Introducing Stewards Governance

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Gitcoin Username: Evan Hudson
**ETH Address:**0xc8d92326bd4dd3Bb1D4eae8355FCA6833d64Ea80
Discord Handle (optional): c4collabecon
Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining:
I believe blockchain, Web3 and decentralized finance form a vital element of our society’s transition to a more just, inclusive, equitable and resilient world.

I am particularly bullish on the capacity for these technologies to reduce inequality by removing intermediaries from the financial system and realign incentives by “funding what matters.”

Following on that conviction, I am excited about the nascent regenerative finance movement’s thesis that impact is valuable and decentralized finance technology can be used to increase efficiency, transparency and equitability in the impact world.

GitCoin forms a key part of the ReFi ecosystem and I would be honored to be part of the organization’s governance, stemming especially from my desire to see the nonprofit/philanthropic world evolve into something capable of re-shaping the economy and society instead of reinforcing unequal, counter-productive structures underlying capitalism.

Basically I think Web3 will help us form a parallel, regenerative society and GitCoin is a keystone in that process, and I feel called to help out however I can.

Your Web3 Qualifications / Skills:
I founded the Center for Collaborative Economics, a blockchain-first organization dedicated to building infrastructure to facilitate impact, by helping nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, foundations and mutual aid organizations fund and track their impact on-chain using Web3 technologies. My role as founder falls somewhere between project manager, community liason, and business development.
Look for our multi-chain donation and impact certification platform, coming soon.

I’m a proud member of the GreenPill Dev Guild as well as an active member in other web3 impact/ReFi communities.

In my day job, I run a mutual aid public health organization serving people who use drugs, named Dubuque Harm Reduction.

My experience in the nonprofit-industrial complex has given me first-hand experience with how broken the system is- misaligned incentives, poorly-allocated funding, nepotism, corruption- and I believe Web3 tools like GitCoin hold the key to unlocking the potential contained within the system, by empowering the people and smaller community organizations who have been left out in the cold, while immense amounts of funding flow to the larger and more well-connected organizations.

On the flip-side, my nonprofit experience has given me skills and connections which would be helpful to Gitcoin, including experience with grant writing and administration, and I am fluent in bureaucrat-ese- I’m happy to serve as “nonprofit whisperer.”

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Gitcoin Username: cauetomaz
ETH Address: 0xAcD59e854adf632d2322404198624F757C868C97
Discord Handle (optional): ctomaz
Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining:

My journey began with hands-on agroecological practices, where I designed and managed agroforestry systems focused on biodiversity restoration, soil health improvement, and sustainable livelihoods. This foundation was the driving force behind my work with GreenPill Brasil, where I built a community dedicated to integrating agroecology with Web3 technologies. Through GreenPill Brasil, I have facilitated workshops and sessions on decentralized governance, regenerative finance, web3 paradigms, carbon and biodiversity credits, equipping new local actors with the tools to scale their impact while ensuring environmental and financial sustainability.

With Dev Guild, I expanded these efforts by contributing to product development and operational frameworks that bridge ecological initiatives with blockchain innovations. My work on the GreenGoods app, for example, focuses on creating systems to document and reward biodiversity efforts, such as reforestation and native bee conservation, using hypercerts and on-chain validation. This app emerged from my commitment to providing scalable tools that empower grassroots movements while fostering global collaboration.

Through these roles, I have not only supported agroecological restoration but also brought decentralized funding mechanisms like quadratic funding into alignment with local projects. This integration ensures that communities benefit directly from global funding opportunities, reinforcing transparency and accountability in the process. My technical research with Silvi Protocol and Treekipedia further complements this mission by developing open-source tools that track and validate ecological restoration efforts, creating frameworks that are accessible and impactful for stakeholders worldwide. As part of the Allo Yeeter team, I contributed to creating a tool designed to streamline and optimize the funding allocation process, ensuring transparency, efficiency, and scalability. This experience allowed me to engage deeply with Allo mechanics, so im very excited to research the design space of decentralized funding allocation, while addressing the practical needs of grassroots communities and regenerative projects.

