Thanks for surfacing this proposal on privacy-preserving KYC â striking the right balance between compliance and decentralization is a critical challenge for the grants ecosystem.
In our proposal, we didnât propose a domain, but rather set out to validate whether CollabBerryâs peer-based allocation and accountability tools could serve across domains as a complementary mechanism.
Where this connects for us is at the intersection of trust and compliance. KYC ensures legitimacy at the level of who receives funds. CollabBerry experiments with legitimacy at the contributor level once funds enter a project â ensuring fair, transparent distribution through peer-to-peer assessments and automated payouts.
Together, privacy-preserving KYC and contributor-level accountability could form two layers of assurance: one external (validating recipients) and one internal (validating allocations within teams). Both strengthen trust in how public goods funding is used.
Weâd be curious: do you see potential alignment between external compliance mechanisms like KYC and internal accountability tools like CollabBerry to create an end-to-end trust framework for grants?