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Began a collaboration at the beginning of April with 2 PhD mathematical economists and a doctoral student to explore the mechanisms theoretically, am in the process of bringing on two more collaborators, one for experiment design and the other to build the economic simulation.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months.", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The small size of the funding has permitted some further modeling work (most recent public working session: https://youtu.be/A_j_APf03cw) and one 0.22 ETH error bounty which brought in some new collaborators and some valuable critiques: https://warpcast.com/nor/0x155206a4", "hidden": false, "question": "If your project has received prior funding from the Token Engineering Grants Program, please describe the impact that funding has had on the project.", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Token Engineering Rounds, 100k pseudogrant", "hidden": false, "question": "Previous project funding sources (VC, grants, token sales, etc.)", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "number", "answer": "102700", "hidden": false, "question": "Total prior funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "How did you hear about the Token Engineering Grants Program?", "questionId": 14, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "pvJGPI+Ei/K21+OAqAj4OvHDNe/DOsjPYaXmQdxTjJM=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "f779775040096b1c5c7b174c73c6522006e5e47ad4c41a8f4837d6cd8067c22b611ea326ddede9af21c6e1849f60450faa899528406d3aa4dbdd6c0dc5bab61a93c9c026381cf6ad1b2560d16c6f6a4268756b6c403424fcdc50711e8d27a5a0f5ba6a121d73b3873ca88896a63ef8bca73620db25ccd2f81816d1332f6e243b00000000000000201f077edafbd6619aa85521a07db5eba87bfc894a0dfdd7a59ef9848c1705f2db8c16517db245bfddb438d2b0022d2aa7"}}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you agree to participate in a follow-up survey approximately 8 weeks after the grant round to assess the impact of the funding on your project?", "questionId": 15, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "dOHpLEDdja8t09rWJiF/G37/F7HgHZD3jSVcfa/yRW4=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "2eed1c75b913927bd59b1a647b8484e11b42228d60f0921f905a11b25cb17b59e2d415901cda65c9237f658fe07e5a085ef058e55eb62ea811da96d9e8f3fdb75151dda5c7134091af37db5bceb2ce770324e95dd2c72881803372140b02a98322d44b5af4cdaca97c77bd2cb4936abe25d15503f9be50bbfa4f9a8f7e7fab7e0000000000000020290dd7af8e2bc1be074e7e1055d24a3be29a2943ee0bb401572d818dfc5b01084eb83f88804955f803a223afa0f10e87"}}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes, one important thing.\nAnts don't navigate the world like we do. 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