I see Gitcoin and the Allo Protocol as a unique and powerful combination for building decentralized algorithms that can truly transform how we fund public goods. As someone deeply rooted in agroecology, I believe the principles of agroecology can provide a foundational set of regenerative values, like systems thinking, diversity, resilience, sovereignty and equitable resource distribution. By integrating these principles, we can create funding mechanisms and finance structures that doesn’t exist yet.

Your Web3 Qualifications / Skills:

  • Agroecological Expertise with a Regenerative Finance Lens
  • Agroforestry and Biodiversity Restoration
  • Community Outreach:
  • Ecological Data Collection
  • Product Leadership
  • Governance & Collaborative Leadership

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** Gitcoin Username:** DaeYunique
** ETH Address:** 0xA7b76350CcdF81f005e4A9849FC7f606A73f559b
** Discord Handle (optional):** Sittress
** Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining:** I am passionate about Gitcoin’s values and missions. I want to see the ecosystem, programs, community, and org be successful. I want to be a contributor to the success of the success in every way possible.
** Your Web3 Qualifications / Skills:** I have been in the web3 community for approx 5 years. I have worked in it for about 3.5 years. I have had various roles within web3 that have allowed me to learn new things, network with incredible people, and participate in iconic activations/events/conferences. I am a member/contributor in several DAO’s including, but not limited to; FWB, SheFi, BoysClub, $CRASH, TOPIA, and more.

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Hi all, what is the current status around each Steward, their involvment, and the available or on-going workstream + funds available?

I am curious if I can do something or some cleanup here and there.

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This post could bring some answers to your questions; Gitcoin '25 Governance Revamp

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Gitcoin Username: machuche1
ETH Address: 0x037Eb04AD9DDFf984F44Ce5941D14b8Ea3781459
Discord Handle (optional): machuche9179
Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining:
As a long-standing advocate for public goods and decentralized governance, I am deeply aligned with Gitcoin’s mission of building and funding open-source projects. Joining Gitcoin Governance as a steward would allow me to bring my experience and commitment to fostering equitable funding mechanisms, supporting builders globally, and amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities. My focus is on ensuring that governance processes are transparent, inclusive, and directed towards initiatives that create sustainable impact in the Web3 ecosystem.

Your Web3 Qualifications / Skills:

  • Governance & support Expertise: As part of Gitcoin’s Team Tiger, I actively supported grants programs and contributed to governance discussions, fostering alignment across diverse stakeholders. This includes active support with grant applications, reachouts and builder support.
  • Regenerative Finance maxi: Huge advocate of Regenerative Finance principles and redistributing positive sum benefits into communities
  • Delegate Experience: With Borderless Africa, I serve as an active delegate on Scroll, representing African builders and ensuring governance decisions resonate with regional needs.
  • Community Building & Bizdev: I have a proven track record of engaging with grassroots Web3 communities, particularly in Africa, to bring real-world use cases and drive adoption. I have worked closely with Threefold DAO, PrimeDAO & Inverter Network
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Gitcoin Username: nicomaldonado
ETH Adress: nicomaldonado.eth
Discord Handle: nico.maldonado

Statement of Intention / My Values & Reasons for Joining:

My Web3 journey began over a year ago when I was tasked with adapting local rural governance into a DAO structure. What started as an exploration has evolved into a deep understanding of the transformative potential of decentralized systems. Through this process, I’ve moved from being an observer to wanting to become an active participant in the Web3 ecosystem.

I’m drawn to Gitcoin because of its role in proper capital allocation and transparent funding mechanisms. Having worked closely with rural communities, I’ve witnessed firsthand how traditional funding systems often fail to address real-world needs. I believe in becoming part of a new generation of enablers who make decisions collectively for the common good.

