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Hellen

Grants program lead with experience designing and running funding programs in Web3. Previously led the Cartesi Grants Program, managing a $1M fund across two funding rounds.

Is there a real funding pathway for early stage Algorand builders; and would the community be interested in native crowdfunding?

General — Jul 3

Please correct me if my understanding of Sprout is wrong, but it sounds like a launchpad. IMO, these have not yet found PMF in combination with blockchain. The problem is what are the crowdfunders really buying and how they can trust that milestones have really been hit? Typically, blockchain launc…

Questions on xGov Priority Areas and Impact Evaluation

xGov Council — Jun 13

This comment might be a bit off-topic, but the post title was too good to pass up! 🙂
We’re planning to submit a major xGov proposal, but we’re facing a structuring issue. The proposal is tied to a primary open-source repository that involves a directly dependent submodule repository (there’s actuall…

Questions on xGov Priority Areas and Impact Evaluation

xGov Council — Jun 11

Thank you for starting this discussion here. Regarding priority areas, I think we should not constrain them because blockchain as a whole is still searching for product market fit. By the time the community would agree on an area, that might already be out dated and/or the projects starting only af…

Questions on xGov Priority Areas and Impact Evaluation

xGov Council — Jun 11

Thank you for your proposal. Speaking from a personal perspective, I do agree with your points. At the same time, I also understand that, given the current state of xGov, it is quite difficult to move in that direction. What you described is quite close to a managerial or strategic mindset—essentia…