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Questbook Gaming Domain Grant Program Report

Brief Domain Description

The Gaming Domain is focused on the broad web3 Gaming ecosystem on Arbitrum. With a heavy slant towards Indie Games, this domain is looking to fund games and projects that can bring both maximum short and long-term impact to this nascent industry. Additionally, discoverability and resources for developers and founders have been taken into account. Overall, the focus of this domain rests on filling an underserved niche for indie developers and studios building novel and promising projects in the web3 gaming space.

Short Term Expectations

Short term impact for gaming grants should be adequately contextualized with a few facts from the web2 indie game development space.

• Average time to develop an indie game: ~1 to 3 Years
• Average funds needed: $50,000 - $10,000,000
• ‘Success’ rate of indie game studios: 7% generate enough revenue to create a second game

With these statistics in mind, showing short term impact in the gaming vertical will be tough, though not impossible. As the domain allocator i’ve focused on games with working demos, or alphas, in an effort to show maximum impact within a 6 month period, ushering these games towards some aspect of launch before the end of March. This leads me to…

Long Term Expectations

My personal hope for this grant program has been to engender an innovative and inclusive culture of indie gaming on Arbitrum to put our best foot forward while onboarding the next decade of Arbitrum Gaming developers and studios.

The developers and studios building in this space today can serve as a vanguard for the nascent web3 gaming industry, proving out concepts and experimenting with new technology. While not every grantee in this program will see success, the overall impact will be a net positive for the Arbitrum gaming space as well as the Arbitrum DAO and should return many multiples on the ARB invested on a long enough timeframe.

Domain Overview

• 49 Total Proposals
• 16 Proposals Accepted
• $248,700 Allocated so far
• 43 Total Milestones among all projects
• 16 Milestones completed
• $73,900 Disbursed so far

Proposals Accepted

1. Chess Fish

• Blockchain-verified onchain Chess infrastructure.
• $13,500 Allocated
• 3 Milestones - Chess on the blockchain with Chess.fish
• $9,000 disbursed
• A verifiable onchain infrastructure for Chess built on top of Arbitrum is a strong representation of a non-ponzi use case for blockchain in gaming. With recent distress in the competitive chess scene around cheating and exploits, this is a solution to a real-world problem.

2. Smithonia

• A captivating and immersive high-fantasy MMORPG with MOBA combat.
• $25,000 Allocated
• 3 Milestones - Smithonia - MMORPG
• $17,500 disbursed
• With a strong, existing core community, a high-quality pixel art aesthetic, and a large team behind the project, Smithonia is well suited for making a splash in the Arbitrum gaming ecosystem. UA impact from the core gameplay loop of the 3v3 MOBA should be readily visible upon launch.

3. Gold Inc.

• A mobile resource mining and management game built by Sapphire Studios.
• $25,000 Allocated
• 3 Milestones - Gold Inc. Mobile MMORTS
• $7,500 disbursed
• Gold Inc. is a forward thinking mobile-first game built by a studio with previous mobile game success. The addition of blockchain elements built on top of Arbitrum situate Gold Inc. in a good position to grow the pie of gaming with novel monetization methods. The expansion from Polygon to Arbitrum should hopefully bring new users from outside the ecosystem to Arbitrum.

4. Frags

• A Xonotic mod purpose-built for FPS tournaments on Arbitrum-themed maps.
• $5,000 Allocated
• 2 Milestones - FPS: "Frags"
• $4,000 disbursed
• Modding communities are a strong fit for blockchain enabled games and the communities that they attract. Arbitrum-specific gameplay elements should bring a new type of competition to the ecosystem, and ideally other modders with experience in Xonotic as well.

5. Kaiju Cards

• A roguelite deckbuilder with mechanics drawn from squad RPGs and character collector games.
• $22,500 Allocated
• 2 Milestones - Kaiju Cards - RPG, character collector, and roguelite deckbuilder in one
• $7,500 disbursed
• Kaiju Cards is a shining example of an indie game that has found early success in the Web3 gaming market. It’s re-playability and focus on depth of gameplay combined with it’s strong IP and quick development speed make it a great fit for this program. Arbitrum as the base layer for all of it’s on-chain economy components is an easy choice. I expect high impact alongside their future launches.

