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Crypto Grant Wire is an update feed detailing the happenings across Web3 grants, DAO Governance, insightful thoughts, and tools we think you might find interesting.

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🆕 dYdX Grant Allocation Criticized for Inefficiencies and Lack of Transparency

The discussion critiques the allocation of funds in the dYdX Grant for Long-Tail Market Making, highlighting inefficiencies and questioning the effectiveness of expenditures, such as the $2.5k per market and large payments to Raven Dao and Xenophon Labs, with concerns about transparency and community involvement. The community is divided, with some members questioning the viability of niche markets and the high costs of the current market-making structure, while others suggest exploring alternative strategies like automated market making for smaller markets.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 Grant3: Enhancing Transparency and Engagement in OP Grant Tracking

The discussion centers on clarifying the purpose of an \"OP Grant\" page and the introduction of \"Grant3,\" a tool for tracking grant details, which enhances transparency and accessibility. The community is actively engaging with the inquiry, seeking clarification and providing resources, but no clear positive or negative impacts have been identified.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available


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🆕 Impact Garden: Evaluating Non-OSS Projects with Optimism and Community Involvement

Impact Garden is a platform for evaluating non-OSS projects within the Optimism Collective by generating standardized onchain data and impact metrics, with community involvement encouraged through reviews and feedback. The platform is self-funded with support from Gitcoin and a Builders Grant, and future enhancements include an API, dashboard, and SDK to improve usability and integration.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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🆕 Arbitrum R&D Collective V2 Proposal Gains Strong Community Support for $1.73M Funding

The proposal for Arbitrum Research & Development Collective V2 aims to enhance governance, funding, and operational efficiency through structural changes like a Supervisory Council and a Retainer Model for compensation, with community voting showing strong support for a $1.73 million USDC funding option. Benefits include improved governance, cost-effectiveness, and enhanced safety and innovation, while no negative aspects have been identified.

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


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🆕 Optimism's Grant Misuse Reporting Process: Balancing Transparency and Community Concerns

The Optimism Grant Misuse Reporting Process is a community-driven initiative to ensure accountability and transparency by allowing anonymous reporting of grant misuse based on onchain evidence, with a structured process for validation and public documentation. While it promotes transparency and provides a clear reporting mechanism, concerns include its limitation to onchain actions, exclusion of certain recipients, and potential issues with the publicized minimum value for reporting, leading to mixed community reactions.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
The Cone of Uncertainty

Type:
🤝 = Grants

Link:
https://x.com/theeylon/status/1847984193524875327
🆕 Team's Project on Optimism Governance Disqualified from RPGF Round, Awaits Community Feedback

The discussion is about the disqualification of a team's project, \"Integrate Optimism Governance in University Module,\" from the current RPGF round, with the team arguing it aligns with the growth mission grants' objectives. There has been no community reaction, and no next actions have been determined.

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🆕 WOOF! to Enhance Compound Community Engagement Through Year-Long Grant

WOOF! will support the Compound Community for a year under the Compound Growth Program grant, providing regular updates and fostering community engagement, with positive reactions from the community. The initiative is seen as beneficial due to its transparency, continuous development, and successful execution of market proposals, with no identified negatives.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 GFXlabs Proposes 1M ARB Allocation to DeFi Education Fund Amid Mixed Reactions

The proposal by GFXlabs to allocate one million ARB to the DeFi Education Fund aims to support advocacy, education, and legal defense for DeFi and DAOs, with mixed community reactions and a focus on addressing regulatory challenges. The initiative is seen as crucial for promoting DeFi interests, with updates including DEF's acquisition of a patent for public use and ongoing engagement with policymakers, while community members are encouraged to participate in discussions and stay informed through various channels.

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


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📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Thrive Boba Ecosystem Grants

Type:
🤝 = Grants

Link:
https://thriveboba.com/grants/2
📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Carl Cervone: Retro Funding 5 results

Type:
🛠️ = Tools and Resources

Link:
https://x.com/carl_cervone/status/1848751373552394719
📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
WTF is Grant Ships

Type:
🛠️ = Tools and Resources

Link:
https://x.com/grantships/status/1848797340674757058
🆕 ENS DAO Proposal to Reward Blockful Team for Critical Vulnerability Discovery Faces Debate

The proposal by alextnetto.eth to compensate the blockful team for identifying a critical vulnerability in the ENS DAO's governance system, potentially saving $150 million, includes 100k USDC and 15k vested ENS tokens over two years starting April 8, 2024. While the community largely supports the proposal, concerns exist about setting a precedent for retroactive charges and the fairness of the compensation amount compared to other contributors.

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


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🆕 Uniswap DAO Proposal: $500K Funding for Tally's Governance Enhancements Lacks Community Input

A funding request for Tally, a key governance platform for Uniswap DAO, seeks $250,000 annually for two years to enhance governance infrastructure and user experience, with new features like Gasless Voting and a Forum Bot, and continued services such as UNI Staking Support. The proposal involves a $500,000 transfer to the Uniswap Accountability Committee for quarterly payments, but there has been no community discussion or determination of the proposal's positive or negative impact.

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


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🆕 ENS Governance Proposal: Quadratic Weighing and Ranked Choice Voting for Fairer Fund Distribution

AvsA's proposal introduces a Governance Distribution Program using a Quadratic weighing system to ensure fairer distribution of funds, particularly targeting large recipients like EthGlobal and Immunefi, with community discussions indicating active engagement and support. The program aims to decentralize the DAO, using ranked choice voting for budget decisions, and addresses mid-term governance issues, though concerns about potential collusion are noted.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 Reallocation of 110,000 OP Tokens to Rubicon Grants Fund Gains Community Support

benjamin has proposed reallocating 110,000 OP tokens to the Rubicon Grants Fund to support the Rubicon protocol and expedite the RUBI token launch, with community support from key members like PGov. The reallocation is viewed positively for maximizing token utility, supporting impactful projects, and fostering innovation within the Optimism ecosystem, with no identified negative aspects.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Day 1 of posting Optimism Grant Opportunities

Type:
🤝 = Grants

Link:
https://x.com/OptimismGrants/status/1848840867379089905
🆕 The Graph Council Meeting #84: Infrastructure Grants and Arbitration Update Discussed

The Graph Council Meeting #84 on October 17th, 2024, focused on potential grants for infrastructure and protocol development and a proposed update to the Arbitration process, with no community discussions or clear positive or negative outcomes identified.

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


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