ChainCatcher news, the Web3 public goods protocol Gitcoin has announced the launch of Grants 22, running from October 23 to November 6, with funding applications now open, and the introduction of on-chain proof of minting and cross-chain donation features.This round of funding focuses on expanding open source software (OSS) and supporting digital public goods, with a total of $1 million allocated for 4 OSS rounds and $12,500 to $20,000 for 7 community rounds.

ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, the lightweight privacy layer COTI announced a partnership with the on-chain funding solution Gitcoin to launch a $500,000 grant program. The program aims to accelerate the development of privacy solutions to support the broader web3 ecosystem.This collaboration will enable COTI to leverage Gitcoin's grant management tools and services to onboard a group of experienced web3 developers and privacy projects into COTI's privacy ecosystem. Since 2017, Gitcoin has distributed over $60 million to developers of thousands of projects.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Gitcoin has announced a partnership with Octant to launch a second funding (QF) round aimed at supporting community-driven projects.It is reported that this round will have a matching pool of up to 10 ETH, with funds allocated based on community voting. Applications are now open, with a deadline of September 11 at 7:59, and the donation period is from September 12 to September 26.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Metis Foundation has partnered with Gitcoin to launch a $4 million annual grant program aimed at promoting innovation and development within the Metis ecosystem.It is reported that the first round of grants hosted by Gitcoin started today (August 29), distributing 3,000 METIS (equivalent to $100,000) through quadratic funding (QF).

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Gitcoin Grants 21 has officially launched and will run until August 22, 7:59 AM Beijing time. The theme of this round of grants is to collaborate with partners and enhance the capabilities of external communities.It is reported that this round includes Celo and Arbitrum ecosystem rounds as well as 9 community rounds. Users no longer need to collect Passport stamps, as Gitcoin Grants Stack provides technical support.

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin has launched the Gitcoin donation event Gitcoin Grants 2024 strategy and updates, which points out that due to time constraints, only three rounds of GG competitions will be held in 2024, including:GG20 has ended from April 23 to May 7;GG21 will be launched from August 7 to 21, with a total of 10 rounds of community activities, no open source software (OSS) rounds, and matching funds of $125,000 for the first 5 rounds of community rounds;GG22 is planned to start at the end of October, with specific dates to be announced in the coming weeks, and an open source software OSS program (4 rounds) with a matching fund pool of $1 million.

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin announces the launch of the Grants Program Canvas, aimed at simplifying the creation of Web3 funding programs. The Gitcoin Grants Program Canvas is a free tool co-developed by Gitcoin and partners such as Arbitrum, Optimism, Uniswap, and Polygon. It adopts a visual and modular approach, taking on the complex task of planning grant programs and simplifying it into four key stages: Define, Design, Execute, and Learn.

ChainCatcher message, Gitcoin Grants Stack announced that its protocol layer infrastructure Allo v1 will be deprecated on June 25, transitioning to Allo v2. The official statement indicates that for funding round creators, rounds created on Allo v1 will be view-only in the Manager after the deprecation date; for grantees, projects created on Allo v1 will be viewable in the Builder to check their current status after the deprecation date, but no new actions can be performed; for donors, the v1 related websites will be deprecated and donations will no longer be accepted through Grants Stack.

