fun friday news: i recently joined
@gitcoin
to lead product for Grants Stack! i'm so excited to build with a dedicated, talented team and use crypto to solve real-world problems. 🎉
We are excited to announce
@meglister
as GM of Gitcoin's Grants Labs! Its mission is to empower the EVM ecosystem with tools for creating, managing, and growing grant programs. By combining Grants Stack and the Allo protocol, we aim to streamline development and amplify impact.
yesterday we officially launched
@gitcoin
2.0
gitcoin = grants = growth
couldn't be more excited for this next chapter! big thanks to
@owocki
for his partnership.
read all about it:
This effort makes me pessimistic on crypto
Ramaswamy supports abortion bans, restrictions on trans rights, any efforts to lower climate emissions… etc
Crypto doesn’t win by beating everything else. We win by including everyone.
Update: last week I wrapped up a wonderful 2.5 years
@flipsidecrypto
. I built so much that I’m so proud of and learned from a great team. I’m also grateful for the opportunity to pass the torch and enjoy some time off!
headed to
@Permissionless
with the
@gitcoin
team this week! come by our booth to talk about:
- grants and ecosystem growth strategies
- on chain identity
- building in web3
- the new olivia rodrigo album
see you there 🤠
have heard a few grantees who want to see the list of donors to their projects in GG19
this is hard to find in product/on block explorers but easier via our indexer:
anybody interested in building this dashboard? i will create an RFP grant for it if so
Each time we run
@gitcoin
grants we have more feedback and ideas than we can feasibly build ourselves
But we want to enable YOU to build them too (and will pay you! well!)
Pitch me something you want to see & budget/resources needed — dms open
"they're not just regular grants, they're COOL grants" (guys i've been saying this forevs)
thrilled to partner with
@0xPolygonLabs
on the launch on
@grantsstack
!
Founders in web3 are clear about their most pressing need: funding.
Funding means talent acquisition, runway for a viable product, and learning while doing. That’s why the launch of Polygon Village is also the launch of robust funding for community projects.
Yesterday, a
i'm usually not a procrastinator but i haven't made my
@gitcoin
gg19 donations yet!
what should i donate to? i like to fund:
- consumer crypto apps
- early stage devs (the "person with a cool idea" type)
- women & nb founders
- projects in the global south
tell me your favs!
a very happy first day of
@gitcoin
#GG19
to all those who celebrate!
true to form: we tested, learned, and shipped a LOT to get ready for this round. i'm proud of what we've put together, and looking forward to hearing your feedback!
on this first day of GG19, the
@grantsstack
yes i am going to denver and no i do not have any hot takes on location, conferences vs shipping, etc etc
(most importantly i am packing my travel humidifier)
we have lots of great gitcoin events, dm for invites!!
🌟 Thrilled to announce
@MegLister
, GM Gitcoin Labs at
@gitcoin
as a speaker at
#EthDC
on May 14th.
Gain insights into Foundations and Public Goods with her!
Tickets now on sale. Link in bio.
we're hiring! looking for a Sr Product Manager to join our labs team at
@gitcoin
you: seasoned PM w B2B or marketplace exp. bias to action, low ego, loves a challenge
us: built a good product and need you to make it great. remote, global, and motivated
link ⤵️
just in: proposed changes to the
@gitcoin
grants program!
this involves:
- 2x yearly, $1m open source software rounds
- decentralizing web3 community & edu rounds
would love thoughts & feedback 💚
We're hiring for a UX Lead
@gitcoin
! Come help us shape the future of fundraising and capital allocation 👀
this role will work closely with yours truly and all of my bad jokes. DMs open for referrals!
all of my
@gitcoin
donations so far have been to test the new checkout feature 🙈
actually building my list tomorrow and i would love to support underrepresented founders and communities -- especially women, nb folks, and the global south! (lmk who you are!)
I want to tell you what I thought about the recent
@gitcoin
GG18 round!
for reference: I joined gitcoin ~3 months ago to lead product for
@grantsstack
. Grants Stack launched publicly in May as a new dApp for grants managers that Gitcoin's PGF team also used to run GG18.
What Web3 organizations are funding great journalism?
