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(Months)", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 5, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "evIE+6p6ub2Q/S+9ZdFSWoWhRNkBvoPEi/ClpgC7shc=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "fc9bc9cc2819e73efe1b578abe2e3f3c52a61106c167b067b28b0f734b01ae8a86ccb122d3f2f22286a43364ea62cf15cb3fd5e75a969371ad0d2ce06f0efddc6f7450cdc2b0885aa0555a458bf29c1786e47541283d8aaa45e1d533b08f488380e42b3d45fe575003371c00c7396ebb21788763f79b4126c7445bd7d8d5caa80000000000000020a1d0139e380346f18d131d016de508ead86f8a1bb76c66cdf6a0cfea1404d1c12398f358bf6b1bc208dd8567ec063ab4"}}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "# Core contributors\n\nTeam lead: Noah Chon Lee\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-chon-lee-43569519a/\n\nOperations lead: Lauren Cremean\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenscremean/\n\nThe following individuals have contributed to our open-source Github:\nhttps://github.com/orgs/viaprize/people/tynes\nhttps://github.com/orgs/viaprize/people/mugrebot\nhttps://github.com/orgs/viaprize/people/MekailTheMachine\nhttps://github.com/orgs/viaprize/people/exrobbie\nhttps://github.com/orgs/viaprize/people/vibhurajeev\n\nAdvisor: Jehan Azad (who prefers to not have much social media presence)\n\n# Meta Prize Winners\n\nThe following individuals have won meta prizes that helped build viaPrize.\n\nKyle Weiss - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylebweiss/\nUmar Khan - https://twitter.com/umarkhaneth\nColton Orr - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colton-orr\nPhilippe Dumonet - https://github.com/Philogy\nGordon Berger - https://www.gordonberger.com/about\nm00npapi - https://twitter.com/m00npapi\n\nSpecial thanks to Gary Sheng, Boris Dyakov, Rob Knight, Vitalik Buterin, Niklas Ansinger, Alex Miloski, and many more for their advice. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with project", "questionId": 6}, {"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/Gitcoin-Grants-Beta-Round-Eligibility-b7fca9fd3c26450b89ded11caaa6497f", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "# What We Believe\nWe believe in inviting collaboration and welcoming competition. \n\nAll the code we write is open source including smart contracts, the front-ends we are building, and the ever-essential readme files. \n\nOur open source philosophy also applies to more than just the software. We intend to make our budget and our transactions as transparent as possible with the power of blockchain and meticulous accounting. \nAs well as this, we intend to document and open source our processes, philosophy, vision, story, and mistakes in order for others to learn from our journey in a way that inspires and informs their own. \n\n# Why We Care\nThis project began because we recognized a valuable idea for a public good, but no one was building it... so we did. \n\nImagine if we had a world in which there was a crowdfunded prize to develop certain medicines. This would reverse incentives to encourage pharmaceutical companies to open source their discoveries. Families dye due to pharmaceutical companies keeping their research private because they profit by being the sole producers of their discoveries. However, if we crowdfunded a prize to develop a vaccine, then the pharmaceutical company could profit even before upscaling production by winning the prize when they show research demonstrating the efficacy of a medicine. \n\nOur families, elderly, and children do not need to die because profit-seeking companies keep their knowledge closed off from those who need it most.\n\nWe can make a world in which it is easy to coordinate the ideation, funding, and creation of public goods.\n\n# Welcoming Collaboration and Competition\nInitially, our team lead spent months talking with other platforms such as the founders of Wonderverse, DAOlens, Gitcoin, and more. The founders were all friendly and liked the idea of crowdfunded prizes, but no one built it, so we decided to prove the concept so that anyone may replicate it themselves. \n\nIf competitors emerge, we will be thrilled because we intend to launch an arms race to find the best strategies to slay Moloch. \n\nWe are happy to collaborate with anyone who is aligned with the values of open source approaches and the importance of finding coordination mechanisms that empower public goods, and we will cheer on and gladly support anyone who is building similar projects to viaPrize.", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your project fit into the OSS round eligibility criteria? ", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "This is our first round.", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "# The Story of viaPrize\n\n## Bet\nNoah Chon Lee initially became involved with crowdfunded prizes when an Oxford researcher bet him $1000 that he would not be able to build a platform with active users outsourcing their public goods ideas that people build. \nNoah accepted the challenge and spent the next year researching the concept on weekends in-between training with the Marine Corps and then managing a team at an AI company on weekdays. \n\n## Birth\nEventually, he met Jehan Azad who built the MVP for viaPrize.org as a side project at the end of 2021. He wanted someone to continue the project and handed it off to Noah who decided to build up the platform full-time at the start of April 2023 when he met Vitalik Buterin and members of the Gitcoin team who inspired him. \nThe team has grown quickly to have two smart contract developers, an operations lead, a team lead, and an advisor. Everything you can see in our github and the prizes people have won that are featured on the website all occurred in April 2023.