Chinese community building explodes! The most complete Gitcoin Grants 19 project introduction guide

Nov 21, 2023

Many projects of Gitcoin Grants are really for industrial development, and each one has its own vision and goals; because of this, I will be willing to spend a lot of time reading all the projects and recommend them, because I agree that these teams are really It's for the good of the industry. In addition, starting from GG18, we can see that more and more Chinese communities and teams have joined in. I hope that these silently working teams can be seen by more people, gain support, and at the same time, allow them to pursue their goals. go ahead.

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Preface

The content of this article is simultaneously published in Matt Weekly .

Gitcoin's new round of Gitcoin Grants 19 (GG19 for short) has officially opened on November 15th. This donation lasts for two weeks (ends on November 29th).

Gitcoin Grants is a regular event once every quarter. The mechanism of this time is slightly different from the last GG18. In addition to the original main donation categories being changed to "Program Rounds" and "Community Rounds", an additional " Independent rounds running on Grants Stack". As many as 716 projects participated in the donation this time.

Similarly, in order to reduce the time that partners spend looking at projects, this article will briefly introduce this GG18, as well as the goals of each category, and what projects are recommended and worthy of donation.

In particular, the goal of Gitcoin Grants is to allow projects and teams that are willing to contribute to the blockchain and Web3 industries to obtain funds that can support their continued operations. After all, many of them provide free services in the form of public funds. It should be very reasonable to get some donations appropriately.

Therefore, if you want to make money through speculation, or simply want to criticize Gitcoin, then this article is really not suitable for you.

GG19 Introduction

Program Rounds:

Gitcoin’s project rounds are directly managed and overseen by the Grants Program team (formerly PGF). These rounds are carefully curated and optimized to align with Gitcoin’s mission and values, emphasizing transparency, decentralization, and community engagement.

Community Rounds:

It is the round where project managers outside of Gitcoin are responsible for decision-making, coordination, and implementation. They are selected by our team and must meet certain criteria.

備註：跟之前一樣，只要捐贈者的 Gitcoin Passport 需要達到20 分以上，就能協助項目獲得有效的匹配額度。

Program Rounds

Web3 Community and Education (Web3 Community and Education )

Number of projects: 290
$200,000 DAI Matching Fund
7% match cap
Support blockchain: PGN

Non-software projects focused on advancing the Web3 space, including developing new communities, providing educational resources, creating content, protecting users, and working on inclusion/diversity/advocacy.

ZachXBT : An on-chain detective exposing all the wrongdoing happening in the cryptocurrency and NFT industry. Topics studied include insider trading, phishing scams, scams, exploits and other unethical conduct.
OpenData Community : Founded in late 2022. Our mission is to help protect Web3 from Sybil attacks and data layer centralization.
Web3Matters Weekly : It is a Web3 weekly newspaper originating from the Matters.Town community and facing the global Chinese world. It selects high-quality Web3 technology and humanities content from all over the world for readers.
txstreet : is a blockchain visualization tool. Help new users of the space understand how blockchain works by visualizing and educating them more about dApps and blockchain.
Blockchain Academy : Founded in 2022, it is Asia's largest Web3 GenZ education platform and community.
Biteye : The mission is to produce clear, accessible educational content and groundbreaking research that empowers our community to navigate the depths of the Web3 landscape.
W3 Project Hub │ W3 Exhibition : It is a traditional Chinese media that values artistry and readability, reporting NFT-related news; the goal is to become an independent NFT project regulatory agency.
Plurality.net : A project initiated by Tang Feng and E.Glen Way, it is an open collaborative book that aims to show and tell the future of digital licensing collaboration embodied by reborn Web3.
4Seas DeSoc : is a pioneering crypto-nomadic community with its first site located in Chiang Mai, aiming to promote the integration of crypto technology and innovative communities.
FABDAO : Formosa Art Bank DAO, designed to become part of the Web3 public space. Its main focus is on cultural NFT creation, and through collaborative efforts to build a cross-industry community that integrates public interests, art and culture.
Oakchain : is a decentralized platform and marketplace for Web3 skilled professionals to build skills courses and help others learn and explore Web3 career opportunities.
BanklessDAO : It is a decentralized community that coordinates and disseminates bankless media, culture and education. The goal is to drive adoption and awareness of truly bankless currency systems such as Ethereum, DeFi, and Bitcoin.
DHK DAO : Inspirational to build consensus for seven million people. It provides Muggles with popular education on blockchain, cryptocurrency and platform-related technologies, and operates a DAO with user-autonomous verifiers in each blockchain.
Bankless Academy : A free-to-use open source learning platform whose mission is to advocate modern individual self-sovereignty and instill confidence in Web3 exploration.
Liker Land : Combining writing NFTs with digital publishing. Provides simple Web3 tools for DRM-free ebooks, a newsletter subscription service, and fiat and cryptographic author payments through a simple interface.
Blocktrend : It is a Taiwanese independent media focusing on blockchain and Web3 articles and information.
Bankless Publishing : is a project incubated within BanklessDAO, dedicated to creating and distributing high-quality content to promote decentralized technologies, including DeFi, NFT, DAO, expansion kit solutions and introductory educational content.
Nomad Matters Nomad Project : This is the original intention of Matters to launch the Nomad Funding Project. This project hopes to help more people enter a different world in a nomadic way; it also reminds people on the road to reflect and connect, and return to a different version of themselves.
ITU Blockchain : is the first university blockchain association in Turkey. Blockchain events and courses are being organized for everyone. and assist students in improving themselves in this technology.
The Creator Economy IMO : Incubated by Web3 community platform Matters Lab. This is an e-newsletter project exploring how creators can thrive in the Web2 and Web3 world.

