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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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🆕 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.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available


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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.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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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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🆕 RetroPitches Aims to Boost Optimism's Retro Funding with 3.5M OP and Governance Innovation

RetroPitches is an initiative to support Retro Funding Round 6 by showcasing public goods creators on Optimism, with up to 3.5M OP distributed to participants, and events scheduled for November 5th, 6th, and 7th. The initiative aims to enhance visibility and support for governance innovation, though the effectiveness of evaluation methods like RetroPolls and the Respect Game is uncertain, and there have been no community discussions reported.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Event - Online


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🆕 DAOplomats Delegation Platform Proposes ENS Governance Enhancements Amid Mixed Community Reactions

The DAOplomats Delegation Platform aims to enhance DAO governance and community-building, particularly for ENS, through proposals like funding the Meta-Governance Working Group and upgrading treasury management systems, with the community showing mixed reactions and curiosity about the platform's experience and impact. The community has supported some proposals for ENS development and governance security, while expressing concerns over others due to high funding requests and lack of accountability.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
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🆕 Hopper's Lagoon Proposal Seeks $20K from SafeDAO for Permissionless Asset Management by 2025

The proposal by Hopper for Lagoon aims to democratize on-chain asset management using Safe and Zodiac modules, requesting $20,000 USDC from SafeDAO, with a rollout plan culminating in a fully permissionless infrastructure by September 2025. The community, including key figures like karpatkey and LuukDAO, shows support for the initiative, which promises increased TVL and transaction volume but also faces technical and security risks.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 Balancer Grants Program's October Update: No Grants Approved, RFPs to be Revamped

The Balancer Grants program's October 2024 update highlights a focus on smaller projects with a 50k BAL budget, but no grants were approved due to low application quality, prompting updates to RFPs; the Balancer v3 Hookathon concluded with winners announced, potentially enhancing Balancer's ecosystem. The community has not shown any reaction, and no next actions have been determined.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update


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🆕 SafeDAO Proposal: Safe Vote CLI Tool Seeks 21K USDC to Simplify Governance Voting

The proposal by chris to develop a Safe Vote CLI tool aims to boost Safe DAO governance participation by simplifying the voting process, with a funding request of 21,000 USDC, which is the entire remaining budget for Strategy 5; the community is engaging with mixed reactions, as some members suggest budget adjustments while others support moving forward to a vote. The project, led by cosin2077, will be open source and completed in eight weeks, potentially increasing accessibility and transparency in governance.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 Community Board Aims for Optimism with Structured Engagement, but Newcomers May Need a Map

The community discussion board is structured to support governance and engagement with sections for updates, grants, proposals, and more, aiming to facilitate organized communication and transparency, though it may be overwhelming for newcomers. The community is actively engaging, with members suggesting improvements for navigation, and the guide by system has been well-received.

🏷️ Grants - Grants Available
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Changes - Community Improvement


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🆕 Davydl's 2.7M OP Budget: A Superchain Expansion Tale of Optimism and Transparency

The discussion involves Davydl's role in allocating a 2.7M OP budget for the superchain's global expansion, focusing on governance infrastructure, analytics, and leadership, with a voting strategy emphasizing \"impact = profit\" and transparency. The community is interested in the process and outcomes, with no significant updates or next actions determined.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback


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🆕 Arbitrum and RnDAO Launch $492K Hackathon Program to Boost Ecosystem Startups

The Arbitrum Hackathon Builder Continuation Program, co-funded by RnDAO and Arbitrum with a budget of $492,550, aims to support projects from proof of concept to market-viable MVP by providing grants and mentorship, with the goal of creating a self-sustaining business cluster within the Arbitrum ecosystem. The community supports the initiative, emphasizing the importance of hackathons and suggesting the involvement of the Arbitrum DAO to connect projects with VCs, while also advocating for clear ROI metrics to ensure effective use of funds.

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🆕 CoWDAO Considers Grant for Data Infrastructure Overhaul at 60 EUR/Hour

The grant application by butterfly aims to enhance the CoW protocol's data infrastructure by redeveloping key repositories and improving data handling, with a funding request of 60 EUR per hour. The community is supportive, with inquiries about milestone timelines and potential retroactive compensation, indicating interest in the proposal's value to the DAO.

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📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
electric capital analyzed 110k+ developer profiles

Type:
🛠️ = Tools and Resources

Link:
https://x.com/MariaShen/status/1851702779946901968
📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
Polygon Governance Hub is live

Type:
🏦 = DAO Governance

Link:
https://x.com/aragonproject/status/1855800289116491856
📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡

Name:
ENS: an open-source grants manager for any ecosystem

Type:
🤝 = Grants

Link:
https://x.com/ens_dao/status/1855887775805100233
🆕 ZKMPC: Rust-Based SPDZ Extension Boosts Ethereum's Secure Computations with Zero-Knowledge Proofs

ZKMPC, an extension of the SPDZ protocol, enhances secure and verifiable computations with zero-knowledge proofs, supporting a range of operations and reducing communication complexity, with potential applications in blockchain and machine learning. The project, funded by the PSE Grants Program and implemented in Rust, has not yet sparked community discussions, and future challenges include addressing computational costs.

🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding


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