🆕 Polygon Delegate Incentive Program Awards $60K in POL to 16 Groups, Continues for Q2
The Polygon Delegate Incentive Program (DIP) distributed $60,000 USD in POL to 16 delegate groups in Q1, rewarding active participation and raising governance visibility, with positive feedback from both delegates and the Polygon Foundation. The program will continue with the same evaluation criteria for Q2, aiming to further boost delegate engagement and governance activity.
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The Polygon Delegate Incentive Program (DIP) distributed $60,000 USD in POL to 16 delegate groups in Q1, rewarding active participation and raising governance visibility, with positive feedback from both delegates and the Polygon Foundation. The program will continue with the same evaluation criteria for Q2, aiming to further boost delegate engagement and governance activity.
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🆕 Venus Protocol Considers $10,000 XVS Incentive for USD1 Stablecoin Liquidity and Adoption
This discussion is about a proposal to allocate $10,000 in XVS from the Venus Protocol Treasury as incentives to boost liquidity and adoption of the newly integrated USD1 stablecoin, with the main benefit being ecosystem growth and increased visibility. Community response is mixed, with some supporting the strategic use of XVS for growth and others concerned about potential dilution and the sustainability of such incentives; no next steps have been decided.
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This discussion is about a proposal to allocate $10,000 in XVS from the Venus Protocol Treasury as incentives to boost liquidity and adoption of the newly integrated USD1 stablecoin, with the main benefit being ecosystem growth and increased visibility. Community response is mixed, with some supporting the strategic use of XVS for growth and others concerned about potential dilution and the sustainability of such incentives; no next steps have been decided.
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🆕 Arbitrum Delegate Incentive Program Awards $125K, Focuses on Smaller Delegates and Governance Professionalization
The summary details the April 2025 Delegate Incentive Program results, where 30 out of 78 participants qualified for compensation—mainly due to a special voting requirement tied to the Security Council Elections on May 3rd, 2025—with a total cost of $125,293.09 and a focus on incentivizing smaller delegates and professionalizing participation in Arbitrum governance. Community reaction has been limited, but the program demonstrated responsiveness to feedback and dispute resolution.
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The summary details the April 2025 Delegate Incentive Program results, where 30 out of 78 participants qualified for compensation—mainly due to a special voting requirement tied to the Security Council Elections on May 3rd, 2025—with a total cost of $125,293.09 and a focus on incentivizing smaller delegates and professionalizing participation in Arbitrum governance. Community reaction has been limited, but the program demonstrated responsiveness to feedback and dispute resolution.
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🆕 ENS SPP1 Funding Ends May 2025; SPP2 Begins June Pending Terms & On-Chain Votes
This is about the transition from SPP1 to SPP2, with SPP1 funding streams ending on 26 May 2025 and SPP2 streams starting on 2 June 2025, contingent on signed Terms & Conditions and on-chain votes for program allowances. The plan aims to ensure smooth funding continuity and transparency, with no reported community feedback or additional actions specified.
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This is about the transition from SPP1 to SPP2, with SPP1 funding streams ending on 26 May 2025 and SPP2 streams starting on 2 June 2025, contingent on signed Terms & Conditions and on-chain votes for program allowances. The plan aims to ensure smooth funding continuity and transparency, with no reported community feedback or additional actions specified.
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🆕 DRIP Proposes 80M ARB Incentive Program to Boost Asset and Activity Growth on Arbitrum
The DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program (DRIP) proposes a new, asset- and activity-focused incentive framework on Arbitrum, managed by a committee and requesting up to 80M ARB for four seasons, with rewards going directly to users to drive targeted ecosystem growth. The community response is unanimously positive so far, and if approved, the program will launch after partner selection and finalization of details.
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The DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program (DRIP) proposes a new, asset- and activity-focused incentive framework on Arbitrum, managed by a committee and requesting up to 80M ARB for four seasons, with rewards going directly to users to drive targeted ecosystem growth. The community response is unanimously positive so far, and if approved, the program will launch after partner selection and finalization of details.
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🆕 Consensys Proposes $300K Grant to Integrate Compound with MetaMask × Mastercard Debit Card on Linea
A governance proposal from Consensys seeks $150,000 USDC and $150,000 COMP to enable Compound users to spend assets directly with merchants via the MetaMask × Mastercard debit card on Linea, leveraging completed engineering work and promising increased utility and visibility for Compound. Community reaction is limited but initially positive, with one supportive comment and no further actions decided.
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A governance proposal from Consensys seeks $150,000 USDC and $150,000 COMP to enable Compound users to spend assets directly with merchants via the MetaMask × Mastercard debit card on Linea, leveraging completed engineering work and promising increased utility and visibility for Compound. Community reaction is limited but initially positive, with one supportive comment and no further actions decided.
