Atom Economic Zone Quadratic Funding (AEZ QF) Grant Round 5 by DoraHacks has officially commenced. AEZ QF presents an important tool for ecosystem governance and public goods funding within the Cosmos Ecosystem.
AEZ QF is a long-term initiative supporting the sustainable development of public goods and appchains within the ATOM Economic Zone. The goal of the AEZ QF is to provide long term support for early stage public goods and appchain development within the Cosmos Ecosystem. Beginning with the Ecosystem Infrastructure, AEZ QF aims to build a more robust and sustainable Cosmos Ecosystem with both developers and contributors.
The funding initiative also hopes to bring the 22nd century technologies to the present, use them wisely, and make them open source. AEZ hopes to achieve this by exploring the world of hackathons, grants, bounties, ideas, and more. The grant encourages builders to create products and future technologies that change the world in a good way.
The first Atom Economic Zone Quadratic Funding completed their anti sybil attack check by 7th March, 2024 after which the winners were announced. Approximately 5000 ATOM was gotten from the funding pool and distributed amongst 8 public goods projects selected from the Cosmos Ecosystem. The first round also boasted of 120 donors.
Currently, AEZ QF has funded over 63,078,804 Projects, raised $ 9,688,997 in Community Contributions, gotten over 19,997 BUIDLS with 185,949 active Builders on the Cosmos Ecosystem. BUIDLS are projects created with DoraHacks to share ideas with more hackers and investors in the space.
The AEZ Quadratic Funding Grant, Round 5 starts today with the theme “Keep Building Cosmos Public Goods!” Deadline for this round is on 15th January, 2025. Winners get a prize pool of 8,000 ATOM + $31,111 USDC. The utilization of quadratic voting in the AEZ ensures that teams with the least number of votes still receive a decent portion of the matching pool, compared to the top-ranked teams with larger shares.
Click here for more information on how to submit cosmos public good/appchain projects.
