Ending Hunger
The first cause on WYDE is hunger. The mission is captured in three words:
Hunger. Ends. Here.
The problem
Section titled “The problem”- More than 47M Americans face food insecurity.
- 1 in 5 kids lack reliable access to food.
Hunger was chosen as the first cause because it is a problem with clear metrics and immediate relevance: you can count meals.
How trade becomes meals
Section titled “How trade becomes meals”Every $EAT trade and every $EAT Card purchase generates a fee. The cause share of that fee flows into a hunger treasury and out to verified partners. The team uses a deliberately conservative conversion:
The conservative aggregate we use is $1 equals 5 meals, which is below Feeding America’s published figure.
The partners
Section titled “The partners”- Feed the Children is the official national partner (a verified 501(c)(3)).
- Community-voted local food banks receive the rest of the cause funding, chosen through governance.
The 1 billion meal goal
Section titled “The 1 billion meal goal”Funding 1 billion meals is the long-horizon mission, not the year-one target. It is also the literal engine of the token: $EAT unlocks as these meal milestones are reached (see the vesting ladder). Each milestone releases 16 billion $EAT.
| Milestone | Meals funded | Published target date |
|---|---|---|
| M1 | 100,000,000 | Dec 1, 2027 |
| M2 | 250,000,000 | Aug 1, 2028 |
| M3 | 500,000,000 | Jun 1, 2030 |
| M4 | 750,000,000 | Jul 1, 2032 |
| M5 | 1,000,000,000 | Dec 1, 2033 |
Per WYDE Research’s Path to 1 Billion Meals (a 20,000-scenario Monte Carlo model), the base case reaches M1 around September 2027 and M5 around June 2033; the published dates above are deliberately set a little more conservative. The single biggest lever on the timeline is centralized-exchange performance, far more than the card or any other channel.
Progress so far
Section titled “Progress so far”Meals funded since the December 2025 launch (verified through Feed the Children):
- Early April 2026: 18,700+ meals.
- Late May 2026: 51,600+ meals.
The counter only climbs and is verifiable on chain.
eat.ong: more than a tracker
Section titled “eat.ong: more than a tracker”eat.ong is the public home of the hunger mission. Beyond the meal tracker, it offers:
- Find Help — search a directory of 14,000+ verified organizations by location, hours, and eligibility. See Find Food Help.
- Back the Network — buy $EAT to fund meals.
- Spend with Purpose — use the $EAT Card.
- A community of 47,000+ members on Telegram.
Related
Section titled “Related”- Compete to fund meals: The Hunger Cup
- The token that powers it: The $EAT Token