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🆕 Lido Grant Proposal Aims to Use AI to Incentivize Quality Community Engagement
A $2,000 DAI grant proposal seeks to implement \"High Signal,\" an AI-driven system that scores and incentivizes quality community engagement in the Lido ecosystem using public data from platforms like the Lido forum and Discord. The system aims to reward constructive participation with perks, is opt-in, and has not yet received community feedback or determined next steps.
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A $2,000 DAI grant proposal seeks to implement \"High Signal,\" an AI-driven system that scores and incentivizes quality community engagement in the Lido ecosystem using public data from platforms like the Lido forum and Discord. The system aims to reward constructive participation with perks, is opt-in, and has not yet received community feedback or determined next steps.
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High Signal Lido Community Lifeguard Grant Proposal | Lido
This discussion is about a $2,000 DAI grant proposal to customize \"High Signal,\" an AI-driven system for incentivizing...
🆕 GnosisDAO April 2025 Report: Treasury Down $19M, Focus Remains on Infrastructure and Stablecoin Initiatives
This is a summary of Karpatkey's April 2025 report for GnosisDAO, which reviews treasury management, ecosystem development, and technology initiatives, noting a $19 million decrease in treasury value due to market conditions but ongoing investments in infrastructure and stablecoin products to support long-term growth. There have been no community discussions or next actions identified.
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This is a summary of Karpatkey's April 2025 report for GnosisDAO, which reviews treasury management, ecosystem development, and technology initiatives, noting a $19 million decrease in treasury value due to market conditions but ongoing investments in infrastructure and stablecoin products to support long-term growth. There have been no community discussions or next actions identified.
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Kpk April 2025 Report for GnosisDAO | Gnosis
This discussion reviews @Karpatkey's April 2025 report on GnosisDAO's treasury management, ecosystem initiatives, and a ...
🆕 Ethereum Deep Funding Challenge Offers $50k for Weighted Dependency Graph Models and Community Contributions
The Ethereum deep funding challenge offers a $30,000 prize pool for model submissions that assign weights to the Ethereum dependency graph, with an additional $20,000 for community contributions to competition design, rewarding open source, reproducible, and well-documented work. There has been no community discussion or next actions identified.
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The Ethereum deep funding challenge offers a $30,000 prize pool for model submissions that assign weights to the Ethereum dependency graph, with an additional $20,000 for community contributions to competition design, rewarding open source, reproducible, and well-documented work. There has been no community discussion or next actions identified.
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🆕 Arbitrum Unlocked campaign delivers educational content and transparent dataset with Questbook S2 grant
The Arbitrum Unlocked campaign, funded by the Questbook S2 grant and led by CastleCapital, successfully delivered a range of educational content about Arbitrum’s ecosystem, achieving significant engagement and providing a transparent dataset for future strategy optimization. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.
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The Arbitrum Unlocked campaign, funded by the Questbook S2 grant and led by CastleCapital, successfully delivered a range of educational content about Arbitrum’s ecosystem, achieving significant engagement and providing a transparent dataset for future strategy optimization. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.
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🆕 Proposal to Grant Tholgar Team 1M PAL for Tech Stack IP Transfer to DAO Faces Mixed Feedback
A proposal suggests granting the Tholgar team 1,000,000 PAL in NEWTOKEN (10% liquid at migration, rest vested over two years) in exchange for transferring their tech stack IP and forfeiting future product fees to the DAO, aiming to align incentives and consolidate control under the DAO. With only 4 replies, community reactions are mixed—some support the move for increased decentralisation and development capacity, while others criticize the grant size, fairness, and potential precedent, with no clear next steps decided.
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A proposal suggests granting the Tholgar team 1,000,000 PAL in NEWTOKEN (10% liquid at migration, rest vested over two years) in exchange for transferring their tech stack IP and forfeiting future product fees to the DAO, aiming to align incentives and consolidate control under the DAO. With only 4 replies, community reactions are mixed—some support the move for increased decentralisation and development capacity, while others criticize the grant size, fairness, and potential precedent, with no clear next steps decided.
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🆕 Ethproofs Community Call to Feature zkVM Teams, Announce Real-Time Proving Grant Program
The Ethproofs Community Call #2 on May 23, 2025, will bring together multiple zkVM teams for presentations, networking, and to introduce a real-time proving grant program, aiming to increase collaboration and visibility in the zero-knowledge space. There are no reported community reactions or specified next actions.
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The Ethproofs Community Call #2 on May 23, 2025, will bring together multiple zkVM teams for presentations, networking, and to introduce a real-time proving grant program, aiming to increase collaboration and visibility in the zero-knowledge space. There are no reported community reactions or specified next actions.
