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Optimism RetroPGF Round 6
Rewarding governance contributions
RetroPGF 6 focuses on rewarding governance contributions to the Optimism Collective. The round distributes 2.4M OP tokens to recognize contributions to governance participation, tooling, and collective operations.
Dates
Nov 1, 2024 - Jan 31, 2025
Octant Epoch 9
Participatory public goods funding
Epoch 9 of Octant's participatory funding model is currently active. GLM stakers earn ETH rewards and choose whether to donate to curated public goods projects or claim personally. This epoch continues funding for Ethereum public goods.
Matching Pool
$1.5M+
Dates
Nov 15, 2024 - Feb 15, 2025
Arbitrum LTIP
Long-Term Incentive Pilot Program
The Long-Term Incentive Pilot Program (LTIP) distributes 45.8M ARB tokens to protocols building on Arbitrum. The program builds on learnings from STIP with improved measurement frameworks and longer-term incentive design.
Dates
Sep 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
EF ESP Open Grants
Ethereum Foundation ongoing support
The Ethereum Foundation Ecosystem Support Program accepts rolling applications for grants supporting Ethereum infrastructure, research, and community. ESP funded 105 projects totaling ~$3M in 2024.
Dates
Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
Protocol Guild Funding
Continuous support for Ethereum core devs
Protocol Guild provides ongoing streaming funding to 187+ Ethereum core protocol contributors. With over $92.9M in pledges from projects like Lido, Uniswap, and ENS, it represents the largest collective funding for core development.
Dates
May 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2026
Past Campaigns
Gitcoin Grants 23
Funding public goods through quadratic funding
GG23 ran in December 2024, bringing together communities across the Ethereum ecosystem to fund public goods through quadratic funding. The round distributed over $1.2M across 235+ projects in core rounds including Web3 OSS, Developer Tooling, and dApps & Apps.
Matching Pool
$1.2M+
Dates
Dec 3, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
Optimism RetroPGF Round 5
Rewarding Ethereum and OP Stack contributions
RetroPGF 5 distributed 8M OP tokens to projects that contributed to the Optimism ecosystem and broader Ethereum infrastructure. The round focused on developer tools, infrastructure, and ecosystem growth.
Dates
Jun 1, 2024 - Aug 15, 2024
Arbitrum STIP
Short-Term Incentive Program Results
The Short-Term Incentive Program distributed 71.4M ARB tokens to 56 protocols in late 2023 through early 2024. The program provided valuable data on incentive effectiveness and informed the design of LTIP.
Dates
Oct 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
Gitcoin Grants 22
Scaling quadratic funding
GG22 ran in August 2024, funding hundreds of projects across Web3 infrastructure, climate solutions, and ecosystem development through quadratic funding rounds.
Matching Pool
$1.5M+
Dates
Aug 7, 2024 - Aug 21, 2024
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