6. Gaming Chronicles

• A gaming community focused on web3 gaming with +1,500 members on discord and +8,000 subscribers on substack.
• $3,300 Allocated
• 1 Milestone - Gaming Chronicles
• $3,300 disbursed
• More distribution and UA channels need to be set in place for gaming on Arbitrum. Led by Raiden, a familiar face in the broader Web3 gaming ecosystem, this community will do a lot to drive new users to Arbitrum games. I expect quick turnaround impact here, with much room for growth to larger grants focused in similar areas.

7. Spire

• Onchain lore for ecosystems, with two innovative mechanics already live, competitive minting, and toggle governance.
• $17,500 Allocated
• 3 Milestones - Spire: On-chain Lore for the Web3 Gaming Era
• $3,500 disbursed
• An innovative approach to onchain IP, Spire is a thought-experiment uniquely made possible by blockchain. Such a novel project is great for showcasing the type of building that happens on Arbitrum, forward thinking and decentralized. Impact will be determined by levels of engagement within the projects they partner with.

8. Ether Source

• A classic crafting & gathering action RPG reimagined in a mobile-first idle format.
• $24,000 Allocated
• 3 Milestones - ҽ𝐒: 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐆
• $7,500 disbursed
• A unique take on the Idle gaming genre with a web2 first mentality as opposed to the many web3 native idle games seems high risk yet high reward. Games such as Melvor Idle have strong player bases and a game like Ether Source could look to form a strong core community with which to build out their larger vision. The earliest-stage game funded through the program, yet the one with the quickest GTM based on the limited amount of development needed for their MVP.

9. Land, Labor and Capital (LLC)

• An onchain tycoon game where players are in true control of their economy and their creativity.
• $18,000
• 3 Milestones - Land, Labor and Capitol (LLC) - onchain tycoon game
• $6,000 disbursed
• LLC’s novel approach to onchain games through the use of AI generated assets, combined with their close partnership with Leonardo AI helps them stand out from the crowd. Economy-centric onchain gaming is a strong niche to explore in Web3 as it caters to the current hardcore crowd of existing Web3 gamers. Finally, the teams strong background in both game development and crypto protocols places them at an important intersection to drive the success of their project.

10. Gaming Startup Collective

• Event sponsorship for a burgeoning community of Web3 gaming Founders.
• $6,900 allocated
• 3 Milestones - Sponsorship of the Gaming Startup Collective's Monthly Calendar of Events
• $4,600 disbursed
• As a community full of active and ambitious developers and founders in web3 gaming, GSC is a strong cornerstone for onboarding and growing gaming development talent in the Arbitrum ecosystem. By sponsoring events, creating specific channels for the Questbook gaming grant domain, and spreading the word through social media channels, GSC has helped to shine light on this grant program and the wider gaming ecosystem on Arbitrum.

11. Chaquer- Fully On-Chain RTS Game

• A fully on-chain real-time strategy game inspired by the Age of Empires series
• $12,000 Allocated
• 3 Milestones - Chaquer- Fully On-Chain RTS Game
• $4,000 disbursed
• Resource management games are a strong fit for fully onchain games. The space is still nascent but experimentation here should be concentrated on Arbitrum, enabling the ecosystem to make a name for itself on Arbitrum, therefore attracting more FOCG developers to Arbitrum in the future.

12. Waypoint Gaming - Game Night Grant

• An emerging game discovery community dedicated to creating a welcoming and enjoyable environment for gamers to explore new Web3 games.
• $3,500 Funding Allocated
• 1 Milestone - Waypoint Gaming - Game Night Grant
• $3,500 disbursed
• More game discoverability is always a need within gaming ecosystems, especially for the burgeoning Arbitrum Gaming eco. Gaming communities and guilds like Spike’s Waypoint Gaming offer a unique opportunity to go to the heart of where Web3 gamers reside to onboard them directly. This should be seen as a quick impact, temperature taking exercise in which we can evaluate the results in order to allocate more capital to these sorts of communities in return for their assistance in User Acquisition.

