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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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🆕 ENS Funding Proposal Resubmitted: 1.3M USDC for Meta-Gov and Public Goods in 2024

The resubmission of a funding proposal by 5pence.eth for October 2024 aims to secure 1,316,000 USDC for ENS Meta-Gov, Ecosystem, and Public Goods initiatives, maintaining the same terms as the previously rejected proposal due to concerns about bundling and procedural clarity. While the proposal has been verified for security and accuracy, there has been no community discussion or determined next actions.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application


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🆕 Optimism's Retroactive Public Goods Funding: Balancing Clarity with Community Concerns

The discussion is about refining the Retroactive Public Goods Funding rounds to improve the builder and voter experience, with future rounds being more community-driven and incorporating experiments like Impact Juries and Metrics-based Evaluation. While the changes aim to enhance clarity and fairness, there are concerns about the exclusion of certain contributions and the unilateral decision-making process, leading to mixed community reactions.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Changes - Community Improvement


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🆕 Degenz Expands NFT Analytics to Arbitrum with Grant Boost, Thanks to JoJo's Smooth Moves

Degenz, an NFT analytics platform, successfully expanded into the Arbitrum NFT space with a grant that covered development and infrastructure costs, enhancing their analytics capabilities and potentially improving service offerings. The grant process was smooth, with positive feedback for JoJo's role, but there have been no community discussions or determined next actions.

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🆕 Arbitrum's Onchain Proposals: Governance Boost or Budget Bust? Voting Ends Soon

The discussion involves onchain proposals for the Arbitrum ecosystem, including funding for the ARDC, a DAO events budget, and a delegate code of conduct, with potential benefits of improved governance and increased visibility, but risks of budget constraints. Community reactions are not mentioned, and voting on these proposals ends on November 7 and November 14, 2023.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting


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🆕 Chain Delegation Program Season 6: 20M OP to Reward Contributing Chains Amidst Optimistic Silence

The amendments to the Chain Delegation Program for Season 6 involve delegating 20M OP from the Governance Fund to approximately 15 OP Chains that meet specific criteria, aiming to enhance decentralized governance and ensure only contributing chains are rewarded. There have been no community discussions, and updates include OP allocations to Mint and Cyber, with no next actions determined.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 Season 6 Intents Aim to Boost Decentralization and Developer Growth with Community Support

The discussion is about ratifying Intents for Season 6 to enhance decentralization, expand the Superchain, and grow application developers, with proposed budgets and a gradual transition of responsibilities from the Foundation to a Budget Board by Season 7. The community generally supports the Intents and budgets, with some feedback and questions, particularly regarding grant distribution and technical decentralization compatibility.

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


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📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Octant: COMMUNITY GRANTS announcement

Type:
🤝 = Grants

Link:
https://x.com/octantapp/status/1853897717652799569
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🆕 GIP-115: Safe{Boost} Aims to Energize Gnosis Chain with 250,000 SAFE Tokens

GIP-115 proposes Safe{Boost}, a 6-month rewards program on the Gnosis Chain to increase user engagement by distributing 250,000 SAFE tokens for specific activities, funded by the Joint Treasury and managed by karpatkey. The community response is positive but requires more votes to meet the quorum, with the program potentially starting on January 10th, 2025, if approved.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
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🆕 Rocket Pool Round 18 Bounties Open for Applications with Clear Guidelines and Deadlines

ShfRyn has initiated Rocket Pool's Round 18 bounty applications, with a structured process and clear guidelines aimed at improving the Rocket Pool ecosystem, and a submission deadline on November 7, 2024. The community's reaction is not detailed, but the process includes a transparent evaluation rubric and a timeline for decision-making, with award announcements expected around December 1st.

