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what's gitcoin?

Gitcoin is a decentralized platform that facilitates community-driven funding for public goods in the web3 ecosystem, primarily through its quadratic funding grants program, enabling collective allocation of capital to open-source projects and infrastructure. Its core value proposition lies in transforming donations into governance signals, allowing contributors to vote with capital on what matters most, fostering coordination and impact beyond traditional crowdfunding. Key innovations include the Gitcoin Grants Stack, a protocol-enabled suite of tools for on-chain quadratic funding, and integrations with layer-2 solutions like Optimism and Polygon for efficient, decentralized rounds. It targets use cases such as Ethereum infrastructure development, dev tooling, interop standards, climate solutions, and privacy-preserving tools, positioning itself as a primitive for collective action in crypto. Gitcoin plays a pivotal role in the Ethereum ecosystem, having distributed over $60 million in grants and partnering with entities like ZKsync Foundation and the Optimism Foundation to reward builders and sustain public goods.

Snapshot

Gitcoin regained Twitter account access on January 8, 2026.

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5D ago
TEAM UPDATE

Regained Twitter account access on January 8, 2026.

1M ago

Gitcoin 2.0 winds down in 2025 with plans to launch Gitcoin 3.0 comeback in 2026.

GTC trades at $13m FDV while holding approximately $21m in treasury. GG24 privacy funding round results show privacy dapps and infrastructure drew the most participation, with MACI private voting reducing bandwagoning behavior.

The Gitcoin 3.3 rainbowpaper is published as a work-in-progress document, exploring how new incentive systems help escape multipolar traps and build alignment at scale.

GG25 will focus on frontier metas including AI, stablecoins, DePIN, interop, and infofi privacy, introducing a new model that pairs public goods funding rounds with token investments to create an investment engine for treasury longevity.

GTC delisted from Bybit futures trading platform along with RAD, GLMR, and RSS3.

GG24 panel discusses how Domains reshape the project with clearer focus, tighter signal, and better capital allocation.

Juan Benet and Kevin Owocki discuss the Gitcoin Rainbowpaper at Schelling Point this Thursday at 13:00 local time, exploring the project's future direction.

@jondotbo and @owocki host a workshop this Thursday at Schelling Point Buenos Aires to define the roadmap for reaching Gitcoin 3.3.

A poster titled "The Evolution of Gitcoin Grants" drops November 20 with preorder now live, documenting $60M+ coordinated through Gitcoin Grants across 20+ rounds and tens of thousands of contributors.

A poster titled "Pluralism is Punk" drops November 20, documenting $758M+ in public goods funding flows across gitcoin and ecosystem partners (including Optimism, Protocol Guild, Octant, MolochDAO, Arbitrum, and Ethereum Foundation) from 2019 to 2025.

Schelling Point event next week will feature a significant announcement about the project's next chapter.

2M ago

FundingCommons hosts a RealFi and public goods summit on November 19 in Buenos Aires, offering Gitcoin community 50% off with code FTC-GITCOIN50.

The project maintains a booth presence at Ethereum World Fair (November 17-19) and opens volunteer applications for event assistance.

Community voting is underway on a temp check proposal to withdraw remaining PGN fees back to Gitcoin.

The Interop Standards, Infra & Analytics round of GG24 has 1 day and 16 hours remaining with $100k in matching funds available for this specific category.

Gitcoin Grants becomes a finalist for the Anthem Awards in the Best Use of Technology in Responsible Tech category, with voting now open.

GG24 scales to 90 repositories (from 45 in pilot) with $350K funding pool contributed by Ethereum Foundation and Gitcoin.

On Thursday, users can open a CDP to borrow $AZUSD on Base and donate it to GG24 through the Giveth platform.

Voting for the GG24 Privacy Round is now live on privoteweb3, with participation open to anyone holding a HumnPassport.

GG24 allocates over $1.74M in matching funds across 5 areas: Privacy, Interop & Infrastructure, Public Goods R&D, Developer Tooling, and Targeted Development & Adoption.

