Latest Gitcoin News
Since launching the grants program in 2019, Gitcoin has helped to fund thousands of open-source projects. In December, as part of the Alpha Round Test Season, we kicked off with UNICEF’s round to be the first to test our new grants protocol. (read more)
Announcing: The Gitcoin Program Alpha Round
In 2023 we’re transitioning to a blockchain-based grants protocol that allows anyone to launch a Quadratic Funding grants program. (read more)
Catalyzing a Movement with Gitcoin Grants
Decentralized Science is a movement using web3 tools to radically improve the creation and management of human scientific knowledge. The thesis is that as we enhance science’s transparency, permissionlessness, and decentralization, we also enhance its speed, efficacy, and equitability. (read more)
The Case for Grant Programs: How to Incentivise Ecosystem Growth by Funding Innovation
Grants provide early support for web3 projects driving the space forward while helping teams and communities retain their sovereignty. (read more)
Gitcoin Wrapped: Our Progress Towards Pluralism and a Positive-Sum World in 2022
As an ecosystem, we collectively rekindled our conviction in DeFi (over CeFi), saw explosive growth in ImpactDAOs, witnessed our first ReFi summer, and doubled down on building more pluralistic tools that can empower local digital communities to fund their shared needs. (read more)
Transitioning from Grantee to Funder: Mask Network
The power of community funding and open source helped Mask Network bring their project to life. Their massive growth and professional networks have transitioned them from grantee to one of Gitcoin’s biggest grant funders. (read more)
Successful grants programs in web3 history
Web3’s tradition of generous grants programs provides a much-needed bulwark for the open web’s dedicated builders: the open source developers, researchers, and thought leaders that allow the ecosystem to thrive. (read more)
Announcing: The Gitcoin Protocol Alpha Tests
The Alpha Test Season is where we will run early design rounds to test grants protocol as part of our transition from our centralized grants platform. (read more)
Grantee Showcase: Meet UNICEF’s Alpha Round Grantees
In collaboration with UNICEF’s Office of Innovation, we’re kicking off Alpha Round Season, and today we’re thrilled to introduce you to the ten participating grantees! (read more)
Gitcoin expands governance participation to long term partners
Gitcoin partners with Protocol Labs, OKX, Fenbushi Capital, IOSG and others to bolsters is strategic governance partners. (read more)
How Web3 Builders Can Build Trust Through Storytelling
Web3 builders face many challenges when it comes to launching a new project. When it comes down to it, to gather a community around your Web3 project, you must use storytelling to build trust with that community. (read more)
Announcing: The Fantom Alpha Round
Fantom grantees can submit their applications to the Fantom Incentive program from November 14th, with voting opening later in December. (read more)
Announcing Gitcoin’s First Open Data Science Hackathon
The Open Data Science Hackathon is an open data science hackathon to support public goods, led by GitcoinDAO’s FDD workstream. The hackathon aims to nurture an open data science community to play a crucial role in defending and growing web3 and open approaches to innovation. (read more)
From Grantee to Funder: 1inch
Moving from a Gitcoin Grants Grantee to Gitcoin Grants Funder is a process that 1inch is closely familiar with. They share their story with us on how they achieved this. (read more)
The L2 Rollathon Lead Sponsors Showcase - Gitcoin’s Blog
The L2 Rollathon Lead Sponsors Showcase May 2nd, 2022 – May 22, 2022 Metis, Protocol Labs, Meter & Ledger, join Gitcoin as Lead Sponsors for the L2 Rollathon! Gitcoin has come together with key organizations in the L2 ecosystem – Metis, Protocol Labs, Meter, and Ledger – on a mission to engage, … (read more)
Gitcoin Revives Debate Over Quadratic Funding with New Dev Protocol - The Defiant
Gitcoin, an Ethereum foundation-supported platform for public goods funding, has revealed it is working on a new offering designed to help protocols incentivize ecosystem development dubbed Aqueduct. (read more)
Announcing Grants Round 12! - Gitcoin’s Blog
Grants Round 12 is almost upon us! Gitcoin’s biggest quarterly event is kicking off on December 1st and running through December 16th, 2021. (read more)
dGrants – Decentralizing Gitcoin Grants
The decentralized Grants product is Gitcoin’s first move towards decentralization. Our vision is that all of the main grant rounds will be completely community-curated and operated. This protocol is the first step to enabling the web3 community to manage how their public goods are funded (read more)
Gitcoin Grants Round 11 Governance Brief - Gitcoin’s Blog
Dear Funders League and Community stewards, Grants Round 11 (GR11) closed on September 23rd, 2021. As is our duty in Quadratic Lands, we are honored to perform our sacred duty to support digital public goods. We seek to honor this commitment by ratifying the round, and transferring matching funds f… (read more)
DAOs: Aave pursues multichain governance, MakerDAO adding delegation, Decentralizing Gitcoin…
Blockchain technology is already radically transforming the financial system. However, properties such as trustlessness and immutability aren’t only useful in monetary applications. Another potential… (read more)
Latest Gitcoin News
Since launching the grants program in 2019, Gitcoin has helped to fund thousands of open-source projects. In December, as part of the Alpha Round Test Season, we kicked off with UNICEF’s round to be the first to test our new grants protocol. (read more)
In 2023 we’re transitioning to a blockchain-based grants protocol that allows anyone to launch a Quadratic Funding grants program. (read more)
Decentralized Science is a movement using web3 tools to radically improve the creation and management of human scientific knowledge. The thesis is that as we enhance science’s transparency, permissionlessness, and decentralization, we also enhance its speed, efficacy, and equitability. (read more)
The Case for Grant Programs: How to Incentivise Ecosystem Growth by Funding Innovation
Grants provide early support for web3 projects driving the space forward while helping teams and communities retain their sovereignty. (read more)
Gitcoin Wrapped: Our Progress Towards Pluralism and a Positive-Sum World in 2022
As an ecosystem, we collectively rekindled our conviction in DeFi (over CeFi), saw explosive growth in ImpactDAOs, witnessed our first ReFi summer, and doubled down on building more pluralistic tools that can empower local digital communities to fund their shared needs. (read more)
The power of community funding and open source helped Mask Network bring their project to life. Their massive growth and professional networks have transitioned them from grantee to one of Gitcoin’s biggest grant funders. (read more)
Web3’s tradition of generous grants programs provides a much-needed bulwark for the open web’s dedicated builders: the open source developers, researchers, and thought leaders that allow the ecosystem to thrive. (read more)