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Kernel is building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo. Kernel offers a structured eight-week program designed to foster a shared understanding of how to build a better web. Their course material, which is open to anyone at any time, encourages critical thinking by promoting the asking of insightful questions…

DAO Drops is a retroactive public goods funding mechanism that leverages the wisdom of the crowd to distribute a funding pool to a range of projects and individuals in the Ethereum ecosystem. DAO Drops takes retroPGF one step further by assigning the responsibility of impact evaluation to thousands of pseudonymous addresses based on past on-chain activity, using data on governance participation. Round 1’s data came from Deep DAO, smart contract deployments from Galxe, and ecosystem event…

Community ran Fellowship helping educate, incubate, and coordinate builders to advance DeSci MuseMatrix is a DeSci Fellowship Programme. It is six months long with the first two months spent on teaching and the next four on building a project. Our first cohort kicks off in May and will feature a mix of scientists, web3 developers, AI, zK researchers and more! It is aimed at scientists and developers unfamiliar with DeSci who want to solve **big, complex problems in science**. MuseMatrix…

# Stogram Stogram is a decentralized social media platform. By utilizing Web 3 Storage solutions provided by IPFS (InterPlanetary File System), Stogram aims to provide users with a privacy-focused and advertisement-free experience. The platform allows users to post various types of media such as pictures, videos, and gifs. Instead of relying on traditional storage methods, Stogram leverages IPFS to store the users' data. This decentralized approach ensures that Stogram does not need to store…

Giveth is onboarding real-world impact projects to web3 by empowering them with free access to novel fundraising mechanisms and new ecosystems of donors, while inspiring them to dive deeper down the blockchain rabbit hole. We’ve been making HUGE progress in Q1 of 2024: We ran three quadratic funding rounds, brought our donation platform to now eight chains and networks, and launched loads of features including a custom donation widget, a project curation program, and streaming donations. Now…

Praise is a community intelligence system for governance reputation that fosters collaboration through peer recognition and rewards, promoting active participation and inclusivity.

A massive online coordination game in the making - a mash-up of an educational, social and freelancing platform and an MMO-RPG, using Web3 to build a new game of life and stick it to Moloch. We are DAOists and Regens; producing content, organizing events & building a platform for people who want to work in Web3, build things and make an impact: - Teaching people about the true potential and good uses of Web3 - Helping people join the space as builders rather than degens - Connecting builders…

Pairwise was designed to make voting simple and fun. Pairwise is an open-source, off-chain voting dapp (like Snapshot) that streamlines community signaling by letting users select between just two options and then aggregating their choices into a quantifiable result. Pairwise is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, allowing users to make many simple choices and then the algorithm behind the scenes pumps out a final ranking for them to adjust or approve. The algorithm is very similar to…

**Glo Dollar** (USDGLO) is the stablecoin that funds public goods. 🌈☀️ Stablecoin companies generate up to $7.4 billion annually from their stablecoin reserves. Our approach is different—we funnel all our profits to public goods and charities. Holding Glo Dollars creates a virtuous cycle to grow ecosystems, instead of extracting yield for gains. By choosing Glo Dollar, you’re funding public goods. At no cost.…

GrantsScope is pioneering the intersection of data science and AI to empower donors in the web3 public goods funding (PGF). > Our mission? To revolutionize how donors identify and support grantees during PGF rounds. GrantsScope harnesses the power of data analytics, machine learning, and advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance project visibility and democratize access to funding. Our experiments are designed to assist donors during quadratic funding rounds on Gitcoin Grants by -…

## Spark Spark Ecosystems builds tools for impact evaluation and certification. We believe in the Impact=Profit meme. We built Deresy, a decentralized review system that provides an evaluation layer for Hypercerts impact claims. Deresy allows 3rd party reviewers to generate attestations on EAS. Hyperminter is a project in collaboration with Hypercerts that allows gitcoin grantees to easily mint hypercerts for their project after each round. ## [Deresy](https://deresy.xyz) |…

[Bankless Academy](https://app.banklessacademy.com/) is on a mission: to provide the best knowledge and tools necessary for exploring web3! 🧑🏻‍🚀🚀 Our platform takes a hands-on approach to crypto education, pairing theory with practice. We believe that to understand web3, you must use web3! Our blend of interactive content, knowledge checks, and practical onchain quests make navigating the blockchain multiverse easy. **Bankless Academy is a free-to-use learning platform that guides the web3…