Overview
The following is a proposal for a direct funding request to NDC to fund a quadratic funding round (directly in contract) for May to support NEARIAN, people in NEAR that are undercompensated in the ecosystem, that are a high value add into pushing the ecosystem forward.
Objectives
- Drive external capital outside of NEAR Foundation & NDC to stars in the NEAR ecosystem
- Rewards individuals in the NEAR ecosystem for pushing NEAR forward and set a precedent for NEAR Evangelists
- Pilot first quadratic funding round for individuals not just projects that help people sustain their incomes
- Build success stories for highlighting faces of NEAR and build a more positive culture
- SIgn up more humans and improve sybil resistance
Why?
There is no way for individuals to simply request funds for contributing to the entire ecosystem. Some people don’t attach themselves to just 1 project but believe in the whole ecosystem. Currently all quadratic funding rounds are for projects, this will be the first round tailored to individuals. Ultimately people are what makes this ecosystem great. A lot of times people associated with projects aren’t necessarily taking funds for a project and using it for a runway for their projects. We want to reward people in the ecosystem who have been around for years and highlight more sustainable opportunities in the ecosystem. These people are more likely to recirculate in the ecosystem. This circular economy of giving will build a culture about being an ecosystem and individual evangelists for public goods funding
Who
While the Potlock team and Plug will be helping facilitate and train Chefs. This will primarily be run by Marcus from NEAR Foundation as the Chef and Blaze from NDC as Admin. This is to have relatively ecosystem driven and neutral parties filter applications and alignment with pushing marketing. Potluck team will not have access to changing the pot. An additional idea proposed was to have a DAO around this which can be added for approvals later.
Additionally will be rallying the ecosystem to also contribute to the pool who want to support leading up until then.
About Potlock
Potlock is an open source protocol built on #BOS, that is the go to public goods funding platform on NEAR. Already showing marketing initiatives and $30,000 through donations and $200K+ in rounds with 140 projects onboard. AS an open source tool Potlock is continuously building.
Round Details
Applications: Open now
Announcement when NDC confirms
Matching Round Open from Monday May 13 - Sunday June 2nd (3 weeks)
Short list
Examples of NEARIANS that should be appreciated. Examples of people in the ecosystem that put their heart out into the ecosystem more than they are expected. This list is just a recommendation, NEARIANS are still expected to apply and elligible participants are not limited to these examples.
Person | Justification |
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Joe from Sharddog | Hasn’t raised for community work done for shard dog |
Jared from Shardog | Hasn’t raised yet, support communtieis with countless amount of drops. |
AVB from Wild User Interviews | Not supported for podcast |
James Waugh | Working with builders to make things happen |
Kent from NEAR Vietnam | Super active in the ecosystem |
Mario from Orderly | Constantly working in ecosystem with things like Shitzu and Protocol Pawns and BOS development. |
Aescobar | Involved in helping entire ecosystem |
Rhyme Taylor | Artist on NEAR support meme ecosystem |
AGT | Community member especially supporting in Shitzu ecosystem |
Edward | Open Web Academy has been putting work in for a while |
Yuen | Key to NDC ops. |
Elliot from Everything.dev | Works with builders and highly undercompensated |
Didier from Pikespeak | Lean founder |
Starpaus | OG in NFT and DAO space |
Jeff Gold | Supported ecosystem for years, NEAR Hub, Tomago |
Krik | Supporting NFT ecosystem |
Wax | Constantly supported for community for years |
Odin | Constantly supporting NEAR ecosystem for years, especially NFT ecosystem |
Devbose | Bootstrapped founder |
Oddgems | KOL and proponent of NEAR |
Trophy David | Writing threads in ecosystem |
Naveen from NEAR NFT | Supported NFT ecosystem and source and onboarded alot of talent also for Potlock |
Naomi | Writing on NEAR and NEAR Chan community |
Nathan | True NEAR ecosystem advocate and membassador now with $BEAN |
Monza | Carried NEAR culture on back with NEAR at Night |
Dleer | Co-Founder of Trove Labs, also carried NEAR Ecosystem on Back |
Brandomando | Co-Founder of Trove Labs, carried meme ecosystem on Back |
Elliot aka Dacha | One of few people who put in alot of extra effort to make NDC happen and also kept Aurora ecosystem moving |
Chloe | Founder of MarmaJ, OG onboarded alot of contributors to NEAR Ecosystem. |
Zeitwarp | Multi-disciplinary artist on NEAR |
Kiskesis | One of few trying to make NDC happen and stood up NEAR Ukraine hub |
Applicants Requirements
- Has been in the ecosystem for over a year and relatively active
- Primarily spends most of his/her time in the NEAR ecosystem as opposed to alternative blockchain.
- Substantially support the ecosystem and for free at many points
- Not currently employee of NEAR Foundation or doesn’t have a consistent full time job subsidized by the ecosystem, yet still active in ecosystem
- If he/she has a full time job in the ecosystem, clearly goes above and beyond the workload and is deeply engaged in ecosystem activities.
- If applicants don’t want funding they can allocate towards their favorite projects (please be explicitly in a tweet/near social post or bio)
Funding Ask
- $20,000 worth of NEAR (price locked on approval of proposal)
KPIs
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300 unique donations
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100,000 impressions regarding the round
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10 coverage pieces and content about the round
Resources
- Docs https://docs.potlock.io
- Tutorials potlock.org/tutorials
- Chef Training PotLock
Payout Wallet
Directly into contract from NDC account via platform (nearian.v1.potfactory.potlock.near) → will be deployed at Potlock for instructions on how to sponsor PotLock