Vasil's Trees
What is Vasil's Trees?
Vasil's Trees is a long-term ecological project that uses Cardano staking rewards to establish and steward Ginkgo biloba plantings - from groves and mini parks to forests—placing trees in permanent homes where they can thrive for centuries.
The project aims to:
- Advance the Cardano ecosystem through meaningful, real-world impact
- Sustainably manage multiple Ginkgo biloba plantings of varying sizes (aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land)
- Explore the tokenization of real-world ecological assets on the Cardano blockchain
Who was Vasil Stoyanov Dabov?
In his own words, Vasil St. Dabov was an artist, ginkgologist, blockchain advisor, Haskell practitioner, and holonist, aka "the sage who has been planting (thousands of) Ginkgo trees."
After Vasil's passing in 2021, Charles Hoskinson honored Vasil's life by naming one of Cardano's development eras (hardforks) Vasil.
Vasil Dabov & Charles Hoskinson planting trees at the Cardano 2 year anniversary celebration, organized by Vasil in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 2019
What was Vasil's vision for PoS blockchains?
Vasil saw PoS blockchains as public infrastructure, not run or operated by governments, but rather a decentralized public ledger to keep track of key resources important to all of humanity.
At the time of his passing Vasil was working on a public ginkgo forest. He intended every tree in this forest to be tracked on the Cardano blockchain.
How does the project advance the Cardano ecosystem?
The project tracks real world assets with ecological value (Ginkgo Biloba trees) on the Cardano blockchain, with the help of staking pool delegations.
It also develops a decentralized web application which shows the locations of the trees.
All tools built for the project will be open sourced for other Cardano projects to use & fork.
How does the project contribute to UN's Sustainable Development Goals?
By planting at least 32 Ginkgo Biloba trees (added to the Threatened Species Red List in 1998) on land where the trees can live indefinitely the project effectively prototypes a model for sustainably managing groves of endangered tree species, thus contributing to Goal 15, Life on Land.
Read more on UN SDGs website.
How is Vasil's Trees project related to Vasil?
Vasil's Trees are part of Vasil's vision of blockchains as a medium for tracking vital, shared ecological resources.
Vasil planted the first seeds of this project during his lifetime. Today, his family—together with delegators to the VASIL staking pool—continues to carry forward his vision, ensuring that his ecological and technological legacy remains active, living, and evolving.
How can I support Vasil's Trees?
The simplest way to support this project is by delegating your ADA to the VASIL staking pool. Delegation is user-initiated and non-custodial — your ADA never leaves your wallet. Pool proceeds support ongoing tree planting.
Ticker: VASIL · Pool ID: 9c3bcf9d...29bcdc0
How big will Vasil's Trees be?
Vasil's Trees is designed as a network of sustainable planting sites of varying sizes, developed through partnerships around the world.
The first planting site was realized in December 2025 in Varna, Bulgaria—Vasil's home country—located in the Varna City Garden behind the city's opera house.
Additional locations are currently in development and will be announced beginning in 2026.
Where are Vasil's Trees be located?
Our vision is for publicly accessible, sustainably managed Ginkgo biloba groves, mini parks, and forests to grow in multiple locations worldwide.
The first grove is located in Varna, Bulgaria. We are developing partnerships for additional planting sites in Europe and North America. As this is an evolving project, we welcome collaboration—if you are interested in partnering with us to establish a Ginkgo planting site of any size, please reach out.
How are the trees be tracked on the Cardano blockchain?
Trees planted as part of Vasil's Trees are represented by NFTs on the Cardano blockchain (CNFTs). Each CNFT corresponds to a real-world tree and includes the geographic coordinates of the tree in the CNFT's metatadata. Try our Proof of Tree dapp today!
This approach allows transparent, long-term tracking of living ecological assets while preserving a direct connection between the blockchain and the physical trees.
2024 ISPO
The Initial Stake Pool Offering (ISPO) launched on March 30, 2024 and concluded on December 6, 2025 with 32 trees migrated to the Varna City Garden.
Head to the 2024 ISPO page to find out all the details!
These NFTs are commemorative collectibles intended to document tree-planting progress; they are not marketed as investments and have no promised monetary value.
Tree planting and NFT airdrops are executed in good faith and may be adjusted or delayed due to operational, legal, safety, or site stewardship constraints. Updates will be published on this website.
This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Staking rewards are determined by the Cardano protocol and are not guaranteed.
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