The Regen Staker: How Octant v2 Turns Yield into Sustainable Ecosystem Growth | Octant DeFi Devs Day

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Speakers: • Ferit is a Senior Smart Contract Engineer at Octant, focused on building the core architecture for Octant v2. // TIMESTAMPS // 00:00 - Introduction: The Regen Staker 00:55 - The Core Problem: How to Fund Public Goods Sustainably 02:10 - The Solution: A Two-Sided Market for Public Goods Funding 03:00 - Meet the Players: The Regens and The Dragons 03:33 - Who are "The Regens"? Impact-Driven Voters & Builders 04:25 - Who are "The Dragons"? Treasuries & Capital Allocators 05:10 - How it Works: The Flywheel of Sustainable Funding 06:00 - Step 1: Dragons Deploy Capital into Yield-Donating Vaults 06:45 - Step 2: Regens Stake OCT and Direct the Yield 07:50 - Step 3: Projects Claim their Funding from the Regen Staker 08:40 - The Most Important Rule: Capital is Always Preserved 09:30 - How the Regen Staker Contract Works (Technical Deep Dive) 12:15 - The Role of Hooks in the Regen Staker Architecture 14:40 - How to Build on Top of the Regen Staker 16:00 - Closing Remarks: A New Model for Sustainable Growth In this foundational session, Octant Senior Smart Contract Engineer Ferit unveils the core engine of Octant v2: the Regen Staker. He introduces the powerful new narrative of "Regens" and "Dragons," explaining how these two key players create a symbiotic, two-sided market for public goods funding. The Regens are the impact-driven community members who vote to direct funding, while the Dragons are the organizations and treasuries that provide the capital to generate that funding. Ferit provides a clear, step-by-step breakdown of the entire funding flywheel, showing how capital from Dragons is deployed into Yield-Donating Vaults, how Regens stake to direct the resulting yield, and how projects can then claim their allocated funding. He emphasizes the most important design principle of the system: user capital is always preserved. This is an essential guide to understanding the economic and technical architecture of Octant's new model for sustainable growth. This workshop was part of DeFi Devs Day at the Octant DeFi Summit 2025, a two-day event that brought together the brightest minds in the industry to discuss and build the future of decentralized finance. About Octant: Octant is infra for sustainable growth, powered by DeFi and aligned with Ethereum. To date, Octant funding rounds have sustainably funded hundreds of projects (over $7 million USD in grant funding) over 9 epochs, all through staking rewards. Follow the Speaker: • Ferit, Senior Smart Contract Engineer at Octant: https://x.com/0xferit Follow the Organizations: • Octant: https://x.com/OctantApp Keywords: Octant, Regen Staker, Public Goods Funding, Regenerative Finance, DeFi, Yield, Staking, Dragons, Regens, DeFi Development, Hackathon, Sustainable Growth