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With SQF...\n\n* Public good builders **earn sustainable funding** by delivering on their mission\u2014fewer distractions hunting/shilling grants and more focus on growing impact and cultivating long-term supporter relationships.\n* Donors **make high-conviction funding decisions** where and when they find something they care about rather than in chaotic, time-constrained voting periods. Think of it like a QF-supercharged Patreon where supporters are actively enabling future value creation rather than providing one-off charity.\n* Ecosystems **attract, retain, and amplify talent.** No one likes funding uncertainty, administrative delays, or capital inefficiency. Streaming grants are a competitive advantage on both sides of the impact funding equation.\n\n**Background**\n[SQF was initiated](https://mirror.xyz/geoweb.eth/54RLkPhmWIcWP4B8QFlYbVY_M-fxaNqjqZF-5pe3WdI) as a feature for/by the [Geo Web](https://geoweb.network) with support from [Superfluid](https://www.superfluid.finance/) and [Gitcoin Allo](https://allo.gitcoin.co/). The community response convinced us to pursue the ideas introduced in the pilot as a stand-alone project. Our core team of contributors includes:\n\n* Graven Prest - Product & Operations\n* Gary Sheng - Community & Business Development\n* Stefano De Berardinis - Engineering\n* Xian Zheng - Engineering\n\nWe\u2019re public goods builders through and through. We know the struggle. We\u2019re excited to bring our hard-earned grantee perspective, streaming funding tools, and unique legal structure to (the open-source) market and transform how public goods are funded and built. \n\n**What We\u2019ve Been Working On**\n* A no-code interface for configuring and managing SQF rounds (think Grants Stack for streaming grants)\n  * Allo-integrated grantee applications and round operator review\n  * A new, scalable SQF donation UI\n  * Custom-generated Farcaster Frames for grantees (with live matching multiplier calculation)\n* Supporting multiple onchain voter eligibility methods \n* Our digital coop structure\n  * Superfluid-integrated patronage distributions\n  * Transparent incentives for member funders, grantees, and ecosystems\n* Soon-to-launch SQF rounds with select partners\n* Designs for streaming quadratic voting, direct streaming grants, and more!", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "flow-state-coop", "projectTwitter": "flowstatecoop"}
Flow State (Streaming Quadratic Funding)
**Flow State is a digital coop and impact funding platform that makes public good contributions more sustainable.**

We’re focused on two big ideas:
* **Streaming allocation mechanisms** - Using the full potential of programmable money to deliver continuous funding where and when needed
* **Digital cooperative legal structure** - Combining a traditional legal structure with web3 rails to reward impact creators and funders with rights to the org’s future cash flows (in a transparent, compliant way—👋, Gensler)

Our flagship product, Streaming Quadratic Funding (SQF), brings the free-rider-incentive-busting quadratic funding mechanism to a real-time, continuous form. With SQF...

* Public good builders **earn sustainable funding** by delivering on their mission—fewer distractions hunting/shilling grants and more focus on growing impact and cultivating long-term supporter relationships.
* Donors **make high-conviction funding decisions** where and when they find something they care about rather than in chaotic, time-constrained voting periods. Think of it like a QF-supercharged Patreon where supporters are actively enabling future value creation rather than providing one-off charity.
* Ecosystems **attract, retain, and amplify talent.** No one likes funding uncertainty, administrative delays, or capital inefficiency. Streaming grants are a competitive advantage on both sides of the impact funding equation.

**Background**
[SQF was initiated](https://mirror.xyz/geoweb.eth/54RLkPhmWIcWP4B8QFlYbVY_M-fxaNqjqZF-5pe3WdI) as a feature for/by the [Geo Web](https://geoweb.network) with support from [Superfluid](https://www.superfluid.finance/) and [Gitcoin Allo](https://allo.gitcoin.co/). The community response convinced us to pursue the ideas introduced in the pilot as a stand-alone project. Our core team of contributors includes:

* Graven Prest - Product & Operations
* Gary Sheng - Community & Business Development
* Stefano De Berardinis - Engineering
* Xian Zheng - Engineering

We’re public goods builders through and through. We know the struggle. We’re excited to bring our hard-earned grantee perspective, streaming funding tools, and unique legal structure to (the open-source) market and transform how public goods are funded and built. 

**What We’ve Been Working On**
* A no-code interface for configuring and managing SQF rounds (think Grants Stack for streaming grants)
  * Allo-integrated grantee applications and round operator review
  * A new, scalable SQF donation UI
  * Custom-generated Farcaster Frames for grantees (with live matching multiplier calculation)
* Supporting multiple onchain voter eligibility methods 
* Our digital coop structure
  * Superfluid-integrated patronage distributions
  * Transparent incentives for member funders, grantees, and ecosystems
* Soon-to-launch SQF rounds with select partners
* Designs for streaming quadratic voting, direct streaming grants, and more!
Flow State (Streaming Quadratic Funding)