{"signature": "0x0b3d458854119e312babb73ea19e4fd81c4b2184ef2fc4df6e8eb1112847a8fe635a8b998b46db2d2e598154763f2d6cc893a96e226838cac5b3bf58fd631f661b", "application": {"round": "0x57d6265c66981a6ead0a071cf17b504372930710", "answers": [{"type": "email", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "tjBiMKyaCUlPuaTkevv0j0xljPUVdC0mSnFcuVCtnP5bOM36SIPPaVRAMs5r7mYq", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "effb873a0fca12dc0c58c55ec78e1fbb869e910fe1b855da859960554e542174abdaaea4bab78ed9450f08839390201202a2fc157f96274c6ba586c636b39ba9982b15e364bff917bdb86b2b84697b62b742a546413762a71f371083eeb9d4b6c98ff39db560516de1264bf1ea3d7ad17b271d8f771e012d2f17d6a1f7b8cbca000000000000002004797c65d309e2b1010fcb00b51f4828d3bed9d096ce294df7c7f797d6b90bdef5a2faa1f4b92e9ceac6e8af673772b4"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Celo Public Goods committed $50K cUSD to the Regen Coordi-Nation program. ReFi DAO and GreenPill Network have each committed $5k. We received $50K of matching from Gitcoin to be used during GG21. With the majority of funds going towards the matching pool and planned RPGF round, we are seeking additional funding to support our open research and experimentation in Web3 Grants innovation.", "hidden": false, "question": "Funding Sources", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "number", "answer": "6", "hidden": false, "question": "Team Size", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our research aims to support innovation in the Web3 grants ecosystem by enhancing funding mechanisms, improving accountability and impact tracking, and fostering a collaborative and transparent community. The desired impact includes:\n\n- **Enhanced Funding Mechanisms:** By experimenting with Tunable Quadratic Funding (TQF) and incorporating Regen Tips\u2019 Proof-of-Regen score, we are pioneering ways to enhance and refine funding allocation. This experiment aims to address common challenges in QF, such as manipulation and popularity bias, by integrating additional signal into the voting process.\n- **Improved Accountability and Impact Tracking:** Through the integration of QF round projects into the Karma GAP platform and the development of robust tracking mechanisms, we seek to enhance transparency and accountability in the grants ecosystem. This allows communities to better measure and showcase their impact, leading to more informed decision-making and increased trust among stakeholders.\n- **Streamlined Retroactive Public Goods Funding (RPGF):** By creating seamless data integration processes, we reduce administrative burdens on grantees, allowing them to focus on creating real-world impact. This streamlined approach encourages more projects to participate in the ecosystem, increasing overall innovation and collaboration.\n- **Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration:** Our commitment to open innovation and the development of a detailed documentation ensures that the insights and methodologies from our research are accessible to all. This fosters a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the Web3 grants community.\n\n### Verifiable Milestones\n\n### Funding Amount: $1,000\n\n- **Milestone:** Build in public, publish the results and insights from our experiments on the Gitcoin forum, and engage with the Open Civics & Cartographer Syndicate communities.\n    - **Verification:** Regular posts on the Gitcoin forum detailing experiment progress, outcomes, and learnings.\n    - **Community Engagement:** Active participation and discussions in the Open Civics Telegram channel, providing updates and responding to feedback.\n\n### Funding Amount: $3,000\n\n- **Milestone:** Produce a more detailed report and analysis of each experiment, involving more partners to support this analysis.\n    - **Verification:** Comprehensive reports published on the Gitcoin forum and other relevant platforms, including detailed data analysis, insights, and recommendations.\n    - **Collaborative Analysis:** Engagement with additional partners, stakeholders, and experts to provide deeper insights and validation of findings, documented through collaborative reports and acknowledgments.\n\n### Funding Amount: $6,000\n\n- **Milestone:** Develop a detailed playbook for grant program operators to easily design and implement a QF to KarmaGAP to RPGF pipeline.\n    - **Verification:** Publication of a comprehensive playbook available online, including step-by-step guides, best practices, and case studies.\n    - **Accessibility:** Ensure the playbook is freely accessible and promoted through Web3 and grant community channels, with metrics on downloads and usage.\n    - **Workshops and Webinars:** Host workshops and webinars to walk through the playbook, ensuring broad understanding and adoption, with participant feedback and engagement metrics.