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- Gitcoin is entering its end game with a laser focus on grants 🎯 The shift includes forming Grants Labs, spinning out Passport, and doubling down on community-led innovation. Learn more:
https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/gitcoin-entering-the-end-game/17560
- ☀️ gm to everyone writing new chapters for the future of public goods 📖
- 🌟Revolutionizing public goods funding with **Quadratic Funding (QF)**
In a new video, Gitcoin Grants grantees dive into how QF empowers every donor, big or small, aligning funding with community values
🤝**QF isn't just about the amount** - It's about how many of us come together. Pooling small donations, QF matches them with larger funds from a central source, magnifying the power of each contribution.
🔢**The secret sauce?** A unique formula that values the number of contributors, not just the size of donations, ensures equitable funding for public goods and community projects.
**🍃It's more than funding** - It's about fostering community involvement and shared ownership.
Let's celebrate how every small donation can make a huge difference. Together, we're redefining what it means to support and fund what matters!
- Dream about the future you want. Then build it.
- gm 2024 🌞
- Gitcoin is taking an innovative leap towards evolving into **Gitcoin 2.0, fueled by three key transformative pillars 👀👇**
Gitcoin 1.0 was a centralized platform, a monolith. The introduction of Gitcoin 2.0 brings forward an ecosystem of **modular protocols** wherein each protocol does one specific task, and performs it well 🤝
**Switch to an Array of Mechanisms:** Quadratic Funding, although great at capital distribution, is not the only means to an end. Gitcoin's product suite is set to grow into a versatile toolbox of various capital allocation mechanisms:
→Different flavors of QF
→Quadratic Voting
→Direct Grants
→Badgeholder based / Retroactive public goods funding
...and more!
**Expansion to All EVM Communities:** Gitcoin is pushing its boundaries beyond Ethereum by extending its support to all EVM-based communities For eg. Gitcoin's Sybil resistance tool, Gitcoin Passport, initially designed for Gitcoin Grants, is going mainstream, safeguarding any EVM-based community ⚙️
For a deeper dive, read @lens/owocki’s gov post: https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/3-transitions-from-gitcoin-1-0-gitcoin-2-0/16736
- There is 1 HOUR left to donate to the American Cancer Society QF round! 👏
Help fund initiatives that are paving the way towards ending cancer as we know it, for everyone 🫡
DONATE: https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/42161/0x302dbc8eb3bf73565a1205648b61b23cb3f72ff7
- Hear from Dr Kamal, Chief Patient Officer at the American Cancer Society, on how **cancer is changing and how that is good news today.**
👉Cancer is becoming a bit more of a chronic illness for many people; there are more options to treat it. Mortality from cancer has reduced by about a third since 1991. Which means **more than 3 million people** have not died because of those advancements.
👉The American Cancer Society has also been the largest funder of cancer research in the US outside of the federal government.
*Their QF round is live until **Dec 12 23:59 UTC!***
**Donate to this groundbreaking round today:** https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/42161/0x302dbc8eb3bf73565a1205648b61b23cb3f72ff7
- **The American Cancer Society QF round ends tomorrow at 23:59 UTC! 📢**
*Invest in hope by donating to these incredible projects.*
👉Create an immutable memory by heading to http://immutable-memories.gitcoin.co & collect an NFT
👉Earn $ARB by donating to this round (more info here: https://thankarb.com/seasons/thank-arb-milestone-1-campaign-2)
Donate: https://explorer.gitcoin.co/?utm_source=grants.gitcoin.co&utm_medium=button&utm_campaign=donate-to-acs#/round/42161/0x302dbc8eb3bf73565a1205648b61b23cb3f72ff7…
- The **American Cancer Society round is LIVE until December 12th!** 🎊
Help fund cancer research and more through this groundbreaking Quadratic Funding round.
Read about the projects and donate to an incredible cause today: https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/american-cancer-society-project-showcase
- The #GG19 Donate Button?
You will literally not be able to *touch it* when the deadline expires in a few hours 😬
Stop what you're doing and make public goods history NOW
https://grants.gitcoin.co
- #GG19 🤝 Giving Tuesday
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- brb racing to https://grants.gitcoin.co to fund #GG19 projects today so my donations get multiplied with matching funds!
- **⚠️ WARNING: This song will get stuck in your head**
To mark the midpoint of #GG19, we wanted to celebrate a bit of Gitcoin history with this Quadratic Lands-inspired music video 🎶 (collect this!)
