diff --git a/database/src/seeds/contributionLink/ContributionLinkInterface.ts b/database/src/seeds/contributionLink/ContributionLinkInterface.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15ba4b72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/contributionLink/ContributionLinkInterface.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export interface ContributionLinkInterface {
+  amount: number
+  name: string
+  memo: string
+  validFrom?: Date
+  validTo?: Date
+}
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/contributionLink/index.ts b/database/src/seeds/contributionLink/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41d28eb60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/contributionLink/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { ContributionLinkInterface } from './ContributionLinkInterface'
+
+export const contributionLinks: ContributionLinkInterface[] = [
+  {
+    name: 'Dokumenta 2017',
+    memo: 'Vielen Dank für deinen Besuch bei der Dokumenta 2017',
+    amount: 200,
+    validFrom: new Date(2017, 3, 8),
+    validTo: new Date(2017, 6, 16),
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'Dokumenta 2022',
+    memo: 'Vielen Dank für deinen Besuch bei der Dokumenta 2022',
+    amount: 200,
+    validFrom: new Date(2022, 5, 18),
+    validTo: new Date(2022, 8, 25),
+  },
+]
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/creation/CreationInterface.ts b/database/src/seeds/creation/CreationInterface.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee450bd93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/creation/CreationInterface.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export interface CreationInterface {
+  email: string
+  amount: number
+  memo: string
+  contributionDate: string
+  confirmed?: boolean
+  // number of months to move the confirmed creation to the past
+  moveCreationDate?: number
+}
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/creation/index.ts b/database/src/seeds/creation/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdb123dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/creation/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+import { nMonthsBefore } from '../factory/creation'
+
+import { CreationInterface } from './CreationInterface'
+
+const bobsSendings = [
+  {
+    amount: 10,
+    memo: 'Herzlich Willkommen bei Gradido!',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 10,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Betty',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 23.37,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, David',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 47,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Frau Holle',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 1.02,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Herr Müller',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 5.67,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Maier',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 72.93,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Elsbeth',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 5.6,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Daniel',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 8.87,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Yoda',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 7.56,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Sabine',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 7.89,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Karl',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 8.9,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Darth Vader',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 56.79,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Luci',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 3.45,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Hanne',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 8.74,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Luise',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 7.85,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Annegred',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 32.7,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Prinz von Zamunda',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 44.2,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Charly Brown',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 38.17,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Michael',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 5.72,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Kaja',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 3.99,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Maja',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 4.5,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Martha',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 8.3,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Ursula',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 2.9,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Urs',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 4.6,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Mecedes',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 74.1,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Heidi',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 4.5,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Peter',
