JP Aulet

Commons Stack

Commons Stack is raising funds to cover the costs of our research around the Quadratic Accelerator, aka q/acc. We hope this research will be able to support the continued improvement of the q/acc program for use in the Giveth ecosystem (for Gurves) and other Commons focused ecosystems in the future. <h1>What is Commons Stack?</h1> We, Commons Stack, started as a think-tank primarily focused on crypto-economic primitives to underpin a design framework for a Commons, a tokenized community with a mission benefitting a public good. We aspired to scale commons as a way to realign incentives with public goods. To achieve this, we needed to elaborate cultural designs that reinforce commoning principles and create novel tools such as the Augmented Bonding Curve (ABC), Conviction Voting and the Praise reward and reputation system.&nbsp; Our Commons design pattern is a curated library of tools and processes for governance, funding, proposal, analytics and initialization of a Commons. Some have come straight out of our research collaborations -&nbsp;such as the ABC, CV and the Praise reward system - while others were chosen from those available in the web3 tooling marketplace. To&nbsp;really understand what we are trying to build, try out the Commons Simulator: <a href="https://sim.commonsstack.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sim.commonsstack.org/</a> We see the work of Elinor Ostrom as our North Star and set out to weave her principles of governing commons into the cultural fabric of a Commons. Our Cultural Build defines practices for clear boundaries, conflict resolution, monitoring, participatory decision-making, as well as others.&nbsp; Among our milestones are supporting BlockScience in open-sourcing cadCAD, developing the edutainment program Commons Simulator, launching the Trusted Seed, developing a collaborative economics method, deploying the Token Engineering Commons (TEC) - the first field test for our Commons design patterns, launching the Commons Prize and starting our commons collaboration with Grassroots Economics, the winner of the prize. While we have already had some success, we have only just begun. Our research continues. The lessons learned from a first field test, the Token Engineering Commons (TEC), are being rolled into new deployment protocols and our curated commons library of tools and processes continues to evolve.&nbsp; We did not get this far alone. We have collaborated with BlockScience, Blossom Labs, Metagov, Curve Labs, PrimeDAO, Giveth, 1Hive, Aragon, Token Engineering Academy, Token Engineering Commons, and many others.

Commons Stack is raising funds to cover the costs of our research around the
Quadratic Accelerator, aka q/acc. We hope this research will be able to support
the continued improvement of the q/acc program for use in the Giveth ecosystem
(for Gurves) and other Commons focused ecosystems in the futu...

Trace

Kyle W

We're on a mission to create technologies and opportunities that enable communities to build, fund and protect what matters. Now, as a technology organization, Gitcoin is bringing capital allocation strategies to web3 in permissionless ways. As leaders in the Grants allocation space, we will move more money into the hands of the builders, dreamers, and the web3 community at large. With Grants Stack, you can configure direct grants programs, quadratic funding rounds and even retro active funding rounds. Grants Stack is built on Allo, Gitcoin's allocation protocol. Allo is the first protocol to combine three core components: A universal project registry, with diverse funding strategies (how the capital is allocated), with robust payout strategies (ensure accountability with the capital that is being allocation). Combined, Allo makes it easy to run a grants program, learn more about projects or fund what matters. The Gitcoin Grants Program is a quarterly initiative run by Gitcoin that empowers everyday believers in web3 to drive funding toward what they believe matters, with the impact of individual donations being magnified by the use of the Quadratic Funding (QF) distribution mechanism. The objective of this grant is to help us grow &amp; sustain the builders who are pioneering in the capital allocation space and supporting public goods globally.

We're on a mission to create technologies and opportunities that enable
communities to build, fund and protect what matters.
Now, as a technology organization, Gitcoin is bringing capital allocation
strategies to web3 in permissionless ways. As leaders in the Grants allocation
space, we will move...