I'd love to see one of them apply for matching funds for
@gitcoin
GG20. technically you only have to come up with $1 and we'll top off your funding up to $25k!
if this might be you/a friend lmk how I can help!
might mess around and join another DAO
any ideas on cool DAOs looking for contribs appreciated! 🙏
i have abt ~10 hrs a week and experience across ops, gov, people/talent, product, and strategy
not leaving
@MetricsDAO
but i just live laugh learn the multi-dao life 🥰
once again: anon culture does not solve for inclusion and diversity.
regardless of the pfp we present: our backgrounds, race, gender, etc impact our access to opportunities, skills, and connections starting from birth. those are the things that determine our success.
A few weeks ago I posted about the feedback that we received during
@gitcoin
GG18... wanted to follow up by telling you what we're doing about it on
@grantsstack
!
first, a few things we've been up to since then...
I want to tell you what I thought about the recent
@gitcoin
GG18 round!
for reference: I joined gitcoin ~3 months ago to lead product for
@grantsstack
. Grants Stack launched publicly in May as a new dApp for grants managers that Gitcoin's PGF team also used to run GG18.
how have i been in crypto (+ daos) for 2.5 years and never used
@tallyxyz
before?
literally couldn't be a simpler / better way to create + execute proposals
i would consider it but one time i went to deposit ALL of the checks i got as wedding gifts into an automatic ATM, which literally ate them and shut down, and it took me a year of harassing BoA to finally get (not all) of that money
so yeah i'm sticking with crypto
i recently had the opportunity to work with
@annikasays
and the
@EcoAssoc
as they started exploring running grants! we compiled a bunch of research on direct grants best practices and how to get a grants program off the ground. excited to share:
has gitcoin figured everything out, and did the beta round go perfectly smoothly? no! (if it did, we'd all be too late...)
is there a strong team, a real and hungry market, and infinite amounts of possibility? are we gonna figure it out... together?! hell yeah!!
just wrapped up my donations to
@gitcoin
gg19 on
@grantsstack
:
and yes! bridging to donate on 3 chains was a total pain and stupid expensive! we'll work to solve for next time 🫡
Identity: town resident with a gym pass
Reputation: lady who always forgets to connect her headphones before hitting play
Truth: Kelly clarkson should be on everyone’s gym playlist
I think I finally get
@0xIntuition
Two huge releases yesterday:
🟢
@pgn_eth
— a mission driven L2 to benefit public goods
🟣 speak now (Taylor’s version) — I forgot how hard back to December slaps
what a time to be alive!!!!
what came out of this for
@gitcoin
grants 20:
-
@OSObserver
integration (coming soon)
- refreshed report cards by
@CristinaLare
- updated impact milestones integration from
@karmahq_
- grantee report cards from
@jobstash_xyz
and we're just getting started! dms always open
Each time we run
@gitcoin
grants we have more feedback and ideas than we can feasibly build ourselves
But we want to enable YOU to build them too (and will pay you! well!)
Pitch me something you want to see & budget/resources needed — dms open
to know my college friends is to be constantly roasted, sooo:
- you're a terribly uncoordinated dancer
- remember we had a running board game tally and i'm winning 13-4
- the sunburn you got this day was AWFUL
- i miss you every single day
- cancer sucks
Chances are high that you or someone you know has been affected by cancer.
If you’ve ever lost someone to cancer, feel free to honor their memory in the replies or quote tweets 💚
#EveryCancerEveryLife
our design team
@meli_irl
and
@HarryEastham
won a
@gitcoin
hackathon with these cool contributions page redesigns. what do you like and what should we change before we create in
@grantsstack
?!
also, anyone want to build them? will pay $$ and supply designs. figma links below
we've had 68 grants rounds run on
@grantsstack
this year so obviously we have to run one more
what should it be? i want to do something silly like memes or dad jokes!
huge apology to all of my followers. realized I neglected to post my dogs Valentine’s Day photo shoot* last week!!!
* shot by my dog walker, Piper doesn’t sit still for me
this is super cool (congrats
@UniswapFND
!!) -- am becoming increasingly interested in incubators like this,
@withBackdrop
, etc
how would you like to see gitcoin work with an incubator? current shower thoughts... (cont)
Announcing our first program:
Uniswap Hook Incubator 🦄🪝
An 8-week program to help advanced DeFi devs build hooks,
@Uniswap
v4's flagship feature.
