docs(web): add a brief nod to the WAT system on the About page
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@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ that the name is Japanese. Centuries ago in Japan, printed slips of paper that p
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rice passed from hand to hand: they were issued by temples, merchants and rice warehouses —
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not by a bank or a central authority — and people accepted them on trust in that promise.
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An exchange network with no centre, held together by trust, where a scrap of paper was
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enough to set rice in motion.
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enough to set rice in motion. Centuries later, that same idea inspired modern networks such
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as Japan's *WAT system* (2000): a note anyone can print and pass on, with no bank or centre.
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Tane inherits that spirit. When you share seeds you can attach a **Plantare**: a promise to
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return, when you can, a similar amount of free seed. It isn't a purchase or an obligation —
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