\n\nBy achieving these milestones at varying levels of funding, we aim to create a scalable and replicable impact that benefits the entire Web3 grants ecosystem. From immediate public sharing of results to detailed analysis and comprehensive guides, our project seeks to empower communities, enhance funding practices, and drive sustainable growth and innovation.", "hidden": false, "question": "What is the desired impact you seek to create through your research, (ie what becomes possible for communities as the result of the research you conduct?)", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Notion", "hidden": false, "question": "Collaborative Governance Mechanism", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "dropdown", "hidden": true, "question": "Do you agree to collaborate and coordinate with other grantees to collate and share your research, including group digital / print publishing and online dialogue, and to license this research under CC BY-SA 4.0?", "questionId": 5, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "qP9DAdq4Y9Ozl9AqLedn6ZoMU92lVwSmvE9K9K3Y2Vw=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "f3407447c220907bd688e85c4282628018da62d4086c3b5806a7062bf642742681eb094bcd2b7bd165ebd1b7815db7017fb70e2e94abfd705b3a4348a485501aaa17d1cf60d0772f0cf93d6e44b40c2759edb428cb25b648a3868da45590538020f4b6c4a5706419bbad9bde94e547028b2531e7749b8c90ca51c0b7cbc6ce0e000000000000002027008c0cce754b40d540602603db2e6421fa080487799e0b581cced4c4c2111421ce794f0dc8b8a7dfeea2ef72115390"}}, {"type": "dropdown", "hidden": true, "question": "Do you agree to report milestones from your research?", "questionId": 6, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "IPfY7slEfazg2vKJ7l1VHcaV5PeGUK3oWicXu1msNuY=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "464a6eeec6706a43b1a7de402d50a467b464f27df7c463531a5530ee78bd0420d1616b26182a757f0045be0fc13b5a0899fd34a0ba1644296c4556d3beb0eb836a325ee34905353228a973f83fde453b11921160c2b2e8701b8d64ea6499238b8ce56707e65174daa3e04c487313a59837f23e2dfa8f0cc6f1ea0c01e98b698f0000000000000020e47ca6fd98f5c1f0889e40efb7390fc703f26065586456342ac5fe8a71cf3dd2e9cbba770655c312961f21d75e753cab"}}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "### Monty Merlin Bryant\n\n- **Role:** Founder at ReFi DAO, Board Member at Trusted Seed, Steward at Celo Public Goods\n- **Experience:**\n    - **ReFi DAO:** Spearheaded multiple Gitcoin funding rounds, including the Local Node Beta Round and Local Node GG18 Round, gaining deep insights into the dynamics of community funding and the operational aspects of grant management.\n    - **Celo Public Goods:** Played a pivotal role in advancing public goods funding initiatives within the Celo ecosystem.\n- **Publications and Contributions:**\n    - Authored articles such as \u2018[ReFi Local Nodes 2023 - Round Results & What\u2019s Coming Next?](https://blog.refidao.com/refi-local-nodes-on-gitcoin/)\u2019 and \u2018[Catalyzing Change: ReFi DAO\u2019s Impact Through Gitcoin Funding Rounds](https://gitcoin.mirror.xyz/RjqdZrPZaDiW_g0xqfey1xYW0OP5F502xo8vBojRFDQ)\u2019.\n\n### Jade Clyne\n\n- **Role:** TQF Analyst and TEC Programs Lead\n- **Experience:**\n    - **Token Engineering Commons (TEC):** Leading various programs focused on advancing token engineering and innovative funding mechanisms.\n    - **Quadratic Funding (QF):** Extensive experience in analyzing and implementing QF mechanisms, including experiments with Tunable Quadratic Funding (TQF) to enhance funding decision quality.\n- **Publications and Contributions:**\n    - Contributed to the development and dissemination of TQF methodologies and best practices, sharing insights through TEC\u2019s platforms and community engagements.\n\n## Key Collaborators\n\n- **Mahesh Murthy:** Founder of Karma GAP, bringing expertise in accountability and impact tracking for decentralized grant programs.\n- **Gideon Rosenblatt:** Techie, social entrepreneur, futurist focused on mission-driven, token-engineered, community wealth and socio-economic change. https://gideonro.medium.com/\n- **Sejal Rekhan:** Founding Team at GreenPill Network, Grants Innovation at Gitcoin.\n- **Luuk Weber:** Founder at Kolektivo Labs and lead Steward of Celo Public Goods. 5+ years of experience developing local regeneration solutions and operating onchain networks.\n- **Benjamin Life & Open Civics Community**: Collaborating with Benjamin and other leaders and projects in the Open Civics Community. This also includes Magenta and her Impact Reporting Interoperability project.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please describe your past history conducting research of this nature or the relevant skills that will support your work.", "questionId": 7}], "project": {"id": "0x44a654c52e7f9b2d471ac6be97521d6ced3219f24ba35aed1e0711dc2924de72", "title": "ReFi DAO x TEC - Pioneering a QF to KarmaGAP to RPGF Playbook", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreidkyshglnkr3o2qc43npuwnfce3bckpsupv4vbszveem6cyfjy6le", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://linktr.ee/refidao", "bannerImg": "bafkreiacdodo656mnrvvhajoetxk56tisxm444bxfmlwkhizuepw5lwtqi", "createdAt": 1723030227878, "credentials": {}, "description": "# _\n\n# Overview\n\nThis proposal, presented by ReFi DAO in collaboration with the Token Engineering Commons (TEC), aims to pioneer a series of experiments at the intersection of QF, Karma GAP and RPGF. Our goal is to advance the Web3 Grants Ecosystem through participatory action research, leveraging the Regen Coordi-Nation program and experimenting with innovative mechanisms. This proposal outlines our planned activities, expected outcomes, and their alignment with the Cartographer Syndicate's objectives.