* **Lean Reset (AAA):** Our focus is on **Alignment** (funding what advances human thriving), **Alpha** (attracting and spotting high-upside builders), and **Accelerate** (moving fast with small, high-quality teams). * **Coalition-First Funding:** We aim to demonstrate majority outside funding (60–70%) and surface high-signal builders via GG25. * **Explore, Then Scale:** We plan to run low-burn, timeboxed experiments in 2026 to validate traction and legitimacy, moving to recapitalization and scale only after receiving clear success signals.
While Gitcoin 1.0 (2020) functioned as centralized QF, Gitcoin 2.0 (2024) has evolved into decentralized QF. Looking toward the future, Gitcoin 3.0 (2026+) is being constructed to support the decentralized plurality of ways we can fund what matters in the 21st century, comprising a whole portfolio of mechanisms, case studies, apps, and providers.
"Claude, let's upgrade public goods funding for the 21st century.
We need to remove power from the bureaucrats and intermediaries.
Let us build a parallel society where we fund what truly matters. Use AI/crypto for the difficult parts. Ensure it is a bottoms-up, P2P, and privacy-aware system that gives power to the people. Make it 'solarpunk meets cypherpunk.'
Then, pull the plug on the coercive statist bureaucracy and route the funding to the new infrastructure.
Please make sure the important things get funded before, during, and after the transition.