🆕 Arbitrum DAO Grants Program Faces Criticism Over Turnaround Time and Transparency

The Arbitrum DAO Grants program is a community-driven initiative aimed at fostering growth in the Arbitrum ecosystem by distributing grants across various domains, with strong community engagement and financial transparency being key benefits. However, concerns have been raised about the turnaround time for grant applications, administrative costs, and communication transparency, while the community remains actively involved in discussions and feedback.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 Optimism Community Engages in Transparent Grant Process with RetroPGF Opportunities

The discussion centers on the grant application process, highlighting the importance of transparency and community engagement, with members actively seeking guidance and exploring opportunities like RetroPGF for developed projects. While the community shows strong interest and proactive involvement, the complexity of the process may present challenges, necessitating detailed guidance and support.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Grants - Grants Available


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🆕 Rocket Pool's RPIP-37: Community Backs Core Development Funding Renewal, Awaiting Quorum

RPIP-37 proposes renewing funding for Rocket Pool's core protocol development at 5% of RPL inflation, with a budget of 52,079.200 RPL for October 2024-2025, ensuring stability and innovation; the community vote is heavily in favor but has not yet met the quorum.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting


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🆕 AavegotchiDAO Considers $3M Funding Proposal for Pixelcraft Studios with Revenue-Share Repayment Plan

The proposal requests $3,000,000 in USDC from AavegotchiDAO for Pixelcraft Studios to continue developing the Aavegotchi gaming protocol, with plans to repay 20% of gross revenue until $13M is returned, and aims to make the studio revenue-positive by 2025. The community vote is ongoing, with a quorum of 9,000,000 votes needed, and currently, more votes are in favor than against.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting


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🆕 CowDAO Grant Proposal: Dune to Local DB Sync Tool Lacks Community Feedback

The grant application \"General Purpose Bidirectional Data Synchronization: Dune ↔ Local DB\" aims to develop a tool for syncing data between Dune and local Postgres databases, with a funding request of 10,000 COW for two main milestones and an optional 5,000 COW for additional features, but there has been no community feedback or determination of its positive or negative impact.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Protocol Guild: a funding framework for the Ethereum commons

Type:
🧠 = Thoughts and Opinions

Link:
https://x.com/trent_vanepps/status/1844391267754758654

📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Introducing Unichain Developer Grants

Type:
🤝 = Grants

Link:
https://uniswapfoundation.mirror.xyz/CR1Boh_s3T7FDGwn2TQyyHYNMO_wp4jJDdtKR4U4CgE

🆕 Optimism in Grant Evaluation: Community Proposes Inclusive Criteria for Diverse Projects

The discussion highlights the challenges non-technical mission requests face in securing grants due to a technical-focused evaluation system, with proposals for more adaptable criteria and a hybrid rubric approach to better accommodate diverse projects. The community is actively engaging with the issue, introducing \"discretionary factors\" and committing to using median scores for non-applicable questions, aiming to make the grant process more inclusive and effective.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application


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🆕 SafeDAO Proposal Seeks Funding for NFC App with Multi-Blockchain Support and Security Audit

A proposal by jboury aims to enhance Safe Accounts for NFC tags with a user-facing NFC app and a POS app, incorporating features like two-factor authentication and supporting multiple blockchain networks, with a planned smart contract audit for security. The project, aligned with the Brussels Pay initiative, seeks 50,000 USDC funding and SafeDAO's approval, but there have been no community discussions or clear indications of its positive or negative impact.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Security - Audit
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 Community Debates Arbitrum Governance and Transparency in GFX Labs Forum

The \"GFX Labs Delegate Communication Thread\" is a forum for discussing proposals impacting the Arbitrum ecosystem, focusing on governance, technical upgrades, and financial management, with mixed community reactions to GFXlabs' recommendations. While there is support for technical and governance improvements, concerns about transparency, grant program effectiveness, and potential centralization are raised, with ongoing polls and recommendations reflecting these issues.

🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Newsworthy - Controversial
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 ENS Ecosystem Joins Gitcoin Grants Round 22 with $70k USDC Matching Pool

The ENS Ecosystem Working Group is participating in Gitcoin Grants Round 22, using quadratic funding with a 70k USDC matching pool for ENS platform projects, with applications open from October 14-23, 2024, and donations from October 23 to November 6, 2024, on the Arbitrum chain. There is no community feedback or clear indication of positive or negative impacts yet.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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🆕 GnosisDAO Considers Renewing Blockscout Support with $115k Funding Proposal (GIP-114)

The proposal under GIP-114 suggests that GnosisDAO should renew its support for Blockscout, a key blockchain explorer for the Gnosis ecosystem, with a funding request of $115,200, which includes a 20% discount on hosting services. There has been no community discussion or clear determination of the proposal's positive or negative impact.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application


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🆕 Optimism Ecosystem Proposal: Balancing Business Support with Decentralization Concerns

The proposal by jackanorak aims to provide comprehensive business support for projects in the Optimism ecosystem, focusing on legal, tax, and development services, with a grant of 100k OP to facilitate this. While the community generally supports the initiative for its potential to aid startups and reduce reliance on investor funding, there are concerns about centralization, administrative overhead, and the appropriateness of an L2 network offering such services.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 DexPal's Arbitrum-Backed Trading Dashboard Gains Community Approval in DeFi

DexPal is a trading dashboard for perpetual contracts on DEXs, enhanced by Arbitrum's Questbook funding, which has been positively received by the community for improving resources and collaboration in DeFi. There are no identified negative aspects, and further information can be obtained from their website or community contacts.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available


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🆕 Rocketpool Opens Nominations for 2024 GMC Members with RPL Compensation

The 2024 GMC Nomination Thread is about nominating nine new GMC members who will handle responsibilities like evaluating grant proposals and governance voting, requiring a 3-4 hour weekly commitment and offering $390 in RPL monthly compensation. The community reaction includes self-nominations, such as Destroyaaa, but the overall impact, whether positive or negative, is undetermined.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Announcing New Grant to Butter for Conditional Funding Markets

Type:
🤝 = Grants

Link:
https://uniswapfoundation.mirror.xyz/2Z43HCC7TCuj5qUrV2VGAA038CZczHyhExiTjrh80P4

🆕 Lido's New Community Lifeguards Initiative Gains Positive Feedback Despite Budget Concerns

The Community Lifeguards Initiative (CLI) has been established as a sub-committee of LEGO to enhance community development and support solo staking, with a structured budget and success metrics, receiving positive community feedback for its potential to attract talent and create value for Lido DAO. Concerns were raised about budget allocation, but overall, the initiative is seen as beneficial, with ongoing efforts to expand community engagement and support through grants and educational content.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available


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🆕 Morpho DAO Explores New Grants Framework to Enhance User Experience and Accountability

The discussion initiated by OneTrueKirk focuses on creating a grants framework for Morpho DAO to improve user experience and attract new users, with community feedback supporting structured guidelines and milestone-based grants to ensure accountability and efficiency. While the framework is seen as a positive step for effective funding and resource management, some community members suggest alternative approaches like a gauge system for incentive distribution, highlighting the complexity of grant programs in the Web3 space.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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🆕 Gitcoin GG22 Proposal for $1.125M Matching Funds Faces Quorum Challenge

The proposal seeks approval for $1.125M in pre-ratified matching funds for the GG22 Program Rounds to ensure efficient fund distribution and community engagement, with strong support but insufficient quorum reached. Benefits include expedited fund allocation and enhanced community involvement, while challenges include unmet quorum and potential bear market impacts on fundraising.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Proposal - Result: Failed


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🆕 Arbitrum Community Applauds SEEDGov's Transparent Fund Distribution Reports

SEEDGov's reports on the Arbitrum Education, Community Growth, and Events 2.0 Domain detail the distribution of funds to various international projects, promoting transparency and community trust. Community members appreciate the updates, and the reports encourage further feedback and applications, fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 Questbook's Season 2 Allocates $770k in USDC to DeFi, AI, and Governance Projects

The discussion centers on a report detailing the allocation of $770,250 in USDC to various projects in DeFi, AI, and Governance under Questbook's Season 2, aiming to fill funding gaps left by other programs. The benefits include supporting diverse projects and encouraging strategic proposal planning, but community reactions and potential negatives are not detailed.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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