+  },
+  {
+    amount: 5.8,
+    memo: 'für deine Hilfe, Fräulein Rottenmeier',
+  },
+]
+const bobsTransactions: CreationInterface[] = []
+bobsSendings.forEach((sending) => {
+  bobsTransactions.push({
+    email: 'bob@baumeister.de',
+    amount: sending.amount,
+    memo: sending.memo,
+    contributionDate: nMonthsBefore(new Date()),
+    confirmed: true,
+  })
+})
+
+export const creations: CreationInterface[] = [
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 1000,
+    memo: 'Herzlich Willkommen bei Gradido!',
+    contributionDate: nMonthsBefore(new Date()),
+    confirmed: true,
+    moveCreationDate: 12,
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 1000,
+    memo: '#Hexen',
+    contributionDate: nMonthsBefore(new Date()),
+    confirmed: true,
+    moveCreationDate: 12,
+  },
+  ...bobsTransactions,
+  {
+    email: 'raeuber@hotzenplotz.de',
+    amount: 1000,
+    memo: 'Herzlich Willkommen bei Gradido!',
+    contributionDate: nMonthsBefore(new Date()),
+    confirmed: true,
+  },
+]
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/factory/contributionLink.ts b/database/src/seeds/factory/contributionLink.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..031fa9c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/factory/contributionLink.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import Decimal from 'decimal.js-light'
+import { ContributionLink } from '../../entity'
+
+import { ContributionLinkInterface } from '../contributionLink/ContributionLinkInterface'
+import { transactionLinkCode } from './transactionLink'
+import { ContributionCycleType } from '../../enum'
+
+export const contributionLinkFactory = async (
+  contributionLink: ContributionLinkInterface,
+): Promise<ContributionLink> => {
+  return createContributionLink(contributionLink)
+}
+
+export async function createContributionLink(contributionLinkData: ContributionLinkInterface): Promise<ContributionLink> {
+  const contributionLink = new ContributionLink()
+  contributionLink.amount = new Decimal(contributionLinkData.amount)
+  contributionLink.name = contributionLinkData.name
+  contributionLink.memo = contributionLinkData.memo
+  contributionLink.createdAt = new Date()  
+  contributionLink.code = transactionLinkCode(new Date())
+  contributionLink.cycle = ContributionCycleType.ONCE
+  if (contributionLinkData.validFrom) {
+    contributionLink.validFrom = contributionLinkData.validFrom
+  }
+  if (contributionLinkData.validTo) {
+    contributionLink.validTo = contributionLinkData.validTo
+  }
+  contributionLink.maxAmountPerMonth = new Decimal(200)
+  contributionLink.maxPerCycle = 1
+  
+  return contributionLink.save()
+}
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/factory/creation.ts b/database/src/seeds/factory/creation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddf5224de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/factory/creation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { Contribution, User } from '../../entity'
+import { Decimal } from 'decimal.js-light'
+import { CreationInterface } from '../creation/CreationInterface'
+import { ContributionType, ContributionStatus, TransactionTypeId } from '../../enum'
+import { findUserByIdentifier } from '../../queries'
+import { createTransaction } from './transaction'
+
+export function nMonthsBefore(date: Date, months = 1): string {
+  return new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth() - months, 1).toISOString()
+}
+
+export async function creationFactory(
+  creation: CreationInterface,
+  user?: User | null,
+  moderatorUser?: User | null,
+): Promise<Contribution> {
+  if (!user) {
+    user = await findUserByIdentifier(creation.email)
+  }
+  if (!user) {
+    throw new Error(`User ${creation.email} not found`)
+  }
+  let contribution = await createContribution(creation, user)
+  if (creation.confirmed) {
+    if (!moderatorUser) {
+      moderatorUser = await findUserByIdentifier('peter@lustig.de')
+    }
+    if (!moderatorUser) {
+      throw new Error('Moderator user not found')
+    }
+    contribution = await confirmTransaction(contribution, moderatorUser)
+  }
+  return contribution
+}
+