Web3 Open Source Software

Number of projects: 128
$200,000 DAI Matching Fund
7% match cap
Support blockchain: PGN

Grants for open source projects are primarily focused on developing or advancing the Ethereum and/or Web3 industries.

WTF Academy : It is a Web3 open source university for developers, aiming to train 10,000 developers to use Web3.
Rouge Ticket : is a revolutionary decentralized, permissionless and open source event management solution.
Umbra : is a protocol that allows you to receive private payments on Ethereum and Layer 2 networks.
Dapp-Learning : Designed for developers to step into blockchain DApp development, where they can learn DeFi, NFT, DAO, and Crypto projects.
Liker Land : Combining writing NFTs with digital publishing. Provides simple Web3 tools for DRM-free ebooks, a newsletter subscription service, and fiat and cryptographic author payments through a simple interface.
Web3 GPT : is a developer tool designed to simplify the process of writing and deploying smart contracts, especially for those new to the Web3 ecosystem.
JediSwap : It is a fully composable and permissionless AMM that allows users to exchange assets and earn income immediately with almost zero Gas Fee.
DefiLlama : Open and transparent DeFi TVL and analysis tools.
DappReader : Designed to provide developers with released multi-chain contract management and fast front-end contract debugging. This tool will help developers develop, test and deploy contract projects more efficiently, and improve the quality and efficiency of project development.
Revoke.cash : is a preventative tool for managing your token limits and maintaining proper wallet hygiene. By regularly revoking valid quotas, you reduce your chances of falling victim to quota exploitation.
Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS) : is an infrastructure for attesting any content on-chain or off-chain.
Hey.xyz (formerly Lenster) : It is a decentralized social media DApp.
Mini Bridge : It is a cross-chain bridge developed by the Chaineye team for small transfer scenarios. It is a public tool that offers low cross-chain fees and fast confirmation times.
Hypercerts Foundation : Hypercerts are semi-fungible tokens that explain work aimed at impact, the ownership of which can be divided or even transferred under certain conditions.
OmniBTC : is a decentralized cross-chain mutual exchange and cross-chain lending platform built across a multi-VM ecosystem, aiming to connect and unify all on-chain liquidity to achieve seamless and low-cost cross-chain transactions.

Ethereum Core Infrastructure , Research, and Development

Number of projects: 24
$200,000 USDC Matching Fund
10% match cap
Support blockchain: Polygon PoS

The teams and individuals who support the components of the Ethereum network, these projects contribute to the success and longevity of Ethereum in the first place.

