{"type": "project", "title": "Keith Comito: Building in Public and Bringing Gitcoin to the Masses!", "logoImg": "bafkreih2hquppiw77oa4ys5ftd626kqkuqtwsylv2wgzkweunp7vr5j734", "website": "https://twitter.com/keithcomito", "bannerImg": "bafkreia6klejpuyt3vyvnwbdlrskl3slufehl3duzjlj6hpbmpiinjpbwa", "createdAt": 1709833373369, "userGithub": "KeithComito", "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..GE_MiMaEzqIUKk0tta-rYrz3W4x47foVyEAOsEMz4FyA4gzPLAzpJzW91WYfaI-x2ZGUw501QzBNxWCrynaICQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-03-07T17:40:23.696Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-03-07T17:40:23.696Z", "expirationDate": "2024-06-05T17:40:23.696Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xa51E0a99B53d5B00937a2631d5865468A3543B7d", "hash": "v0.0.0:Izna9sxDZXkEQxNJdhu0b+A9cbcRu2B9vvRJqRG5F+U=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#KeithComito"}}}, "description": "**Since first joining** the **Gitcoin** community as a **cause round curator** in **May 2021** I've been actively leveraging my expertise in **leading grassroots movements** (such as for **longevity research** with [**Lifespan.io**](https://www.lifespan.io/board-of-directors/) and [**VitaDAO**](https://www.vitadao.com/contributors)) and skills as a high-impact [**technology inventor**](https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Keith+Comito&scholar&oq=Keith+Comito) to bring in **many new members** into the Gitcoin ecosystem, foster the creation of **large-scale PR initiatives** to raise awareness, and work with Gitcoin leads to **create new [attestation / social reward models](https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4-7) and regenerative funding mechanisms** for public goods.\n\n# **Recent Gitcoin-Related Work**\n\n**Examples of recent projects** I've worked on to **help the Gitcoin community**:\n\n- **Inventing [\"Proof of Philanthropy\"](https://pop.lifespan.io)** - a **new type of \"[Demi-Soulbound](https://www.keithcomito.com/p/demi-soulbound-nfts-and-proof-of)\" dynamic NFT ,which scales** in power and aesthetics **based on tracked on-chain philanthropic giving**, **including donations to Gitcoin campaigns**. A successful [open source](https://github.com/lifespanio/proof-of-philanthropy) [prototype](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX7QSRU6omc) has been developed with (w/ art by Gitcoin artist [Colton Orr](https://twitter.com/mettahead)), and is **already tracking donations to specific Gitcoin campaigns** (for example those to this Vitalia-related [grant](https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0xf89aad3fad6c3e79ffa3ccc835620fcc7e55f919/0xf89aad3fad6c3e79ffa3ccc835620fcc7e55f919-13)).   \n\n[![Proof of Philanthropy Header Art](https://d16c97c2np8a2o.cloudfront.net/ipfs/bafkreibedlxc6s2b3ho7oklvl2ncik2ydogtzpmamopol33gke5g3u27q4)](https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4-7 \"Proof of Philanthropy Gitcoin Campaign\")\n\n- **Over 100 of these prototype NFTs have already been [minted](https://opensea.io/collection/proof-of-philanthropy)** by public-goods supporters and upgrades are currently in progress, including  **integrations with Gitcoin Passport**.\n\n[![Proof of Philanthropy Ouroboros Example](https://pop.lifespan.io/static/media/welcome.6c9aecb1.gif)](https://pop.lifespan.io \"Proof of Philanthropy NFT Prototype Minting Service\")\n\n  \n- **Worked with Gitcoin** and other organizations in the **ReFi community** to build on this to **create new public goods [funding models](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBPQ2lytjo&t=97)**: for example - variations of quadradic funding suited to specific scenarios (such as **Inverse Quadratic Funding**, or IQF), and the **\"Ouroboros\" endowment mechanism** - originally presented at [Zuzalu](https://www.lifespan.io/news/highlights-from-the-longevity-biotech-conference-in-zuzalu/) and described in detail at our [2023 Longevity and DeSci Summit](https://www.lifespan.io/ending-age-related-diseases-2023/).   Development of these positive-sum models has recently begun, together with leaders of various aligned organizations - such as **Gitcoin, Hypercerts Foundation, Lifespan.io, Endaoment, Better Giving, Weavechain, and VitaDAO**.\n\n[![Proof of Philanthropy Data Sources and Perk Provider Examples](https://www.lifespan.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/POP_ExampleFlowchart-scaled.jpg)](https://pop.lifespan.io \"Proof of Philanthropy NFT Prototype Minting Service\")\n \n**[Watch the video below for more information:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4br11JRX8-k)**\n\n[![Proof of Philanthropy, Demi-Soulbound NFTs, and Web3 Games for Good - Keith Comito: EARD2023](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4br11JRX8-k/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4br11JRX8-k \"Proof of Philanthropy, Demi-Soulbound NFTs, and Web3 Games for Good - Keith Comito: EARD2023\")\n\n- **Hosting Gitcoin leaders to speak** at Lifespan's **events** - most recently the [Longevity and DeSci Summit](https://www.lifespan.io/ending-age-related-diseases-2023/) - creating **connections with hundreds of key leaders** across multiple industries and **impactful [coverage](https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-longevity-de-sci-summit-new-york)** from outlets such as **CoinTelegraph**.  \n\n[![Longevity and Desci Summit NYC](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2023-08/9e84c3eb-7f1b-49e7-be55-9e0d68c68868.jpeg)](https://www.lifespan.io/ending-age-related-diseases-2023/ \"Longevity + DeSci Summit NYC: Ending Age-Related Diseases 2023\")\n\n- **Working on a** [**decentralized intervention for Alzheimer's disease**](https://www.lifespan.io/the-mindset-project/), which - while not directly Gitcoin related - will eventually help many Gitcoin community members if successful.\n\n  \n\n# **Earlier Work**\n\nSome examples of **earlier work** include:\n\n  - **Producing** [**dozens of articles, tutorials, and announcements**](https://www.lifespan.io/?s=gitcoin) regarding **Gitcoin** for Lifespan.io's news outlet, reaching **several million people per year**.\n\n- **Co-leading the inaugural [Longevity Cause Round in GR12](https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/gr12-results)**, together with Lifespan, VitaDAO, and Gitcoin team members, **curating projects** in the round, as well as submitting a few of Lifespan's projects, and **continuing to curate Longevity and DeSci cause rounds for GR13-GR15**. This included writing [**comprehensive tutorial articles**](https://www.lifespan.io/news/gitcoin-launches-crypto-funding-round-for-longevity/) which onboarded **hundreds of new Gitcoin members**, produced related [video content](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iP18Sm_14) and outreach [materials](https://www.lifespan.io/news/gitcoin-gr12-is-a-win-win-for-aging-research/) summarizing the [success](https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/gr12-results) of the round, reaching over 30k members in the Lifespan.io community.\n\n- **Discussing** [**Gitcoin on CoinTelegraph**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/keith-comito-is-at-the-intersection-of-blockchain-longevity-and-decentralized-science), as part one of the most viewed articles on the platform in the categories of Medicine and Science:\n\n[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://images.cointelegraph.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=717/https://s3.cointelegraph.com/storage/uploads/view/dd9608ceee469a69a56d171c242e360a.jpg)](https://cointelegraph.com/news/keith-comito-is-at-the-intersection-of-blockchain-longevity-and-decentralized-science \"CoinTelegraph: Keith Comito on the benefits of blockchain tech and decentralization in longevity research\")\n  \n\n- **Educating the teams of large influencers** to foster the creation of [content to raise awareness for Gitcoin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4y_RezV1aU), and **explaining Gitcoin to adjacent communities** - such as on the [Enjin](https://youtu.be/cRuMikSJRFc) and [Axie Infinity](https://youtu.be/n1sQrJ9U330) podcasts:  \n\n**[Watch the video below for more information:](https://youtu.be/cRuMikSJRFc)**\n\n[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cRuMikSJRFc/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://youtu.be/cRuMikSJRFc \"Rewriting Medical Science With Crypto Funding: Keith Comito of Lifespan.io | The Enjin Room Podcast\")\n\n***Thank you for letting me build in public!***\n\nI want to thank everyone for reading this, and for supporting me if you can. For the last few years I've been doing most of the above work with zero personal compensation, and was beginning to question how long I could keep it up. Knowing that retroactive funding models like this are arising to support people like me is more meaningful than I can express.\n\nI appreciate you all so much, and I\u2019m looking forward to working with you in the future\n\n### Thank You!", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "keithcomito"}
Keith Comito: Building in Public and Bringing Gitcoin to the Masses!
**Since first joining** the **Gitcoin** community as a **cause round curator** in **May 2021** I've been actively leveraging my expertise in **leading grassroots movements** (such as for **longevity research** with [**Lifespan.io**](https://www.lifespan.io/board-of-directors/) and [**VitaDAO**](https://www.vitadao.com/contributors)) and skills as a high-impact [**technology inventor**](https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Keith+Comito&scholar&oq=Keith+Comito) to bring in **many new members** into the Gitcoin ecosystem, foster the creation of **large-scale PR initiatives** to raise awareness, and work with Gitcoin leads to **create new [attestation / social reward models](https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4-7) and regenerative funding mechanisms** for public goods.