13. DATA2073

• An online, turn-based collectible card game for two players set in a post-apocalyptic AI-driven world.
• $20,000 Allocated
• 4 Milestones - DATA2073
• $0 disbursed
• A shining example of the CCG genre, DATA2073 late stage development process will be able to make a strong impact during its alpha launch. As an experienced game development studio, OSTEN Games has a deep relationship with the game development and venture studio funding communities in Brazil. A successful launch of DATA2073 could help usher in a new cohort of eager and talented game developers from these communities.

14. Gaming Solution with Prizes

• A gaming solution where players can play a variety of games they are familiar with from web 2 but and win web3 prizes.
• $22,500 Allocated
• 3 Milestones - Gaming Solution with Prizes
• $0 disbursed
• Games as a Service, Puzzled seeks to implement fun web2 games in a white glove manner for a myriad of protocols and projects on Arbitrum. As gamification eats the world, this sort of offering should help with both new user acquisition and sticky retention for protocols that choose to work with Puzzled.

15. Fair Gaming ecosystem

• A P2P decentralized 2d shooter with high-stakes wagers.
• $15,000 Allocated
• 4 Milestones - Fair Gaming ecosystem
• $0 disbursed
• A gaming platform focused on the degen side of gambling and wagering mechanics, Fair Protocol seems like a solid fit for the current Web3 gaming audience. Fair Protocol aims to develop a more robust core PvP game that serves as a base layer for wagers made in cryptocurrency. This sort of setup can only be done transparently with blockchain and therefore is a good use case for this grant.

16. WorldWarDAO : On-Chain Idle-RPG Game.

• An onchain Idle RPG focused on innovative onchain mechanics and a unique meme-based take on the genre.
• $15,000 Allocated
• 3 Milestones - WorldWarDAO : On-Chain Idle-RPG Game.
• $5,000 disbursed
• Onchain gaming has a lot of room for growth, especially in the Arbitrum ecosystem. By funding onchain games in different genres we can look for early success that will lead to more development in this nascent industry flowing to Arbitrum. World War DAO’s meme take on the genre should attract an initial user base, which is one of the largest hurdles in gaming.

[Blueweb]

Yes.

My point is just that, Rejection is part of their journey but we don’t want them to feel it was subjective.
Perhaps, the rubrics sheet of yours being pushed into QuestBook will make the process more transparent to all grant seekers.

@JoJo

As domain allocators, we are currently capped by 15h/week in our job

I know we have very few individuals willing to spend their time and keep the community afloat and your contribution to that is unmatched. I have seen you active around many calls and in the forum, which cannot allow me to question the hours spent by you or any other Domain Allocator.

The conversation is just about making things look the same on the platform, perhaps by acknowledging with a comment or changing the status to “In Review”, which can reflect faster TAT to new applicants in the future. I believe this will encourage more projects to approach QuestBook over time.

[JoJo]

We are definitely getting somewhere here.

You are right in subjectivity vs objectivity, a straighforward judgment might sometimes be taken as subjective. I don’t think it was the case in the example above, still the general point stands.

We can for sure improve the overall perception protocol sides on how stuff is reviewed and we will work on this point. Thanks for the feedback

[Arbdegen]

@Blueweb, do you have any personal vengeance with the team you just keep coming after them. Something seems a bit fishy.

[cattin]

Report N°2: Arbitrum Education, Community Growth and Events Domain

Introduction

In this second report on the Arbitrum Education, Community Growth and Events Domain, we present an update on the distribution of funds to approved projects, as well as our team’s experiences and recommendations for improving program performance.

Updated Budget approved

During the program we received 47 proposals in total, where 19 proposals were rejected, 12 proposals were approved and 17 proposals still are under evaluation.

Summary of projects

• Onboarding of new developers: Creating high-quality video courses to educate, hands-on exercises, and real work projects destined to attract developers from Brazil.

