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It is a place for people interested in developing innovative solutions, in particular addressing collaboration and coordination challenges.\n\n\n\n **The Challenge**\n\n\nWeb3 is complex, wild, noisy, innovative, vibrant and constantly evolving. At B Labs you can address issues such as: \n\n\n\ud83c\udfb2 Why is there so little community engagement?\n\ud83c\udfb2 Unaware of obstacles which start creating blockers while busy building.\n\ud83c\udfb2  Realising a Web3 idea - inception, concept, white paper, necessary steps.\n\ud83c\udfb2 (How) does the tokenomics model work?\n\ud83c\udfb2 What is the right token distribution for a project amongst its stakeholders?\n\ud83c\udfb2 What are the right incentives to attain the desired effect?\n \n\n**The Solution**\n\n\nB Labs provides a platform for people to present, float, discuss, connect, work on and share ideas they are passionate about and would like to meet a group of like-minded people. We are fully aligned with the Ethereum values of open-source, decentralisation, composability, interoperability, collaboration, cooperation, co-creation and transparency. We support early stage projects in focusing on their core goals and needs, helping them to develop and deliver on their business plan. The B Labs community provides services including:\n\u2b55 Organising calls to discuss specific topics\n\u2b55 Finding subject matter experts \n\u2b55 Facilitation and collaboration events\n\u2b55 Help identify funding sources\n \n\n\n**What we have been up to**\n\n\n\ud83d\ude4b Development partner for [Realms](https://docs.makerealms.com/) a free community governance tool to reward, incentivise and recognise community members\n\ud83d\ude4b Development partner for [Front Door](https://www.front-door.xyz/), a referral based Web3 recruiting platform\n\ud83d\ude4b Writing NFT smart contracts testing different networks/chains, platforms and tools\n\ud83d\ude4b Contributed to the [Bankless Africa Stablecoin Journal](https://banklesspublishing.com/the-rise-of-stablecoins-in-africa/)\n\ud83d\ude4b 45-page breakdown of the TribeDAO ecosystem, including an educational  series\n\ud83d\ude4b 80-page analysis report for Saddle Finance.\n\ud83d\ude4b A growing B Labs roster of vetted subject matter experts\n\n\n\n**What we want to do**\n\n\nGoing forward, we want to:\n\n\n\ud83c\udf3c Grow our community\n\ud83c\udf3c Act as an incubator for innovative projects\n\ud83c\udf3c Engage further with Web2, Web3 and other online communities\n\ud83c\udf31  Find ways to improve community collaboration and focus\n\ud83c\udf31 Grow our reach and toolbox to facilitate building\n\n\n\n**Gitcoin and how we will use the funds**\n\n\nFunds received will directly support further building at B Labs by providing runway for:\n\n\n\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Community Building -  to include diverse and  multilingual environments\n\n\n\ud83e\uddee Insights -   carry out original research and share findings\n\n\n\u2699\ufe0f Tooling -  improve and share self-built tools\n\n\n\u2697\ufe0f Education - provide learning and  governance support\n\n\n\ud83e\udd1d Collaboration - seek collaboration with innovative projects\n\n\n\n**Additional links/Reach out to us/Collaborate**\n\n\n\ud83c\udf40 [Linktree](https://linktr.ee/blabsresearch)\n\n\n\ud83c\udf40 [Notion Wiki](https://b-labs-research.notion.site/B-Labs-Research-Wiki-b9671f5b143d42eeb6a8ccf497f8e41a)\n\n\n\n***B Labs would like to thank the community for its support and is looking forward to you joining us on our mission to: investigate, innovate and proliferate !***\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "B-Labs-Research-Organisation", "projectTwitter": "blabsresearch"}
B Labs
**About**


B Labs is a community driven research and Web3 first innovation hub providing opportunity to share, collaborate and build with peers. It is a place for people interested in developing innovative solutions, in particular addressing collaboration and coordination challenges.



 **The Challenge**


Web3 is complex, wild, noisy, innovative, vibrant and constantly evolving. At B Labs you can address issues such as: 


🎲 Why is there so little community engagement?
🎲 Unaware of obstacles which start creating blockers while busy building.
🎲  Realising a Web3 idea - inception, concept, white paper, necessary steps.
🎲 (How) does the tokenomics model work?
🎲 What is the right token distribution for a project amongst its stakeholders?
🎲 What are the right incentives to attain the desired effect?
 

**The Solution**


B Labs provides a platform for people to present, float, discuss, connect, work on and share ideas they are passionate about and would like to meet a group of like-minded people. We are fully aligned with the Ethereum values of open-source, decentralisation, composability, interoperability, collaboration, cooperation, co-creation and transparency. We support early stage projects in focusing on their core goals and needs, helping them to develop and deliver on their business plan. The B Labs community provides services including:
⭕ Organising calls to discuss specific topics
⭕ Finding subject matter experts 
⭕ Facilitation and collaboration events
⭕ Help identify funding sources
 


**What we have been up to**


🙋 Development partner for [Realms](https://docs.makerealms.com/) a free community governance tool to reward, incentivise and recognise community members
🙋 Development partner for [Front Door](https://www.front-door.xyz/), a referral based Web3 recruiting platform
🙋 Writing NFT smart contracts testing different networks/chains, platforms and tools
🙋 Contributed to the [Bankless Africa Stablecoin Journal](https://banklesspublishing.com/the-rise-of-stablecoins-in-africa/)
🙋 45-page breakdown of the TribeDAO ecosystem, including an educational  series
🙋 80-page analysis report for Saddle Finance.
🙋 A growing B Labs roster of vetted subject matter experts



**What we want to do**


Going forward, we want to:


🌼 Grow our community
🌼 Act as an incubator for innovative projects
🌼 Engage further with Web2, Web3 and other online communities
🌱  Find ways to improve community collaboration and focus
🌱 Grow our reach and toolbox to facilitate building



**Gitcoin and how we will use the funds**


Funds received will directly support further building at B Labs by providing runway for:


🛠️ Community Building -  to include diverse and  multilingual environments


🧮 Insights -   carry out original research and share findings


⚙️ Tooling -  improve and share self-built tools


⚗️ Education - provide learning and  governance support


🤝 Collaboration - seek collaboration with innovative projects



**Additional links/Reach out to us/Collaborate**


🍀 [Linktree](https://linktr.ee/blabsresearch)


🍀 [Notion Wiki](https://b-labs-research.notion.site/B-Labs-Research-Wiki-b9671f5b143d42eeb6a8ccf497f8e41a)



***B Labs would like to thank the community for its support and is looking forward to you joining us on our mission to: investigate, innovate and proliferate !***

B Labs