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Preface
Gitcoin launched a new round of donation activity "The Gitcoin Grants Beta Round" on April 25. As an extension of the "Gitcoin Alpha Round" at the beginning of the year, this round's classification is more refined, and the number of projects is as high as 748. You must know that only 159 projects were selected for Alpha Round, and the scale this time is nearly five times that of the last time.
In order to reduce the time that partners spend looking at projects, this article will briefly introduce the game rules of this Gitcoin Beta Round, and introduce the original intention of establishing each category, as well as which projects are recommended and worthy of donation.
Friendly reminder: This article is a bit long, with over 10,000 words, so please read it carefully.
Gitcoin Beta Round Introduction
Gitcoin Beta Round is the second round of Gitcoin Grants Quadratic Funding. This round is divided into two parts: "Core Rounds" and "Featured Rounds".
Core Rounds: Determined jointly by GTC token holders and core community contributors, categories include climate solutions, Ethereum infrastructure, Web3 community and education, Web3 open source software, zero-knowledge technology and DEI (Bonus Round), The total matching pool is US$1.25 million, and the square fundraising method is still used.
Featured Rounds: Matching pool set by external partners, including Web3 Social, ENS, Token Engineering, Metacrisis, ReFi Local Nodes, Decentralized Science, Mantle Grants, Global Chinese Community, Witch Attack Prevention, and Advocacy.
The Beta Round lasts from April 25 to May 9, and the donation page for the Gitcoin Beta Round is the same as the Alpha. Beta Round canceled Trust Bonus and replaced it with Gitcoin Passport. Users can log in through their wallet and bind social media to increase their weight. Only users with 15 points or more in this round can receive matching donations. Anyone with less than 15 points can donate. , the donated projects can still receive donations, but cannot receive matching donation funds.
For related scoring methods, please refer to Denken's article "How difficult is it to reach the Gitcoin Passport score standard?" 》.
In addition, netizen Wesley launched a commemorative NFT "Gitcoin Passport Score" for Passport. If you are interested, you can go to Mint.
Additional instructions:
Quadratic Funding, also known as the square fundraising method, is also called CLR (Capital-constrained Liberal Radicalism). The core of this method lies in the reallocation of resources, and it mainly consists of the following two points:
A sum of funds waiting to be allocated, also known as a matching pool
A fundraiser to vote with your money
Individuals or public welfare organizations who want to sponsor the community will sponsor funds into the matching pool, so that these funds can be effectively allocated according to the preferences of the community.
If you want to know more, it is recommended to read "Square Fundraising Method: A Tax System to Support the Development of Public Wealth" by Xu Mingen and "What I Talked About with AI Today | Square Fundraising Law" by He Ya.
Core Rounds
Climate Solutions
Number of items: 100
$350,000 DAI Matching Fund
10% match cap
Mainly focused on climate solutions. These projects clearly contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and serve as critical core infrastructure for Web3 climate solutions.
Barichara Regeneration Fund: Supporting the large-scale restoration of 500,000 hectares of land in the Andes of northern Colombia by developing and weaving a network of individuals and organizations that work on regeneration at personal, social and ecological scales.
The Solar Foundation: Reinventing nonprofit and NGO models using the tools of Web3 to create new funding models. The new model will help underserved communities access clean energy and take ownership of the solar energy deployed in their communities.
WaterDAO: Create transparency around water sources, how water is generated, and establish a water credit classification system.
Atlantis: is a social network dedicated to driving credible climate action.
AgroforestDAO: Building a supportive global community for those willing to participate in using food, forests and culture as public goods.
TaterDAO: In order to identify, create and develop climate solutions, we need to accurately identify and classify land and put this land information on the blockchain.
The Wildlife Movement Institute: is a non-profit organization that aims to be the community’s center for local, regional and international collaboration. Its mission is to advance the wildlife movement ecosystem by providing accessible resources and cultivating a community of open source animal tracking solutions. study.
Astral Protocol: A peer-to-peer, user-controlled alternative for building Web3 maps of the world, and location-based DApps that use that map.
MesoReefDAO: is a regenerative reef science initiative designed to expand reef conservation efforts in the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR).
Agrii DAO: Aims to empower family farmers and university groups with resources to promote agronomic innovation and scale ecological agriculture for the benefit of all.