We're proud to be supported by a grant from
@UniswapFND
to cover costs for participants
Apply by March 29th. [Link in bio]
builders! i often hear that you have trouble figuring out what grants are available or should apply to.
we've been noodling on how to solve in
@grantsstack
+ I just saw this from
@kirstenrpomales
() -- would a chatbot that surfaces grant opps be useful?
the
@ChatGPTapp
Store launched wednesday
last week we decided to build Freelance Search: a GPT plugin to search real-time freelance gigs from multiple marketplaces
today, it's live on
#GPTStore
today, we're sharing
#buildinpublic
style
"official" announcement next week
was having moderate fomo thinking about all the friends i'm missing in istanbul
having extremely major fomo thinking about all the cats i'm missing in istanbul 😭
Wake up babe, Onward State has a new managing editor.
After being named the 19th managing editor at the final all-staff meeting of the semester, we sat down with Joe Lister to learn more about what he hopes to accomplish this year.
Put on your party hats... Hats Protocol and the Hats App v2 are now live & ready to use! 🥳
Give revocable roles and authorities to your people and code, save time, and get things done.
What makes Hats the ultimate coordination tool? ohhh baby, here we go...
1/15
@divine_economy
the single biggest thing happening in the DAO landscape and people don’t even realize it’s happening — is this how real adoption works?
i would like to formally announce that i am open for bribes in the
@rehashweb3
voting and any other
@jokerace_xyz
that i may participate in now, or in the future, and that i fully support open jokerace bribery without limits or restrictions
I just donated to GG18 on
@gitcoin
. Join me in making a difference by donating today, and check out the projects I supported on my Donation History page!
one of the strongest pieces of feedback we received during
@gitcoin
grants round was the need for better discoverability and browsing in
@grantsstack
we've been working on a redesign to accomplish that and would love your thoughts!
📣 FEEDBACK REQUESTED 🙏
We're working on a new homepage for grants on
@GrantsStack
and we'd love your feedback here on X 💫
We want this to be the home of web3 grants where users can discover new projects, browse through rounds, and apply for funding.
🧵
had such an inspiring twitter space with
@MetricsDAO
and
@wonderverse_xyz
today i nearly forgot we're in a bear market
good DAOs are gonna thrive in these times
if you're a prev
@gitcoin
grantee and you just got a random DM from me -- it's legit, I promise! we're doing some research on making the grants process better for you, and I'd really love to hear your thoughts 🙏
(and if you didn't get a DM but you're a dev, analyst, or
@koeppelmann
@gitcoin
hey
@koeppelmann
thanks for the feedback, very appreciated! project discovery is the top issue we've heard this round and we're thinking on ways to fix. we can also make PGN (an L2 on the OP stack) easier to understand!
It’s time to admit that Remote Work doesn’t work. WFH Friday is a 4 day work week. Full WFH is a 2 day work week. Every interaction has to be scheduled, which means a lot of information-sharing doesn’t happen. Remote is a great lifestyle, not a way to build a great company.
updated the post on
@gitcoin
grants rounds proposed changes. thanks for the awesome dialogue over the past few days and keep it coming -- excited for a great GG20.
We are working to mitigate the ledger vulnerability on
@grantsstack
On explorer, we have upgraded wagmi to remove the ledger dependency. On builder and manager we are temporarily disabling wallet connection.
Stay safe out there!
@shegenerates
Gotta add
@indexcoop
to the list! “You want to make getting started with crypto investing easy for everyone w index funds? Plus join the best run community on the planet?”
i love the feedback and conversation with folks during the
@gitcoin
grants rounds, but i'll be OOO/slow to reply over the next week!
(unless i get into an awk convo with my in laws and need to fake a work emergency)
We must make it clear that the failures of FTX are not just unlikely to afflict true DeFi, but that they would be impossible under the immutable, decentralized, transparent and permissionless nature of DeFi
feel like everyone is planning their social calendar for denver
meanwhile i keep seeing amazing new speakers listed (
@ddwchen
@raphbaph
@provenauthority
@stefdelev
and so many more!!) -- can't wait to sit in the conference room like a real nerd 🤓
so thrilled to see this partnership come to life! it's an honor to partner with such awesome ecosystems as well as a grants program that ran a really excellent and thorough process in vetting their grants tooling
📢 We’re excited to announce The
@Uniswap
-
@arbitrum
Program (UAGP)!
The grants program (
@UniArbGrants
) will run from Nov 8, 2023 to May 9, 2024, powered by the newly launched Direct Grants on Grants Stack.