We've come a long way with our Grants Program since we ran our first ones. Shoutout to everyone who has participated in #GG19, our latest one 🙏
https://grants.gitcoin.co
- Shout out to everyone giving their favorite GG19 projects the royal treatment 👑
👉 https://grants.gitcoin.co
- gm to everyone who has donated in GG19 already 🫡
https://grants.gitcoin.co
- **📢 Gitcoin Grants 19 is LIVE until 23:59 UTC Nov 29th**
#GG19 is your opportunity to Fund What Matters & get your donations multiplied with matching funds in the biggest Quadratic Funding event in web3 🫶
**TL;DR on GG19:**
Back to our roots w/ 3 Program Rounds:
🛠️ OSS
⛓️ ETH Infra
🤝 Web3 Community
9 Community Rounds 🚀
Donate: http://grants.gitcoin.co
Let's Fund What Matters. Together 🫡 🍃
- **BIG NEWS: #GitcoinPassport just released three new credentials you can earn to increase your Passport score, all part of the GTC Staking Stamp 🎉**
The credentials are:
🩶 **Community Investor Silver**: Stake 5 GTC on 1 account or have 1 account stake 5 GTC on you.
⭐️ **Community Investor Gold**: Stake 10 GTC on 2 accounts or have 2 accounts stake 10 GTC on you.
⚓️ **Trust Anchor**: Receive stakes from 5 unique users, each staking a minimum of 20 GTC on you.
Each credential earns you 1.27 points.
If you stake from now until November 27th, 2023, your GTC will be locked until November 27, 2023.
For more information on how to stake GTC, click here: https://support.gitcoin.co/gitcoin-knowledge-base/gitcoin-passport/identity-staking-questions
To get started please visit the GTC Staking page: https://www.staking.passport.gitcoin.co
- **Just 1 day remaining for #GG19 applications! ⏳**
The clock's ticking – submit yours now!
Head to https://grants-portal.gitcoin.co to get started in Builder and apply for the round that fits your project.
Act fast, don't miss out! 🚀
- **📣 BIG NEWS!** Unlock the mysteries of web3 grants by collecting a comprehensive report, while supporting Turkish charities during a dedicated QV round at Schelling Point. The report delves deep into the ever-changing landscape of web3 grants programs to offer valuable insights and a roadmap for running a successful grants program 🫡
🤝Collect the brief version of the report and contribute to a QV round that kicks off on Nov 16 in Istanbul, dedicated to supporting Turkish charities. All proceeds of this mint will go towards the matching pool. Let's make a positive impact together.
**Key dates:**
Nov 6 - Mint goes live
Nov 15 - Mint ends
Nov 16 - QV round goes live
Mint the PDF on PGN: https://zora.co/collect/pgn:0x9c0b5f09042b4bc9c5ce9eb75150c701976d7de8/1
The charities in the QV round are:
**🫶Dünya Doktorları Derneği:** DDD's mission is to deliver vital medical aid to those in crises, offering free healthcare services to refugees in Turkey and Syria since 2015.
**🫶 Support to Life - disaster relief:** Support to Life is an independent humanitarian agency aiming to provide access to the basic fundamental rights to the communities which are affected by natural and/or man-made disasters.
**🫶 LOSEV Foundation for Children with Leukemia:** LÖSEV, a non-profit NGO, has aided 65,000+ leukemia patients and families since 1998.
**🫶 Mother Child Education Foundation:** Established in 1993, ACEV focuses on lifelong education, starting from early childhood.
- **#GG19 applications are open!**
And there are only 2 days left to apply. Don't wait until the last minute!
Visit https://grants-portal.gitcoin.co to learn more about how to create your project in Builder, and apply to the round whose eligibility criteria you meet.
- gm to everyone coming to Istanbul 🇹🇷
- gm regens 🌞
- **#GG19 applications are open!**
Visit http://grants.gitcoin.co to learn more and see the full list of rounds that are currently open for applications.
(Apply by November 8th for a guaranteed review before GG19 kicks off!)
- gm regens
- **#GG19 applications are open!**
Visit grants.gitcoin.co to learn more and see the full list of rounds that are currently open for applications.
(Apply by November 8th for a guaranteed review before GG19 kicks off!)
- **#GG19 applications are open!**
Visit http://grants.gitcoin.co to learn more and see the full list of rounds that are currently open for applications.
(If you want to apply, make sure this isn't you. Apply by November 8th for a guaranteed review before GG19 kicks off!)
- 📆 SAVE THE DATE 📆
Mark your calendars for #GG19! Be on the lookout for more details to follow in the coming weeks🫡
Let’s Fund What Matters. Together🍃
- ROLL CALL: Who's going to Devconnect?
