Open source software community and the donor platform Gitcoin officially opened the first nine donor activities, events March 10 to March 25. Users can use this platform to fund outstanding open source software teams, communities, "public goods" components, etc. The Ethereum Foundation and many third-party organizations will also match more donations for users’ funding at the same time, making it more for the blockchain and The wider open source software industry provides more early or ongoing help.

In the past eight rounds of donation activities, Gitcoin has "transmitted" a total of 7 million U.S. dollars in donations to more than 1,400 important projects in the Web3 ecosystem. These projects include large-scale DeFi projects, important Ethereum infrastructure, major Web3 news media, and other art community projects. If there is no donation from Gitcoin, many high-quality public open source projects may miss good development opportunities due to funding problems.

Prior to this, Badger DAO, Stake DAO, Furucombo and other projects released the 8th round of Gitcoin funder airdrops, that is, allocating tokens to Gitcoin donors, so donating to the project may get unexpected gains. In addition, Gitcoin has contributed to the richness and diversification of the Ethereum ecosystem, and it is also worthy of our active participation in the construction of the Ethereum ecosystem to vote for their precious votes in this donation event.

The difference is that the matching funds for the 9th round of donations will be allocated by categories, specifically: infrastructure construction (150,000 US dollars), DApp (125,000 US dollars), global communities (125,000 US dollars), and East Asia And Southeast Asia projects (50,000 US dollars), NFT projects (50,000 US dollars).

As of March 16, the funders (sponsors) of the 9th round of Gitcoin are in addition to the Ethereum Foundation, including Badger Finance, Sushi, Outplay Games, Reflexer Labs, Liquity, DODO Labs, Polygon (formerly Matic) , PoolTogether, Balancer Labs, Golem Factory, Ceramic, The Graph, Idle, Ideamarket, Protocol Labs, Mask Network, Unigrants, Gitcoin Core and Ideana.

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

What is Gitcoin?

Gitcoin provides a platform for seeking funding and an opportunity to obtain funding for open source projects of all sizes. Gitcoin provides a platform for seeking funding and an opportunity to obtain funding for open source projects of all sizes. In each round of Gitcoin donation activities, in addition to the donations received by each project, Gitcoin will also use this as a reference to coordinate the fund allocation of the Ethereum Foundation so as to increase the opportunities for high-quality projects to obtain investment.

Funding for open source projects can promote the development of the entire blockchain ecosystem. Gitcoin, an open source software development incentive platform, is an indispensable force for benefiting the blockchain world.

Gitcoin uses a quadratic voting model to crowdfund projects to realize the allocation of funds, which solves the problem of inefficient public product financing in the Ethereum ecosystem and encourages a small number of people to vote.

There is no shortage of high-quality projects or teams on Gitcoin, but due to the large number, the overall quality is also uneven and difficult to distinguish.

Fortunately, there are some teams that we are still familiar with and communities that continue to work in the Ethereum ecosystem. As "public goods", they have not yet found a suitable business model. So directly funding these teams, they may be able to use these funds to make more contributions to the Ethereum community.

If you have any recommended teams or projects, you are also welcome to contact us.

ECN (Community)

ECN is a non-profit Chinese Ethereum community headquartered in Guangzhou, China. ECN provides a full range of educational support and high-quality cutting-edge information for Ethereum Chinese developers and enthusiasts, creates a vehicle for online and offline opinion exchange and value transfer for Chinese community members, and establishes a relationship between the Chinese community and the broader ecosystem Contact, aiming to help the global ecological development of Ethereum.

Gitcoin donation link: https://gitcoin.co/grants/380/ethereumcn

ETHPlanet (community)

It is a global non-profit Ethereum community organization that upholds the concept of open source, freedom and symbiosis, and is committed to better serving Ethereum developers, enthusiasts, and high-quality projects or platforms, and organizing online and offline global conferences , Forums, hackathons, etc., grow together with the Ethereum community, and convey the spirit of open source, innovation and freedom of blockchain technology.