• Arbitrum as official sponsor of Ethereum Mexico 2023: Sponsoring Ethereum Mexico 2023 to onboard new users from the region along with an Arbitrum workshop for developers.

• DeFi Africa - Web3 BUIDL Workshops: 3 Arbitrum Workshops for developers in the African region.

• Arbitrum Academy: Creation of an interactive website with guides, simulations, tidbits, and timelines about how to use the arbitrum ecosystem.

• MetricsDAO: Web3 Analytics within the Arbitrum Ecosystem: Course focused on Arbitrum technical resources and immersion into blockchain data analysis.

• Blockchain Innovation Hub - A Three Month Bootcamp for Developers: Bootcamp for new/intermediate developers with training, product incubations, hackathons and community building.

• Arbitrum STIP Virtual Event Marathon: Virtual Marathon organized to show the candidates to receive grants from the Short Term Incentives Proposal (STIP)

• Arbitrum Arabic: Website and academy creation with videos, articles, guides and infographics, webinars and docs translations to educate the arabic community about the Arbitrum technology.

• Arbitrum Aeternum Program: A series of talks with a Bootcamp and hackathon for builders of the Italian community.

• Arbitrum Deep Dive Quest Run: Creation of interactive quests about how to use and interact with Arbitrum directly and with some projects deployed on Arbitrum.

• Atoma Project + Arbinauts + Cryptoversidad Collaboration: Creating a website with educational resources, videos, tutorials, podcast series, articles, and newsletters about Arbitrum aimed at the LATAM community.

• web3 Warri: Talks about Arbitrum in 3 different Universities across Nigeria.

• Arbitrum BUIDL Program: 25 Workshops across India colleagues destined for students in coding and newcomers to the coding scene.

Down here you can see the approved projects budgets:

Approved Projects	Budget Requested
Onboarding of new developers	$ 9.500,00
Arbitrum as official sponsor of Ethereum Mexico 2023	$ 5.000,00
DeFi Africa - Web3 BUIDL Workshops	$ 9.750,00
Arbitrum Academy	$ 19.500,00
MetricsDAO: Web3 Analytics within the Arbitrum Ecosystem	$ 20.500,00
Blockchain Innovation Hub - A Three Month Bootcamp for Developers	$ 16.000,00
Arbitrum STIP Virtual Event Marathon	$ 6.250,00
Arbitrum Arabic	$ 14.025,00
Arbitrum Deep Dive Quest Run	$ 17.500,00
Atoma Project + Arbinauts + Cryptoversidad Collaboration	$ 22.248,00
web3 Warri Arbitrum Universities IRL Events	$ 15.151,0
Arbitrum BUIDL Program	$ 25.000,00
Total	$ 199.274,00

As seen in the table, the total amount committed corresponds to $199,274.00, which is very close to the $200k allocated to each domain, as stated in the original Domain Allocator by Questbook proposal.

At the time of writing this report, of the $199,274.00 committed, only $48,950.00 has been distributed, meaning the domain still needs to distribute $150,324.00.

Proposal’s Map

This map represents an approximation of the regions and countries to which the approved projects belong, demonstrating the regional diversity on which the domain is focused, as explained in our vision and criteria for grants

As we said in our previous report, please let us know if you think there are errors in this map, we’re open to feedback.

Our experience as Domain Allocators

While being domain allocators, we came across certain situations that we would like to discuss with the community, as we believe that they can add value to the program’s performance.

Budget swap

The original questbook proposal stated that each domain would have to distribute $200k to projects during the experimental program, however the amounts expressed in the proposal were in stables, while, during the program, the payments were made using the ARB token.

The price of the token moved up significantly during much of December and early January, so there was no reason to stop using the ARB token as the primary asset for distributing grants.

However, due to market volatility and concern that the price of the ARB token would collapse lower than 1$, a decision was made together with all domain allocators, to convert the entire committed amount to stable currency in order to ensure that approved projects would receive enough funding during the program.