ChainCatcher message, Gitcoin has partnered with the Sei Foundation to launch the Sei Creator Fund, valued at $10 million, aimed at accelerating the growth of the Sei ecosystem through the Gitcoin Grants Stack.The first round kicks off on June 4, offering $250,000 in matching funds to support projects on various topics, including decentralized content platforms, NFT marketplaces, social platforms, decentralized crowdfunding, and more.Participants can be seasoned veterans or forward-thinking newcomers. Projects must contribute to the growth of the Sei ecosystem, actively engage with the community, have a viable roadmap and budget plan, and align with Sei's values.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 public goods crowdfunding platform Gitcoin has announced the upcoming launch of the 20th round of Gitcoin Grants (referred to as GG20). This round of GG20 will return to its roots, focusing on funding open source software (OSS) projects within the Ethereum ecosystem. Of the total matching funds of $1.4 million, $1 million will be specifically allocated to four major OSS categories, including hackathon alumni, decentralized applications and apps, developer tools and libraries, and Web3 infrastructure; nearly $500,000 will be distributed to five community independent rounds.It is worth mentioning that GG20 will be conducted on the Layer 2 scaling solution Arbitrum for the first time. Through the Thank ARB initiative in collaboration with Thrive Protocol, Arbitrum will provide additional funding for the OSS matching fund pool and fully support the projects participating in GG20. At the same time, the anti-witch hunt mechanism of Gitcoin Passport will be comprehensively upgraded, allowing donors to receive higher protection against witch hunts without manually collecting stamps, significantly lowering the participation threshold.According to reports, GG20 will officially open for donations on April 23 at 12:00 UTC, with a deadline of May 7 at 23:59 UTC. Since 2019, Gitcoin Grants has successfully helped over 3,500 projects raise more than $60 million in funding, making it the largest quadratic funding (QF) initiative globally.

ChainCatcher message, Gitcoin Passport stated on social media that it will launch a new stamp for on-chain activities on the zkSync chain.Gitcoin Passport also mentioned that this is the first step for its on-chain activities on L2, and it will subsequently launch stamps based on the OP and Linea networks.

ChainCatcher news, the Sei Foundation recently announced the launch of a $10 million creator fund "Sei Creator Fund" to support the creation of new projects on the Sei chain and the development of existing NFT and social projects.The Sei Creator Fund aims to provide support for creators and builders in the NFT and social space, covering collectibles, applications, infrastructure, content creation, and in-real-life (IRL) events.The first phase of Grants applications (directly applying to the foundation) has been launched, and the second phase will be launched soon, involving a fully community-led funding process in collaboration with Gitcoin, where funding in the second phase will involve community voting.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Gitcoin's funding round GG20 for Open Source Software is expected to open for applications on April 2.It is reported that GG20 will operate on version 2 of the community resource allocation protocol Allo.

ChainCatcher news, the Avalanche Foundation is launching the Avalanche Community Grant Program, which encourages projects and developers to build within the continuously evolving Avalanche ecosystem. The foundation will collaborate with Gitcoin, the largest and longest-running Web3 grant program, to allocate grant funds to match community donations and support crowdfunding within the ecosystem.For the first time, the Avalanche community can play a direct role in deciding which projects the foundation will fund. Submissions for the first round of grants will open on March 26. Any team or individual that has contributed to the Avalanche ecosystem in the past or plans to contribute in the future is eligible to apply.The Avalanche Community Grants will be conducted in multiple rounds, each with its own criteria, deadlines, and funding limits. Each round will utilize a combination of Gitcoin grant stacks as well as secondary and retroactive funding to optimize the grant program.

ChainCatcher message regarding "Gitcoin sponsoring GTC 2024" may be false information.Currently, there is no Gitcoin entity listed among the sponsors on the official NVIDIA AI Conference website, and the official Gitcoin X account has not yet released any information about the GTC 2024 conference.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 education platform HackQuest has announced the completion of a $1.1 million Pre-seed funding round, with participation from StepN's parent company Find Satoshi Lab, HashKey Capital, ByteTrade Lab, Outlier Ventures, Hash Global, OnePiece Labs, Gitcoin co-founder Scott Moore, Signum Capital partner YY, and others, and has received support from Open Campus OCX.Currently, HackQuest has established official developer education or ecosystem development collaborations with over 10 leading public chains, including Mantle Network, Solana, and Arbitrum, and plans to collaborate on courses with universities such as Nanyang Technological University. HackQuest stated that it will use this funding to launch a wider variety of courses and support more Web3 builders in launching their own projects.