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, 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 news, the decentralized donation protocol Gitcoin has announced that Gitcoin Grants 20 (GG20) will launch in April and will operate on the v2 version of the community resource allocation protocol Allo.Currently, the team is upgrading Allo v2.

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin officials posted on the X platform stating that since its launch in 2019, Gitcoin Grants has raised over $56 million for public goods. Now, the Gitcoin grants archive will be open to all users, allowing them to gain a comprehensive understanding of each quarterly grant round. This includes insights into the top funded projects, the amounts raised, and contributor statistics to showcase the power of community support in driving innovation.

ChainCatcher News, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has ventured into Web3 to explore alternative forms of capital allocation and has chosen the Gitcoin Grants Stack as its preferred toolkit. This marks the second time Gitcoin technology has been utilized by a prominent nonprofit organization, the first being a powerful QF collaboration pilot project in 2022 in partnership with UNICEF.It is reported that Gitcoin is part of the OKX Ventures portfolio, focusing on public goods funding and developer community support. The two have jointly supported the first-ever Schelling Point conference held in the Asia-Pacific region in Singapore this year. Gitcoin Steward Council member and OKX Ventures partner Jeff Ren stated, "We are very excited to see traditional sectors innovating through blockchain technology, and Gitcoin is bringing positive social impact to the developer community and the broader society. This symbolizes the push for positive social impact and the enhancement of mass adoption, and OKX Ventures will continue to support these efforts and related enterprises."

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized developer platform Gitcoin disclosed the donation status of Gitcoin Grants 19 (GG19) on social media. The data shows that as of now, GG19 has provided approximately $345,000 in donations, with a total of 176,149 donations, benefiting 25,905 independent users/projects, including:In the Web3 community & education round, the donation amount is approximately $83,700, with about 29,000 donations, benefiting around 9,600 independent users/projects, including Trustalabs, ZachXBT, Onlyfun, etc.;In the Ethereum infrastructure R&D round, the donation amount is approximately $35,000, with about 37,600 donations, benefiting around 7,900 independent users/projects, including L2 beat, ZK Email, etc.;In the Web3 open-source software round, the donation amount is approximately $159,000, with about 77,900 donations, benefiting around 14,600 independent users/projects, including JediSwap, Revoke.cash, etc.

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin officially announces the launch of Gitcoin Grants 19 (GG19). GG19 will feature three project rounds and over nine community rounds, providing approximately $1.24 million in matching support funds.

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin announced that Gitcoin Grants 19 (GG19) will launch on November 15 at 20:00 Beijing time and will end on November 30 at 7:59. Applications will remain open throughout the round. GG19 will introduce three project rounds and over nine community rounds, and will provide approximately $1.24 million in matching support funds.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Gitcoin Grants 19 applications for the 19th round of Gitcoin donation activities have officially opened today and will close on November 8.

ChainCacther news, according to official information, the 18th round of Gitcoin donation event Gitcoin Grants 18 has officially launched today, and the donation event will end on August 29. This donation supports contributions through the Optimism network and the PGN network.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official Twitter, Gitcoin announced that Gitcoin Grants 18 will take place from August 15 to 29, 2023, with applications opening on August 1. (Source link)

ChainCatcher message, Gitcoin announced the results of the Gitcoin Grants Beta round of donations, which received approximately 107,000 donations totaling $607,000 by the end of May. The final results are currently undergoing snapshot voting, requiring community multi-signature key holders to pay funds based on the final payment amount, with voting continuing until July 8. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin announces the launch of the Gitcoin Grants Beta Round donations, which will last until May 9. There is $1.25 million in matching funds in the Core Round of the Gitcoin Grants Beta Round. The five core rounds in this Gitcoin Grants Beta Round include Climate Solutions, ZK Tech, OSS, Community & Ed, and Ethereum Infrastructure. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin tweeted the details of gtcETH (Gitcoin Staked ETH Index). gtcETH is created in collaboration with the Index Coop community and aims to fund Gitcoin Grants through ETH staking rewards.It is reported that the token will be built on the Index Protocol and will include liquid staking tokens from Rocket Pool, Lido, and StakeWise. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Fantom Foundation has announced that it has completed the FTM distribution for projects participating in the first round of Fantom Gitcoin Grants, with matching funds of 125,000 FTM and community donations totaling 240,942 FTM, amounting to a total of 365,942 FTM. Projects such as the Web3 payment protocol DePay and the DeFi data platform DefiLlama have been selected.The application phase for the first round of Fantom Gitcoin Grants took place from November 14 to December 4, 2022, with voting occurring from December 12, 2022, to January 2, 2023, involving a total of 88 projects. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Gitcoin announced that its decentralized grant protocol, Grants Protocol, will launch five rounds of Alpha testing in the coming months, marking the first step in the transition of Gitcoin Grants to Grants Protocol. The five rounds of Alpha testing are as follows:The first round is a pilot collaboration between Gitcoin Protocol and the UNICEF Innovation Office, taking place from December 9 to 21;The second round is the Fantom Foundation distributing 125,000 FTM to projects built within the Fantom ecosystem through Gitcoin's grant protocol, occurring from December 12, 2023, to January 2, 2024;The third round is Gitcoin's simplified Alpha round, divided into open-source software, Ethereum infrastructure, and climate solutions rounds, taking place from January 17 to 31, 2024;The fourth round is Optimism's second round of retroactive public goods funding, scheduled for January 31 to February 10, 2024;The fifth round is Alchemix's secondary voting round, which will take place in February next year, with the exact date to be determined. (source link)