metadata: {"signature": "0x68dcdf58e9f228c4ea675d41de38efe208d0e4b4daf9d49947dd50bb3f2b31e212ee03f1d4e27ff07c624c6c166634160fccadfe27c0916039fc7c7b557d4f1e1c", "application": {"round": "0x7492a8c4ed29b1f1559888bd832fae5d33e10370", "answers": [{"type": "email", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "TC8gNvDjtK5Vhcc3TCUQsaBx2SyetdozDP4dU6yNidra1rx8H2OUn7Jrn4MHXww8", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "068d6adc355c1ecc4f57767f6ae5561149413467d5a92bf38d0b34a49493f4bc4f04226c2357bf5bd6b6a2309af340139b4113c0813c120cd56f427c6622e95ef39323bff75e0f6e41d6ef08885befc0714fa586bfd3c3794d3d062dbe50a2b0fbcc08b30a7fdd515bdfa3c39b53fab93a004e291f1ea0256ef230f8bb3ed17800000000000000209ab9e954ba1fa5040ad89b3e28457470dbb16011f9cd5e893b6bbb314a4023a3bfe7035986d8fbdf56b884af1d3ede82"}}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "This application is to fund operations for a Decentralized Science (DeSci) grant round during GG19. As an emerging web3 vertical that is heavily aligned with the public goods ethos, DeSci is poised for growth, and the DeSci community aims to act as a valuable partner to Gitcoin.\n\nThere is a large amount of interest to run future DeSci rounds, but as a decentralized grassroots community without a primary sponsor/benefactor there is no capital set aside to pay the people who do the hard, time-intensive work of running rounds.\n\nEnsuring the DeSci community has appropriate means to continue the DeSci grants program in the Gitcoin ecosystem is an important part of operating sustainably. Without being able to offer this, we rely on pure volunteer efforts from the community. The GR15 DeSci round was managed by Gitcoin team members and volunteers, and the Beta Round was managed by community members elected through a democratic on-chain process with no promise of reward for their work. The DeSci Beta Round stewards were retroactively rewarded through Citizens Round #1, but relying on community members who can volunteer time upfront in hopes of a retroactive reward limits the diversity of who gets the opportunity to contribute.\n\nEnabling aligned public goods ecosystems to thrive within Gitcoin is essential for expanding Gitcoin\u2019s reach and impact. This directly contributes to two essential intents (1: protocol adoption + growth, and 2: supporting ecosystems in adopting the protocol) and additionally fosters a grassroots community which has the potential to become an affiliated ecosystem or subDAO if such a model is explored further (which contributes to the DAO Organization essential intent).\n\nIf the community opts to elect a team of stewards through unchain governance as previously, funds raised will be transferred to the elected team.", "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": "Proposed (proactive)", "hidden": false, "question": "Are you applying for funding for work done, proposed, or both?", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "I initiated the process that saw our community run a successful DeSci round as part of the Beta Round (https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/1/0x6e8dc2e623204d61b0e59e668702654ae336c9f7, https://grants-graph.vercel.app/round/0x6e8dc2e623204d61b0e59e668702654ae336c9f7, ) \u2028\u2028\n\nThe round operators/managers (referred to as \u201cDeSci round stewards\u201d) were elected through an onchain vote via the jokerace platform (https://jokerace.xyz/contest/polygon/0x02040cc5cFE36a8aFcb101D604Cb69429fD9602A). 42/99 community members (from the telegram group) submitted information in time to vote, and 26/42 cast their votes in time.\u2028\u2028We now have an engaged community of 189 members on telegram (https://t.me/gitcoindesci) whose wishes are carried out by the elected stewards. These community members (and for the next round, donors and projects from the beta round who supported the DeSci round) make up the eligible set of voters who will elect our next team of round stewards.\n\nIn addition to $50k in matching funds set aside from Gnosis Chain\u2019s GR15 donation, our community raised an additional $35k for the beta round. $10k was set aside for a future round, and there are ongoing conversations with potential partners to fund the next matching pool.\u2028\u2028We managed the entire operations for our beta round including setting up our own sybil analysis process. We also provided detailed feedback to the Grants Stack product team after the round.", "hidden": false, "question": "If you have work completed, please describe it below and include links where possible:", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Based on the following breakdown, I estimate that 80 hours of work is needed to effectively run the next DeSci round:\u2028\n\n- Promotion for the round (twitter spaces, etc): 15 hours\n- Grant application reviews and appeals: 30 hours\n- Community management: 15 hours\n- Sybil analysis and payout calculations: 20 hours", "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": "I was a part time contributor within PGF for 3 months during which I spent part of my time establishing our governance process. The round stewards were retroactively funded for the previous round through Citizen\u2019s Round #1.\n\nThere also exists a community treasury with approximately $4380 raised from our own round (donations + match). These funds are earmarked for future development expenses or operational costs and are subject to community governance.", "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:125", "title": "DeSci Round Operations", "logoImg": "bafkreicggqxp6m5sembafmwzi777tk34pm6tbzvtmxjyxfziebfux6tkfe", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreidd3tjsk5blmh5c3no2cktrsm2jb2wx5tozylqohwfmsspauxzrkq", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://twitter.com/DeSci_Round_Ops", "createdAt": 1695903357122, "credentials": {}, "description": "The Decentralized Science (DeSci) grants program is a grassroots effort to provide a sustainable source of funding for projects in this space. \n\nUsing lightweight onchain governance and tight community feedback cycles, the community of grantees and supporters is represented by democratically-elected round stewards who manage round operations based on feedback from the community. \n\nWe see ourselves as an ecosystem partner and look forward to growing the DeSci movement in line with the values established by Gitcoin.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": ""}, "recipient": "0x968d7316260a804e62a8922DC0A430417c77087e"}}