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Eventually we would like to run simulations to offer analysis and make a suggestion to the Gitcoin community on how to expand their platform by offering additional functionality, such as quadratic voting. ", "hidden": false, "question": "How is your project focused on improving the Web3 ecosystem? ", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "N/A", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months (N/A if you haven\u2019t participated previously). ", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our goal is to raise $ 9K which will allow us to create educational materials specifically for the SingularityNET community and broadly applicable to the Gitcoin communities: \nEducating SingularityNET and other blockchain communities on how quadratically-priced conviction voting optimizes voters to accurately report their valuation of a community decision;\nLead and moderate open discussions to solicit community knowledge about the obstacles to implementation \nContent will be posted to [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC234mSlQD_elAf3URpsxMYA) and [Medium](http://medium.com/@photrek)\n\n*After advancing with this first phase of education, and gaining more community engagement around this topic we will seek funding to do a full analysis and simulation that will allow us to provide a more concrete recommendation to the Gitcoin community.\n\nWith $ 4K in funding we will commit to:\nPrepare and Host a Democratic Pluralism Workshop with two two-hour sessions.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. This might be used in future impact reports ", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "number", "answer": "372000", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Prior Funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Grants", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of the following funding sources have you received? Check all that apply", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "number", "answer": "8", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Team Size", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "number", "answer": "33", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project? (We will use twitter, domain registration, github, etc to verify)", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenric-nelson-ph-d-7495b77/\n\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-hess-5b853292/\n\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/juanaattieh/", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project (N/A for solo founders): ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG19-Eligibility-50843c8b3ab44ad297731a00efa6e389?pvs=4  ", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Gitcoin is doing something fantastic with quadratic funding. Involving the community and rewarding projects with a wide range of support is key to enabling community led solutions. This is why we think that Gitcoin could consider a governance platform for financial and non-financial decisions using quadratic voting. Quadratic voting could for instance be applied to decisions about blockchain protocol designs and parameters. There would be a need for proposals to go through a review process to address concerns brought up in [Vitalik\u2019s commentary](https://vitalik.ca/general/2019/12/07/quadratic.html) addressing why Gitcoin started with Quadratic Funding and not voting.  \n\nThere is huge value in both quadratic voting and quadratic funding, but it seems that with quadratic voting Gitcoin could attract much broader participation as participants expressing modest opinions would receive a reward. We foresee potential for the equal distribution of rewards from a quadratic voting system stimulating adoption of coin, as new users sought to participate. \n\nGlen Weyl has stated that no one has yet implemented the full quadratic voting system as was proposed in the [original paper](https://deliverypdf.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=912071094074109088070117024086016110000069085067010018086003071122075005022002099121034011107062116011014120090078068010121029015069090069028008067094101124103111077066017083096020071106117071070001086116019102097020071126090106086097064125084127114008&EXT=pdf&INDEX=TRUE) by Lalley and Weyl. This is a massive opportunity for a chain like Gitcoin who is already successfully implementing quadratic funding to be the pioneers in a fully quadratic voting platform\u2013 where votes are paid for quadratically and then redistributed equally back to all wallets who participated in the vote. Photrek wants to support Gitcoin and other blockchains in being able to do this successfully.", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from Gitcoin for updates, information, and/or interviews? 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Our expertise spans the domains of environmental sensor fusion algorithms, the development of ethical AI systems that address societal needs, and the design of governance systems that assure decentralized consensus. \n\nPhotrek is leading an initiative to create a community around the concept of [Democratic Pluralism](https://medium.com/@photrek/democratic-pluralism-a-white-paper-on-cardano-governance-c63389cd6d41). Many blockchain DAOs continue to rely on corporate management methods such as one-coin, one-vote despite the recognition that decentralization requires treating the blockchain as a commons. We seek to provide DAOs with the tools to ground governance in democratic principles and to allow a plural mixture of communities to influence decisions. This is accomplished by giving individuals community rights via a digital identity and through the expression of conviction through quadratic pricing. We are seeking to expand the reach of decentralized communities utilizing quadratic funding and voting. We have worked with several blockchains on different aspects of governance. With SingularityNet we built a prototype and have started work on a product to manage reputation scores to support their use of quadratic weighting. We have also done work with Cardano analyzing their voting system and proposing alternatives. In fact, it was our criticism of Cardano\u2019s governance that highlighted the need for quadratic voting. \n**Goals of Democratic Pluralism group**\nShort term goals: We have an immediate priority to run an experiment on quadratic voting. We propose doing this with real data from a test vote with the SingularityNET Ambassadors program  and to use simulations for more comprehensive analysis. SingularityNet is currently implementing a partial quadratic voting system where they are weighting wallets but not weighting preferences. Interestingly enough they do already have functionality for noting preference but they are not pricing the preferences. Doing this research would be beneficial to other networks and could support other communities as a model once proven to be effective. Ultimately our goal is to create cross-chain interest in sound models of governance to create an opportunity for greater cross chain collaborations.\n\nLong term goal: Eventually, we seek to build a DAO to support Democratic Pluralisms. We plan to do this deliberately with the engagement of this new community that is growing. We seek to set this up as a Sociocratic organization that focuses on good governance for decentralized communities. The sociocratic methods emphasize autonomy and alignment as teams decide on appropriate actions. In future grant rounds, we will explore how blockchain technology can support sociocratic decision-making.\n**The Team**\nKenric Nelson, president and founder of Photrek. Kenric has been designing decision systems for complex environments for two decades and has been focused on blockchain design and governance for 5 years. Kenric\u2019s community engagement includes serving on Cardano Catalyst\u2019s Circle, participating in the SingularityNET Ambassador\u2019s Governance Working Group, and leading the Sociocracy for All @Work Circle..\nMegan Hess, Communications Lead, coordinates Photrek\u2019s community outreach and is lead writer for governance proposals. Megan was selected to serve as delegate to Photrek\u2019s Advisory Circle. She has also organized numerous community workshops on blockchain awareness and governance throughout Africa, and is currently living in Cameroon where she and her husband manage a regenerative farm. \nJuana Attieh, Product Lead, is spearheading Photrek\u2019s development of a reputation system for SingularityNET. Juana designed the minimum viable product and is kick-off the development effort. Juana runs a stakepool focused on the Middle East / North Africa communities. She is serving as Interim Chair for a blockchain community development committee.\n**What has been done so far**\n[Published](https://medium.com/@photrek) collaborative research papers advocating for quadratic funding\nLed numerous governance workshops through Cardano\nBuilt [reputation system](https://docs.google.com/document/d/107efB0LVgg__xArEdMu9-Rb5GZAAewBKcvChwJ1oLn4/edit?usp=drive_link) for SingularityNet\nSome of Photrek leadership team members currently in Sociocracy training\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "Photrek", "projectTwitter": "kenricnelson"}, "recipient": "0x93FC282E58275596ab86245a85a33aDF3861e675"}}