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See above! ^", "hidden": false, "question": "What impact do you hope to have (or have had) on the Gitcoin Community with this project? How do you measure your impact? (e.g. viewers, forks, branches, likes)", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Both (mixed)", "hidden": false, "question": "Are you applying for funding for work done, proposed, or both?", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Described above!  ^", "hidden": false, "question": "If you have work completed, please describe it below and include links where possible:", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Described above!  ^", "hidden": false, "question": "If you have work you are planning to do, please describe it below and include estimates of how much time (in hours) you expect it will take: ", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Mostly uncompensated, with some areas being supported by previous Gitcoin grants. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Has this work been previously funded? If so, by who and for how much? ", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": false, "question": "Are you working on this as an individual?", "questionId": 6}], "project": {"id": "424:0xDF9BF58Aa1A1B73F0e214d79C652a7dd37a6074e:88", "title": "Keith Comito: Building in Public and Bringing Gitcoin to the Masses!", "logoImg": "bafkreiedmb7ef33ovbmk3szp2vwkzldpcb3auhxmys7fv5tdd5uyib2ape", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreiecdk3c2h667ng74bwwwis5okmbrculloera4z2xsa2cj4vuk6aya", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://twitter.com/keithcomito", "bannerImg": "bafkreigfvlktdvl5wlkiv5pwrl75apc5ktxmjgzswk5nwwmra2ifb2k5le", "createdAt": 1695448932740, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..ncjioenVhsJd9vdwzSVikn9NWxwvyzsE25S2ydCsx2LX8rix4EXncQ52NFGehUcHCobF9K-JcmC_ucuU1xs7Cw", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-09-23T05:52:27.002Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-09-23T05:52:27.002Z", "expirationDate": "2023-12-22T05:52:27.002Z", "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": "\n**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 initiatives** to raise awareness, and work with Gitcoin leads to **create new regenerative funding models** for public goods. \n\n# **Prospective Funding**\n\n**Some examples of current projects** I am working on to **help the Gitcoin community**:\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- **Inventing [\"Proof of Philanthropy\"](https://pop.lifespan.io)** - a new type of **dynamic NFT which scales** in power and aesthetics **based on tracked on-chain philanthropic giving** - with plans to **integrate this into Gitcoin** projects in the future. A **successful** [prototype](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX7QSRU6omc) has been recently developed (w/ art by Gitcoin artist [Colton Orr](https://twitter.com/mettahead)), and work is beginning on upgrades / integrations:  \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- **Working 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 forthcoming **\"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/).\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- **Promoting the use of Gitcoin Passport and Quadratic Voting within other DAOs** such as [**VitaDAO**](https://www.vitadao.com) - with a goal of onboarding 1000+ new Passport users in the next year, as well as working on **augmenting Quadratic Voting** with additional **reptuation-based voting mechanics** .\n\n- **Integrating Grants Stack** into the fundraising mechanisms of **additional DAOs and organizations**, such as with Lifespan.io's [**crowdfuding platform**](https://www.lifespan.io/crowdfunding/).\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# **Retroactive Funding**\n\nSome examples of **earlier work** include:\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**.\n\n- 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\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- **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\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!", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "keithcomito"}, "recipient": "0xa51E0a99B53d5B00937a2631d5865468A3543B7d"}}