Giveth

Gitcoin

Token Engineering Commons

The Token Engineering Commons is a DAO with the purpose of advancing the field of token engineering. The TEC supports the creation of ethical, safe, resilient and diverse economic systems to benefit societies around the world. <img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmdbreDNVAUgkGuN726aXwMzhtfkUYfKfKwrYCQYZqxzYV"> If you want to support Token Engineering in general, donating to this project is the BEST way to do it. The funds collected by this project will be allocated by TEC Token holders to advance token engineering. <h1>About us</h1> The TEC’s mission is to become a <a href="https://nav.al/schelling-point" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Schelling Point</a> for the token engineering community through economic and social layers. The economic layer funds projects that discover, develop and proliferate the best practices for engineering safe tokenized economies, while aligning our collective success with the individual benefit of TEC token holders. Our social layer is even more important, as it unites the token engineering field around the ethical principles, standards, tools and methodologies that emerge as this nascent field advances. The Token Engineering Commons cultural framework operates based on <a href="(https://app.gitbook.com/@token-engineering-commons/s/tec-handbook/what-is-the-tec/the-cultural-build" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elinor Ostrom’s principles</a> for governing the commons. It values a prosocial perspective and prioritizes the advancement of token engineering over short-term gain. ‌Integrity, curiosity, constructive inquiry, consistency, presence and gratitude are foundational for maintaining mutual respect within the growing community.‌ The TEC encourages its members to be radically open source, non-hierarchical, transparent in their intentions and accountable for their actions. <h1>Links</h1> Our website is: <a href="https://tecommons.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tecommons.org</a> Our discord is: <a href="https://discord.tecommons.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://discord.tecommons.org</a> Our forum is: <a href="https://forum.tecommons.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.tecommons.org</a> Our handbook is: <a href="https://token-engineering-commons.gitbook.io/tec-handbook" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://token-engineering-commons.gitbook.io/tec-handbook</a>

The Token Engineering Commons is a DAO with the purpose of advancing the field
of token engineering.
The TEC supports the creation of ethical, safe, resilient and diverse economic
systems to benefit societies around the world.
If you want to support Token Engineering in general, donating to this ...