Ethereum Infrastructure
Number of projects: 22
$200,000 DAI Matching Fund
10% Match Cap
Ethereum Infrastructure Grants are grants that support or directly advance the Ethereum ecosystem. This includes areas such as: core client developers, tool providers and grants showcasing key ecosystems.
Blockscout: is an open source tool for exploring, confirming, and inspecting transactions on any EVM blockchain.
L2BEAT: An analysis and research site about Ethereum Layer 2 scaling.
ethers.js: is a complete and solid library for interacting with the Ethereum chain and its ecosystem. With over 4 million installations per month, npm can be used to create DApps, wallets, and utilities, as well as debug and analyze blockchain data.
rotki: An open source portfolio tracking, accounting, analytics and tax reporting tool.
EthStaker: A welcoming and knowledgeable community dedicated to supporting users in staking their ETH safely and reliably by creating guides, instructional videos, educational content, and technology.
DAppNode: is a decentralized infrastructure platform that allows users to easily host their own DApps and services.
clr.fund: It is a permissionless square fundraising protocol for Ethereum’s public wealth.
Web3 Community & Education
Number of projects: 208
$200,000 DAI Matching Fund
6% match cap
Web3 Community and Education Grants focus on non-software related projects that advance Web3. Examples of projects in this category include: growing new communities, providing educational resources, creating content, protecting users by investigating malicious behavior, community DAOs focused on socialization, attracting new users, and committing to inclusion and diversity.
WTFAcademy: is a Web3 open source university for developers, aiming to train 10,000 developers to use Web3.
Nowhere Publishing (Enclave Bookstore): publishes and sells high-quality NFT books. Each NFT book has a unique cover designed by an artist and comes with publicly assessable content licensed under a Creative Commons license.
Blocktrend: is an independent media focusing on blockchain and Web3 articles and information.
BanklessDAO: It is a decentralized community that coordinates and disseminates bankless media, culture and education. The goal is to drive adoption and awareness of truly bankless currency systems such as Ethereum, DeFi, and Bitcoin.
Somer Esat Ethereum Staking Guides: A collection of Ethereum mainnet and testnet staking guides for staking on Ubuntu.
Bu Zhi DAO: is a group of builders who are passionate about growing the Taiwan Web3 ecosystem on the global stage by creating educational resources, hosting conferences, workshops, bootcamps, building tools, and organizing community events.
Proof of Integrity: Empowering disadvantaged populations in Latin America through financial literacy and blockchain education.
ReFi DAO: The mission is to realize a global regenerative economy rooted in startup cities around the world. With this long-term goal in mind, ReFi DAO is supporting the emergence of a network of regenerative villages in strategic startup cities by 2023.
JournoDAO: advocates decentralizing journalism to restore public trust and is developing a decentralized protocol to leverage four key characteristics shared by distributed systems and the spirit of journalism.
Web3 Open Source Software
Number of projects: 99
$350,000 DAI Matching Fund
4% Match Cap
Web3 OSS is an open source project primarily focused on advancing or developing in the Ethereum and Web3 industries.
Lenster: It is a decentralized social media DApp.
JediSwap: is a fully composable and permissionless AMM that allows users to exchange assets and earn income immediately with almost zero gas fees.
DefiLlama: Open and transparent DeFi TVL and analysis tools.
Taho: An open source and community-owned decentralized Web3 wallet.
Revoke.cash: is a preventative tool for managing your token limits and maintaining proper wallet hygiene. By regularly revoking active quotas, you reduce your chances of falling victim to quota exploitation.
beaconcha.in: is an open source browser that provides users with an easy-to-use way to explore the Ethereum network.
BrightID: An identity verification mechanism that allows users to prove to DApps the uniqueness of their identity for use in any given system.
POAPin: A set of tool integrations built on top of the POAP ecosystem.
Zk-Block: ZK and Web3 guidance tool, the goal is to educate and help users develop high-quality ZK and Web3 Apps
DefiLab.xyz: Creates tools to help Defi users quantify the risks and rewards of providing liquidity to various Defi protocols.
Chaineye: aims to create the world's leading free open source full-chain analysis tool for retail investors.
White Hat DAO: Due diligence and smart contract testing, and providing security reports on Web3 projects and protocols, using its knowledge to contribute back to Ethereum and the broader Web3 community.
useWeb3: is a developer platform for exploring, learning, and starting building the Web3 space.