\n\n# The Regen Coordi-Nation Program & Planned Experiments\n\nReFi DAO has a track record in managing Gitcoin funding rounds, such as the Local Node Beta Round in April 2023 with $25k match funding and 14 nodes participating, and the Local Node GG18 Round in August 2023, which saw $30k match funding, 31 nodes participating. The funding and development of our local node network have provided valuable insights into the dynamics of local community funding and directly influenced the design of the Regen Coordi-Nation Program.\n\n[The Regen Coordi-Nation](https://blog.refidao.com/the-regen-coordi-nation-genesis/) is a collaborative initiative between GreenPill Network, ReFi DAO, and Celo Public Goods that aims to support regenerative communities globally using Web3 technology to address local needs and create real-world impacts. The program is structured into three stages:\n\n1. **Quadratic Funding (QF) Round during Gitcoin GG21**\n2. **Output & Impact Tracking with Karma GAP**\n3. **Retroactive Public Goods Funding (RPGF)**\n\nEach stage incorporates cutting-edge experiments designed to collect valuable learnings and push forward Web3 grant program design and implementation.\n\n## Stage 1: Quadratic Funding (QF) & Proof-of-Regen Experiment\n\n**Objective:** Launch an experiment of [Tunable Quadratic Funding (TQF)](https://medium.com/token-engineering-commons/expertise-and-quadratic-funding-bd4f0c5c3e23) during the GG21 Regen Coordi-Nation & Celo Ecosystem QF rounds to test the effects of utilising Regen Tips\u2019 Proof-of-Regen score in influencing the quadratic funding allocations.\n\n**Celo GG21 Rounds Proposal**: Donors into either of the rounds have the chance for a quadratic multiplier based on their [Proof of Regen score](https://www.regen.tips/score). \n\n**Output:** Evaluate the impact of proof-of-regen signals on matching results. Collect and publish these insights to inform other grant program operators.\n\n## Stage 2: Output & Impact Tracking with Karma GAP\n\n**Objective:** Address the challenge of effective accountability and impact tracking for Web3 grant programs, using ReFi DAO and the Regen Coordi-Nation\u2019s network of local communities as an active user case to enhance Karma GAP. \n\n**Areas for active research include**:\n\n- **Karma GAP QF Integration**: How to better integrate QF round projects into the Karma GAP platform and provide more control for grant program managers in managing their programs within the Karma GAP interface.\n- **Hypercerts Integration**: If and how the integration of Hypercerts into Karma GAP could make sense. See here for initial scoping: [Karma GAP x Hypercerts x Regen CoordiNATION](https://www.notion.so/fa1713f7d73543928b183d66b11d0986?pvs=21).\n- **Platform Evolution**: Exploring the practicalities of how to revamp Karma GAP to better report, track and distinguish Output, Outcomes & Impact, as well as supporting grantees in understanding this distinction.\n- **Custom EAS Schema Development**: Developing a custom EAS schema targeted for local communities such as ReFi Local Nodes, GreenPill Chapters, and Celo Regional DAOs, and creating functionality to bulk upload attestations into the platform.\n\n**Output:** Improve the tracking and reporting of outcomes and impact for grant recipients and enhance the Karma GAP platform based on real user feedback and needs. These improvements and added functionality will then be available for all program operators and users of the platform.\n\n## Stage 3: Retroactive Public Goods Funding (RPGF) Integration\n\n**Objective:** Support the development of a seamless user experience for integrating data from Karma GAP into the EasyRPGF.xyz tool to streamline the RPGF process and reduce the administrative burden on grantees by automating data integration.\n\n**Output:** Provide documentation on this process as a replicable model for other operators to enhance their funding programs.\n\n# Participatory Action Research Leads\n\n- **Monty Merlin Bryant**\u00a0([Linktree](https://linktr.ee/montybryant)) \u2014 Founder at\u00a0[ReFi DAO](https://linktr.ee/refidao), board member at\u00a0[Trusted Seed](https://trustedseed.org/), and steward at\u00a0[Celo Public Goods](https://celopg.eco/).\n- **Jade Clyne** ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jade-clyne-865132101/)) \u2014 TQF Analyst and TEC Programs Lead\n\nIn addition, we will be working alongside and collaborating with a variety of other key stakeholders including [Mahesh Murthy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maheshvmurthy/), [Gideon Rosenblatt](https://gideonro.medium.com/), [Sejal Rekhan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sejal-rekhan/), [Luuk Weber](https://www.linkedin.com/in/luukweber/?locale=en_US) and others to realize these experiments and report on the learnings. \n\n# Advancing the Web3 Grants Ecosystem\n\nOur commitment to open innovation, collaboration, and knowledge sharing aligns with the Cartographer Syndicate\u2019s objectives. We will build in public, publish the results and insights from our experiments on the Gitcoin forum, and engage with the Cartographer Syndicate community through the \u2018Experiment: Regen/TEC Impact\u2019 channel. Ultimately, we would like to support the development of a detailed playbook for grant program operators to easily be able to design and implement a QF to KarmaGAP to RPGF pipeline.", "lastUpdated": 0}, "recipient": "0xe28B2Ad5DaCD8Ec7215bb2e7E75D3778F46d6060"}}