Vocdoni Association

TL;DR: Vocdoni leads the way in opensource decentralized voting technology, with hundreds of thousands of votes processed for +300 organizations, including City councils, Political parties, Cooperatives, Football clubs, Associations, opposition groups under repressive regimes and more! We accomplished this using a custom L1 blockchain designed specifically for voting. Now, we are building DAVINCI, a new public good voting protocol that ensures anonymous, anticoercion, verifiable, and accessible elections using zkSNARKs and Homomorphic Encryption. DAVINCI is the first solution that meets all the criteria for a universal voting protocol, covering a wide range of use cases: from gasless and anonymous offchain voting for DAOs, with the same guarantees as onchain voting, to national-level official elections. <h2>Introducing DAVINCI: The future of voting on Ethereum</h2>Modern voting systems (whether paper-based, centralized digital voting, or onchain) suffer from significant flaws, including high costs, limited accessibility, and vulnerabilities to manipulation, bias, and vote buying. Achieving the highest standards of election security and fairness remains costly and complex, leaving billions without a secure digital participation option. Recurrent, low-cost voting is crucial for democratic resilience, but the existing systems lack the necessary technological infrastructure to support it. <h3>What is DAVINCI?</h3>DAVINCI (Decentralized Autonomous Voting Infrastructure for Non-Coercive Inclusion) is a new neutral and unstoppable voting protocol designed for privacy, scalability, and security. It enables high-frequency, low-cost elections while ensuring transparency, censorship resistance, anti-coercion, and integrity. Built as a Layer 2 solution on Ethereum, DAVINCI ensures votes remain tamper-proof and trustless, eliminating central points of failure. <h3>How DAVINCI Works</h3>DAVINCI leverages zkSNARKs and threshold homomorphic encryption (ElGamal) to provide end-to-end verifiability, anticoercion and anonymity, allowing voters to participate without compromising privacy. A distributed key generation (DKG) system, coordinated via smart contracts, secures encryption key creation while preventing manipulation. This ensures trustless election integrity without relying on any single entity. <h3>Technology &amp; Implementation</h3><ul><li>Privacy-Preserving Voting: Utilizes zkSNARKs for secure, anonymous voting with on-chain verifiability.</li><li>Scalable &amp; Efficient: Implements Gnark cryptographic libraries using BLS12-377 &amp; BW6-761 curves for fast recursive vote aggregation.</li><li>Ethereum Integration: Produces BN254 proofs, ensuring vote validity onchain with minimal computational overhead.</li><li>Accessible &amp; Decentralized: Designed to run on widely accessible hardware (64 GiB RAM), making it easy for anyone to join the sequencer network without requiring specialized infrastructure.</li><li>Flexible &amp; Gasless: Supports various governance models, including DAO voting, national elections, and community polls, with an efficient off-chain computation model.</li></ul> <h3>Why DAVINCI?</h3>DAVINCI is the only voting protocol that outperforms paper-based, centralized digital, and onchain voting. It meets the requirements for a universal voting solution.<a href="https://vocdoni.io" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://tomato-giant-grasshopper-196.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/bafybeihp67w6hzoog2e2ufgn44wqpin7i7l54wvin2sew2xxa3f36n3giu"></a><h3> </h3><h3>Roadmap &amp; Next Steps</h3><a href="https://vocdoni.io" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://tomato-giant-grasshopper-196.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/bafkreigqsitln2filgaid2s2kzmjorwxkamjs2bdfxjr4zcnqyauj3wiyy"></a> DAVINCI has completed its proof-of-concept phase and is now moving towards a testnet launch in Q2 2025. Our next milestones include:<ul><li>Testnet launch with a single sequencer</li><li>Audits</li><li>User Testing &amp; Pilots</li><li>Migration of current users of the Vocdoni protocol to DAVINCI</li><li>Community building around DAVINCI</li><li>Mainnet Deployment</li></ul>To achieve these milestones, we need funds to cover our running costs.<h3>Extended info &amp; repos:</h3><ul><li><a href="https://whitepaper.vocdoni.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Whitepaper</a></li><li><a href="https://ethresear.ch/t/vocdoni-protocol-enabling-decentralized-voting-for-the-masses-with-zk-technology/21036" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ethresearch thread</a></li><li><a href="https://vocdoni.io" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Success stories:</a></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><a href="https://blog.vocdoni.io/new-belarus-vocdoni" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Belarus</a></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><a href="https://thefintechtimes.com/fc-barcelona-reaches-milestone-in-blockchain-tech-adoption-immortalising-johan-cruyff/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Football Club Barcelona</a></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><a href="https://blog.vocdoni.io/referendum-bellpuig" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First official digital referendum in Spain</a></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><a href="https://x.com/vocdoni/status/1868017937212162093" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">One of the biggest political parties in Spain</a></li><li>All our code is opensource and we build in public, you can visit our github repositories here:</li><li class="ql-indent-1"><a href="https://github.com/vocdoni/vocdoni-circuits-artifacts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/vocdoni/vocdoni-circuits-artifacts</a></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><a href="https://github.com/vocdoni/circom2gnark" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/vocdoni/circom2gnark</a></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><a href="https://github.com/vocdoni/davinci-node" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/vocdoni/davinci-node</a></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><a href="https://github.com/vocdoni/contracts-z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/vocdoni/contracts-z</a></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><a href="https://github.com/vocdoni/gnark-crypto-primitives" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/vocdoni/gnark-crypto-primitives</a></li></ul><h3> </h3><h3>Get Involved</h3>We’re building DAVINCI as an open-source and neutral protocol and invite the Ethereum and governance communities to contribute. Whether you’re a developer, researcher, or advocate for democratic resilience, your support will help make secure, censorship-resistant voting a reality! Follow us on:<ul><li>Farcaster: <a href="https://warpcast.com/vocdoni" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://warpcast.com/vocdoni</a></li><li>X: <a href="https://x.com/vocdoni" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/vocdoni</a></li><li>Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vocdoni.io" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/vocdoni.io</a></li></ul>Contribute on GitHub → <a href="https://github.com/vocdoni/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">github.com/vocdoni</a>Vocdoni Discord server → <a href="https://chat.vocdoni.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chat.vocdoni.io</a>DAVINCI→ <a href="https://davinci.vote/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">davinci.vote</a> (coming soon)

TL;DR: Vocdoni leads the way in opensource decentralized voting technology, with
hundreds of thousands of votes processed for +300 organizations, including City
councils, Political parties, Cooperatives, Football clubs, Associations,
opposition groups under repressive regimes and more! We accompl...