Zero Knowledge Technology (ZK Tech)
Number of projects: 12
$150,000 DAI Matching Fund
10% Match Cap
ZK Technology Grants support zero-knowledge tools, communities, or protocols.
zkBob: is a multi-chain, multi-collateral stable token with enhanced optional privacy features.
4EVERLAND: It is a Web3 infrastructure based on blockchain technology that provides developers with convenient, efficient, and low-cost storage, network, and computing capabilities.
Zero Knowledge Podcast: is a podcast that takes a deep dive into the technologies powering the emerging decentralized web and the communities that build it.
DEI（Bonus Round）
$50,000 DAI Matching Fund
There is a separate funding pool available to teams from diverse backgrounds. The intent is not just to host a separate diversity specialty classification, but to provide additional matching funds to all eligible projects.
This means that grantees do not need to raise funds in two different rounds, but only apply for the round relevant to their project. Projects focused on diversity initiatives should apply for the Web3 Community Wheel.
Featured Rounds
Web3 Social
Number of projects: 40
$50,000 DAI Matching Fund
Led by Mask Network
Mask is building a complete Web3 social network ecosystem that is compatible with all social applications and protocols, with the vision of protecting everyone's self-identity and freedom of self-interpretation.
LensTags: is a platform that allows users to collect, organize and share their favorite online resources with a group of people. Think of it like a social network where users save content.
Lens Clubs: Designed to let multiple people own and manage a Web3 social account. The origins begin with brands being unable to share access to their Lens Protocol accounts, and extending to the idea that DAOs and communities should share not only financial capital, but other forms of ownership, such as social, cultural, and intellectual capital.
POAPin: A set of tool integrations built on top of the POAP ecosystem.
4EVERLAND: It is a Web3 infrastructure based on blockchain technology that provides developers with convenient, efficient, and low-cost storage, network, and computing capabilities.
ENSRedirect: is a tool that helps ENS domain name holders get the most out of their domain names. Users can display their Web3 content by integrating from their favorite social platforms and redirecting domain names to any website.
Nextme: The richest Web3 social relationship protocol, dedicated to bringing data and social interaction into life! The vision is to become a social portal and UGC dating community driven by decentralized economic protocols.
HashKey DID: is a multi-chain decentralized identity data aggregator powered by smart contracts, NFTs and privacy-preserving decentralized protocols to provide identity services to Web3 users.
TO US
Number of projects: 49
$50,000 DAI Matching Fund
Led by ENS
The classification of the ENS ecosystem is designed to support projects built on ENS. Any project that is growing or enhancing the ecosystem can receive donations here.
beaconcha.in: is an open source browser that provides users with an easy-to-use way to explore the Ethereum network.
Optinames | ENS on Optimism: are tradeable and transferable subdomains, wrapped into ERC721s and fully integrated with ENS, they can be resolved on Layer1 by utilizing an off-chain resolver. Simply put, it is the domain name service on the Optimism chain.
rotki: An open source portfolio tracking, accounting, analytics and tax reporting tool.
ENS Registrations Bot: A community operation bot that tracks ENS registrations.
Nextme: The richest Web3 social relationship protocol, dedicated to bringing data and social interaction into life!
Web3beach: Accelerating Web3 education and adoption through social and environmental impact. Designed to educate, mentor, and empower community leaders from all walks of life to use Web3 tools to work toward improving living conditions for all.
Token Engineering
Number of projects: 16
$25,000 DAI Matching Fund
Led by Token Engineering Commons
Grants provided in this category are public goods projects focused primarily on education, tools, and research related to token engineering. This includes topics such as the design and analysis of cryptoeconomic systems.
Token Engineering Knowledge Commons: A community of thinkers, learners, and creators who work together to advance the practice of science, technology, culture, and collective meaning-making.
Commons Stack: is a think tank focusing on cryptoeconomic primitives to support the design framework of Commons, a tokenized community whose mission is to benefit the public good.
cadCAD: is an open source Python package that assists in the process of designing, testing, and validating complex systems through simulation. It is maintained primarily by the volunteer efforts of contributors and its creator, Block.Science, an engineering, R&D, and analytics company specializing in complex systems and operations research.
ITU Blockchain: It is the first university (Istanbul Polytechnic University) blockchain society in Türkiye. Blockchain events and courses are being organized for everyone to assist students in preparing to improve themselves in this technology.
