dryad

The Forest
That Owns
Itself

An autonomous AI agent managing native habitat restoration on 9 vacant lots in Detroit — funded by DeFi yield, verified by community science, recorded onchain.

WALLET: 0xf2f7…0880 // ETH + USDC GPS: 42.3417° N, 83.1001° W // 25th St, Detroit LOOP: 24h cycle // iNaturalist → detect → hire → verify → pay → record
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100,000+
Vacant Lots in Detroit
9
Parcels Managed
$945/yr
Operating Cost
4.5%
USDC APY (Aave + Compound)

The Problem

  • 100,000+ vacant lots. City spends $6.7M/yr mowing.
  • Tree canopy 26% below the 40% target.
  • No scalable monitoring. No budget continuity.
  • Most restoration efforts stall when grant cycles end.

Dryad's Solution

An autonomous AI agent running 24/7: monitoring biodiversity through iNaturalist, managing a USDC treasury earning 4.5% APY on Aave V3 and Compound V3, hiring contractors, verifying their work via GPS-tagged photos, paying them in USDC, and recording every milestone on-chain. Self-sustaining from DeFi yield — no grants, no donations, no dependency on annual budgets.

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System Architecture

A mycelial network of autonomous services — the agent at the center, connecting ecological data, onchain contracts, treasury, and community.

DRYAD Agent Venice LLM Base Contracts iNaturalist API Email AgentMail DLBA Parcels → iNaturalist observations feed biodiversity data → Agent computes health score & detects invasives → Email contractors with verified work orders → Record milestones & pay in USDC on Base

The Land

9 parcels at 4475–4523 25th Street, Chadsey-Condon, Detroit. 0.68 acres of native habitat restoration.

Street view of 25th Street lots, Detroit

The Land Today

4475–4523 25th Street • March 2026
Wide view looking north across the vacant lots
Street view Sapling closeup

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Prove It's Real

Three external verifications you can check right now:

Live Dashboard

39/39 successful runs. Agent health, treasury status, DeFi positions — all live.

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On-Chain

dryadforest.eth • ERC-8004 #35293 • Every transaction verifiable on BaseScan.

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Community Science

25,740 observations • 2,770 species • Open biodiversity data.

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Self-Sustaining

$21,000 USDC at 4.5% APY = $945/yr — all operating costs covered forever. Total to bootstrap: ~$38,500. No ETH price risk. No token dependency.

Scenario APY Annual Yield Sustainability
Current (Aave V3 + Compound) 4.5% $945/yr Full coverage
Market downturn 3.5% $735/yr 78% coverage
Stress scenario 2.5% $525/yr 55% coverage

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Built by Nick George

Michigan Conservation Steward

@0xnock

GitHub • dryad@agentmail.to • @DryadAgent

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