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🆕 Rocket Pool Round 19 Awards Open: Celebrating Node Operation and rETH Innovation

The Rocket Pool Round 19 retrospective awards are open for applications until December 7, 2024, recognizing contributions that enhance node operation, rETH minting, and community quality of life, with a structured process ensuring transparency and fairness. The awards aim to incentivize innovation and development within the Rocket Pool ecosystem, though there have been no community discussions or next actions identified.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available


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🆕 Lido LEGO Study: ISSAs May Slash Ethereum Proposer Revenues by 74% Without Extra Fees

The analysis funded by a Lido LEGO grant examines the economic viability of preconfirmations in Ethereum L1 data through ISSAs, revealing that proposer revenues could drop significantly without preconfirmation-specific fees, necessitating substantial tips to maintain economic viability. The study highlights that MEV activities, particularly CEX-DEX arbitrage, dominate proposer rewards, and the implementation of ISSAs could stabilize these rewards at 26% of their original value, but there have been no community discussions or determined next actions.

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🆕 Rocket Pool Opens Grant Applications for Round 19 to Boost Node Ops and rETH Adoption

Rocket Pool is inviting grant applications for Round 19 from November 7, 2024, to December 7, 2024, with the aim of enhancing node operations, rETH adoption, and protocol quality, but there has been no community discussion or determined next actions.

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🆕 Crecimiento Hackathon Seeks 36,500 OP Grant Amid Timing Hurdles for Season 7 Adaptation

The proposal by raigal seeks a grant of 36,500 OP to sponsor the Crecimiento Hackathon in Buenos Aires, aiming to promote the OP Superchain and engage developers, but it faces a timing issue as Mission Requests are closed for Season 6, requiring adaptation for Season 7. The community has noted this timing issue, suggesting adjustments for future consideration.

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🆕 Arbitrum Grants Framework Milestone: GovMonth Launches, 2.8M ARB Deployed, and More

The Plurality Labs Milestone 1 Impact Report discusses the progress of the Arbitrum Grants Framework, highlighting achievements such as the launch of \"GovMonth,\" deployment of 2.8 million ARB, and the use of Thrive Protocol and Gitcoin to enhance transparency and security. The community's response is positive, appreciating the structured management, strategic partnerships, and support for high-potential projects, despite challenges like inefficiencies and financial losses.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
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🆕 CowDAO Considers Retroactive Grant for CoW Subgraph Redeployment by bleu

The retroactive grant application by bleu for the \"Redeploy CoW Subgraph\" project aims to enhance the CoW Protocol's infrastructure by implementing necessary updates and expanding network support, with a funding request of 1,320 XDAI. The community has shown some support, with a suggestion that retrospective grants should be exceptions.

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🆕 Rocketpool Round 19 Grant Applications Streamlined with Centralized Q&A Thread

The discussion is about organizing the round 19 grant, bounty, and retrospective award applications by directing all related questions to a specific thread to improve clarity and efficiency in the evaluation process. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.

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📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Introducing the Quadratic Acceleration (q/acc) Protocol

Type:
🛠️ = Tools and Resources

Link:
https://x.com/inverternetwork/status/1854539299234177249
📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Ethereum Foundation Report, 2024 Edition

Type:
🛠️ = Tools and Resources

Link:
https://x.com/ayamiyagotchi/status/1854718486213542306
🆕 DanSingjoy Appeals for Fair Evaluation in Optimism's RetroFunding Round 6

DanSingjoy has appealed to the Optimism Foundation to reconsider three RetroFunding Round 6 applications mistakenly seen as duplicates, proposing to update the approved application to include these contributions for a fair evaluation. The appeal aims to ensure comprehensive recognition of contributions, but there is no community discussion, and voting has already started.

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


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🆕 SafeDAO's Safe{Boost} Proposal: 250k SAFE Tokens to Fuel Gnosis Chain Engagement

The Safe{Boost} program proposal by karpatkey aims to increase user engagement on the Gnosis Chain by distributing 250,000 SAFE tokens as rewards from January 10th, 2025, to July 9th, 2025, funded by the Joint Treasury. The community's reaction is mixed, with some members questioning its necessity while others support its potential to enhance the Safe ecosystem's growth and engagement.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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