GG24: Inside the First Funding Round of Gitcoin 3.0 — Funding What Matters

New @greenpillnet pod out today! 🌱 Kevin chats with the team behind Gitcoin Grants 24 (GG24) — the first round of Gitcoin 3.0 — exploring how community-led "domains," multi-mechanism rounds, and coalition funding are reshaping public goods on Ethereum.

Featuring Mathilda, Luuk, Sav, John Guilding, David Dao, Afo, Paul, Monty, Rohit, and Devansh, covering topics from privacy and interoperability to public goods R&D, adoption, and dev tooling.

🎧 Learn how GG24 is funding what matters + Apply to get funding → grants.gitcoin.co

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Timestamps:

00:00 – Introduction: Welcome to a new Greenpill season and overview of GG24 01:25 – What is GG24? New approach and community-driven structure 03:10 – Domains overview: Privacy, DevTooling, Public Goods R&D, Interop, Adoption 05:00 – Transition from Gitcoin 2.0 to 3.0 and the end of Gitcoin's software stack 06:30 – Embracing community-led multi-mechanism funding 07:40 – The rise of coalitional funding and collaboration across ecosystems 09:10 – Reflections from the GG24 team on coordination and sense-making 11:00 – How builders can participate in the new Gitcoin 3.0 structure

12:30 – Privacy Domain with John Guilding (Ethereum Foundation, PSE) 13:15 – Why privacy matters to Ethereum and how GG24 supports it 14:20 – Using MACI (Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure) for private voting 16:00 – Combining retroactive funding and quadratic voting 18:30 – Preventing collusion and promoting privacy-first governance 19:20 – Four focus areas: Privacy R&D, DApps, Infrastructure, and Education

20:40 – Public Goods R&D Domain with David Dao, Afo, and Paul 21:50 – Research meets tooling: advancing public goods funding mechanisms 23:00 – Why public goods research matters now 25:00 – From quadratic funding to new allocation algorithms 27:00 – How conviction voting and retrofunding mechanisms work 29:00 – Fast grants and peer-review models inspired by academia 30:00 – Final thoughts: public goods as Ethereum's biggest export

31:00 – Targeted Development & Adoption Domain with Luuk and Monty 31:40 – Supporting high-impact real-world use cases 33:00 – The new role of domain operators and coalition builders 34:40 – From centralized grants to networked, local funding models 36:30 – Ethereum Localism and the TrustGraph initiative 38:20 – Ethereum for the World: sustainable adoption and real-world projects

40:00 – Interop & Open Data Domain with Rohit 40:35 – Making Ethereum interoperable: connecting ecosystems and L2s 42:10 – Quadratic funding via Giveth and open infrastructure projects 43:20 – Measuring progress through open data and analytics 44:30 – How interop enhances credible neutrality and capital allocation

46:00 – DevTooling & Infrastructure Domain with Mathilda and Devansh Mehta 47:10 – Why DevTooling topped the sense-making report 48:20 – Introducing Deep Funding: prediction markets for open-source repos 50:20 – How QF and Deep Funding work together in GG24 52:00 – New eligibility criteria and builder participation 54:20 – Four ways to participate: trader, evaluator, project, or funder

57:00 – Closing remarks and call to action: join GG24 at grants.gitcoin.co