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Arbitrum LTIP
Long-Term Incentive Pilot Program
The Long-Term Incentive Pilot Program (LTIP) distributes 45.8M ARB tokens to protocols building on Arbitrum. The program builds on learnings from STIP with improved measurement frameworks and longer-term incentive design.
Dates
Sep 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
EF ESP Open Grants
Ethereum Foundation ongoing support
The Ethereum Foundation Ecosystem Support Program accepts rolling applications for grants supporting Ethereum infrastructure, research, and community. ESP funded 105 projects totaling ~$3M in 2024.
Dates
Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
Octant Epoch 9
Participatory public goods funding
Epoch 9 of Octant's participatory funding model is currently active. GLM stakers earn ETH rewards and choose whether to donate to curated public goods projects or claim personally. This epoch continues funding for Ethereum public goods.
Matching Pool
$1.5M+
Dates
Nov 15, 2024 - Feb 15, 2025
Featured Apps
Leading platforms and programs in the ecosystem
Allo Protocol
The infrastructure for capital allocation
Allo Protocol is an open-source protocol for capital allocation built by Gitcoin. It provides modular building blocks (strategies) that developers can use to create any type of funding mechanism. Allo V2 powers Gitcoin Grants Stack and enables custom allocation strategies for quadratic funding, direct grants, and more.
Arbitrum DAO Grants
Funding the Arbitrum ecosystem
The Arbitrum DAO runs various grant programs to fund the ecosystem. The Short-Term Incentive Program (STIP) distributed 71.4M ARB to 56 protocols in 2023. The Long-Term Incentive Pilot Program (LTIP) is distributing 45.8M ARB with improved measurement frameworks. Additional programs include the Gaming Catalyst Program and Questbook Domain Allocators.
Base Builder Grants
Supporting builders on Base
Base offers grants through the Base Ecosystem Fund and Builder Grants to support developers building on the network. The program focuses on consumer apps, DeFi infrastructure, developer tooling, and onchain identity solutions.
clr.fund
Permissionless quadratic funding
clr.fund is a protocol for permissionless quadratic funding using MACI (Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure). It provides bribery-resistant, private voting for democratic capital allocation. The protocol enables anyone to run a quadratic funding round without central coordination.
Funding Mechanisms
Understand how different approaches to funding work
Attestation-Based Funding
Using onchain attestations and reputation signals to determine funding eligibility and amounts.
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Conviction Voting
A continuous voting mechanism where support accumulates over time, allowing preferences to be expressed without discrete voting periods.
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Direct Grants
Traditional grant-making where a committee or individual directly allocates funds to selected projects based on applications and evaluation.
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Case Studies
Learn from real funding experiments and their outcomes
Arbitrum STIP: 71.4M ARB Incentive Experiment
Analysis of Arbitrum's Short-Term Incentive Program, which distributed 71.4M ARB to 56 protocols with mixed but valuable learnings.
Project
Short-Term Incentive Program
Gitcoin GG20: Community Rounds at Scale
GG20 demonstrated the maturation of community-run quadratic funding rounds, with multiple ecosystems running independent rounds on Grants Stack.
Project
Gitcoin Grants 20
Octant: Staking-Powered Public Goods Funding
How Octant created a sustainable funding model using staked ETH rewards, distributing millions to public goods across 9 epochs.
Project
Octant Epochs 1-9
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