Digest #44: Decentralizing Gitcoin Grants, and “How Do We Handle Protocol Adoption?” ⛓

Digest #44: Decentralizing Gitcoin Grants, and “How Do We Handle Protocol Adoption?” :chains:


The Future of Gitcoin Grants

Yesterday, Madison and Maxwell from the Public Goods Funding workstream(PGF) hosted a chat about the future of the Gitcoin Grants program, and how best to decentralize Gitcoin Grants. The conversation happened during our weekly Gitcoin Community Call(formerly, “DAO Vibes”).

Up to this point, the Public Goods workstream has decided what rounds are Gitcoin-led. We recognize that, to effectively scale our program, we need to continue to decentralize. Our goal is to find ways to achieve long-term financial sustainability with the help of the broader Gitcoin community.

The PGF team asked some key questions on the call, and received feedback from community members on the realities of fundraising for public goods.

Three key questions:

  • How many rounds does it make sense for the Gitcoin program to support initially and why? What do you think these rounds should look like?
  • Which services would be most helpful for Gitcoin to provide in order to help fund public goods? This could include funding, operating grants rounds, marketing grants rounds, and grant review.
  • What outcomes should we track to measure our success as a decentralized grants program?

Protocol adoption is also a core focus. For Gitcoin to effectively decentralize its grants program, we need to get ecosystems to use, adopt, and run their own, self-hosted grants rounds on Gitcoin Grants protocols.

Here’s a link to the call recording, and notes from the call.

Join us for the next Gitcoin Community Call(12p ET in the #dao-citizens channel in the Discord), which will be led by MMM brand strategist, Alexa Lombardo!

Alexa will moderate a discussion on the Gitcoin brand, and how we are evolving it to meet the needs of a decentralized Gitcoin Grants program. Read her recent forum post on the topic here.

h/t to Scott Moore for the meme


:newspaper_roll: In This Issue of the Digest

  • DAO News :newspaper:
  • This Week’s Content :seedling:
  • From the Gov Forum :postal_horn:
  • New Gov Proposals :ballot_box_with_check:
  • Upcoming Events :calendar:
  • Opportunities for Builders :construction_worker_man:

:newspaper: DAO News

  • Tomorrow, the third “Buidl in Public” session is happening at 11:30a ET. If you’re not familiar, “Buidl in Public” is our new weekly series focused on supporting one early-stage Web3 project in a live workshop format. Each week, Gary profiles one innovative Web3 project, and helps the project founders strategize on community engagement, brand, traction, and more! This week, he is talking to Impact DAO. RSVP here!

  • Fantom round applications close Tuesday, 12/6. Round voting to determine hackathon winners starts Monday, 12/12. You can read more about the Alpha Round here, on the Gitcoin blog.

  • Two new Open Data Science Community updates: 1) ODC is now having weekly stand-ups on Tuesday morning pacific time, 14:30 GMT in the ODC Discord. 2) Next Thursday(12/8) at 10am ET, ODC is doing a Twitter Space AMA for ODC-related projects. Next Thursday we’ll be speaking with Trust Protocol. Schedule a reminder here.

  • You can now follow Gitcoin on Lens Protocol. Drop your lens @ in this thread and we’ll follow you back!

Also, there are five hackathons running on Gitcoin right now! Scroll to the bottom of the Digest to check out our Opportunities for Builders.


:seedling: This Week’s Content

A weekly roundup of blog posts, podcasts, and other content from the Gitcoin community. This week, there are two new blog posts on the Gitcoin blog, Azeem talks to VenturePunk, and the Twitter Spaces recording of our recent chat with Snapshot on Passport integration.


:ballot_box_with_check: From the Governance Forum

These are the top posts from this week in the Gitcoin Governance forum. See the latest here.


:ballot_box_with_check: New Gov Proposals

Proposals go to Snapshot first, then are rat

:bar_chart: Active Proposals:

The following proposals are active on Tally this week.

The following proposals are active on Snapshot:

:speaking_head: Proposal Discussions:

:white_check_mark: Latest Completed Proposals:

These Season 16 budget proposals all passed on Snapshot and are being ratified on Tally this week.

:date: Upcoming Community Events

If you have an event you’d like us to include in the Digest, reach out to @alexdw5 on Twitter or Discord.

Next Wednesday (12/7):

  • 12p ET – Gitcoin Community Call. This Gitcoin Community Call will be led by MMM brand strategist, Alexa Lombardo! Alexa will moderate a discussion on the Gitcoin brand, and how we are evolving it to meet the needs of a decentralized Gitcoin Grants program. Read her recent forum post on the topic here.

Friday (12/2):

  • 11:30 AM ET – Buidl in Public #3Gary Sheng chats with @impactdaos, running a live workshop to strategize with them about community engagement and growth from a Web3 community-lens. RSVP here.

Tuesday (12/6):

For up-to-the-minute updates on Gitcoin events, check out our Events Calendar!


:construction_worker_man:Opportunities for Builders


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