+export async function createContribution(creation: CreationInterface, user: User, store: boolean = true): Promise<Contribution> {
+  const contribution = new Contribution()
+  contribution.user = user
+  contribution.userId = user.id
+  contribution.amount = new Decimal(creation.amount)
+  contribution.createdAt = new Date()
+  contribution.contributionDate = getContributionDate(creation)
+  contribution.memo = creation.memo
+  contribution.contributionType = ContributionType.USER
+  contribution.contributionStatus = ContributionStatus.PENDING
+  
+  return store ? contribution.save() : contribution
+}
+
+export async function confirmTransaction(contribution: Contribution, moderatorUser: User, store: boolean = true): Promise<Contribution> {
+  const now = new Date()
+  const transaction = await createTransaction(
+    contribution.amount,
+    contribution.memo,
+    contribution.user,
+    moderatorUser,
+    TransactionTypeId.CREATION,
+    now,
+    contribution.contributionDate,
+    true,
+  )
+  contribution.confirmedAt = now
+  contribution.confirmedBy = moderatorUser.id
+  contribution.transactionId = transaction.id
+  contribution.transaction = transaction
+  contribution.contributionStatus = ContributionStatus.CONFIRMED
+
+  return store ? contribution.save() : contribution
+}
+    
+function getContributionDate(creation: CreationInterface): Date {
+  if (creation.moveCreationDate) {
+      return new Date(nMonthsBefore(new Date(creation.contributionDate), creation.moveCreationDate))
+  }
+  return new Date(creation.contributionDate)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/factory/transaction.ts b/database/src/seeds/factory/transaction.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1782c4f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/factory/transaction.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import Decimal from 'decimal.js-light'
+import { User, Transaction } from '../../entity'
+import { TransactionTypeId } from '../../enum'
+import { fullName } from 'shared'
+import { getLastTransaction } from '../../queries'
+import { calculateDecay, Decay } from 'shared'
+
+export async function createTransaction(
+  amount: Decimal,
+  memo: string,
+  user: User,
+  linkedUser: User,
+  type: TransactionTypeId,
+  balanceDate: Date,
+  creationDate?: Date,  
+  store: boolean = true,
+): Promise<Transaction> {
+  
+  const lastTransaction = await getLastTransaction(user.id)
+  // balance and decay calculation
+  let newBalance = new Decimal(0)
+  let decay: Decay | null = null
+  if (lastTransaction) {
+    decay = calculateDecay(
+      lastTransaction.balance,
+      lastTransaction.balanceDate,
+      balanceDate,
+    )
+    newBalance = decay.balance
+  }
+  newBalance = newBalance.add(amount.toString())
+
+  const transaction = new Transaction()
+  transaction.typeId = type
+  transaction.memo = memo
+  transaction.userId = user.id
+  transaction.userGradidoID = user.gradidoID
+  transaction.userName = fullName(user.firstName, user.lastName)
+  transaction.userCommunityUuid = user.communityUuid
+  transaction.linkedUserId = linkedUser.id
+  transaction.linkedUserGradidoID = linkedUser.gradidoID
+  transaction.linkedUserName = fullName(linkedUser.firstName, linkedUser.lastName)
+  transaction.linkedUserCommunityUuid = linkedUser.communityUuid
+  transaction.previous = lastTransaction ? lastTransaction.id : null
+  transaction.amount = amount
+  if (creationDate) {
+    transaction.creationDate = creationDate
+  }
+  transaction.balance = newBalance
+  transaction.balanceDate = balanceDate
+  transaction.decay = decay ? decay.decay : new Decimal(0)
+  transaction.decayStart = decay ? decay.start : null
+  
+  return store ? transaction.save() : transaction
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/factory/transactionLink.ts b/database/src/seeds/factory/transactionLink.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82155a908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/factory/transactionLink.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { TransactionLinkInterface } from '../transactionLink/TransactionLinkInterface'
+import { TransactionLink } from '../../entity'
+import { Decimal } from 'decimal.js-light'
+import { findUserByIdentifier } from '../../queries'
+import { compoundInterest } from 'shared'
+import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto'
+
+export async function transactionLinkFactory(
+  transactionLinkData: TransactionLinkInterface,
+  userId?: number,
+): Promise<TransactionLink> {
+  if (!userId) {
+    const user = await findUserByIdentifier(transactionLinkData.email)
+    if (!user) {
+      throw new Error(`User ${transactionLinkData.email} not found`)
+    }
+    userId = user.id
+  }
+  return createTransactionLink(transactionLinkData, userId)
+}
+