VOCDONI - A public good for secure decentralized voting

web3privacy now

<a href="https://web3privacy.info/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Web3Privacy Now</a> is a non-profit, open-source initiative committed to promoting privacy and freedom within the Web3 ecosystem. We believe that digital privacy is a fundamental human right and build and coordinate to ensure it is upheld in the decentralized web. Our Mission: Our goal is to educate, advocate, and develop tools that enable individuals to take control of their digital privacy. By fostering a <a href="https://docs.web3privacy.info/about-us/culture/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">culture</a> of privacy in Web3 and beyond, we aim to protect individuals from unwarranted surveillance and data commodification. Key Achievements: <ul><li>Comprehensive Research and Databases: We have developed extensive <a href="https://github.com/web3privacy/web3privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">database</a> of privacy services, use cases, and <a href="https://web3privacy.info/research/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">research</a> providing valuable resources for the community via an accessible <a href="https://explorer.web3privacy.info/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.</li><li>Community Engagement: Through free <a href="https://web3privacy.info/events/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">events</a> like the <a href="https://congress.web3privacy.info/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress</a>, we bring together diverse groups to discuss and promote privacy and freedom in the digital age. We organized 12 events in 2024 with over 5000 attendees and 75+ speakers.</li><li>Advocacy and Education: Our <a href="https://docs.web3privacy.info/about-us/manifesto/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">manifesto</a>, <a href="https://academy.web3privacy.info/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">academy</a>, <a href="https://news.web3privacy.info/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newsletter</a> and other educational materials (e.g. <a href="https://absorbing-diagram-66b.notion.site/Privacy-Builder-Pack-2cae5f1e195c4970b4eb41a14d3f4bde" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">privacy-builder-pack</a>) serve as foundational resources for understanding and implementing privacy in Web3 and beyond.</li></ul> Transparency: We receive support - material and else (membership/sponsorship), from organizations around the globe (event-specific, or 1 year around) so we can continue making free events and build open-source databases and projects to strengthen privacy movement. 2025 Explorations: We aim to kick-off a privacy and freedom-focused podcast, get involved in onchain DAO governance (via delegation), publish w3pn-financial transparency report, web3 privacy report for the institutions as well as organizing our 1ˢᵗ hackathon/buildathon, build a bounty/grant platform, and more!Support our efforts to make digital privacy a reality for all. Your contributions will enable us to continue our advocacy, education, and development of privacy-enhancing tools. Support our efforts to make digital privacy a reality for all. Your contributions will enable us to continue our advocacy, education, and development of privacy-enhancing tools.

Web3Privacy Now is a non-profit, open-source initiative committed to promoting
privacy and freedom within the Web3 ecosystem. We believe that digital privacy
is a fundamental human right and build and coordinate to ensure it is upheld in
the decentralized web.
Our Mission: Our goal is to educate,...

Web3Privacy Now - Advocating for Digital Privacy

This Cause unites projects that are building the essential digital commons for governance and privacy. These initiatives are open-source, non-speculative, and dedicated to creating non-rival public goods that everyone can use, adapt, and build upon. Just like Lego bricks, these tools provide the foundational primitives that allow communities, developers, and organizations to assemble more complex systems of participation, democracy, and digital self-determination. In an era where trust, transparency, and privacy are under constant pressure, it is more important than ever to fund projects that safeguard freedoms while enabling collective action. The projects in this Cause develop protocols, infrastructures, and applications designed for the long-term benefit of society, not for short-term profit. They are aligned with the values of decentralization, accessibility, and resilience, ensuring that essential governance and privacy technologies remain open, permissionless, and universally available. By supporting this Cause, you are contributing directly to the ecosystem of digital public goods that empower communities worldwide — from grassroots associations to global networks. Your contributions help sustain the builders who are laying down the groundwork for more democratic governance, more secure privacy, and more equitable access to digital infrastructures. Together, we can strengthen the commons and ensure that the building blocks of the future remain in the hands of the people.

🌍 Open-Source & Public Goods for Governance and Privacy
JP Aulet

$1.04

24.39 GIV

🌍 Open-Source & Public Goods for Governance and PrivacyJP Aulet

$1.04

24.39 GIV

🌍 Open-Source & Public Goods for Governance and Privacy
JP Aulet