This decision was shared in the forum by jojo to receive the feedback from the community members and other

Project collaboration case

We experienced a very interesting case where we had 3 proposals that offered a similar concept , these project were:

1. Arbitrum University
2. The Arbinauts Hub: 2 video-courses + Website + Growth: X, newsletter and podcast
3. Atoma Project (This one was used to create the final proposal)

After an internal discussion between our team and project members, where we checked all 3 project ideas, we suggested to the team leaders that the 3 teams could support each other in order to create just one strong proposal. This was only a suggestion, the team leaders always made the final decision.

It is important to mention that during this process, the Arbitrum Foundation has contributed to making this collaboration possible. We believe that it would be beneficial for the Arbitrum Foundation to formally establish a direct line to the domain allocator program to cover all projects. This would not only provide greater exposure for such projects, but would also significantly increase interest in Arbitrum, thus attracting more builders. We cannot underestimate the importance of establishing these direct lines of communication with the Arbitrum Foundation in this process, as we believe that actions such as this are useful to maximize the impact of these initiatives in the ecosystem and build confidence not only in the grants recipients but also in the community members.

These team leaders had a couple of meetings and finally they reached us to communicate that they will be collaborating to create just 1 proposal named “Atoma Project + Arbinauts + Cryptoversidad Collaboration”

Domain allocators collaboration

Internally, the domain allocators along with the program manager have a telegram group that is used to communicate feedback about the program and interaction between each domain member.

As expressed by Danielo in his post, in some cases a proposal can cover 2 or even more domains at the same time. This happened to us several times and we had internal conversations with other domain allocators to determine on which domain it was appropriate for the applicant to submit their proposal.

Large amount of High level proposal

As we pointed out in our last report, our role as domain allocator posed a significant challenge in managing a considerable volume of high-level proposals. In consequence, we spent considerable time meticulously reviewing each project idea and budget, resulting in a complex selection process. However, guided by our vision and criteria, our main objective remained to ensure the selection of projects with the highest quality and the most favorable value. This also gave us an indication that the funds allocated to the domain were not sufficient as we would have been able to cover more high-level applications.

Regional Diversity

During the process, we received numerous proposals from various countries and regions, which gave us great satisfaction. However, it also meant additional work. Each region had its own pricing rates, which required a concerted effort on our part to align these prices with domain costs. We tried to maintain regional diversity (as shown on the map), we believe this is beneficial for Arbitrum.

Things to improve

After the whole process we faced as domain allocators, we recollected recommendations based on our experience and perspective from other programs.

Addition of the program parameters

Through the process, we realized that we needed to clarify the maximum amount per proposal (25k) repeatedly along with the deadline of the domain allocator program. We believe these simple parameters should be visible directly from the website UI, just like the parameters that already show on the website.

KYC and Agreement Statement

One person from each approved project must complete a KYC process along with an Agreement before the release of any funds. We think that this process should be mentioned to make it clear to all proposers from the beginning. This will optimize the time process. Additionally, the KYC link + documents could also be provided in a more automated way, i.e. simply sending them the KYC link to their email upon approval + the agreement once they pass KYC.

Website Improvement

After using the Questbook site for a time, we realized that some parts of the website can be improved or added, for example allowing editing or removal of comments, increasing the character limit for rubrics (currently 300 characters which is often not enough to justify how we assign scores) or the support of hyperlinks. With these little modifications, we think that the website will be more comfortable to use.

Questbook is a very good platform for grants, it is transparent, but we believe it can be improved in case the DAO wishes to continue with the program in the future, which we believe benefits the Arbitrum ecosystem.

Program Funding

We recommend optimizing program funding by using stablecoins from the beginning of the program. This strategic approach eliminates concerns related to token fluctuations, providing a clearer path for budget analysis and accounting. This, in turn, reduces the risk of miscalculations. Another alternative would be to fund the program in ARB and simply immediately turn funds into stables upon approval of a program (unless they choose to get paid in ARB).

Diffusion to approved projects

At the end of the day, all approved projects will add value to the arbitrum ecosystem, so we believe it is very important to support these projects to give them enough diffusion to all ecosystem members. We believe this can be done with the support of the Arbitrum Foundation.

