I am in favor of running multiple Arbitrum grants programs in parallel. The Arbitrum DAO has a lot of potential, but is off to slow start. I would like to see several, relatively small efforts to deploy ARB to grow the ecosystem activate this year. As a result, I am generally in favor of both this grants framework and the Questbook program.
With that said, I would like to see more detail on how the funds will be deployed in this program. The proposal suggests spending 2.6 million ARB on the ecosystem, but does not include any details on what will be prioritized with the funds. The proposal also includes an additional 1.4 million in ARB that goes to the team, Gitcoin rounds, and unspecified. I’d like to understand more about how the 1.4 million will be used and why that amount is necessary. Re: Gitcoin, I would like to hear from Gitcoin on why this round is a priority for them. I am surprised there is no direct representation from Gitcoin in the Arbitrum forum given the size of the potential funding round.
I would like to fully support this proposal, but need a bit more detail before explicitly endorsing.
Best,
Frisson