The Role of VC Funding in RetroPGF
In RetroPGF 3, the community had a lively discussion about VC funding and it’s role within RetroPGF.
On Speculation and Optimism's Recent $100m Retroactive Public Goods Grants
While the mainstream news in the crypto space this week was the approval US Bitcoin spot ETFs, another more interesting thing happened. In a difficult time where a lot of tech businesses are laying off workers, Optimism’s 3rd Retroactive Public Goods Funding Round (RetroPGF) funded 501 projects to a tune of over ~$100m dollars (30m $OP). Optimism, a scaling solution for Ethereum, is increasingly setting the tone for how we might envision the funding of work and the ecosystems around it without resorting to traditional business models or current expectations on how to monetize open source work.
Announcing RetroPGF Round 3 Recipients
501 builders, writers, creators, educators, and contributors from across the Optimism ecosystem have been allocated a portion of 30M OP! RetroPGF Round 3 rewarded contributors for the impact they provided to the Optimism Collective across four categories: OP Stack, Collective Governance, Developer Ecosystem, and End User Experience and Adoption. View the full list of awarded contributors here.
[Temp Check] Burn surplus RetroPGF (+ monetary policy proposals)
Currently, there’s no monetary policy proposal type. So, this is not a proposal, but rather a conversation starter about some serious issues.
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