Metacrisis
Number of projects: 69
$25,000 DAI Matching Fund
Led by Supermodular
Metacrisis refers to existential threats to humanity driven by the multipolar trap, in which competing agents unknowingly create collective harm in the pursuit of their own interests. This classification was inspired by conversations between Kevin Owocki and Daniel Schmachtenberger on the GreenPill Podcast and subsequent activity on metacrisis.xyz.
Mirror: is a set of coordination tools for public life that solves density problems by sharing large public spaces. Funds will be used for marketing and legal expenses to develop the tool and distribute it to other communities.
SpiritDAO: Prepare to create a graphic novel that details the central philosophies and practices involved in self-actualization in times of crisis, providing an understanding of the many challenges humanity faces in Metacrisis.
Greenpill Podcast: It is a channel that discusses regenerative cryptoeconomics. It mainly discusses how to rotate capital and talent from regeneration to regeneration?
Infinite Garden Library: It is a trading card game with a Web3 theme. The purpose of this game is to help novices understand Web3 more easily and attract more people to enter this field.
LunCo: A provider of open source engineering software to accelerate lunar colonization for the benefit of mankind.
Impact DAO: Creating more open source knowledge is the future of organizations responding to climate and social change. This move will inspire and guide millions of people to build in Web3 and effectively organize businesses on the Internet to become DAOs.
The Neptune Project: Producing the first-ever ReFi documentary series about the real-world applications of Web3 technology in ecological restoration and climate action.
EnlightenedWorldview: is a proposed interactive online course that aims to provide a general overview of Metacrisis and provide insights into what people can do to address the largest and most complex ecological, sociocultural and political challenges of our time.
Cosmos for Humanity: is a non-profit NGO based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The goal is to defend environmentally and economically sustainable human access to outer space. Faced with the problems of space pollution and space debris, everyone has a responsibility.
Local ReFi Nodes
Number of projects: 14
$25,000 DAI Matching Fund
Led by ReFi DAO
A global network of technology-enabled regenerative villages in startup cities, using the most powerful tools of our time to regenerate the planet.
Note: Since this category is for donations to ReFi nodes in various places, there is no special introduction to the project.
Decentralized Science
Number of projects: 65
$75,000 DAI Matching Fund
Led by the DeSci community
Includes research projects that adhere to open science principles and projects that build public infrastructure to fund, create, review, credit, store and disseminate scientific knowledge fairly and equitably using the Web3 stack.
Fileverse: is a trustless collaboration platform: replacing Google Suite and Notion with private, modular, and cheaper push using IPFS and Arweave.
AthenaDAO: is a decentralized community of researchers, funders, and advocates dedicated to advancing women’s health research, education, and funding.
The DeSci Journal: is a decentralized scientific journal where scientists can work collaboratively in the peer review process, retain their copyright and share financial gains using smart contracts.
TalentDAO: is a community of digital wanderers, deranged scientists, and rebellious internet natives who are passionate about DAOs and the future of work. Believe that DAOs can provide a way forward to decentralize knowledge and unleash talent to improve society.
ResearchHub Foundation: is a community management organization that supports the development of ResearchHub and DeSci by organizing educational science events and workshops, and focuses on developing a strong reputation system for DeSci, emphasizing paid peer review of preprints.
DeSci Africa: The goal is to build a thriving community that promotes awareness and adoption of decentralized science practices across the continent.
The Science Commons Initiative: is a nonprofit collaboration designed to increase public access to and participation in the scientific process.
Health X Change: Hospital sells users’ health data to pharmaceutical companies. Health X Change wants to let users get the rewards they deserve by cooperating with pharmaceutical companies.
Omni Analytics Group: Hope to share the joy of data science with the Ethereum ecosystem through an informative online course and case study collection that integrates data analysis, blockchain analysis, and statistical programming.
Mantle Grants
Number of projects: 17
$50,000 DAI Matching Fund
Led by BitDAO
Mantle is Layer 2 created by BitDAO. The purpose of this category is to find the first application projects that want to be built on Mantle.
Note: Since most of this category overlaps with the previous recommendations, there is no special introduction to the project.
Global Chinese Community
Number of projects: 24
$75,000 DAI Matching Fund
It mainly builds a public welfare platform for the Ethereum ecosystem in the Chinese area and other language areas, including public welfare donations, global project operations, exchanges with industry core builders, becoming a bridge connecting Eastern and Western developers, and co-organizing various offline activities.