My core mission is to amplify the voices of those who have the will (‘ganas’) to create change but lack the resources or technical knowledge to access these systems. I aim to bridge the gap between innovative funding mechanisms and communities that can truly benefit from them.

Anticipated Focal Areas:

1. Education & Language Accessibility

  • Bridge language barriers for Spanish-speaking communities
  • Develop simplified educational content about DAOs and Web3 concepts
  • Create accessible learning paths for non-technical users

2. Community Engagement & Rural Integration

  • Design low-tech solutions for communities with limited internet access
  • Expand WhatsApp-based tools and chatbots for grant information dissemination
  • Connect rural projects with funding opportunities

3.Grants Program Accessibility

  • Help communities navigate the grants application process
  • Provide mentorship to first-time grant applicants
  • Create simplified guides in Spanish for the Grants Stack

Web3 Qualifications / Skills:

Technical Skills:

  • Bot development experience (WhatsApp chatbots for education)
  • Basic Web3 technical understanding

Non-Technical Skills:

  • Bilingual proficiency (Native Spanish, fluent English)
  • Excellent ability to simplify complex Web3 concepts
  • Community education and engagement
  • Rural community development experience
  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Project development in low-connectivity environment

What a grate time to be alive!!!

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  • Gitcoin: MiriWiri
  • ETH Address: 0x0A03F3F858454cc9bAE7D458054E866E3180B137
  • Discord Handle (optional): MiriWiri
  • Statement of Intention / Your Values & Reasons for Joining:
    I’ve been in the Web3 ecosystem since 2022 as part of another DAO. From the moment I joined, I experienced a completely different way of working: one where decisions are made collectively, and progress happens without the need for C-level directives on what, how, or when to act.

Coming from an HR background, this type of environment was something I had never imagined and it completely shifted my perspective on how teams can operate.

Now, I’m ready to go deeper. I want to be part of shaping the future by supporting Gitcoin in their mission to transform strategy in 2025 and in the following years.

  • Your Web3 Qualifications / Skills:
  • Web3 Recruiter
  • People Ops
  • Learning and Development.
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Hey everyone, I just entered the Gitcoin community and swapped most ETH to Gitcoin because I had that special feeling

Im musician, creating community oriented projects, Uplander, and don’t want to miss the opportunity to be part of a possible future

It’s a pleasure to be here

At this moment I’m holding my Gitcoin at Coinbase
(Wich you seemingly don’t support)
Wich wallet would you recommend me to switch my assets to for better connection to your platform and it’s future possibilities?

Thanks so far


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Gitcoin username: LuukDAO

ETH Address: 0x31cd90C2788f3e390d2Bb72871f5aD3F1a4B22a1 / LuukDAO.eth

Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:
Since 2016, I’ve dedicated most of my life to building real-world impact solutions onchain. I believe Gitcoin has the potential to become a key player in solving Ethereum and the world’s biggest problems, and I want to help realize that potential.

What Web3 Qualifications / Skills I have:
7+ years of DAO governance and Web3 strategy experience. Experience leading the design, fundraising, and development of multi-million dollar programs and initiatives.

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Gitcoin Username: @MontyMerlin

ETH Address: 0x59DDA36bD196Ec849838CE2163E6821f946b37Dc / montymerlin.eth

Delegate Profile: 0x59DD...37Dc's Delegate Profile

Statement of Intention / Values & Reasons for Joining
I believe Gitcoin has been, and is on the road to be again, one of the most important Web3 communities / set of experiments in the world for innovation in regenerative public goods and capital allocation. I want to help deepen its legitimacy and decentralization by supporting governance processes, fundraising, and amplifying the role Gitcoin plays in funding ecosystem-critical infrastructure and grassroots local builders & impact.