# **Recent Gitcoin-Related Work**

**Examples of recent projects** I've worked on to **help the Gitcoin community**:

- **Inventing ["Proof of Philanthropy"](https://pop.lifespan.io)** - a **new type of "[Demi-Soulbound](https://www.keithcomito.com/p/demi-soulbound-nfts-and-proof-of)" dynamic NFT ,which scales** in power and aesthetics **based on tracked on-chain philanthropic giving**, **including donations to Gitcoin campaigns**. A successful [open source](https://github.com/lifespanio/proof-of-philanthropy) [prototype](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX7QSRU6omc) has been developed with (w/ art by Gitcoin artist [Colton Orr](https://twitter.com/mettahead)), and is **already tracking donations to specific Gitcoin campaigns** (for example those to this Vitalia-related [grant](https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0xf89aad3fad6c3e79ffa3ccc835620fcc7e55f919/0xf89aad3fad6c3e79ffa3ccc835620fcc7e55f919-13)).   

[![Proof of Philanthropy Header Art](https://d16c97c2np8a2o.cloudfront.net/ipfs/bafkreibedlxc6s2b3ho7oklvl2ncik2ydogtzpmamopol33gke5g3u27q4)](https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/10/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4/0xd875fa07bedce182377ee54488f08f017cb163d4-7 "Proof of Philanthropy Gitcoin Campaign")

- **Over 100 of these prototype NFTs have already been [minted](https://opensea.io/collection/proof-of-philanthropy)** by public-goods supporters and upgrades are currently in progress, including  **integrations with Gitcoin Passport**.

[![Proof of Philanthropy Ouroboros Example](https://pop.lifespan.io/static/media/welcome.6c9aecb1.gif)](https://pop.lifespan.io "Proof of Philanthropy NFT Prototype Minting Service")

  
- **Worked with Gitcoin** and other organizations in the **ReFi community** to build on this to **create new public goods [funding models](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBPQ2lytjo&t=97)**: for example - variations of quadradic funding suited to specific scenarios (such as **Inverse Quadratic Funding**, or IQF), and the **"Ouroboros" endowment mechanism** - originally presented at [Zuzalu](https://www.lifespan.io/news/highlights-from-the-longevity-biotech-conference-in-zuzalu/) and described in detail at our [2023 Longevity and DeSci Summit](https://www.lifespan.io/ending-age-related-diseases-2023/).   Development of these positive-sum models has recently begun, together with leaders of various aligned organizations - such as **Gitcoin, Hypercerts Foundation, Lifespan.io, Endaoment, Better Giving, Weavechain, and VitaDAO**.

