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I believe crypto\u2019s adoption depends on the extent to which people know how the technology works, why it matters, and how to remain safe while using it\u2014a belief that underpins my work as a writer focused on crypto infrastructure and security. ", "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": "Number of reads on articles is one metric for measuring the project's impact (eg. some articles on my [HackerNoon profile(https://hackernoon.com/u/emmanuelawosika)] have reached thousands of readers.  While I don't have access to Ethereum.org website metrics (where a large of my work has been to-date), my contributions have resulted in a decrease in the number of open issues on GitHub related to creating new pages on topics like smart contract upgrades, scaling technology, zero-knowledge proofs, and more. An example of an open issue on the Ethereum.org GitHub I'm taking responsibility for is the [proposed page on Optimiums](https://github.com/ethereum/ethereum-org-website/issues/11105). ", "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": "2000", "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? 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(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": "N/A", "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": "In the past, I\u2019ve struggled to balance a desire to do meaningful work that contributes positively to the web3 ecosystem and the need to \u201ckeep the lights on\u201d by taking on paid projects, even if the latter didn\u2019t necessarily have a lot of impact (which is a problem anyone building a public good can understand). Hence, at certain points, I (unconsciously) reduced contributions to open-source/community education projects to focus on client work. However, recent personal events have motivated me to (once again) take up the work of contributing to the web3 space by creating useful educational content and making these freely available to the public. More importantly, I\u2019ve begun to consider that\u2014as opposed to my previous all-or-nothing thinking\u2014there might be a middle ground; one where public good builders have similar amounts of financial incentives to do meaningful work as they\u2019d have doing work for a company . ", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? 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I believe crypto\u2019s adoption depends on the extent to which people know how the technology works, why it matters, and how to remain safe while using it\u2014a belief that underpins my work as a writer focused on crypto infrastructure and security. \n\nWhile most of my work has been done in a paid writing capacity, I\u2019ve also dedicated a great deal of effort and time over 14+ months to creating educational content for the crypto community. Save for receiving two (retroactive) grants from the Ethereum Foundation for my contributions to Ethereum.org, most of this work has been done on a pro bono basis. Funds received during the round will go towards covering equipment/operational costs and (crucially) ensure I can continue to open-source education projects (eg. Ethereum.org) in the near future. \n\n## Previous work \n\n## Commentary/thought leadership\n\nI\u2019ve written articles to dispel misconceptions about cryptocurrencies and blockchains\u2014including pieces debunking false claims about Bitcoin\u2019s environmental impact, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and anonymous payment systems (among others)\u2014and communicate the value of decentralized digital infrastructures. While this originally started as writing (unpaid) articles and op-eds for platforms like [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/emmanuel-awosika) and [HackerNoon](https://hackernoon.com/u/emmanuelawosika), I transitioned to creating more focused content targeted at users trying to learn more about use cases of blockchains like Ethereum. This has led to creating brand-new resources for readers learning about concepts like [decentralized social networks](https://ethereum.org/en/social-networks/), [decentralized identity](https://ethereum.org/en/decentralized-identity/), [zero-knowledge proofs](https://ethereum.org/en/zero-knowledge-proofs/), and [public goods funding](https://github.com/ethereum/ethereum-org-website/pull/7732). \n\nI\u2019ve also written to surface important issues facing the crypto industry and raise awareness/stimulate discussions around such topics in the ecosystem. This includes writing extensively on  the [dangers of CBDCs](https://hackernoon.com/cbdcs-are-a-very-bad-idea), [risks of cross-chain bridges](https://hackernoon.com/cross-chain-bridges-are-they-worth-the-risk), and [Ethereum\u2019s client diversity problem](https://hackernoon.com/ethereums-client-diversity-problem) (among others).  \n\n### Technical education\n\nPart of my efforts at creating web3 educational content as a public good has included contributing extensively to Ethereum.org\u2014a resource for technical/non-technical audiences (eg. developers and users) interested in learning about Ethereum. Besides writing the aforementioned use-case  pages, I helped revamp some of the site\u2019s existing content on highly technical/important (albeit poorly understood) topics, including scaling technologies (optimistic rollups, zk-rollups, sidechains, validiums, state channels, etc.), smart contract security, blockchain oracles, and smart contract testing (among others). I also created new pages on the following topics: [smart contract upgrades](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/upgrading/), [smart contract formal verification](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/formal-verification/), and [source code verification for smart contract developers](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/smart-contracts/verifying/) (among others). \n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "eawosikaa"}, "recipient": "0xdd8E4805ed86047191f44b8D345762633be1524f"}}