{"type": "project", "title": "Keith Comito: Gitcoin Citizen - Building in Public and Bringing Gitcoin to the Masses!", "logoImg": "bafkreiesblpe73q7ij72zejpy75kecth6ks6abwlzmtcputob5miwmi47y", "website": "https://twitter.com/keithcomito", "bannerImg": "bafkreiaujveb2dheo55thw3pmqg4z5pu36ay7by4e5m3bfiubvb25ynvpi", "createdAt": 1685766184674, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..japHlGK514eoTNo4siHSYsJHxj25UwYcRmyKqGsEWHTAC7YQJagHLDnC4BQfrPMpfgGpyFcmXzaf6cKey_ogCw", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-06-03T04:20:12.641Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-06-03T04:20:12.641Z", "expirationDate": "2023-09-01T04:20:12.641Z", "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 able to leverage 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 intiatiatives** to raise awareness, and work with Gitcoin leads to **create new regeratative funding models** for public goods.  \n\nSome examples of this ongoing work include:\n\n - **Co-leading the inaugural [Longevity Cause Round](https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/gr12-results) in GR12**, together with Lifespan, VitaDAO, and Gitcoin team members, **curating projects** in the round, as well as  submitting a [few](https://bounties.gitcoin.co/grants/explorer?collection_id=18790) on behalf of Lifespan's projects. \n\t - As part of this I wrote [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 - **Continuing to curate Longevity and DeSci cause rounds for GR13-GR15**, and producing [**dozens of articles, tutorials,  and announcements**](https://www.lifespan.io/?s=gitcoin) regarding Gitcoin on our news outlet, reaching  **several million people per year**.\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[![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 -  **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 **[Watch the video below](https://youtu.be/cRuMikSJRFc)**\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- **Hosting large interdisciplinary online and in-person events** that **[feature](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOSmiohczuE&t=2449s&pp=ygUYa2VpdGggY29taXRvIHNjb3R0IG1vb3Jl) Gitcoin leaders**, such as Lifespan's annual **conference** in New York City:\n[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://www.lifespan.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EventBriteGraphic-e1684159549409.png?nowebp)](https://www.lifespan.io/ending-age-related-diseases-2023/ \"Longevity + DeSci Summit NYC: Ending Age-Related Diseases 2023\")\n\n\n-  **Working with Gitcoin and other leaders** in the ReFi community to **lead the creation of 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), **Proof of Philanthropy NFTs**, **BioAvatar NFTs**, and the forthcoming **Ouroboros** endowment mechanism - recently presented at [**Zuzalu**](https://www.lifespan.io/news/highlights-from-the-longevity-biotech-conference-in-zuzalu/).\n[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://www.lifespan.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Keith-at-Zuzalu.png)](https://www.lifespan.io/news/highlights-from-the-longevity-biotech-conference-in-zuzalu/ \"Zuzalu Talks Longevity: Highlights from the Conference\")\n- **Working on a  decentralized** [**intervention for Alzheimer's disease**](https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/1/0x6e8dc2e623204d61b0e59e668702654ae336c9f7/0x6e8dc2e623204d61b0e59e668702654ae336c9f7-49), which - while not directly Gitcoin related - will eventually help many Gitcoin community members if successful.\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: Gitcoin Citizen - 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 able to leverage 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 intiatiatives** to raise awareness, and work with Gitcoin leads to **create new regeratative funding models** for public goods.  

Some examples of this ongoing work include:

 - **Co-leading the inaugural [Longevity Cause Round](https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/gr12-results) in GR12**, together with Lifespan, VitaDAO, and Gitcoin team members, **curating projects** in the round, as well as  submitting a [few](https://bounties.gitcoin.co/grants/explorer?collection_id=18790) on behalf of Lifespan's projects. 
	 - As part of this I wrote [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. 
 - **Continuing to curate Longevity and DeSci cause rounds for GR13-GR15**, and producing [**dozens of articles, tutorials,  and announcements**](https://www.lifespan.io/?s=gitcoin) regarding Gitcoin on our news outlet, reaching  **several million people per year**.
 - **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](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")
- **Hosting large interdisciplinary online and in-person events** that **[feature](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOSmiohczuE&t=2449s&pp=ygUYa2VpdGggY29taXRvIHNjb3R0IG1vb3Jl) Gitcoin leaders**, such as Lifespan's annual **conference** in New York City:
[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://www.lifespan.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EventBriteGraphic-e1684159549409.png?nowebp)](https://www.lifespan.io/ending-age-related-diseases-2023/ "Longevity + DeSci Summit NYC: Ending Age-Related Diseases 2023")


-  **Working with Gitcoin and other leaders** in the ReFi community to **lead the creation of 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), **Proof of Philanthropy NFTs**, **BioAvatar NFTs**, and the forthcoming **Ouroboros** endowment mechanism - recently presented at [**Zuzalu**](https://www.lifespan.io/news/highlights-from-the-longevity-biotech-conference-in-zuzalu/).
[![IMAGE ALT TEXT](https://www.lifespan.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Keith-at-Zuzalu.png)](https://www.lifespan.io/news/highlights-from-the-longevity-biotech-conference-in-zuzalu/ "Zuzalu Talks Longevity: Highlights from the Conference")
- **Working on a  decentralized** [**intervention for Alzheimer's disease**](https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/1/0x6e8dc2e623204d61b0e59e668702654ae336c9f7/0x6e8dc2e623204d61b0e59e668702654ae336c9f7-49), which - while not directly Gitcoin related - will eventually help many Gitcoin community members if successful.
---
***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: Gitcoin Citizen - Building in Public and Bringing Gitcoin to the Masses!