GG24 funding round accepts donations through October 28, 2025.

Gitcoin operates on Lit Protocol's decentralized infrastructure for security and key management operations.

The GG24 Privacy Round offers retroactive grants for privacy tools and infrastructure, with an October 21 application deadline.

Grants Round 24 launches with $300k distributed to Ethereum Public Goods via Quadratic Funding on Giveth.

Grants 24 funding round is now live on the platform with projects seeking support.

3M ago

Gitcoin 3.0 eliminates its enshrined internal software development team, shifting to a curation-focused model that elevates external teams building capital allocation software and positions itself as a "festival of funding" coordinator for Ethereum innovation.

New website launch delivers the Gitcoin 3.0 experience with improved clarity, speed, and focus on funding coordination and builders.

A community initiative is being established to integrate the allo protocol with Hyperliquid blockchain ecosystem for funding public goods, with a dedicated donation safe created at hyperevm:0x3a1bc1688112ff51d84b092E7Aa99274EEbA89D2.

Major platform evolution to Gitcoin 3.0 introduces community Sensemaking for domain formation and focuses on Ethereum infrastructure solutions.

An ongoing phishing attack is impersonating the project with fake emails appearing to come from GitHub.

The GG24 grants round will take place from October 14 through October 28.

4M ago

Active exploration of Farcaster integration for public goods funding implementation during upcoming GG24 round.

Major protocol update establishes 21 distinct funding domains for upcoming GG24, with dedicated proposers for each sector.

New partnership with Giveth established to power OSS Quadratic Funding rounds while maintaining operational control.

5M ago

Version 3.3 introduces three-part capital allocation framework focusing on community proposals, funding design testing, and real-world traction validation.

6M ago

Major platform upgrade (3.0) introduces 6-week Sensemaking phase for validating and prioritizing funding needs.

7M ago

Two major AI initiatives announced: governance dataset creation and public goods funding experiment, with NEAR Governance collaboration established.

Grants Stack platform sunsets May 27, 2025, requiring users to migrate services.

New GrantShips GG23 voting event begins May 22, requiring 100+ GTC tokens for participation.

Reward distribution for unstaking begins Monday for eligible wallets.

8M ago

Unstaking feature launches this week with reward claiming functionality for GG23 participants.

$18K in staking rewards distributed based on supported projects' impact metrics.

Major restructuring occurs as Grants Lab division shuts down due to profitability concerns; operations continue with reduced team and focused grants program.

Core development team Grants Lab shutting down by May 2025 due to unsustainable revenue, affecting product maintenance and staff.

Major development unit Grants Lab shutting down by May 2025 due to unsustainable operating costs, shifting focus to core grants program.

Grants Round 23 concludes today with 13 projects receiving community contributions.

New Grants 23 program launches with dual-track funding system: Quadratic Funding for early builders and Retro Funding for established projects, incorporating onchain attestations.

9M ago

Active governance round for fund allocation to top 30 builders runs until April 23, open to eligible badge holders.

GG23 Retro Funding Round includes project among top 30 Ethereum OSS selections.

Selected among top 30 mature OSS projects for inaugural Retro Funding Round GG23.

Mature Builders funding round is live with voting open to experts, past donors, and GTC holders.

Policy enforcement prohibits reward offers to donors; violations result in round removal and loss of matching funds.

Qualifies for new Retro Funding Round among 30 leading mature OSS projects.

New staking mechanism launches with $18K reward pool for supporting projects.

New Developer Tooling and Libraries grant round launches with donation matching mechanism.

New staking mechanism launches allowing GTC holders to stake tokens on projects with rewards.

New Grants Claiming Tool launches in partnership with Optimism, streamlining OP grant claims process.

Grants Round 23 launches on Arbitrum, running through April 16 with quadratic funding mechanism.

New partnership launches first retroactive funding round with impact-based metrics for open source projects.

New AI-driven governance experiment launches in Grants Round 23 with $25k funding pool for open source projects.