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🆕 Jupiter Design and Art Working Group Shares Progress on Branding, Community Initiatives, and Upcoming Hackathon Support
This is a progress report on the Design and Art Working Group's efforts to enhance Jupiter's branding, community engagement, and support for local advocates through various design initiatives, merchandise, and art bounties, with upcoming plans to support an Indian Jup Hackathon. The community response has been positive, with limited replies expressing appreciation and encouragement.
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This is a progress report on the Design and Art Working Group's efforts to enhance Jupiter's branding, community engagement, and support for local advocates through various design initiatives, merchandise, and art bounties, with upcoming plans to support an Indian Jup Hackathon. The community response has been positive, with limited replies expressing appreciation and encouragement.
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🆕 Lido DAO and Balancer Propose Revenue-Sharing Alliance to Support wstETH Liquidity and veBAL Governance
This proposal formalizes a revenue-sharing alliance between Lido DAO and Balancer, granting Lido DAO $10,000 in BAL tokens to support wstETH liquidity strategies and participate in veBAL governance across multiple chains. The community unanimously supports the initiative, which aims to deepen protocol collaboration and enhance liquidity and revenue for both parties, with no stated costs beyond the BAL token allocation.
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This proposal formalizes a revenue-sharing alliance between Lido DAO and Balancer, granting Lido DAO $10,000 in BAL tokens to support wstETH liquidity strategies and participate in veBAL governance across multiple chains. The community unanimously supports the initiative, which aims to deepen protocol collaboration and enhance liquidity and revenue for both parties, with no stated costs beyond the BAL token allocation.
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🆕 Proposal to Fund Incentivized Delegation Vaults on Scroll Faces Skepticism and Unclear Next Steps
This discussion is about EventHorizon’s proposal to fund Incentivized Delegation Vaults (IDVs) to boost DAO votable supply and delegate participation through non-custodial, gasless rewards, with a requested budget of 457K SCR and reported high capital efficiency. Community reaction is limited, with some skepticism about sustainability, funding sources, and potential risks, and no next steps have been decided.
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This discussion is about EventHorizon’s proposal to fund Incentivized Delegation Vaults (IDVs) to boost DAO votable supply and delegate participation through non-custodial, gasless rewards, with a requested budget of 457K SCR and reported high capital efficiency. Community reaction is limited, with some skepticism about sustainability, funding sources, and potential risks, and no next steps have been decided.
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🆕 zkSync Schedules Proposal Review Call to Discuss Protocol Upgrades and Governance Actions
A Proposal Review call is scheduled for May 21st for authors to present and discuss key protocol upgrades, governance actions, and funding programs, which could impact protocol security, feature activation, and ecosystem incentives. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.
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A Proposal Review call is scheduled for May 21st for authors to present and discuss key protocol upgrades, governance actions, and funding programs, which could impact protocol security, feature activation, and ecosystem incentives. There have been no community discussions or next actions determined.
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🆕 Web3Clubs Proposes $33K Scroll DAO Grant to Launch Node Founder Program in East Africa
The Kenya Scroll Node Founder Program is a proposed 3-month initiative led by Web3Clubs, seeking a $33,000 grant from Scroll DAO to launch 5–10 Scroll-powered projects in East Africa, aiming to empower local Web3 developers, connect DeFi and TradFi, and position Scroll as key infrastructure for onchain finance in Africa. The program’s benefits include increased regional representation and ecosystem growth, with costs totaling $33,000, and there has been no community feedback or next steps identified.
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The Kenya Scroll Node Founder Program is a proposed 3-month initiative led by Web3Clubs, seeking a $33,000 grant from Scroll DAO to launch 5–10 Scroll-powered projects in East Africa, aiming to empower local Web3 developers, connect DeFi and TradFi, and position Scroll as key infrastructure for onchain finance in Africa. The program’s benefits include increased regional representation and ecosystem growth, with costs totaling $33,000, and there has been no community feedback or next steps identified.
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🆕 Proposal to Accelerate Scroll Adoption in Portuguese-Speaking Regions with $29.9K Initiative
ModularCrypto proposes a $29,994 USD, three-month initiative to boost Scroll adoption and dApp development in Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking regions through an acceleration program, mentorship, and in-person events, all conducted in Portuguese. The plan aims to strengthen the local Web3 community and developer ecosystem with transparent, metrics-driven reporting, but there has been no community feedback or next steps identified.
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ModularCrypto proposes a $29,994 USD, three-month initiative to boost Scroll adoption and dApp development in Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking regions through an acceleration program, mentorship, and in-person events, all conducted in Portuguese. The plan aims to strengthen the local Web3 community and developer ecosystem with transparent, metrics-driven reporting, but there has been no community feedback or next steps identified.
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