🆕 Debate on Retro Funding for Memecoins Raises Questions About Optimism’s Reward Criteria
The discussion questions whether memecoins and simple onchain apps should receive Retro Funding rewards, highlighting concerns that current metrics incentivize short-term, low-value engagement over long-term innovation and may undermine governance legitimacy. With only two replies, community feedback is limited but critical, emphasizing the need to reconsider reward criteria to better align with ecosystem growth and security goals.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Newsworthy - Affecting Governance
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The discussion questions whether memecoins and simple onchain apps should receive Retro Funding rewards, highlighting concerns that current metrics incentivize short-term, low-value engagement over long-term innovation and may undermine governance legitimacy. With only two replies, community feedback is limited but critical, emphasizing the need to reconsider reward criteria to better align with ecosystem growth and security goals.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Newsworthy - Affecting Governance
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🆕 ENS Builders Portal grant process clarified; community confirms weekly reviews and active support
This discussion concerns a grant application to the ENS Builders Portal, where the applicant questioned delays in response and sought clarity on the process; community members clarified that the portal is active, reviews occur weekly, and encouraged participation in meetings and checking the FAQ. With only three replies, community reaction has been limited but generally supportive and informative, with no costs or next actions specified.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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This discussion concerns a grant application to the ENS Builders Portal, where the applicant questioned delays in response and sought clarity on the process; community members clarified that the portal is active, reviews occur weekly, and encouraged participation in meetings and checking the FAQ. With only three replies, community reaction has been limited but generally supportive and informative, with no costs or next actions specified.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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🆕 ENS Proposal EP 6.10: $4.5M Annual Budget, Superfluid Payments, DAO Vote June 11
This is about preparing an executable proposal to implement EP 6.10, which increases the annual budget to $4.5M, updates provider allocations, and uses Superfluid for payments, with security measures limiting funding exposure and a DAO vote scheduled for June 11th. The benefits include streamlined payments, improved operational security, and continuity for service providers, with no community feedback reported so far.
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Changes - Technical Change
🏷️ Security - Incident
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This is about preparing an executable proposal to implement EP 6.10, which increases the annual budget to $4.5M, updates provider allocations, and uses Superfluid for payments, with security measures limiting funding exposure and a DAO vote scheduled for June 11th. The benefits include streamlined payments, improved operational security, and continuity for service providers, with no community feedback reported so far.
🏷️ Proposal - Currently voting
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Changes - Technical Change
🏷️ Security - Incident
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🆕 Gitcoin GG23 Onboarding Program Receives Positive Feedback, Highlights Need for Communication and Usability Improvements
The GG23 Onboarding & Education Program by Let’s GROW DAO for Gitcoin provided extensive multilingual support, explainer content, and live events to improve onboarding and education for builders, receiving strong positive feedback for its impact and organization compared to previous efforts. While praised for accessibility and responsiveness, the community suggested improvements in communication, outreach, and platform usability; no next steps have been set.
🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
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The GG23 Onboarding & Education Program by Let’s GROW DAO for Gitcoin provided extensive multilingual support, explainer content, and live events to improve onboarding and education for builders, receiving strong positive feedback for its impact and organization compared to previous efforts. While praised for accessibility and responsiveness, the community suggested improvements in communication, outreach, and platform usability; no next steps have been set.
🏷️ Grants - Grantee Update
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🆕 Jupiter Grant Process Sees Improved Accessibility and Efficiency with New GTS Tools
The discussion reviews a five-week interim report on the Grant & Talent Support (GTS) initiative, highlighting improved accessibility and efficiency in the Jupiter grant process through new tools like the Curious Catalogue and Pounce On It Initiative, with early successes and growing community engagement. There are no significant costs mentioned, and community feedback has been supportive, as reflected in the 8 replies.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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The discussion reviews a five-week interim report on the Grant & Talent Support (GTS) initiative, highlighting improved accessibility and efficiency in the Jupiter grant process through new tools like the Curious Catalogue and Pounce On It Initiative, with early successes and growing community engagement. There are no significant costs mentioned, and community feedback has been supportive, as reflected in the 8 replies.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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📡 Update From the Grant Wire 📡
https://www.jupresear.ch/t/interim-report-trial-grant-gts-grant-talent-support/38523
https://www.jupresear.ch/t/interim-report-trial-grant-gts-grant-talent-support/38523
Jupiter Research
Interim Report - Trial Grant GTS (Grant & Talent Support)
Intro: Five weeks already, time flies when you’re working on something that genuinely excites you. Has the hypothesis we started with proven itself? Not yet, but that’s expected. Five weeks (with three more to go) is too short a window for firm conclusions.…
🆕 Proposal to Add Open-Source Voting Features to Arbitrum Governance Forum Seeks $206K
This proposal seeks $206,400 USD from Arbitrum DAO to integrate Live Votes, Voting Power Tags, and Proposal Notification Emails into the governance forum as open-source Discourse components, aiming to improve usability and engagement, with delivery and maintenance over two years. Community feedback is mixed, with some supporting the enhancements and cost, while others question the contract length and expense; only four replies indicate limited but thoughtful discussion.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Newsworthy - Controversial
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This proposal seeks $206,400 USD from Arbitrum DAO to integrate Live Votes, Voting Power Tags, and Proposal Notification Emails into the governance forum as open-source Discourse components, aiming to improve usability and engagement, with delivery and maintenance over two years. Community feedback is mixed, with some supporting the enhancements and cost, while others question the contract length and expense; only four replies indicate limited but thoughtful discussion.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Newsworthy - Controversial
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app.x23.ai
[Non-Constitutional] Let’s improve our governance forum with three proposals.app feature integrations | Arbitrum
This is a proposal for Arbitrum DAO to fund the integration of Live Votes, Voting Power Tags, and Proposal Notification ...
