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🆕 Shardoo: hybrid coal-processing proposal for Iran promising efficiency and jobs advised to apply for Gitcoin grant GG24

Shardoo is a hybrid mechanical/electrostatic coal-processing system proposed for Iran’s coal-rich regions that promises high efficiency, product purity, low energy consumption, scalable small-to-medium deployments, and ethical job creation for unemployed youth, orphans, and marginalized workers. The main cost is securing funding—owocki advised that the gov forum does not fund projects directly and recommended applying to the Gitcoin grant round GG24.

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🆕 blockful (alextnetto) runs for Arbitrum Security Council, pitches proactive governance and smart-contract security—cites ENS work and $110k Uniswap grant; no costs or community discussion

blockful (represented by alextnetto) is running for the Arbitrum Security Council, pitching proactive governance and smart-contract security services—including continuous monitoring, technical risk analysis, audits and dashboards—backed by prior work on ENS (addressing a reported $150M governance risk) and a $110,000 Uniswap Foundation grant. The proposed benefit is stronger, protocol-level risk detection and mitigation and improved coordination tooling; no costs were specified and there have been no community discussions.

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🆕 rocketpool proposal: coordinated outreach to expand rETH integrations across AMMs, lending, L2s/rollups, DAOs and cross‑chain using STAR program, grants and fast‑tracked funding (no implementation details)

widekon362 proposes a coordinated outreach strategy to expand rETH integrations with AMMs, lending pools, L2s/rollups, DAOs/incubators, and cross‑chain targets using incentives like the STAR Program, grants, and fast‑tracked funding to accelerate liquidity, utility, and decentralization aligned with the Saturn upgrade. No implementation decisions or costs are indicated, and there have been no community discussions to date.

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🆕 Arbitrum H1 2025: Robinhood tokenized stocks, $6B+ stablecoins, 100+ Orbit adopters; Timeboost >$2M fees; OpCo funded with 30M ARB and Security Council changes

Arbitrum’s H1 2025 Progress Update reports ecosystem growth (Robinhood tokenized stocks, >$6B stablecoins, 100+ Orbit adopters), developer programs (56 grants, Trailblazer 2.0, ArbiFuel), technical decentralization (Erigon/Nethermind support, Timeboost live) and governance changes (Security Council March 2025 elections with six new members; an Operation Company funded with 30,000,000 ARB over 30 months and Foundation as a non-voting OAT observer), with Timeboost having generated over $2,000,000 in fees for ArbitrumDAO as of June 2025. The benefits are improved performance, decentralization, developer adoption, and more professional DAO execution; the main cost is the OpCo funding/ongoing resource commitment, and community reaction is broadly supportive but calls for stronger governance KPIs and for community input on those metrics.

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🆕 Aave proposal to approve $14,300 for two Aave–Immunefi bounties, clears pipeline through Sept 1, 2025, Direct-to-AIP on‑chain payment after one day with TokenLogic coordination

- Request to approve $14,300 total ($8,000 to 0xbD58..., $5,000 to 0x2770..., and a $1,300 Immunefi fee to 0x7119.../immunefi.eth) for two valid Aave <> Immunefi bounties. \n- This clears the bounty pipeline through 1st September, 2025 and commits $14,300 from the treasury via a Direct-to-AIP on-chain payment after 1 day on the forum with payment-currency coordination with TokenLogic; there have been no community discussions.

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🆕 BuildUnion proposes $2,999 one‑time Project Progress Tracking Dashboard for Frax with real‑time updates, visualizations and lightweight ML risk detection

A proposal from BuildUnion to build a Project Progress Tracking Dashboard for Frax Finance—covering milestone tracking, real-time updates, automated alerts, visualizations, lightweight ML risk detection, role-based admin tools, and a public interface—at a one-time cost of $2,999 including 12 months of basic maintenance. Benefits are improved transparency, accountability, community engagement, and earlier risk detection; costs are the $2,999 implementation fee and ongoing need for careful configuration/stewardship to avoid false signals, and there have been no community discussions.

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🆕 Jupiter proposes Visa/Mastercard debit card with staking-integrated crypto cashback, asks DAO for $250K feasibility funding amid KYC concerns

A proposal to launch a Jupiter-branded Visa/Mastercard debit card integrated with Jupiter staking and wallet, offering ultra-low fees, physical/virtual cards, and tiered monthly crypto cashback (JLP, USDC, SOL, BTC) to reinforce JUP/SOL staking and grow JLP usage, asking the DAO to approve feasibility work, allocate $250,000 from the treasury, and form a 3–5 person working group. Benefits: expands real-world utility, attracts users with low fees and selectable crypto rewards; costs/risks: $250,000 initial allocation, ongoing KYC/regulatory compliance, issuer partnerships, sustainable reward economics and DAO-managed caps; community reaction is limited so far but includes a concern about user willingness to complete KYC and privacy/security friction.