Conclusions

In this report on the Education, Community Growth and Events Domain, we have provided details about the distribution of funds, along with our experience as domain allocators, and made recommendations to improve the program performance.

From our side, we’re committed to optimizing our processes and collaborating with the community to ensure the success and sustainability of the domain allocator program. We welcome your feedback and look forward to implementing these recommendations for continuous improvement.

As we said in our first report, we are committed to presenting a comprehensive final report to the Arbitrum community when the Domain Allocators grants program concludes.

[iamoracle]

Thank you @cattin for the great report.

I love how you considered regional diversity, and I strongly believe that this could accelerate growth worldwide rather than in a particular place.

Lastly, the QuestBook team should work on their comment section UI/UX. It has been preventing us from posting images. Thank you once again.

[ArbitrumGovernance]

FEEDBACK FROM @ARBITRUMGOVERNANCE PROJECT

Hi,

As we have finished the development of Arbitrum Governance and deployed the final version on Twitter (https://twitter.com/arbigovernance), our team would like to thank @JoJo for his exceptional leadership and support throughout our project’s development within the program. JoJo’s guidance has been instrumental in helping our team at Build3rs Labs as he helped transition our initial project to focus on governance.

During a collaborative call, JoJo suggested shifting our initial project to Arbitrum Governance, his understanding of the Arbitrum ecosystem helped us recognize the potential impact and relevance of this shift, and we started working immediately after that.

I also wanted to mention that working through Questbook has been incredible for our team, we have been through grant programs before (more than 20 in total) but we never had a smooth experience like this while building. The platform provided a structured framework for project development, we could access the status of our proposal in real time, see the feedbacks and easily get the fundind once a milestone is completed. This is something really important for us developers.

We successfully deployed the Arbitrum Governance Tracker on both Telegram and Twitter, providing community members with real-time data into governance proposals, discussions and voting activities. During this entire time of development, JoJo was there to test our work with us and provide ideas which we integrated immediately.

So yes, working through Questbook under JoJo’s mentorship has been really different of what we’re used to, in a completely positive way. If you want to expand your ecosystem and bring more projects in, this is the way to do it. We are looking forward to build for Arbitrum again, as this experience was amazing.

[justmert]

I have worked as grantee with more than 20 projects with various protocols and recently I have received a grant from Arbitrum with project Arbitrum Python SDK.

I must say I that @Juandi is the best evaluator and reviewer of the grants. He is very fast in responding, evaluates projects logically while taking into account of the funding.

He has supported me when I need help, and the whole grant process was so smooth. Thank you @Juandi for being best domain allocator Also thanks for @Srijith-Questbook for their work.

[SnF_NFT-Fi_Leo]

I would like to provide feedback on behalf of the Sweep n’ Flip team, which was approved for the Questbook Grants.

Jojo managed the grant procedure with exceptional professionalism and transparency, a process that was both meticulous and initiated through the completion of the Questbook. This tool provided a clear and well-guided template for submission, ensuring an organized approach from the start.

Following the initial application, further engagement through the Questbook’s transparent chat facilitated open communication. This was complemented by a personal video interview, which offered an opportunity to delve deeper into our team’s dynamics, intentions, capabilities, and interests. It also served to strengthen relationships through direct interaction.

Throughout the process, all communications and updates were consistently posted in the Questbook chat. This practice maintained a level of transparency that allowed the entire DAO community to follow the allocation and utilization of their resources closely.

The Questbook model, in particular, is of significant importance to the DAO. It enables swifter decision-making and support for smaller teams with reduced bureaucracy and time expenditure, all while upholding the necessary transparency and due diligence.

[aidenaziz]

Hello Friends,

I wanted to take a moment to share my experience with the Arbitrum Grant Program with our project “Smart Contract and Address Labeling System for Arbitrum One” and the guidance provided by the program coordinators.

The grant program’s structured approach, from proposal submission to milestone tracking, was very clear and efficient and enabled us to focus on development without much overhead.
The coordinators, especially our main contact, JoJo, was incredibly responsive, providing timely feedback and constructive suggestions and was keen to help us refine our proposal by reviewing and pinpointing areas we needed to elaborate more and explain more in depth, ensuring our objectives were communicated effectively and comprehensively.

