Hey all! Wanted to check in and give you the latest on the new Allo (grants) Protocol and the future of the Gitcoin Grants Program.
Here's the most recent info on our governance forums where we proposed and designed the structure of the Gitcoin Program having “Core” rounds operated by Gitcoin and “featured” rounds operated by partners:
(Feb) - https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/shaping-the-new-gitcoin-grants-program-with-community-engagement/12811
(Jan) - https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/decentralizing-the-gitcoin-grants-program/12669
TLDR - We are giving the community a much stronger say in what rounds we run as part of the (core) Gitcoin Grants Program. We've decided to break it into two categories - Gitcoin Program Core Rounds (these are rounds the Gitcoin team will primarily operate, manage, fundraise for, payout, etc) that the community voted for, like OSS, Eth Infra, Climate. And then we'll also promote "Program Featured Rounds" that are primarily managed and operated by external parties (these would be most like our legacy "ecosystem rounds") who we feel are mission aligned partners/rounds that would benefit from the network effects of running alongside the quarterly Gitcoin Program in one big event.
The Gitcoin Program Beta launch is coming up April 25th - May 9th, and will be our first large scale group of rounds on the Allo Protocol. All Core and Featured rounds will be distinct, independent pools, each with its own smart contract, but they will all be promoted together through socials and on a single unified landing page.
If you have any interest in getting involved in the Beta (either supporting the general core rounds, or potentially running your own "featured" ecosystem round) we have plenty more details to share and would love to chat!
Here are a few documents that may answer some questions and provide more context (keep in mind some of these are still a WIP and will be updated in the coming days/weeks):
Round operator runbook - hosting your own round: https://gitcoin.notion.site/Operate-Your-Own-Round-92a9e3f3b1924c3fb6156da468f5ce41
Technical documentation for the Allo Protocol and Grants Stack: https://docs.allo.gitcoin.co/getting-started/introduction
Short deck with high level Beta Round overview:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fwtO_YVc7dqCWoQD0j-KbNbiJJ2rosLU3xs9mPLD2x0/edit?usp=sharing
Short deck with high level product overview:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YlA5GTGsy9MW_-CJRYl-D4BRJmMvxR__bG3D0JpaLw0/edit?usp=sharing
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Finally if you're curious we have some write ups on how the January Alpha rounds went (which were limited to certain grantees and only has OSS, Eth Infra, and Climate pools) :
https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/gitcoin-program-alpha-round-post-op-writeup/13043
https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/gitcoin-program-alpha-rounds-data-findings/13045
Let us know if you want to learn more or have any questions!