3 Core Challenges to Solve in 2025

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@tomislavmamic

Gitcoin could have been the one to create retro funding first if it dig deep into understanding their customers problems and goals, and and crosschecking with our existing portfolio to find gaps in the offering.

Back in 2022, Scott and I got the Optimism team (this is pre DAO) to agree to build Retro Funding with Gitcoin. But we passed it along to a Gitcoin product manager who didnt prioritize it, and we then lost the deal. We actually were one of the first to retro funding from a vision sense. But we lacked execution to actually capitalize on it.

(This was when I was disaffiliated with Gitcoin. In retrospect, I wish I had been there to ensure it was prioriztied)

@tomislavmamic

Same thing is happening with Deep funding. Drips network is working on this particular problem and a solution for years, there is no chance Gitcoin grabs some of that market. They have a ready solution, they have been talking with customers for years, they understand and know it better.

Per the philosophy of Practical Pluralism I think there will be multiple projects each serving a role in making Deep Funding work. Its a complementary approach not a competitive one. Gitcoin, Allo, Pairwise, Drips, VoiceDeck are already all part of the stack and listed on DeepFunding.Org.

Mad respect to Drips tho. They are friends and do great work. Proud to have $RAD on the Gitcoin balance sheet via this proposal and would love to see more token swap deals like these done!

@tomislavmamic

But instead of figuring out who Gitcoin’s customers are, which market problems are we solving, we have this shiny vision and an approach of trend surfing.

All that said, I agree that Gitcoin should be more focused on customer needs and working backwards from those outside-in and network first. @Sov @meglister may have more comments here!