JoJo’s dedication to fostering innovation and projects building on top of Arbitrum as well as his support for teams embarking on this journey has been evident throughout the process. We are thankful for this valuable opportunity and are excited about our continued involvement in enriching the Arbitrum ecosystem.

[NathanVDH]

Love this, you have my full support as a delegate.

[Srijith-Questbook]

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
  • Gaming: 51
  • New Protocol Ideas: 57
  • Dev Tooling: 38
  • Education, Community and events: 49
• 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.

[JoJo]

Report N°2: Arbitrum New Protocols and Ideas Domain

This report describes the development of the Arbitrum New Protocols and Ideas domain, up until the current date, the 16th of February, and is a continuation of Report 1. I have been currently leading the domain alone, and in this report I will cover all the applications and what has been achieved up to this point.
Note: the program is not currently complete and there is a leftover in the safe, currently both being allocated in one or more project and if possible shared with other domains, due to the increase of price of the $ARB token.

Domain Overview

• Number of proposals: 51
• Number of proposals accepted: 16 (one is a typo that got resubmitted)
• Funding Allocated: 264.000$
• Number of milestones in total of all accepted projects: 43
• Milestones completed: 7
• Funding Disbursed: 65,000$

Proposal categorization

As of the 16th of February, this is a classification of all the submitted proposals.

Similar to Report 1, DeFi is the most prominent category. What is interesting, tho, is that the classification has even out with the category of Infrastructure and NFT. It shows how builders, especially smaller ones (which are the main TAM of the Questbook program), are targeting NFT projects that are seen as opportunities for both the community and for new ventures.

This is the sub-categorization breakdown of the DeFi, Infrastructure and NFT proposals.

There is no change compared to Report 1: Derivative is still the most important subcategory.

The same applies for the subcategory of Infrastructure. It has to be noted tho that the amount of applications, increased in the second part of the program, have for sure helped in diversifying this sector. The same consideration of Report 1 can apply here.

NFT is now a new, main category analyzed that was not available in Report 1 due to the lower presence. We can see the focus in Deployment and Gaming.
For for the former, it can indicate how teams are indeed looking to build tools for ohter builders and users, such that they will be able to deploy NFT collections with no coding experience. This can be read as the willingness from the public to also experiment with specific utility of the NFT beside the classic PFP usage.
The latter, Gaming, is one of the category that is the most established for NFT alongside PFP. A lot of protocols wants to build services and tools on top of gaming NFT, showing how the landscape for this category is evolving over time in term of the creation of pick & shovels.

Proposals Accepted

The following is a list of all the accepted projects, on top of the one already shown in Report 1, with a summary of the proposal and related details.

Giveth

• Giveth wants to enhance its donation platform by integrating the Arbitrum network and incentivizing its use through a sponsored Quadratic Funding (QF) round. This initiative aims to widen fundraising capabilities for verified public goods projects and attract more users to Arbitrum. With $5,000 allocated for the integration process and an additional $2,500 for running the QF round, Giveth plans to require all participating projects to have an Arbitrum address, thereby promoting Arbitrum adoption. The integration will allow donations in ARB and spotlight Arbitrum through marketing efforts.**
• Funding allocated: 7,500$
• Milestones: Front-end and back-end development and user interface improvements needed for network integration. Milestone should be paid once ARB can be donated to projects on Giveth (5,000$), Run an Arbitrum sponsored QF Round. We will migrate $25,000, or more, of our donation.eth Matching Pool if we can gather Arbitrum related sponsors. Milestone should be paid once we have $20,000 (or more) in donation.eth’s Safe on Arbitrum (2,500$).
• Funding disbursed: 0$
• The proposal, developed in collaboration with Griff, was justified by the potential to open up new opportunities for projects through mechanisms not available in existing grant programs, aligning with objectives of developing infrastructure, expanding or migrating protocols/products to Arbitrum, and benefiting from the team’s proven experience. Supporting Giveth’s expansion on Arbitrum was seen as a net positive for the community and the blockchain ecosystem.