Stereum : is a toolbox that simplifies the process of setting up and maintaining an Ethereum/Gnosis node.
rotki : An open source portfolio tracking, accounting, analytics and tax reporting tool.
beaconcha.in : is an open source browser that provides users with an easy-to-use way to explore the Ethereum network.
Candide Labs : is a team that contributes to ERC-4337 through open source software. Includes: Python bundler, open source payment supervisor, and open source mobile smart contract wallet.
L2BEAT : An analysis and research website about Ethereum Layer 2 expansion.
ethers.js : is a complete and solid library for interacting with the Ethereum chain and its ecosystem. With over 4 million installations per month, npm can be used to create DApps, wallets, and utilities, as well as debug and analyze blockchain data.
Blockscout Block Explorer : Helps Blockscout bridge the gap and bring all features to open source, community-driven.
EthStaker : A welcoming and knowledgeable community dedicated to supporting users by creating guides, instructional videos, educational content, and technology to safely and securely stake their $ETH.
Ethereum Attestation Service : is an infrastructure for attesting any content on-chain or off-chain.

Community Rounds

Climate Solutions Round

Number of items: 100
$150,000 DAI Matching Fund
8% match cap
Support blockchain: Optimism

For projects with a primary focus on climate solutions. The proposal should clearly outline how the project will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions or become an important core infrastructure for Web3 climate solutions.

Helios : is an open source platform that enables traditional investments in profitable, high-impact solar projects in Web3 and emerging markets, earning users stable, double-digit yields that are not tied to crypto or public markets, while avoiding annual Millions of tons of carbon dioxide are emitted.
AgroforestDAO : Building a supportive global community of people willing to participate in making food, forests and culture a public good.
The Solar Foundation : Reinventing nonprofit and NGO models using Web3's tools to create new funding models. The new model will help underserved communities access clean energy and take ownership of the solar energy deployed in their communities.
Sunrise Stake : Solana’s on-chain regenerative finance (ReFi) project has established a non-custodial, permissionless ReFi staking protocol to direct proceeds towards climate-positive projects.
Web3beach : is a project focused on bringing marginalized, unbanked and disenfranchised communities into the world of web3.
Crypto Whales NFT : is an environmental impact project. Monthly Earth Day is a global movement established on September 22, 2022, with over 30,000 trees planted and over 1,000 pounds of trash cleaned up in 1 year. The goal is to grow the community globally, bring new Web3 users on board, and directly make the world a better place.
Oxygenchain : Aims to create a platform that encourages environmental responsibility and helps mitigate the impact of pollution on the planet.
WaterDAO : Create transparency around where water comes from, how it is produced, and establish a water credit classification system.
MesoReefDAO : is a regenerative reef science initiative designed to expand reef conservation efforts in the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR).
Atlantis : is a peer-to-peer impact network for builders, entrepreneurs and creators in the climate and social impact sector.
DeFood : By exploring ways to decentralize food safety in the physical realm (by expanding localized food production, processing, and distribution) and in the virtual realm (based on blockchain technology).

Arbitrum Citizens Retrofunding Round 1

Number of projects: 18
$100,000 ARB Matching Fund
8% match cap
Supports blockchain: Arbitrum

Designed to reward outstanding individuals who actively contribute to Arbitrum DAO.

DeFi Teddy : Teddy is the KOL of the Chinese Web3 community and the co-founder of Biteye, helping the Chinese community educate and promote Arbitrum.
InBest Program : has been making a positive impact by bringing people into the ecosystem and helping them understand the economic decision-making process

Token Engineering

Number of projects: 16
$50,000 USDC Matching Fund
15% match cap
Supports blockchain: Arbitrum

Public goods projects focused on education, tools, and research related to token engineering.

TurtleShell : is a Web3 public welfare project that aims to enhance the security of DeFi protocols by introducing on-chain firewalls to detect malicious activities on the protocol and prevent hacker attacks.
Metagov : is a non-profit research collective. We build standards and infrastructure for digital autonomy.
EIP-7265 Alliance : is a group of global decentralized contributors who have a common goal: to strengthen the security of the Web3 protocol by introducing circuit breakers to prevent accidental token outflows on the protocol and prevent hacker attacks.

Global Chinese Community Round

Number of projects: 21
$30,000 DAI Matching Fund
10% match cap
Support blockchain: Optimism

It mainly builds a public welfare platform for the Ethereum ecosystem in the Chinese area and other language areas, including public welfare donations, global project operations, exchanges with industry core builders, becoming a bridge connecting Eastern and Western developers, and co-organizing various offline activities.

