On October 16th, Gitcoin, a Web3 public goods protocol, announced the launch of Grants 22, which will last from October 23rd to November 6th. Funding applications are open, and the introduction of on-chain proof and cross-chain donation capabilities is introduced. This round of funding focuses on expanding open-source software (OSS) and supporting digital public goods. There are 4 OSS rounds with a total donation of 1 million US dollars, and 7 community rounds with donations of 12,500 to 20,000 ...
Web3 Privacy Layer COTI announced a partnership with Gitcoin to create a $500,000 grant program designed to accelerate the development of privacy solutions. COTI will use Gitcoin's end-to-end grant solution to create, manage and grow its grant program.
On September 1st, on-chain data revealed that Vitalik donated 17.73 ETH to Gitcoin (Gitcoin: GrantsMultiSig). Arkham revealed that the previous similar transfer occurred in August 23.
The Metis Foundation has partnered with Gitcoin to launch a $4 million annual grant program aimed at fostering innovation and growth in the Metis ecosystem. The first round of funding, hosted by Gitcoin, kicked off today (August 29) with 3,000 METIS (equivalent to $100,000) distributed through a secondary funding round (QF).
On August 22nd, Gitcoin announced at X that GG21 has officially ended, its first fully community-led round. Over the next few weeks, all operators will conduct round analysis and then make payments. Each round will also be reviewed on the Gitcoin Governance Forum. It is reported that GG21 will be held from August 7th to 21st (no OSS rounds), which is an ecosystem "focus" round, with the opportunity to share the stage with the community round.
On August 21st, BadgerDAO yesterday announced the launch of a Gitcoin-backed Badger grant program with a prize pool of $250,000, designed to support Bitcoin's community-driven growth in the DeFi space. The main goals of the program include: supporting projects that enhance the eBTC protocol ecosystem, uncovering new ideas and talent that can add value to the DAO, and encouraging innovation that brings Bitcoin to DeFi.
On August 7th, Gitcoin announced that Gitcoin Grants 21 has been officially launched and will last until 7:59 on August 22nd. The theme of this round of grants is to cooperate with partners and empower external communities. This round includes Celo and Arbitrum ecological rounds and 9 community rounds. Users no longer need to collect Passport stamps, and Gitcoin Grants Stack provides technical support.
On July 2nd, Gitcoin recently released the Gitcoin Grants 2024 strategy and update. Due to time constraints, only three rounds of GG competitions will be held in 2024. GG20 has ended from April 23rd to May 7th; GG21 will be held from August 7th to 21st, a total of 10 rounds of community activities, no open source software (OSS) rounds, the first 5 rounds of community round matching funds are 125,000 US dollars; GG22 is planned to be launched at the end of October, including 4 rounds of open sour...