- Come hear me talk about grants and the impact of what @gitcoin.lens has done so far with them at 3pm ET today https://ethglobal.tv/
- ***Why is the new #GitcoinPassport integration with @collab_land.lens so powerful? 🤔***
We had Collab.Land's Abhishek and our own DevRel Lead Daniel weigh in:
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This integration enables community admins to protect everything from governance and conversations to different communication channels, directly within Discord.
Struggling with Sybils or bots in your community?
Gitcoin Passport + http://Collab.Land is a great solution!
Requiring users to hold a #GitcoinPassport with a certain Unique Humanity score protects sensitive and important conversations from manipulation.
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Ready to up your Discord community's safety game? Follow these steps here: https://medium.com/collab-land/collab-land-integrates-gitcoin-passport-dc69767aa013
- gm regens say it back
- **INTRODUCING DIRECT GRANTS: A New Way to Empower Web3 Projects 💸**
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Grants have been at the forefront of driving innovation in the web3 ecosystem, providing vital early support to projects that propel progress while preserving their independence.
We're excited to share a significant update as Gitcoin transitions to a protocolDAO. We're introducing a new funding mechanism on #GrantsStack: Direct Grants.
**What are Direct Grants? 🤔**
Direct Grants award a predetermined amount of money for the completion of a well-defined project, making it easy for communities to identify needs and provide support to builders.
**Some other benefits of Direct Grants:**
🚀 Help kickstart the development of a project or reach a targeted milestone
📈 Can return high short-term value to fill gaps or needs in an ecosystem
🔄 Can accept rolling applications and don’t need a closing period
🌱 Are suitable for early stage communities and ecosystems
Read the Full Announcement here: https://gitcoin.co/blog/intro-to-direct-grants-how-do-they-work
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Innovate, diversify, and streamline your web3 funding approach with ease using Direct Grants on @GrantsStack.
Interested in running your own Direct Grants round?
**Schedule a demo with our team: https://link.gitcoin.co/GSdemo**
If you’re a round operator looking to learn more about Grants Stack, please check out our Manager Toolkit: https://manager-toolkit.super.site
- Our head of impact @azeem.lens was busy in Dubai last week, joining panels at events with industry leaders.
The UAE is rapidly embracing crypto. More builders, more funds, more meet ups...
***We're glad to help shape the conversation around trusted adoption around the world 🌍***
- 2 Days Left!
Be a Public Great and get your donations in!
- Sometimes the VC model can lead to some bad outcomes:
❌ WeWork
❌ Quibi
❌ Hinge
**One of the coolest things about web3 is everyday people coming together to fund projects they want.**
Zack Guzman chatted with our founder @owocki.lens about how our programs and protocols have helped provide $50M+ in funding to some of the best projects in web3.
- ***The Gitcoin Citizens Round #2 is happening right now!***
Four days left, and our 64 grantees have...
- received $10,000 in donations
- spread over ~3000 contributions
- sent by ~3000 individual donors
***Let's double these numbers! 🍄***
http://grants.gitcoin.co
- **#GitcoinPassport 🤝 Discourse**
**We are proud to announce that Gitcoin Passport now offers a robust, easy-to-implement solution to enhance the security of Discourse forums 🎉**
Our new plugin with Discourse safeguards against Sybil attacks and bots, preserving the integrity and credibility of online communities. Forum administrators can set trust levels based on Passport scores, accumulated from digital proofs known as "Stamps," to allow tiered access to forum features.
Mainstream web3 organizations like the ENS have already successfully implemented Gitcoin Passport to enhance their community's security while maintaining user anonymity.
**Following the trend of our partnerships with Snapshot, Guild, Galxe, and other community/governance platforms, we are making it easier and easier for web3 leaders to #ProtectWhatMatters without having to write a single line of code.**
Learn more about the plugin and how to install it in your own Discourse forum here: https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/protect-discourse-forum-from-bots-sybils-with-gitcoin-passport
- gm regens 🍄
- gm regens
- Touch grass today
- gm
- gm to everyone who realizes that this is the state of airdrops in 2023.
Projects know they are tacitly endorsing low quality engagement and making it nearly impossible for non-Sybil accounts to claim rewards.
#GitcoinPassportFixesThat
- Public goods are good.
- A Flourishing Gitcoin Ecosystem
**(collect this)**
- gm to everyone except Sybil attackers
- What's genuinely getting you excited in web3 today?
- gm regens say it back
- Touch grass this weekend 🌿
- gm Lens friends 🌞
Tag someone who did something awesome this week 👇