+export async function createTransactionLink(transactionLinkData: TransactionLinkInterface, userId: number, store: boolean = true): Promise<TransactionLink> {
+  const holdAvailableAmount = compoundInterest(new Decimal(transactionLinkData.amount.toString()), CODE_VALID_DAYS_DURATION * 24 * 60 * 60)
+  let createdAt = transactionLinkData.createdAt || new Date()
+  const validUntil = transactionLinkExpireDate(createdAt)
+
+  const transactionLink = new TransactionLink()
+  transactionLink.userId = userId
+  transactionLink.amount = new Decimal(transactionLinkData.amount)
+  transactionLink.memo = transactionLinkData.memo
+  transactionLink.holdAvailableAmount = holdAvailableAmount
+  transactionLink.code = transactionLinkCode(createdAt)
+  transactionLink.createdAt = createdAt
+  transactionLink.validUntil = validUntil
+
+  if (transactionLinkData.deletedAt) {
+   transactionLink.deletedAt = new Date(createdAt.getTime() + 1000) 
+  }
+
+  return store ? transactionLink.save() : transactionLink
+}
+
+//////  Transaction Link BUSINESS LOGIC  //////
+// TODO: move business logic to shared
+export const CODE_VALID_DAYS_DURATION = 14
+
+export const transactionLinkExpireDate = (date: Date): Date => {
+  const validUntil = new Date(date)
+  return new Date(validUntil.setDate(date.getDate() + CODE_VALID_DAYS_DURATION))
+}
+
+export const transactionLinkCode = (date: Date): string => {
+  const time = date.getTime().toString(16)
+  return (
+    randomBytes(12)
+      .toString('hex')
+      .substring(0, 24 - time.length) + time
+  )
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/factory/user.ts b/database/src/seeds/factory/user.ts
index 3772fe66d..f4614587c 100644
--- a/database/src/seeds/factory/user.ts
+++ b/database/src/seeds/factory/user.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { v4 } from 'uuid'
 import { UserContactType, OptInType, PasswordEncryptionType } from 'shared'
 import { getHomeCommunity } from '../../queries/communities'
 import random from 'crypto-random-bigint'
+import { Community } from '../../entity'
 
-export const userFactory = async (user: UserInterface): Promise<User> => {
+export async function userFactory(user: UserInterface, homeCommunity?: Community | null): Promise<User> {
   let dbUserContact = new UserContact()
 
   dbUserContact.email = user.email ?? ''
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ export const userFactory = async (user: UserInterface): Promise<User> => {
     dbUser.password = random(64)
     dbUser.passwordEncryptionType = PasswordEncryptionType.GRADIDO_ID
   }
-  const homeCommunity = await getHomeCommunity()
+  if (!homeCommunity) {
+    homeCommunity = await getHomeCommunity()
+  }
   if (homeCommunity) {
     dbUser.community = homeCommunity
     dbUser.communityUuid = homeCommunity.communityUuid!
@@ -41,5 +44,6 @@ export const userFactory = async (user: UserInterface): Promise<User> => {
   dbUserContact = await dbUserContact.save()
   dbUser.emailId = dbUserContact.id
   dbUser.emailContact = dbUserContact
+
   return dbUser.save()
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/index.ts b/database/src/seeds/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2a659e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { AppDatabase } from '../AppDatabase'
+import { clearDatabase } from '../../migration/clear'
+import { createCommunity } from './community'
+import { userFactory } from './factory/user'
+import { users } from './users'
+import { datatype, internet, name } from 'faker'
+import { creationFactory } from './factory/creation'
+import { creations } from './creation'
+import { transactionLinkFactory } from './factory/transactionLink'
+import { transactionLinks } from './transactionLink'
+import { contributionLinkFactory } from './factory/contributionLink'
+import { contributionLinks } from './contributionLink'
+import { User } from '../entity'
+import { TransactionLink } from '../entity'
+import { ContributionLink } from '../entity'
+
+const RANDOM_USER_COUNT = 100
+
+async function run() {
+  const now = new Date()
+  // clear database, use mysql2 directly, not AppDatabase
+  await clearDatabase()
+
+  const db = AppDatabase.getInstance()
+  await db.init()
+
+  // seed home community
+  const homeCommunity = await createCommunity(false)
+  console.info('##seed## seeding home community successful...')
+
+  // seed standard users
+  // start creation of all users in parallel
+  // put into map for later direct access
+  const userCreationIndexedByEmail = new Map<string, Promise<User>>()
+  for (const user of users) {
+    userCreationIndexedByEmail.set(user.email!, userFactory(user, homeCommunity))
+  }
+  const defaultUsersPromise = Promise.all(userCreationIndexedByEmail.values()).then(() => {
+    // log message after all users are created
+    console.info('##seed## seeding all standard users successful...')
