Build proof of concept for Akashic platform
Akashic is a decentralized crowdfunding platform being built on Kickstarter’s new crowdfunding protocol. It is designed to empower refugees and displaced communities by providing them with fundraising and archiving tools to preserve and share their cultural heritage, access finan…
Produce Funding the Commons Tokyo
The production of FtC Tokyo (July 24-25) was our 10th international conference production and in many ways, our most successful yet. Indeed, this event marks the continuation of our community building initiatives in Asia (Taipei 2023 being the first), and we are now in the proces…
Produce public goods builder residency in Chiang Mai Thailand
The Funding the Commons Residency in Chiang Mai is a 3.5-week event gathering a curated group of 30-40 individuals in a highly supportive environment. Participants include sponsors, freelance developers, designers, and representatives from public goods projects. This will be our…
Produce public goods hackathon
Our hackathon, a partnership between our two brands, Funding the Commons and Earth Commons, accelerates innovation at the intersection of public goods and climate initiatives using Ethereum, IPFS, Filecoin, and more. Participants will ideate, prototype, and collaborate within a c…
Produce Funding the Commons Bangkok conference
We are producing a two-day conference in Bangkok on November 8-9, with Day 1 focused on Funding the Commons by bringing together researchers, funders, and builders in SEA during the strategic timing of DevCon in a nearby location to the main event. Day 2 will explore the intersec…
Produce Bangkok Design Jam
Organized in partnership with FtC and APAC DAO , the Design Jam will take place in Bangkok’s District X , spanning 2 days (8-9 November) of semi-structured, collaborative, solutions-oriented brainstorming around local and regional issues. These include critical challenges related…
Deploy proof of concept for Akashic
Akashic is a decentralized crowdfunding platform being built on Kickstarter’s new crowdfunding protocol, which itself is built on Celo. Akashic is designed to empower refugees and displaced communities by providing them with fundraising and archiving tools to preserve and share t…
Host Celo real world builders at FtC residency
From October 7th to 31st in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the Funding the Commons Residency will convene a select group of developers, researchers, designers, and mentors to advance the future of public goods funding. Over three weeks, participants will collaborate on crucial areas such…
Produce Chiang Mai builder residency
The first public goods builder residency in Berlin saw over 25 exceptional projects worked on, and we anticipate this number to be above 30 for Chiang Mai. As with our Berlin builder cohort, a number of our builders in Chiang Mai will receive follow-on funding to continue the pro…
Funding the Commons x Earth Commons Hackathon
Funding the Commons and Earth Commons are joining forces to bring together builders from around the world to develop innovative solutions for public goods funding. This hybrid hackathon, running from October 7 to November 7, offers a collaborative environment where participants c…
FtC x Earth Commons Bangkok Conference
Nov 8-9 are the dates for the eleventh Funding the Commons conference! We’ll explore public goods funding, digital innovation, and, for the second time this year, partner with Earth Commons to spotlight environmental stewardship, regenerative agriculture, biodiversity, and decent…
The Commons Residency Platform Core MVP Build
Gardens Grant Milestone Report Grant: The Commons: A Builder Residency + Pop-Up Cities Platform Pool: Public Goods Tooling Development Garden (#179) Proposal: #25 Amount: 9,900 DAI Beneficiary: fundingthecommons.eth Karma GAP: https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/funding-the-commons M…
The Commons: Metrics & Hypercert Integration
Milestone 2: Metrics & Hypercert Integration Timeline: Weeks 4–8 | Budget: $2,500 Deliverables Deliverable Status Evidence Metrics Garden (structured self-reported metrics) ✅ Complete Impact tab with configurable metrics Hypercerts v2 lexicon integration ⏳ Partial Schema alig…
The Commons: Visualization Layer + Pilot Residency
Milestone 3: Visualization Layer + Pilot Residency Timeline: Weeks 8–12 | Budget: $2,500 Deliverables Deliverable Status Evidence Public dashboard (applicant geographies, live updates) ✅ Complete Event pages with project directories Hyperboard integration ✅ Complete Hard coded da…
The Commons: Open Source Release & Documentation
Milestone 4: Open Source Release & Documentation Timeline: Weeks 12–16 | Budget: $1,400 Deliverables Deliverable Status Evidence Repo under permissive license ✅ Complete MIT License Basic developer docs + contribution guidelines ✅ Complete CLAUDE.md , docs/ directory Residenc…
Deployed first version of proof of concept
A skeleton of the proof of concept can be viewed here: https://akashic-fund.vercel.app/
We produced Funding the Commons Tokyo, on 24-25 July 2024. Planning and pre-production took place starting in January 2024.
Total attendees: 538 Walk-ins: 218 (72% attendance - 303 registrations) Speakers: 60 After-party: 239 Lu.ma score: 4.9 / 5 (62 ratings) Twitter activities during promotional period (June 24 - Aug 2) 342K organic impressions 554 reposts 3.5% engagement rate 546 new followers (expa…
GG20 - dApps & Apps
GG20 - dApps & Apps
GG20 - Hypercerts Ecosystem Round
GG21 - Web3 Grants Ecosystem Advancement
GG22 OSS - dApps and Apps
Octant - Epoch 2
Octant - Epoch 3
Octant - Epoch 4
GG21 - Real World Builders
Octant - Epoch 5
Round ended, we had 74 donors with a total amount donated of 9.9 ETH
Octant Epoch 6
Octant is a platform that enables users to lock GLM, earn ETH rewards, and fund projects they care about.
ENS x Octant Public Goods
We are participating in Octant x ENS QF round on Giveth
GG24 Public Goods Tooling Round
We received funding in GG24 Public goods tooling round
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