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🆕 OWLI proposes translating ~40k words of Arbitrum/Ethereum content into Odia, $17.5k budget for open-source glossary and workshops to reach 40M+ speakers

- This proposes the Odia Web3 Localization Initiative (OWLI) to translate core Arbitrum and Ethereum educational content (≈40,000 words) into Odia, create an open-source Odia Web3 glossary, and run two workshops to onboard Odia speakers and support Arbitrum dApp growth. \n- Benefits: potential access to a 40M+ untapped Odia-speaking audience, open-source onboarding assets, and brand alignment as an accessible L2; Costs: $17,500 USDC/ARB budget across two milestones (includes project management, translation, QA, bounties, workshops, 10% contingency); Community reaction: no discussions to date.

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🆕 Driftcoin unveils "Drift Escapes" — immersive Web3 tourism with modular pods, Drift Academy education, and smart contract targeting OP Mainnet and Base

Driftcoin is launching \"Drift Escapes,\" an immersive tourism project combining modular pods, creator economies, and a crypto-powered ecosystem where DriftCoin governs access, rewards, and youth education via a Drift Academy, with its smart contract in development and launch options being evaluated on OP Mainnet and Base. Benefits include new Web3 tourism use cases, community engagement, and youth onboarding through education; they plan to apply for an Audit Grant and are seeking ASPs, stewards, and builders, and there have been no community discussions to date.

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🆕 ENS proposes 6‑month "Contract Naming Season" with $75k USDC + up to 10k ENS to incentivize smart contract/DAO naming; early positive but limited response (3 replies)

Proposal for a 6‑month \"ENS Contract Naming Season\" to drive smart contract/protocol/DAO naming via an integration leaderboard, outreach and retroactive incentives, with a budget of $75,000 USDC for operations plus up to 10,000 ENS for awards; expected benefits are broader ENS adoption across Dapps, L2s, wallets and standards uptake, while costs are operational expenses and token incentives. \nCommunity reaction is early and positive but limited in volume (3 replies), with contributors urging urgent focus on high‑usage contracts and practical onboarding; next steps are WG/forum discussions, an on‑chain DAO vote, monthly grant reviews, and a final assessment at the end of the 6‑month program.

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🆕 Superfluid proposal: turn ETHx/USDCx into yielding assets to fund SUP buybacks/rewards — ~$90K/yr now, ~2 engineering weeks, no community discussion

- Proposal to upgrade ETHx and USDCx into “yielding assets” so their yield funds SUP buybacks and rewards, aiming to grow ETHx/USDCx TVL and create a SUP flywheel; expected immediate revenue of ~$90K/year from current holdings. \n- Costs are mainly engineering (estimated 2 engineering weeks) and execution/strategy risk from selecting yield sources and a future management partner; there have been no community discussions.

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🆕 ZKsync Foundation proposes 25,000,000 ZK Prividium Roadshow to fund Tier‑1 conference sponsorships and institutional activations (Q3‑2025–Q4‑2026)

The ZKsync Foundation proposes the Prividium Roadshow to allocate 25,000,000 ZK (about $1.25M at $0.05/ZK) from the Token Governor Timelock to fund Tier‑1 conference sponsorships and curated institutional activations from Q3‑2025 through Q4‑2026, with a 15M/10M ZK split, a ~10% reserve, reimbursements via a 3/5 multisig, biannual public reporting, and unused tokens returning to the Timelock. Expected benefits are increased brand visibility and institutional leads; costs and risks include the 25M ZK expenditure, excluded travel/accommodation, and the need for strong forum oversight of multisig reimbursements and category flexibility; there have been no community discussions.

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🆕 dYdX Token Sender open-sourced: batch-distribute tokens across dYdX chain, Cosmos Hub and Osmosis via single CSV with no service fees

The dYdX Token Sender is an open-source web app (built with dYdX Grants support) that lets teams batch-distribute tokens to hundreds of recipients across Cosmos-based chains (dYdX chain, Cosmos Hub, Osmosis) via a single CSV upload. Benefits: faster, low-friction multi-network distributions and community-auditable code; costs: only standard network gas fees (no service fees); community reaction so far is positive but limited, with two replies praising the multi-network support and UI.

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🆕 gmx distributions disrupted by "Smart wallet turned off" error, blocking payouts while devs investigate

- A user reports being unable to receive compensation via Distributions due to a “Smart wallet turned off.” error, which is preventing at least one payout and causing a temporary disruption. \n- Community engagement is limited but responsive: developers are investigating and working on a fix so normal payouts should be restored once resolved.

