDe) | Fiat-backed · regulated | +| **Backing** | SOL (native) | BTC, ETH, SOL + perp shorts, stablecoins, tokenized treasuries | On-chain dollar yield strategies | 90% USDtb (BlackRock BUIDL), 10% USDe (Ethena) | USD deposits · KYC-gated | +| **User gives up asset?** | ❌ Keep SOL exposure | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | +| **Ongoing Interest** | ✅ None | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | +| **Minting** | Permissionless (open to all) | Permissioned (institutions only) via DEX otherwise | Permissionless | Permissionless | Permissioned (KYC required) | +| **Decentralized** | ✅ Fully | ⚠️ Hybrid (custody: Copper + Ceffu) | ⚠️ Partial | ⚠️ Partial (backed by centralized instruments) | ❌ No | +| **Hard $1 Floor** | ✅ On-chain redemptions | ⚠️ Soft (institutional redemptions) | ⚠️ Soft | ⚠️ Soft | ✅ Fiat-backed | +| **SOL upside retained** | ✅ Full | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | +| **Governance** | MetaDAO (Futarchy) | None | Unknown | JUP DAO | Centralized | +| **Status** | Launching 2026 | Live (Sept 2025) · Largest Solana-native stablecoin | Live | Live (Jan 2026) | Live (Feb 2026) | + +**Manna's moat:** +- **0% interest** — nobody on Solana offers this. The entire borrow cost is the one-time fee (0.5% base). +- **Solana-native speed and cost** — transactions settle in 400ms at <$0.01. +- **Futarchy governance** — the only CDP on Solana governed by prediction markets, not a multisig or token vote. +- **SOL-only collateral** — simplicity is a security property. No oracle complexity, no multi-asset liquidation cascades. + +### Go-To-Market + +**Phase 1 — Core DeFi users (Months 1–3 post-launch)** +- Target: power users on Jupiter, Kamino, and MarginFi looking for a cheaper borrow +- Channels: X/Twitter, Solana DeFi Twitter community, MetaDAO community +- Metric: $5M TVL + +**Phase 2 — Stability Pool TVL (Months 3–6)** +- Target: solUSD holders seeking yield; integrate solUSD into Orca/Raydium pools +- Channels: integrations, liquidity mining incentives from protocol revenue +- Metric: $2M in Stability Pool + +**Phase 3 — solUSD adoption as collateral (Months 6–12)** +- Target: get solUSD listed as collateral on MarginFi, Drift, or Kamino +- Channel: DAO-to-DAO proposals via MetaDAO governance +- Metric: solUSD circulating supply >$10M + +--- + +## Use of Funds + +**Raise Target: $120,000 USDC** +**Runway: 12 months** +**Monthly Spend Limit (onchain enforced): $10,000/mo** + +### Monthly Burn Breakdown + +| Category | Monthly Cost | % of Burn | Notes | +|---|---|---|---| +| **Core Team** | $7,000 | 70% | 1 full-time founder + part-time contributor | +| **Infrastructure** | $1,000 | 10% | RPC nodes (Helius), monitoring (Datadog), VPS, domains | +| **Marketing & Community** | $1,500 | 15% | X ads, KOL outreach, content, bounties | +| **Security & Legal** | $500 | 5% | Audit prep, Cayman entity maintenance, bug bounty fund | +| **Total** | **$10,000** | **100%** | | + +**Runway math:** $120,000 ÷ $10,000/mo = **12 months** + +### What this raise specifically funds: +1. **Smart contract security audit** — estimated $15,000–25,000 +2. **Mainnet deployment and monitoring** for the first 3 months +3. **Founder runway** to work full-time on the protocol without distraction +4. **Liquidity bootstrapping** — initial Stability Pool seed to ensure liquidations work at launch + +--- + +## Roadmap & Milestones + +### ✅ Already Done +- Core protocol design and architecture +- Anchor/Rust smart contracts: 11 instructions (open_vault, borrow, repay, liquidate, redeem, stability pool, and more) +- TypeScript SDK and test suite +- Landing page (manna.finance) and brand identity + +### 🔨 Month 1 — Audit Preparation (April 2026) +- [ ] Fix known issues: Pyth oracle integration, base rate decay optimization, redistribution logic +- [ ] Internal security review and fuzz testing +- [ ] Submit to Ottersec or OShield for audit +- [ ] Devnet deployment open to public testers + +### 🔨 Month 2–3 — Audit & Fixes (May 2026) +- [ ] Receive audit report +- [ ] Fix all critical and high findings +- [ ] Publish audit report publicly +- [ ] Final devnet testnet period (2 weeks minimum) + +### 🚀 Month 4 — Mainnet Launch (June 2026) +- [ ] Mainnet deployment on Solana +- [ ] Protocol TVL cap at $1M for first 4 weeks (safety) +- [ ] Stability Pool live and open +- [ ] solUSD trading pair on Orca + +### 📈 Month 5–6 — Growth (July–August 2026) +- [ ] Remove TVL cap after 30 days incident-free +- [ ] Token launch preparation via MetaDAO +- [ ] First DAO governance proposals +- [ ] Integration proposals to MarginFi / Kamino + +### 🏛 Month 7–12 — DAO Transition (September 2026+) +- [ ] Full MetaDAO futarchy governance live +- [ ] Governance token distributed to Stability Pool stakers, borrowers, and raise participants +- [ ] Protocol revenue split: 50% to Stability Pool, 50% to DAO treasury +- [ ] V2 planning: additional collateral types (mSOL, JitoSOL) via DAO vote + +--- + +## Why Futard.io + +Manna's governance model is built on futarchy — the same philosophy powering Futard.io and MetaDAO. This isn't just a funding round; it's the first step in building a DAO that governs a real protocol by prediction markets. + +Raise participants will have **onchain governance exposure** to every major protocol decision — not through token votes that can be gamed, but through decision markets where the market price signals what's actually value-accretive. + +We're not pitching to VCs. We're raising from the community that will use and govern the protocol. + +--- + +*Manna Protocol — manna.finance* +*Built on Solana. Governed by futarchy.* + + +## Links + +- Website: https://manna.finance/ +- Twitter: https://x.com/MannaFinance + +## Raw Data + +- Launch address: `5whxoTjxW4oKeSN4C8yf5JUur7pcSChkPWgmhSZQ8oD5` +- Token: DQu (DQu) +- Token mint: `DQuz3AeodGAoyXV5MG56F1ZqvgRpn1VhFwFskW6Jmeta` +- Version: v0.7 +- Closed: 2026-03-04