Stellar Community Fund

Providencia Onchain (VIIO x Climate Future)

SCF #41

SCF #42

Description

VIIO and Climate Future are launching a 6-month deployment sprint to enable everyday stablecoin payments for the island of Providencia (Colombia) — for locals, merchants, and tourists — using Stellar as the core settlement layer. The goal is real-world adoption: merchants can accept USDC/USDT on Stellar via a simple UX, users can pay in seconds (QR / card spend where applicable), and a transparent fee routing mechanism allocates a predefined portion of transaction economics to locally curated impact initiatives managed by Climate Future. This creates a tight loop of (1) financial access and usability, (2) dense merchant coverage, and (3) measurable local benefit — all verifiable on-chain.

Primary outcomes (6 months):

Merchant acceptance density across key categories (grocery, transport, hospitality, tours)
Daily payment usage by locals + tourists
On-chain proof of stablecoin payment activity on Stellar
Transparent impact funding routed to Climate Future’s designated projects