This 6-month initiative will provide grants from $50,000 to $250,000 in
excited (and nervous!) to speak at
@EthereumDenver
/
@DAOPlanet_
/
@daosatdenver
next week
gonna talk about how decentralization can be not chaotic and... lead to good product decisions?!
tell me all the reasons why you think it can't happen! and then come to the talk!
every time I go to a web3 conference it’s an opportunity to reflect on markers and progress
MCON Aug 2022: taking daos seriously, embracing discipline
Eth Gathering Nov 2022: focus on user experience and barriers to web2 adoption
Eth Denver 2023 so far: (1/4)
just cast my votes in
@hedgeyfinance
's RPGF contest on
@jokerace_io
. love the pay-it-forward approach and encourage all badgeholders to participate!
here's who I voted for 👇
I just launched a
@jokerace_xyz
contest for GG18 feedback & feature requests on
@pgn_eth
!
Submissions are open for 1 week and will be followed by a voting period of 1 week. The top 4 submissions will each receive $50 of ETH on PGN!
@gitcoin
@grantsstack
having a lot of conversations about on-chain reputation lately, so i finally checked out
@GovrnHQ
!
it is super easy to submit my work... confusing if there is anything to do next? should i ask for attestation? submit more hot girl walks?
(i am crashing tree dao)
an incomplete list of men who should be in jail right now:
- sbf
- do kwon
- cz
- clarence thomas
- brett kavanaugh
- guy with a suzanne fox (NOT my pick for town mayor) bumper sticker who double parked and blocked my car in yesterday
i'm not a lawyer i'm just pissed
i just donated to the
@GitcoinCitizens
round! Thanks to
@krrisis
and the round operators for facilitating another round + experimenting w signal boosting.
as a signal booster I was given $1447 to make donations in the round. here's what I chose:
job opp: we're looking for paid, part-time contributors
@MetricsDAO
! ideal future coworkers are crypto nerds, data savvy, & DAO buidlers who are psyched about the future of on-chain insights.
more info:
will we get it right every time? no. are we working hard to try new stuff, engage with the community, and deliver a better experience every round? YES.
looking forward to sharing and engaging more. public goods are good ✌🏻
Less than 24 hours after AIP-3 funding was sent from Tally and we already launched a $100k
@arbitrum
round grants round on
@gitcoin
!
AND it is the first experiment in decentralized domain allocation!
Read about it here:
one of the most fun parts of working on
@rehashweb3
is that it's truly an ear to the ground on what the smartest, coolest people in crypto are working on/care about
super excited for S7 nominations tomorrow (!!!)
+ we're still accepting sponsors for S7:
we're adding key leadership to
@gitcoin
this year and committed to onboarding amazing talent into crypto
@sovereignsignal
's guide is just one of the ways to make that happen!
Sup y'all 🫡
I decided to create a “crash course” that can help others as they have helped me. This crash course provides context on why Web3 is so important and an overview of the essential resources I use regularly.
1/x
From Media DAO, to Service DAO, and now on to community-owned media collective
@rehashweb3
have deep insight into what community ownership means and how to organize it.
Join us this Thursday @ 1pm EST as we see what
@ddwchen
and
@MegLister
have to say!
job opp: looking for a crypto-native, detail-oriented UI designer to work on staking & rewards UI for a future token launch
@MetricsDAO
. would love a referral if you know anyone awesome!
DONORS asked for better discovery and browsing. we hear you!! already working on a redesign and would love feedback as we roll it out. we're planning to start w branding updates, search, sort/filter, and ability to browse all projects (vs select round first).
retroactive public goods funding perpetuates inequalities in the space
only those with the time, resources, and capital to self fund are rewarded
let’s do our homework and invest in who + what matters most
have heard a few grantees who want to see the list of donors to their projects in GG19
this is hard to find in product/on block explorers but easier via our indexer:
anybody interested in building this dashboard? i will create an RFP grant for it if so
chatted all things QF inno today, including...
- taking QF off-chain
- evolutions of the QF mechanism
- new ways of distributing QF-generated funding
check it out!
ps - anything smart i say about QF I learned from
@ufkhan97
Over the last 6 seasons, the
@rehashweb3
community has voted 44 women in crypto onto the podcast
That's 52.4% of all podcasts guests on Rehash who are women
In Season 7 (current season) alone, 7/10 guests are women
🤯🤯🤯
plus, this week you can expect to see us launch matching estimates -- a favorite feature from the old platform that estimates how much matching power individual donations might have! (lfg
@atris_eth
!)
why we need crypto (a personal saga):
- in 2021 i cashed out my old 401k bc my prev employer was charging $$$ to keep my money there
- the new 401k provider only accepts endorsed paper checks sent through the mail
- my check was stolen out of the mail and cashed
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