Gitcoin donation link: https://gitcoin.co/grants/468/ethplanet

DAOSquare (community)

DAOSquare is an organization dedicated to promoting the DAO concept and helping more people invest in value creation practices. DAOSquare introduces the world's outstanding DAOs to China, and at the same time introduces Chinese DAOs to the world. Not only to promote knowledge and theories in the DAO field, but also to unite with global DAOs to organize online or offline DAO activities from time to time.

Gitcoin donation link: https://gitcoin.co/grants/482/daosquare

Shanghai Advanced Tech Seminar (community)

The Shanghai Frontier Technology Symposium was initiated by blockchain technology enthusiasts in Shanghai. It regularly discusses industry issues such as technical difficulties and how the technology serves and applies in the form of offline topic sharing and discussion. The lecture has been held 6 times and attracted more than 100 participants. It also supported the Ethereum Meetup held in Shanghai on October 28 with ECN, EthPlanet, EthFans, imToken and other communities.

Gitcoin donation link: https://gitcoin.co/grants/1625/shanghai-advanced-tech-seminar

Hiblock (community)

HiBlock is a non-profit blockchain developer community. The consensus foundation of the community is: openness, collaboration, transparency, linking and sharing. HiBlock not only promotes blockchain among developers, but also helps developers truly master blockchain technology and applications. The community has organized more than 100 developer meetings and translated solidity.

Gitcoin donation link: https://gitcoin.co/grants/1650/hiblock-hiblock-community

Rebase community

Rebase is a community focused on developers, dedicated to helping geeks make better use of technological innovation and promote social change. Code reviews of 34 projects have been conducted online, such as DeFi projects such as Basis, Frax, and SushiSwap.

Gitcoin donation link: https://gitcoin.co/grants/1870/rebase-community-rebase

ETH123 (tool)

ETH123 is a navigation tool for Ethereum ecological resources, providing a panoramic picture of the Ethereum ecology. ETH123 lists the most basic and practical tools, the most commonly used resources, and organizes the high-quality resources in the Ethereum ecosystem: contains more than 300 websites and nearly 40 categories.

Gitcoin donation link: https://gitcoin.co/grants/1598/eth123org

Gas Now (tool)

Gas Now is an Ethereum Gas Price quotation system, which is a Gas Price Calculator based on the pending transaction queue of the Spark Mine Pool. Most Gas price indicators predict the future based on historical data, and GasNow is based on the gas price distribution of real-time transactions in the trading pool of Spark Pool nodes. The data given by GasNow is really useful for reference.

Gitcoin donation link: https://gitcoin.co/grants/2225/gas-now

How to participate in Gitcoin donation?

Step 1: Open Gitcoin

Open the Gitcoin donation page , you can find all the projects in issue 9, and you can perform some searches, such as finding selected projects in East Asia:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

Step 2: Choose the project you want to donate

Click the "Add to Cart" button of the item card to add it to the shopping cart and select the amount (such as 2 DAI). The page after adding the shopping cart is as follows:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

Step 3: Payment

Select the shopping cart in the upper right corner of the page:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

After entering the shopping cart, set a different donation amount for each item, and then you can checkout at the bottom of the page:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

There are two payment methods in the lower right corner:

Standard Checkout: If you want to donate directly instead of zkSync, click "Standard Checkout" to pay directly. This method requires paying more on-chain gas fees, at least ten to several dozen dollars.
Pay with Layer 2 (Checkout with zkSync): If you want a lower gas fee and you already have funds on zkSync, you can click "Checkout with zkSync":

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

Important note: Do not close this page or the zkSync page before the transfer is complete!

Click "Proceed" and a new page will pop up:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

Click "Connect your wallet" to choose your wallet link method, usually MetaMask:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

Take MetaMask as an example to connect to your wallet:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

Select "Next", the following page appears:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

Select "Connect", the following page appears:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

If you don't have DAI on zkSync, you can deposit a certain amount of DAI through the Open Wallet function.

If your DAI balance exceeds the amount you need to pay, you can click "Complete payment", and then sign to complete the payment:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

The following page appears after closing the window:

The ninth round of Gitcoin has started. Which high-quality communities and projects are worthy of funding?

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