🆕 Proposal to Distribute 2.5M DYDX Tokens to 3,167 Surge Program Traders with On-Chain Verification
This is about a proposal to distribute 2,499,799 DYDX tokens from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to 3,167 users who genuinely participated in trading season 2 of the dYdX Surge Program, with eligibility and allocations transparently verified on-chain. The benefits include incentivizing real trading and increasing trust in governance, while the main cost is the large token outlay; there has been no recorded community reaction.
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Newsworthy - Token Distribution
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This is about a proposal to distribute 2,499,799 DYDX tokens from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to 3,167 users who genuinely participated in trading season 2 of the dYdX Surge Program, with eligibility and allocations transparently verified on-chain. The benefits include incentivizing real trading and increasing trust in governance, while the main cost is the large token outlay; there has been no recorded community reaction.
🏷️ Proposal - Seeking feedback
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Newsworthy - Token Distribution
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app.x23.ai
[DRC] - Surge Season 2 Incentive Distribution Proposal | dYdX
This is about a proposal by @chaoslabs to distribute 2,499,799 DYDX tokens from the dYdX Chain Community Treasury to 3,1...
🆕 Proposal to Fund Balancer OpCo Marketing Team with $122.5K for Q3–Q4 2025 Activities
This proposal seeks $122,500 to fund the Balancer OpCo Marketing Team for Q3–Q4 2025, aiming to support product rollouts, brand growth, and ecosystem engagement through targeted marketing initiatives. The vote has not yet started, so there is no community feedback or outcome at this time.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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This proposal seeks $122,500 to fund the Balancer OpCo Marketing Team for Q3–Q4 2025, aiming to support product rollouts, brand growth, and ecosystem engagement through targeted marketing initiatives. The vote has not yet started, so there is no community feedback or outcome at this time.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Proposal / Application
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app.x23.ai
[BIP-840] Fund OpCo Marketing Team (Q3–Q4 2025) | Balancer
The Balancer community approved a $122,500 budget for Q3–Q4 2025 to fund the OpCo Limited marketing team, supporting pro...
🆕 Rocketpool pDAO Treasury Budget Update Increases GMC Share, Adjusts Reserves for 2025
This is about an update to the pDAO treasury budget distribution for the period from 2025/05/08 to 2025/06/05, increasing GMC's share to 25% and reducing reserves to 25%, with payments executed on-chain as per proposal 3. The changes aim to improve transparency and operational capacity, with no reported community feedback or next steps.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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This is about an update to the pDAO treasury budget distribution for the period from 2025/05/08 to 2025/06/05, increasing GMC's share to 25% and reducing reserves to 25%, with payments executed on-chain as per proposal 3. The changes aim to improve transparency and operational capacity, with no reported community feedback or next steps.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Funding
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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🆕 Optimism Grants Council Refines Process for Season 7, Prioritizing TVL Growth and Selectivity
This discussion analyzes the Grants Council’s shift from Season 6 to Season 7, highlighting a reduced council size, increased selectivity, and a narrowed focus on TVL growth, resulting in fewer approved applications and a more strategic, impact-driven grant process. Community reaction has been minimal, with only one member expressing appreciation and intent to reflect further on Season 7.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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This discussion analyzes the Grants Council’s shift from Season 6 to Season 7, highlighting a reduced council size, increased selectivity, and a narrowed focus on TVL growth, resulting in fewer approved applications and a more strategic, impact-driven grant process. Community reaction has been minimal, with only one member expressing appreciation and intent to reflect further on Season 7.
🏷️ Grants - Grant Program Update
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