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A deep dive on impact metrics for Retro Funding 4
Everything you wanted to know (and were not afraid to ask) about the onchain impact metrics developed for Optimism's fourth round of Retroactive Public Goods Funding
Exporting public goods funding beyond our immediate circles
We're still at the stage of experimenting with lots of funding mechanisms. A missing piece is explicit commitments for how surplus funding flows to outer circles.
Opening the RetroPGF ballot box: analysis on 21,813 anonymous votes
What an anonymized dataset tells us about the scoring algorithm and where voters reveal strong preferences towards projects
What builders can learn from RetroPGF 3: separating the signal from the noise
Optimism's latest RetroPGF 3 did a lot of things well, but it needs to get better at signaling where in the value chain builders should focus their energy.
Levels of the game: the psychology of RetroPGF and how to build a better game
We can only build a better game by studying whether the rules and player dynamics are having the intended effect.
Ecosystem Impact Vectors
An experimental approach for rewarding OSS projects retroactively for their contributions to developer and user growth on Optimism.
Analysis on the 300+ OSS projects applying for RetroPGF 3
A shallow dive -- with lots of dataviz -- on the open source software projects participating in the latest round of retroactive public goods funding.
The past, present and future of public goods funding
Scoring the state of crypto vs legacy public goods funding and my personal views on what it might take to grow the former to nation state scale