+  })
+
+  // seed 100 random users
+  // start creation of all random users in parallel
+  const randomUsersCreation: Promise<User>[] = []
+  for (let i = 0; i < RANDOM_USER_COUNT; i++) {
+    randomUsersCreation.push(userFactory({
+      firstName: name.firstName(),
+      lastName: name.lastName(),
+      email: internet.email(),
+      language: datatype.boolean() ? 'en' : 'de',
+    }, homeCommunity))
+  }
+  const randomUsersPromise = Promise.all(randomUsersCreation).then(() => {
+    // log message after all random users are created
+    console.info(`##seed## seeding ${RANDOM_USER_COUNT} random users successful...`)
+  })
+
+  // create Contribution Links
+  // start creation of all contribution links in parallel
+  const contributionLinksPromises: Promise<ContributionLink>[] = []
+  for (const contributionLink of contributionLinks) {
+    contributionLinksPromises.push(contributionLinkFactory(contributionLink))
+  }
+  const contributionLinksPromise = Promise.all(contributionLinksPromises).then(() => {
+    // log message after all contribution links are created
+    console.info('##seed## seeding all contributionLinks successful...')
+  })
+
+  // create Transaction Links
+  // start creation of all transaction links in parallel
+  const transactionLinksPromises: Promise<TransactionLink>[] = []
+  for (const transactionLink of transactionLinks) {
+    const user = await userCreationIndexedByEmail.get(transactionLink.email)!
+    transactionLinksPromises.push(transactionLinkFactory(transactionLink, user.id))
+  }
+  const transactionLinksPromise = Promise.all(transactionLinksPromises).then(() => {
+    // log message after all transaction links are created
+    console.info('##seed## seeding all transactionLinks successful...')
+  })
+
+  // create GDD serial, must be called one after another because seeding don't use semaphore
+  const moderatorUser = await userCreationIndexedByEmail.get('peter@lustig.de')!
+  for (const creation of creations) {
+    const user = await userCreationIndexedByEmail.get(creation.email)!
+    await creationFactory(creation, user, moderatorUser)
+  }
+
+  // wait for all promises to be resolved
+  await Promise.all([
+    defaultUsersPromise,
+    randomUsersPromise,
+    contributionLinksPromise,
+    transactionLinksPromise,
+  ])
+
+  await db.destroy()
+  const timeDiffSeconds = (new Date().getTime() - now.getTime()) / 1000
+  console.info(`##seed## seeding successful... after ${timeDiffSeconds} seconds`)
+}
+
+run().catch((err) => {
+  // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noConsole: no logger present
+  console.error('error on seeding', err)
+})
+
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/transactionLink/TransactionLinkInterface.ts b/database/src/seeds/transactionLink/TransactionLinkInterface.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaacfdf92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/transactionLink/TransactionLinkInterface.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export interface TransactionLinkInterface {
+  email: string
+  amount: number
+  memo: string
+  createdAt?: Date
+  // TODO: for testing
+  // redeemedAt?: Date
+  // redeemedBy?: number
+  deletedAt?: boolean
+}
diff --git a/database/src/seeds/transactionLink/index.ts b/database/src/seeds/transactionLink/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17683b580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/src/seeds/transactionLink/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { TransactionLinkInterface } from './TransactionLinkInterface'
+
+export const transactionLinks: TransactionLinkInterface[] = [
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 19.99,
+    memo: 'Leider wollte niemand meine Gradidos haben :(',
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 19.99,
+    memo: `Kein Trick, keine Zauberrei,
+bei Gradidio sei dabei!`,
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 19.99,
+    memo: `Kein Trick, keine Zauberrei,
+bei Gradidio sei dabei!`,
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 19.99,
+    memo: `Kein Trick, keine Zauberrei,
+bei Gradidio sei dabei!`,
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 19.99,
+    memo: `Kein Trick, keine Zauberrei,
+bei Gradidio sei dabei!`,
+    // TODO: for testing
+    // memo: `Yeah, eingelöst!`,
+    // redeemedAt: new Date(2022, 2, 2),
+    // redeemedBy: not null,
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 19.99,
+    memo: `Kein Trick, keine Zauberrei,
+bei Gradidio sei dabei!`,
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 19.99,
+    memo: `Kein Trick, keine Zauberrei,
+bei Gradidio sei dabei!`,
+  },
+  {
+    email: 'bibi@bloxberg.de',
+    amount: 19.99,
+    memo: 'Da habe ich mich wohl etwas übernommen.',
+    deletedAt: true,
+  },
+]