WTFAcademy: is a Web3 open source university for developers, aiming to train 10,000 developers to use Web3.
Gitcoin China: Specializes in compiling Gitcoin information and converting it into Chinese content.
MetaMail: is a Web3 email provider. With MetaMail, users use their wallet/ENS as their email address, which is cryptographically signed to ensure security.
ZKPortal: is a development team founded in 2022. We are passionate about exploring ZK and Ethereum scaling. We have studied and participated in projects such as Taiko, Scroll, and Aleo.
Odyssey DAO: It is a crypto-native community that aims to bring digital citizens together through media, activities and incubation, and become one of the most influential Web3 communities in the Chinese circle.
The Phantom Menace
Number of projects: 8
$25,000 DAI matching fund
Led by FDD
Sybil-proofing is a new beginning and helps the entire Web3 industry grow, with this category donating to data infrastructure, software engineering, product design, research, data analytics, and other projects that help us protect the ecosystem.
Aura: is a decentralized system for experts to choose from when evaluating topics in a certain field. Aura is commonly used as an enhanced verification method for BrightID, Gitcoin Passport, Unitap, Discord, and more.
Grant Review Dashboard: Designed to build a modular, configurable, open source dashboard that will help round owners automate the screening of grant applications by detecting and investigating various signals.
Crypto Advocacy
Number of projects: 5
$100k DAI Matching Fund
Led by Coinbase
The blockchain industry faces existential threats from misguided regulation, and Coinbase's mission is to advocate for digital asset policy in the United States, a category designed to support cryptocurrency advocacy and the outstanding organizations that continue this work.
Coin Center: is a nonprofit research and advocacy center focused on public policy issues facing cryptocurrencies and decentralized technologies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum
Blockchain Association: Hope to communicate with policies and governments by expressing the collective voice of the encryption industry.
DeFi Education Fund: is a nonpartisan education and advocacy group dedicated to explaining the benefits of DeFi and combating regulatory threats to DeFi.
Blockchain Foundation: is a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide the public with trusted content from reputable sources through education so they can make informed choices.
Fight for the Future: is the most active digital rights nonprofit in the decentralized technology industry, building on their decade of advocacy and activism for open source software, privacy, and democratizing the Internet.
in conclusion
Gitcoin's donation activities can help many new projects obtain financial support, allowing these projects to operate and develop more stably; in addition, such activities also promote exchanges and cooperation between projects, further improving the quality and reliability of products. It not only helps solve problems existing in the blockchain industry, but also promotes the development of the blockchain industry. Although many people are talking about Gitcoin, you have to admit that Gitcoin donation activities are of great significance in the blockchain industry and can bring many advantages and benefits to the development of the industry.
Blockchain technology brings the possibility of transparency and fairness to the management and distribution of public wealth, which is an exciting development. Let community members better understand the allocation of resources. In addition, blockchain technology can also achieve decentralized management of public assets and allow community members to participate in management and decision-making. This can not only reduce the participation of central agencies, but also improve the efficiency and fairness of management. We can look forward to more excellent projects emerging in the future to bring more public value to society.
However, most people on the Internet are now accustomed to obtaining information and tools for free, but they forget that such public tools and services need to be developed and maintained by someone. Donations are regarded as public goods, just like doing charity, and no one forces them to do so. You, just like it and be willing to do it. In fact, there are still many teams and people who are silently working hard for the blockchain industry. These people's contributions for free are taken as a matter of course. Some people are also attacked by cyber violence. This is really unjustifiable. Therefore, we should give more encouragement and response to those creators and developers who are willing to share information and build; life is uncomfortable enough, there is no need to treat everything with negative energy.
Finally, if after reading this article, you find which project’s ideals and original intentions you like, you might as well support them with a flick of your finger.
References
Announcing: The Gitcoin Grants Beta Round
Donate to Gitcoin Grants Beta Round
Gitcoin support
Gitcoin Passport
What is Quadratic Funding?
Denken "How difficult is it to reach the Gitcoin Passport score target?" 》
Xu Mingen's "Square Fund-raising Method: A Tax System to Support the Development of Public Finances"
Heya "What did I talk to AI about today | Square Fundraising Method"
Further reading
Opportunities to participate in early stage financing, Gitcoin Alpha Round Which projects are worth participating in?
What projects are Web3 aborigines optimistic about? Gitcoin Alpha Round Results and Review
