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<p>EthStaker is a 50,000+ person community made up of stakers and whose mission is to support the decentralization of the Beaconchain. To further this goal, they encourage users to solo stake whenever feasible and lend their support to projects that streamline the solo staking user experience. However, they are cognizant of the reality that solo staking might not always be possible due to various technical and financial barriers.</p> <p>In addressing this issue, EthStaker seeks to educate the…

<p>Drips is a new protocol (and app), built on Ethereum, that enables organizations and individuals to directly and publicly provide funding to the free and open-source software projects they depend on the most.</p> <p>Drips also includes gas-optimized and integrated primitives for streaming and splitting tokens, allowing users and web3 apps to stream and split funds by the second with continuous settlement for use cases like contributor payments, vesting and subscription…

<p>Clr.fund (Commons Library of Resources Fund) is a protocol for efficiently allocating funds to public goods that benefit the Ethereum Network according to the preferences of the Ethereum Community through quadratic funding (QF). Clr.fund strives for credible neutrality, decentralization, permissionlessness, trustlessness, and pseudonymity.</p> <p>We intend to use the funds allocated in Epoch Zero to further improve the deployment of QF rounds and the onboarding process for round…

<p>Giveth is an open-source, transparent, and user-friendly donation platform functioning on Ethereum Mainnet, Gnosis Chain, Polygon, Optimism, and Celo. It promotes the creation of positive impact projects, offering zero fees and no intermediaries. Verified projects gain access to innovative web3 donation features such as GIVbacks and GIVpower, with Quadratic Funding to be launched soon.</p> <p>Currently, over two thousand projects are raising funds on Giveth, ranging from feeding the…

<p>Ethereum Cat Herders have been supporting Ethereum Protocol development and process improvement since 2019. Our role is to facilitate communication, collaboration, and community engagement during network upgrades. We play a vital role in coordinating and streamlining the Ethereum protocol development process, acting as facilitators and mediators among developers, researchers, and community members. Together with core developers and EIP authors, we actively engage in network upgrades,…

<p>DAO Drops is a retroactive public goods funding mechanism that leverages the wisdom of the crowd to distribute a funding pool to a range of projects and individuals in the Ethereum ecosystem.</p> <p>DAO Drops takes retroPGF one step further by assigning the responsibility of impact evaluation to thousands of pseudonymous addresses based on past on-chain activity, using data on governance participation. Round 1’s data came from Deep DAO, smart contract deployments from Galxe, and ecosystem…

<p>Vocdoni is an open-source, decentralized voting protocol committed to privacy, transparency, and end-to-end verifiability. Using zero-knowledge proofs and homomorphic encryption, it ensures that votes remain anonymous, tamper-proof, anticoercion and universally auditable. </p> <p>Currently transitioning to a zkRollup based infrastructure on top of Ethereum, Vocdoni Protocol achieves full decentralization and addresses the main challenges of voting systems. The new universal voting protocol…

<p><a href="https://flowstate.network/">Flow State</a> is a streaming funding platform and digital cooperative.</p> <p>We offer tools for communities to continuously reward contributors that drive growth with programmable money streams. This includes streaming funding allocation strategies like streaming quadratic funding (SQF), direct voting, and contribution-weighting. In October, we launched a <a href="https://x.com/flowstatecoop/status/1849499540988231817">16+ ETH SQF round with Octant…

<p>ZuCity Japan is solving Japan's critical "Akiya crisis" where 8 million homes (15% of total housing) lie abandoned. This is projected to reach 33% by 2030! We buy these abandoned properties and transform them into vibrant hubs of art, innovation, and sustainable living while addressing severe environmental and social challenges in Japan.</p> <p>We are creating an intellectual and cultural renaissance in rural Japan by creating centers for living, learning, innovation, and artistic…

<p>Alfred is a key component of the <a href="https://www.atlantisp2p.com/impact-miner">Impact Miner</a> ecosystem, which connects global capital with grassroots climate action by ensuring verifiable impact reporting, transparent funding mechanisms, and efficient resource allocation. Our goal is to make the principles of effective bounty creation accessible to everyone, helping scale decentralized solutions to combat climate change.</p> <p>Learn more and discuss <a…

<p>Existing wallets are either for tech savvy people (e.g. Metamask), or traders (people who already have money to invest).</p> <p>But as a web3 project or DAO, what you want is an easy way for your community to receive and transfer your tokens (ERC20, ERC721, ...) without any technical or financial distraction.</p> <p>Some web3 communities end up developing their own wallet but it feels like a waste of time and energy. It feels like back in the days where everyone was redeveloping a blog…

<p>B&lt;&gt;rder/ess is the Tech Not-For-Profit arm of Crypto Smart, raising 100 web3 developers skilled in Solidity and other web2 tech-skills from the University communities annually for free.</p> <p>The goal is to raise the next generation of protocol builders, on-chain analysts, Cyber Security experts, Product Designers, UX creatives who'd build Web3 products that can foster adoption.</p> <p>We do this by establishing physical hubs, hosting events, providing training, offering mentorship,…