My Web3 Qualifications / Skills

  • Co-founder of ReFi DAO & Source at Regen Coordination — stewarding multi-round funding programs for global regenerative communities
  • Co-lead of Celo Public Goods, experience designing + managing quadratic funding, retro rounds, and local grant pilots.
  • Active Gitcoin contributor: Domain and Round Operator for GG rounds, deep involvement in ImpactQF, Ethereum Localism, & other sensemaking initiatives
  • Broad coordination experience across DAOs, local nodes, and public goods platforms; focus on interoperability, identity, and reputation (e.g. Prosperity Pass, Karma GAP)
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I really enjoyed reading this. Gitcoin acknowledging its centralization debt and actively moving toward community-led governance is a huge step.
The steward program feels like the right mechanism to widen decision-making, especially around public goods definitions and round design.
Excited to see how this shift makes grants more transparent, inclusive, and aligned with the broader Ethereum ecosystem.”

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Gitcoin Username
rohit

ETH Address
rohitmalekar.eth

Statement of Intention

My work focuses on improving the effectiveness, transparency, and legitimacy of public goods funding systems. Gitcoin is a critical coordination layer in the Ethereum ecosystem, and I want to help strengthen its institutional integrity and long-term impact.

I am particularly motivated to reduce information asymmetry between builders, donors, and allocators by making funding flows and outcomes more intelligible. Through my independent research and tooling, I have worked to improve collective understanding of how capital is allocated and how allocation mechanisms can evolve.

As a steward, my intention is to contribute toward Gitcoin’s governance, analytical rigor, and strategic direction so it continues to serve as credible, transparent infrastructure for public goods funding.

Qualifications

  • Built analytical tools and dashboards to study Gitcoin Grants funding flows, donor behavior, and ecosystem alignment
  • Strong technical skills in data analysis, Python, SQL, and reproducible research workflows
  • Experience designing and evaluating grant allocation frameworks and funding mechanisms
  • Active contributor to ecosystem sensemaking through research, writing, and public analysis
  • Direct experience working within the Gitcoin ecosystem and understanding its governance, mechanisms, and stakeholder dynamics
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Gitcoin Username
ashh

ETH Address
ashh.eth

Statement of Intention

What originally drew me to blockchain was the conviction that systemic protection of human agency is as much a design constraint as it is a human right. Censorship-resistant finance, uncapturable communication, coordinative tools that build away from power consolidation and toward communal sovereignty by default: these are all non-negotiables in my mind that require the transparent, immutable, permissionless infrastructure that Ethereum enables.

I’ve always seen Gitcoin as one of the most important experiments in sustaining sovereign tech via equally sovereign funding infrastructure – and as institutional decay, asymmetric authority, and the active dismantling of protective systems accelerate into mainstream urgency, I’d like to help steward Gitcoin’s role in funding the defense of coordinative agency.

My background is (loosely) information strategy: 15 years of making complex systems legible and actionable across data science, solutions architecture, and web2/web3 marketing. I feel my highest-leverage work never comes from communicating louder, but more clearly – purpose and impact tend to compound when information becomes coherent enough to carry itself.

As a steward, I’d like to bring that same orientation to Gitcoin governance: helping evaluate proposals through the lens of strengthened positioning, and helping communicate decisions outward in a way that drives incremental interest across and beyond the ecosystem.

Other things I can help with:

  • Narrative infrastructure
  • Governance translations
  • Ecosystem storytelling
  • Audience and distribution
  • Content strategy
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Gitcoin Username: Robtg4

ETH Address: 0xf97B8e8d0640280b7eeA81096fA54574F52B6063

Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:

I’m Robby Greenfield, a cypherpunk idealist turned crypto-realist and panpsychist who’s been in “Crypto” since 2011. My passion for decentralized technology begins and ends with utility-driven applications focused on social impact and transnational economic equity. My journey has spanned from co-founding ConsenSys Social Impact in 2017 and deploying some of the world’s first social impact dApps in humanitarian aid, self-sovereign identity, transparent donations, and worker wellness to co-creating the Ethereum Foundation’s Devcon Scholars program, amongst many other adventures. Over that time, I have had the pleasure of working with the likes of UNICEF, UNOPS, the World Bank, Oxfam International, the U.S. State Department, and - of course - Gitcoin!