Nomad Matters Nomad Project : This is the original intention of Matters to launch the Nomad Funding Project. This project hopes to help more people enter a different world in a nomadic way; it also reminds people on the road to reflect and connect, and return to a different version of themselves.
FABDAO : Formosa Art Bank DAO, designed to become part of the Web3 public space. Its main focus is on cultural NFT creation, and through collaborative efforts to build a cross-industry community that integrates public interests, art and culture.
Upchain : It is a website focusing on blockchain technology education.
DeCert.me : Aims to be a decentralized learning and skills certification platform. Use Ethereum smart contracts and decentralized storage technology to store users' learning records and skill information on the blockchain to create an immutable resume.
Mini Bridge : It is a cross-chain bridge developed by the Chaineye team for small transfer scenarios. It is a public tool that offers low cross-chain fees and fast confirmation times.
DeSci Asia : aims to connect DeSci friends, promote DeSci education, and support the development of the local DeSci community in Asia.
Nowhere Publishing : Publishes and sells high-quality NFT books. Each NFT book has a unique cover designed by an artist and comes with publicly assessable content licensed under a Creative Commons license.
Web3Matters Weekly : It is a Web3 weekly newspaper originating from the Matters.Town community and facing the global Chinese world. It selects high-quality Web3 technology and humanities content from all over the world for readers.

There are no recommended donation projects in the following five categories, so we will not introduce them specifically:

1inch LatAm : Mainly to stimulate projects based in Latin America whose mission and values are consistent with 1inch.
META POOL : Focus on building DApps on the NEAR 2.0 blockchain operating system. Engage builders around the world to build decentralized applications, powered by Proximity Labs and Meta Pool DAO.
OpenCivics Genesis Round : is the first round of grants from the OpenCivics consortium and the first secondary funding program to focus on civic and advocacy projects.
Metagov - Governance Research Round: Support more researchers and practitioners to explore the topic of DAOs and digital governance more broadly. This includes topics such as DAO governance and design, blockchain governance, open source governance, AI governance, and more.
Web3 Social : Accelerating work in the Web3 social space and the distributed world in general. This could be anything related to Web3 Social, but we are particularly interested in the Web3 infrastructure layer, information distribution protocols, data storage, Web3 social DApps, and games.

Independent Rounds

Because this round is a relatively niche donation project, we only introduce the categories. If you are interested in the categories, you can find the projects you want to donate by yourself.

DeSpaceQF 1st Round : Designed to provide initial funding, public awareness and support to startups and research projects within the decentralized space exploration ecosystem.
Buidl Guidl : Buidlguidl is hosting a QF round to fund its ecosystem builders.
Public Goods Africa : is the first pilot of the Africa Impact Project’s Secondary Funding (QF) round. This is in line with Public Good Africa’s vision to create a thriving ecosystem that gives Africa’s builders and impact makers access to capital.
Daily Gwei : Reward long-term contributors to The Daily Gwei community.
Ethereum.org : Retroactively rewards impactful work while encouraging and incentivizing everyone to contribute to public goods, including Ethereum.org.
GreenPill Network : Raise awareness, attract more community contributors and help us build a pipeline of future club/community members.
Cult DAO : Incentivize influential contributors with unique attributes to Cult DAO.
Uniswap Arbitrum Grant Program: specifically supports the growth and development of projects within the Uniswap-Arbitrum ecosystem. (Applications open until May 7, 2024)
SPACE ID: Serving developers, entrepreneurs and innovators with the best digital identity platform and resources. (Applications open until December 31, 2023)
PowerPool: Support for developers building on PowerAgent v2. (Applications open until December 31, 2023)

in conclusion

Maybe some classified projects are repeated, which means that these projects also meet the criteria for continuous classification. In addition, I think the things these projects are doing are very worthy of donations, so they are included together.

In response to what was mentioned in the preface, many projects of Gitcoin Grants are really for industrial development, and each one has its own vision and goals; because of this, I will be willing to spend a lot of time reading all the projects and make recommendations. , because I agree that these teams are really for the good of the industry.

In addition, starting from GG18, we can see that more and more Chinese communities and teams have joined in. In addition to "Web3Matters Weekly" in which I participate, there are also "W3 Exhibition Report", "District "Block Potential", "FABDAO", "DeSci Asia", "Nomad Project", "Creator Economy IMO", etc.

I also hope that these teams that are working silently can be seen by more people, and while receiving support, they can also move towards their goals.