Protocol Guild
A collective funding mechanism distributing $100M+ to ~190 Ethereum L1 core protocol contributors through onchain vesting, powered by the 1% Pledge.
- Matching Pool
- $100M+
- Projects
- ~190
- Period
- May 2022 – Ongoing
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Case Studies
120+
Real outcomes, funding decisions, lessons learned, and what actually worked in practice.
Examples:
Protocol Guild, Uniswap Grants, MolochDAO
Mechanisms
120+
Quadratic funding, retro funding, conviction voting, streaming, and hybrid models explained.
Examples:
QF, RetroPGF, Conviction Voting, Direct Grants
Research
120+
Analysis of capital flows, mechanism performance, ecosystem trends, and emerging insights.
Examples:
Capital Flow Reports, Mechanism Analysis
Campaigns
120+
Current and upcoming funding rounds, experiments, and initiatives you can participate in.
Examples:
GG25, ETHBoulder, Network Goods
Apps
120+
Funding platforms, DAOs, grant programs, funds, and primitives powering the ecosystem.
Examples:
Gitcoin Grants, Allo Protocol, Octant, Optimism RPGF
Featured Apps
Essential platforms shaping Ethereum funding
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Report
d/acc Market Map
The d/acc Market Map maps the defensive acceleration ecosystem across digital and physical infrastructure.
16 days ago
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Report
Biomimetic Capital Allocation: What Nature Can Teach Funding Mechanism Designers
Mycelial networks, slime molds, and bioregional nutrient cycling aren't metaphors -- they're engineering blueprints for distributed resource allocation under uncertainty.
8 days ago
7 min read
Opinion
The Civilizational Stakes: Public Goods Funding as Coordination Rehearsal
Why the coordination capacity being built through onchain funding mechanisms is a general-purpose capability that civilization needs -- and why the window to build it is finite.
8 days ago
6 min read
Report
The Grantee-to-Funder Flywheel: How Early Public Goods Funding Seeds Future Funders
Tracing the empirical evidence that early-stage public goods funding creates a compounding flywheel -- from Plasma Group's modest QF grant to Optimism's 60M+ OP distribution, and from 1inch's $50K to $3M given back.
8 days ago
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