\n\n## Beyond\nThis is only the first chapter. \nMore of the story may be found here: https://www.viaprize.org/blog", "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 has not been covered?", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Does 50% of your team reflect the diversity of the community your project serves with a particular emphasis on including women, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPoC), individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community?", "questionId": 11, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "Ws9otj81q1hdjJ6oPY5rmayDpRGC8NISLpxO8/8Av18=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "e2439be6f757ecce86ae450bf09fe4198ec6d960bc06306555647ede35a0ea86efa96db864bf6497880442e54db6c409a2733ab0d7e3fd9ea112e480ae95f8da469a0fb44828f438f0a156317cb0d6676d409e662c3cf44a08406d9175be9c955f90165fcbc9d3dadcc847ebcbb930583cf84afa1b5d7f8088b396226992327100000000000000203b15ac9cc65260afa968229b880b1f03e4153d40ba52f8e5797b87a5d749b845c9eeaca65db851c03ca42fb8ac475ca5"}}], "project": {"id": "1:0x03506eD3f57892C85DB20C36846e9c808aFe9ef4:405", "title": "viaPrize", "logoImg": "bafkreiaui7tvdj42pd2rp6c5jdrmx64hhdh7ymeclyvga5wfqguwb76fky", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreigxudltkjxnoinbqyi43k2amww25rwcbwz6qq7tc7b2yhix222qba", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://viaprize.org", "bannerImg": "bafkreifya7rdnarjedcz5gxwuiifdqzpceodr7dy77ym5k326sbwf5z7cy", "createdAt": 1681478289164, "userGithub": "haonchon", "credentials": {"github": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..Cv36iF3qLVBHfCa2b55Tu0-j1hfUHZEZtuZKOLFNhCNWJD-ULoeGROITa3WbU3P4LpvNFnF7KZq9Wu2epdTiDA", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-14T13:36:51.999Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-14T13:36:51.999Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-13T13:36:51.999Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x850a146D7478dAAa98Fc26Fd85e6A24e50846A9d", "hash": "v0.0.0:T+HROY7tfU8jZlPujKcaODEbd9+NKushjxg4+iSt4Fg=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextGithubOrg#viaprize#123272916"}}, "twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..q7Zh0EeQcUIbxyv41hU5CmX4aGG3s92bLXyybigDkFj5SVs6Z-HoH89skWOp634XmYkLwALuCtbRl0lOr8CfAQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-14T13:35:49.881Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-14T13:35:49.881Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-13T13:35:49.881Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x850a146D7478dAAa98Fc26Fd85e6A24e50846A9d", "hash": "v0.0.0:ip4tQ7yquR2hr6tA74LjT24gwJo35/s/BEEcBsxPhSc=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#viaprize"}}}, "description": "# Crowdfunding Prizes for Public Goods with viaPrize.org\nviaPrize.org is a platform that allows anyone to create a crowdfunded prize to incentivize the creation of public goods. This innovative solution overcomes the tragedy of the commons through peer-to-peer collaboration, rather than bureaucracy.\n\n### The Tragedy of the Commons\nIf a village wants a road to be built, for example, they encounter the tragedy of the commons. This public good would benefit everyone, but no single person wants to take on the expense of making it happen. In today's world, the solution is to have a government tax the populace, then offer a contract to someone to build the road. In this way, everyone pays (or at least taxpayers do) and everyone benefits. However, this approach has downsides, including slow-moving governments, limited knowledge of which projects will do the most good, and inefficient crowdsourcing of ideas.\n\n### Crowdfunded Prizes as a Solution\nWith crowdfunded prizes, anyone in a community can propose a variety of projects, anyone can add funds to the reward for completing a project, and anyone can complete the project and win the reward. This creates a mechanism wherein ideas recognized as valuable may gather momentum. This is beneficial for prize proposers, funders, and winners, as they can easily outsource great ideas, donate to projects they like in a de-risked way, and earn rewards for pursuing projects that help their community and/or the world.\n\n### Open Source and Impact Certificates\nviaPrize.org is open-sourcing its smart contracts so that anyone may use its system of funders voting on how to allocate their donations. The platform is also establishing a partnership with hypercerts and adding impact certificates. Additionally, the budget will be open-sourced and utilized to pay contributors and fund prizes for public goods. \n\n### Prizes and Projects\nviaPrize.org already has prizes being won and open source projects being built, such as Pastecal.com, a zero-login calendar for unconferences, and a smart contract implementing ideas by allowing funders to vote on winners. With funding, the platform can accomplish even more.\n\n### Availability\nThis platform will be available for communities in web3, charter cities, and network state projects to open their own prize program. Through crowdfunding prizes, we may overcome the tragedy of the commons with peer-to-peer collaboration rather than bureaucracy.\n\n### Try It Out!\nCheck out the site and propose a project, contribute to any existing ones, or win the prizes today at viaprize.org!", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "viaprize", "projectTwitter": "viaprize"}, "recipient": "0x850a146D7478dAAa98Fc26Fd85e6A24e50846A9d"}}