Arbitrum DAO Grants Domain Allocator Nominations

Hi Everyone,

I’m sharing an update for the Arbitrum Grants program Arbitrum Grants Program administered through Delegated Domain Allocation was launched on 5th October, 2023 and I am pleased to share the following updates with the Arbitrum community regarding the status of each proposal:

Program Overview:

  • Total Proposals: 195
  • Total Proposals approved: 53
  • Proposals by domain
  • Approved Proposals by domain
    • Gaming: 16
    • New Protocol Ideas: 13
    • Dev Tooling: 10
    • Education, Community and events: 12
  • Grant Amounts committed by domain ($) - $770k allocated , 345k Paid out
    • Gaming: 249K
      • 87k Paid out
    • New Protocol Ideas: 128k
      • 51k Paid out
    • Dev Tooling: 129k
      • 82k Paid out
    • Education, Community and events: 174k
      • 125k Paid out

Overview of Accepted and Funded Proposals

New Protocol Ideas Domain

  1. Clique & On-Chain Gaming Identity - Growing Arbitrum’s Gaming Identity Layer
    • Funding approved for: 15k
  2. RFQ-API manager for Pear Protocol
    • Funding approved for: 15
  3. Proposal to Enable critonopix for Arbitrum Projects
    • Funding approved for: 10k
  4. Amelia the Arbitrum AI Copilot - Chat Based Assistant
    • Funding approved for: 8k
  5. Smilee LP & IG Simulator with IL Hedge
    • Funding approved for: 8k
  6. Deploy and grow Mountain Protocol USDM on Arbitrum
    • Funding Approved for: 25k
  7. Arbitrum Governance Tracker
    • Funding Approved for: 9.5k
  8. Sweep n Flip | NFT Dex
    • Funding Approved for: 7.5k
  9. One Click Crypto: Aribtrum Public Yield Explorer
    • Funding Approved for: 22k
  10. Giveth
    • Funding Approved for: 7.5k
  11. Smart Contract and Address Labeling System for Arbitrum One
    • Funding Approved for: 23.7k
  12. Hunt NFT—NFT Cross-chain Raffle Marketplace, to be NFT Hub !
    • Funding Approved for: 7.5k
  13. Buddy-Guard : Social Safeguard dApp with Attachable NFC Wristband
    • Funding Approved for: 22.5k

Dev Tooling Domain

  1. Infrastructure Support for Arbitrum One & NOVA in Dev Tooling Domain
    • Funding Approved for: 13k
  2. Laika - Request Builder for Web3 in Dev Tooling Domain
    • Funding Approved for: 12.5k
  3. Agnostic AA for Arbitrum
    • Funding Approved for: 12.5k
  4. Bonadocs
    • Funding Approved for: 10k
  5. Bytekode - AI Intent Layer for dApps
    • Funding Approved for: 11k
  6. Increase of Arbitrum Exposure in LATAM
    • Funding Approved for: 8k
  7. Enhancing Arbitrum Ecosystem Analytics with DeFi Teller
    • Funding Approved for: 10.5k
  8. JiffyScan: 4337 UserOp explorer supporting Arbitrum One and Testnets
    • Funding Approved for: 13k
  9. Arbitrum Python SDK
    • Funding Approved for: 20k
  10. Stylus VS Code Extension
    • Funding Approved: 18k
  11. L3MBDA, aka Web3 Zapier
    • Funding Approved: 12k

Education, Community Growth and Events Domain

  1. Onboarding of New developers in Education domain
    • Funding Approved for: 9.5k
  2. Arbitrum Academy
    • Funding Approved for 19.5k
  3. Arbitrum as Official sponsor of Ethereum Mexico
    • Funding Approved for: 5k
  4. DeFi Africa - Web3 Buidl Workshop
    • Funding Approved for: 9.75k
  5. Metrics DAO: Web3 Analytics within Arb ecosystem
    • Funding Approved for: 20.5k
  6. Blockchain Innovation Hub: 3 month bootcamp for Developers
    • Funding Approved for: 16k
  7. Arbitrum STIP Virtual event marathon
    • Funding Approved for: 6.25k
  8. Arbitrum Aeturnum Program
    • Funding Approved for: 18.85k
  9. Arbitrum Arabic
    • Funding Approved for: 14.025k
  10. Arbitrum Deep Dive Quest Run
    • Funding Approved for: 17.5
  11. Atoma Project + Arbinauts + Cryptoversidad Collaboration
    • Funding Approved for: 22.25k
  12. web3 Warri Arbitrum Universities IRL Events
    • Funding Approved for: 15.15k
  13. Arbitrum BUIDL Program
    • Funding Approved for: 25k

Gaming Domain

  1. Chess.fish - Chess on the blockchain
    • Funding Approved for: 13.5k
  2. FPS: “Frags”
    • Funding Approved for: 5k
  3. Smithonia: MMORPG
    • Funding Approved for: 25k
  4. Gold Inc: Mobile MMORTS
    • Funding Approved for: 25k
  5. ethersource: Realtime idle MMORPG
    • Funding Approved for: 24k
  6. Spire: on-chain lore fo rthe web3 gaming era
    • Funding Approved for: 17.5k
  7. Gaming Chronicles
    • Funding Approved for: 3.3k
  8. Kaiju Cards: RPG, Character Collector and roguelite deckbuilder in one
    • Funding Approved for: 22.5k
  9. Land, Labor and Capitol (LLC) - onchain tycoon game
    • Funding Approved for: 18k
  10. Sponsorship of the Gaming Startup Collective’s Monthly Calendar of Events
    • Funding Approved for: 6.9k
  11. Chaquer- Fully On-Chain RTS Game
    • Funding Approved for: 12k
  12. Waypoint Gaming - Game Night Grant
    • Funding Approved for: 3.5k
  13. Data2073
    • Funding Approved for: 20k
  14. Gaming Solution with Prizes
    • Funding Approved for: 22.5k
  15. Fair Gaming Ecosystem
    • Funding Approved for: 15k
  16. WorldWarDAO: Onchain Idle-RPG Game
    • Funding Approved for: 15k

We’d love to get feedback from the community here on the proposals that have been accepted, and any of the other proposals that have been posted on Questbook. Happy to clear any doubts about the program, or proposals, either from Questbook or the domain allocators.

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