Within the world of crypto (and yes, I still refer to it as its original communal name), my focuses are as follows:

  1. Tokenomic research to discover sustainable control systems for the betterment of humanity and the crypto ecosystem

  2. Development of compliance operating systems for digital assets

  3. Product development to resolve some of crypto’s hairiest risk and impact problems (e.g., impermanent loss, mobile money on/off-ramps in emerging markets, etc.)

Web3 Qualifications / Skills:

  • 17 years of experience as a Software/Blockchain Engineer

  • 10+ years as a startup CTO/CPO

  • Author of a newly open-source Tokenomic Encyclopedia “* TokĂ©dex: The Bible of Tokenomics” and a research blog from * time to time

  • Deploying some of the world’s first crypto-powered humanitarian aid programs with Oxfam International, Hope for Haiti, etc. + * crypto activism

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Gitcoin Username: narcov_eth

ETH Address: 0x15d64dA1ADcd6A636E57217B18F0ce75270B11cd

Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:
I am in crypto since 2020, have a software development background and am active in the Ethereum community in Brazil. I care deeply about public goods, open-source, and using crypto to support real-world impact.

Outside Web3, I’ve worked with regional tree-planting groups, which shaped my interest in regenerative public goods and local impact.

I found Gitcoin in 2023 and was drawn to its mission of funding what matters. As a steward, I’d like to contribute with a practical, builder-oriented perspective, support transparent governance, and help Gitcoin stay accessible to newer contributors while strengthening its role as public goods funding infrastructure.

Web3 Qualifications / Skills:

  • Software development background
  • Active in Brazil’s Ethereum community
  • Passion for public goods, open-source, and regenerative crypto
  • Motivated to learn, contribute, and become a reliable steward for Gitcoin
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Gitcoin Username: exeunt

ETH Address: exeunt.eth

Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:

The goal is to build autonomous, participatory digital infrastructure of meaningful political economic consequence ahead of an onslaught of authoritarian cultural waves from both the right, the left, and those technologists who naively imagine themselves to be politically neutral. Gitcoin fulfilled this goal in the past and has all the resources and talent to continue the mission.

My hope for Gitcoin in the new epoch is threefold: 1) culturally revitalize Ethereum’s subversive edge to once again harness the genius of the publics beyond institutions, figureheads and extractivists; 2) build common sense product(s) that take the learnings from 8 years of experiments to systemically insecure publics; 3) embed in those products avenues for pursuing the avant garde of economic coordination.

Web3 Qualifications / Skills:

Research, writing, event organizing. I edited and wrote the introduction to the Ethereum Localism book in collaboration with Allo Capital, co-facilitated Local DAO Summer (a 6 week online talk series), Festival of Value (a 5 day online series on intent-based architecture and alternative economics) and General Forum on Ethereum Localism 1&2. I have 20+ essays and at the intersection of applied philosophy and emerging technology (a high point is the pamphlet Undercapital: Open Protocols and the Underground Potential of the Distributed Ledger). Currently, my research into and evangelizing of open technologies is being carried out together with longtime collaborator Ven Gist and a growing crew at The Open Machine.

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hey all,

I intend to serve as a Gitcoin steward to reboot both their governance and their product pivot. I expect to be able to contribute 3-5 hours a month to the process.

  • Gitcoin gov username: @thedevanshmehta

  • ETH Address : devansh.voicedeck.eth / 0xBEa26DE685Ef828b60cA53b40Ecc9Bab35645fDF

  • Statement of Intention: your values and reasons for joining : I was closely involved with Gitcoin 2.0, which helped me find my tribe and footing in the blockchain world. I have worked on funding mechanisms, including in GG23 and GG24. I am excited to contribute to its revitalization.

  • Qualifications and skills you bring to the cohort : Primarily writing ability, which helps in both spreading the mission on X and also providing substantive feedback.