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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
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting


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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.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application


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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
🏷️ Newsworthy - Significant adoption


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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.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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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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🆕 Rocket Pool's rETH Growth Incubator Offers $1,000 for 10 Hours of Token Review Work

The rETH Growth Incubator seeks volunteers to review submissions aimed at increasing demand for Rocket Pool's rETH token, offering $1,000 compensation for a 10-hour commitment, with community members showing interest in participating as reviewers. The initiative could boost rETH demand and foster innovation, though it may face challenges if insufficient qualified reviewers volunteer.

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🆕 Arbitrum Delegate Incentive Program Faces Disputes Over Vote Recognition and Compensation

The Delegate Incentive Program for October 2024 involved 61 participants, with 38 qualifying for compensation totaling 146,778.93 ARBs, and the community is actively disputing the results, citing issues with vote and contribution recognition. The program's transparency is maintained by allowing disputes, but the absence of bonus points may affect delegate motivation, and ten new participants are expected to join next month.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Delegate - Reasoning/Justification
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
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🆕 Rocketpool Community Weighs in on Round 18 Funding: Beaconcha.in v2 Dashboard Supported, Rocket School Questioned

The discussion is about the Round 18 period of grant, bounty, and retrospective award applications, with community support for projects like \"beaconcha.in v2 Dashboard\" and concerns over the cost-effectiveness of the \"Rocket School\" project. The community is actively recommending funding for certain initiatives while expressing reservations about others, but no significant updates or next actions have been determined.

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🆕 Compound Sandbox Proposal Seeks $600K to Boost TVL by $1B and Buy $5M in COMP Annually

The proposal by pashabergman for Compound Sandbox aims to develop a permissionless money-market platform to increase Compound's TVL by $1 billion and purchase $5 million in COMP annually, with a request for $600,000 in COMP for development. The benefits include enhanced TVL, Treasury contributions, and incentives for market creators, while the community's reaction is not specified.

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🆕 Season 6 Collective Rewards Framework: Impact-Driven Rewards with a Dash of Optimism

The Season 6 Collective Rewards Framework aims to provide flexible guidelines for reward distribution within the Collective, focusing on impact over workload and introducing mechanisms like a Budget Board and Retro Funding. The community's reaction is mixed, with some concerns about potential biases in reward distribution, and feedback is being gathered through polls during the Reflection Period.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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