[![Proof of Philanthropy Data Sources and Perk Provider Examples](https://www.lifespan.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/POP_ExampleFlowchart-scaled.jpg)](https://pop.lifespan.io "Proof of Philanthropy NFT Prototype Minting Service")
 
**[Watch the video below for more information:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4br11JRX8-k)**

[![Proof of Philanthropy, Demi-Soulbound NFTs, and Web3 Games for Good - Keith Comito: EARD2023](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4br11JRX8-k/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4br11JRX8-k "Proof of Philanthropy, Demi-Soulbound NFTs, and Web3 Games for Good - Keith Comito: EARD2023")

- **Hosting Gitcoin leaders to speak** at Lifespan's **events** - most recently the [Longevity and DeSci Summit](https://www.lifespan.io/ending-age-related-diseases-2023/) - creating **connections with hundreds of key leaders** across multiple industries and **impactful [coverage](https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-longevity-de-sci-summit-new-york)** from outlets such as **CoinTelegraph**.  

[![Longevity and Desci Summit NYC](https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2023-08/9e84c3eb-7f1b-49e7-be55-9e0d68c68868.jpeg)](https://www.lifespan.io/ending-age-related-diseases-2023/ "Longevity + DeSci Summit NYC: Ending Age-Related Diseases 2023")

- **Working on a** [**decentralized intervention for Alzheimer's disease**](https://www.lifespan.io/the-mindset-project/), which - while not directly Gitcoin related - will eventually help many Gitcoin community members if successful.

  

# **Earlier Work**

Some examples of **earlier work** include:

  - **Producing** [**dozens of articles, tutorials, and announcements**](https://www.lifespan.io/?s=gitcoin) regarding **Gitcoin** for Lifespan.io's news outlet, reaching **several million people per year**.

- **Co-leading the inaugural [Longevity Cause Round in GR12](https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/gr12-results)**, together with Lifespan, VitaDAO, and Gitcoin team members, **curating projects** in the round, as well as submitting a few of Lifespan's projects, and **continuing to curate Longevity and DeSci cause rounds for GR13-GR15**. This included writing [**comprehensive tutorial articles**](https://www.lifespan.io/news/gitcoin-launches-crypto-funding-round-for-longevity/) which onboarded **hundreds of new Gitcoin members**, produced related [video content](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iP18Sm_14) and outreach [materials](https://www.lifespan.io/news/gitcoin-gr12-is-a-win-win-for-aging-research/) summarizing the [success](https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/gr12-results) of the round, reaching over 30k members in the Lifespan.io community.

- **Discussing** [**Gitcoin on CoinTelegraph**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/keith-comito-is-at-the-intersection-of-blockchain-longevity-and-decentralized-science), as part one of the most viewed articles on the platform in the categories of Medicine and Science:

[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://images.cointelegraph.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=717/https://s3.cointelegraph.com/storage/uploads/view/dd9608ceee469a69a56d171c242e360a.jpg)](https://cointelegraph.com/news/keith-comito-is-at-the-intersection-of-blockchain-longevity-and-decentralized-science "CoinTelegraph: Keith Comito on the benefits of blockchain tech and decentralization in longevity research")
  

- **Educating the teams of large influencers** to foster the creation of [content to raise awareness for Gitcoin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4y_RezV1aU), and **explaining Gitcoin to adjacent communities** - such as on the [Enjin](https://youtu.be/cRuMikSJRFc) and [Axie Infinity](https://youtu.be/n1sQrJ9U330) podcasts:  

**[Watch the video below for more information:](https://youtu.be/cRuMikSJRFc)**

[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cRuMikSJRFc/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://youtu.be/cRuMikSJRFc "Rewriting Medical Science With Crypto Funding: Keith Comito of Lifespan.io | The Enjin Room Podcast")

***Thank you for letting me build in public!***

I want to thank everyone for reading this, and for supporting me if you can. For the last few years I've been doing most of the above work with zero personal compensation, and was beginning to question how long I could keep it up. Knowing that retroactive funding models like this are arising to support people like me is more meaningful than I can express.

I appreciate you all so much, and I’m looking forward to working with you in the future

### Thank You!
Keith Comito: Building in Public and Bringing Gitcoin to the Masses!