Gitcoin 3.0 represents a strategic evolution while maintaining our original purpose. For the past 8 years, our focus has been on providing financial support to impactful initiatives. Now, Gitcoin 3.0 expands upon this legacy by directing capital toward areas that both benefit humanity and ensure the sustainability of their supporting ecosystems.
This alignment is particularly evident within the realm of d/acc. This sector encompasses critical fields such as decentralized identity, ZK systems, open source hardware, and biosecurity. These areas rely on non-extractive funding to expand and fortify the infrastructure that underpins them.
We believe the future internet will be constrained not by a shortage of ideas, but by the efficacy of funding mechanisms. Often, creators struggle to find resources, while benefactors are unsure where to direct their support.
To bridge this gap, we have categorized 20 domains along two distinct axes:
Atoms to Bits, spanning physical to digital defense. Survive to Thrive, moving from threat mitigation to advanced coordination.
From privacy-preserving computation to resilient manufacturing, this structured approach forms our blueprint for financing the web of tomorrow.