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🆕 Lido proposal: $60k from LEGO (DUCK FLAP) to subsidize SOC2/ISO27001-style ValOS assessments for four node operators, paid in DAI, unused funds returned

- Proposal to allocate $60,000 from LEGO (DUCK FLAP grant pool) to subsidize external SOC2/ISO27001-style ValOS assurance assessments for four early-adopter Node Operators, covering external audit, compliance uplift consulting, and tooling (operators fund internal work); unused funds will be returned to the Lido DAO Treasury and payment is to be made in DAI (0x1b28728B06BEEd3a5363DA146B59dB372bbAd047). \n\n- Benefits: improves institutional credibility, strengthens validator operational practices, and validates the ValOS framework; cost: $60,000 total subsidy; community reaction: no discussions to date.

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🆕 Arbitrum launches DRIP Season One: 24M ARB across 10 epochs to boost leverage-looping; liquidity and inclusion concerns

- DRIP Season One is an Arbitrum incentive program running from September 3, 2025 to January 20, 2026 (claims via Merkl until April 30, 2026) that allocates 16,000,000 ARB (base) + 8,000,000 ARB (discretionary) across 10 two‑week epochs to grow leverage-looping of yield-bearing ETH and stable assets, with phased, performance‑based rewards, public dashboards, and monitoring by Entropy. \n- Benefits include increased borrow/lend optionality, new yield asset listings, higher supply caps/LTVs, and early net-new minting and borrowing growth, while costs/risks are liquidation and smart‑contract exposure; community feedback (two main replies) applauds the structural focus but flags limited DEX liquidity for larger trades and perceived exclusion of smaller protocols, urging LP incentives, native mint/redemption, clearer applicant transparency, and faster follow‑on seasons.

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🆕 Gitcoin proposal for Public Goods R&D GG24 (Oct 2025) requests $332,500 to fund two programs; $105K confirmed, $200K match anticipated

- This is a proposal for the Public Goods R&D GG24 Domain to run in October 2025, funding two programs (Mechanism Design for Public Goods and PG Tooling Development) with a total target budget of $332,500 (about $150K target post‑fees per program), $105,000 confirmed funding, an anticipated $200,000 Gitcoin match, $25,000 still to raise, and $20,000 pending governance from 1Hive and PublicNouns. \n- Benefits: aims to catalyze rigorous, interoperable R&D using peer‑reviewed hypercerts, prediction markets, Conviction Voting/Retro Rewards and on‑chain evaluability to improve accountability and adoption; costs: ~10% allocated for ops/comms/fair fees and remaining fundraising of $25,000; community reaction: no discussions to date.

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🆕 LuukDAO proposes $432.5K "Targeted Development & Adoption" GG24 Gitcoin domain — $200K dev, $150K local funding, $82.5K reforestation, hybrid allocation and on‑chain verification

LuukDAO proposes the Targeted Development & Adoption (TDA) GG24 Domain to allocate $432,500 across three programs—Solution Development ($200,000), Local Funding ($150,000), and Bioregional Reforestation ($82,500)—during Gitcoin Grants GG24 (scheduled for October 2025) using Dedicated Domains, hybrid allocation mechanisms (Conviction Voting + Impact Retro), and onchain verification tools (KarmaGAP, Hypercerts v2, EAS, etc.). \nBenefits: targeted SDG-aligned onchain development, strengthened regional onboarding, and verifiable reforestation outcomes; costs: ~$42,500 domain fees (~10%) and $250,000 requested Gitcoin match with $160,000 already raised and $25,000 still to fund; community reaction: no discussions to date.

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🆕 Rocketpool proposal: 54,683.16 RPL (5% inflation) on‑chain transfer to fund 2025 core team, sentiment poll may require extra reporting

cKuzzle proposed funding the 2025 core team at 5% of RPL inflation with an on-chain transfer of 54,683.16 RPL to 0xd2A4848a6644749e652c1D9398B5AA317f57395B covering October 25th 2025 to October 24th 2026, and a sentiment poll will offer immediate support, support contingent on additional team financial reporting, or opposition to moving on-chain. \nBenefits: predictable, metric‑linked funding and potential improved transparency; Costs: possible delay to the on‑chain transfer and operations if the pDAO requires more reporting; community reaction is limited (1 reply) favoring some extra due diligence.

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🆕 Gitcoin proposal to pre-ratify GG24 domains and pre-approve $1.255M matching (≈55% co-funding) to fund 4–5 domains with conditional 80% threshold

MathildaDV proposes pre-ratifying GG24 Domains and pre-approving Gitcoin matching funds of $1,255,000 (with anticipated co-funding $695,000, ~55% co-funding) via Dedicated Domain Allocation and the Domain Operator Success Program to streamline funding into 4–5 domains, with Gitcoin handling QF payouts and conditional matching that can be reduced if a Domain raises less than 80% of its goal or has operational issues. \nBenefits: coordinated, leveraged co-funding and streamlined operations; costs/risks: potential narrowing of scope (e.g., AI Builders, Privacy omitted) and execution risk from the 80% conditional threshold; community reaction is limited but generally supportive (notably owocki endorses the co-funding ratio and leans “Yes”).

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