Address labeling - walletlabels.xyz

• The proposal outlines a project aimed at addressing the challenge of non-standardized and anonymous contracts and accounts on the Arbitrum One chain by developing a smart contract labeling system. This system will utilize both manual community-driven contributions and advanced automatic labeling to provide comprehensive and standardized datasets for labeling already deployed smart contracts and accounts on Arbitrum. The approach combines a manual labeling engine, where community members can contribute labels, with an automatic labeling engine that employs heuristic algorithms and machine learning to improve labeling accuracy. This dual approach aims to create a reliable database of smart contracts and account labels, enhancing the user experience across the Arbitrum ecosystem.
  The project’s deliverables include a user-friendly platform for label contributions, real-time scanning for up-to-date labeling, and a comprehensive range of labels for various entities such as exchanges, protocols, and bots. The datasets will be freely accessible to users and developers, with an API endpoint provided for integration with applications built on top of Arbitrum One.
  The long-term vision includes transitioning to a decentralized model, opening up access to other contributors, and creating an economic model that balances open-source ethos with business viability. The proposal outlines additional milestones for platform development and public launch, with a total estimated completion time of 10 weeks.
• Funding allocated: 23,700$
• Milestones: Labeling Engines and Frontend Interface (8,000$), Platform Development (API Endpoints and Contributor Dashboard) (8,000$), Public launch (7,700$).
• Funding disbursed: 0$
• Address labeling and data enrichment services are not entirely new concepts, but there’s currently no comprehensive solution in Arbitrum. The project is positioned as a public good, with plans to eventually allow third parties to contribute data, creating a self-sustaining model that could serve the community. This innovative approach merits support, as it could significantly benefit the ecosystem. Moreover, the development of a wallet address data enrichment solution could be just the beginning, potentially attracting interest from larger entities in the crypto space.

Hunt NFT

• Hunt NFT is a cross-chain raffle marketplace that enables trading of NFTs across various blockchains, including Ethereum and Arbitrum, allowing participants to buy chances to win NFTs. The platform supports five blockchains and plans to include BTC Ordinals NFTs, with Arbitrum as the main bridge.
  The team is focused on expanding Hunt NFT’s capabilities to include NFT bridges between Arbitrum and EVM chains, support for Bitcoin NFTs through a centralized bridge, and the integration of Bitcoin inscription for BRC20 inscribed assets.
• Funding allocated: 7,500$
• Milestones: support nft bridge arb <—> evm chains (4,500$), support bitcoin NFT (bridge to evm & raffle bitcoin NFTs) (2,000$), support bitcoin BRC20 inscriptions (bridge to evm & raffle BRC20 inscriptions) (1,000$).
• Funding disbursed: 0$
• The recognition that the NFT market in Arbitrum is underserved means there is the need for more infrastructure development in this area. Similarly, the growing narrative around Bitcoin inscriptions/NFTs underscores the importance of building native bridges not just for Bitcoin but for other types of assets as well. Given the project’s thematic, NFT, the utility, bridging, and the raffle system, it was worth to support it in the program.

Mystic - enabling whitelabel NFT economies on Arbitrum

• Mystic offers whitelabel solutions and APIs aimed at empowering games, artists, and NFT-based projects to build and monetize their own economies. Recognizing the challenge creators face in monetizing transactions due to external marketplaces often not enforcing royalties, Mystic simplifies the creation and maintenance of a trading infrastructure. This enables creators to control transactions, enforce royalties, and facilitate buying, selling, exchanging, and renting of NFTs cost-effectively. Built by the team behind Mysticswap, Mystic plans to expand its services to the Arbitrum ecosystem, enhancing the platform with features like loyalty mechanics, a whitelabel NFTfi protocol, and a website builder to become the "Shopify for NFT marketplaces.
• Funding allocated: 13,260$
• Milestones: Arbitrum Deployment (4,260$), Growth and Ecosystem Adoption (9,000$)
• Funding disbursed: 0$
• The system is what I would define as a pick & shovel type of system, enabling tooling for NFT exchanges under some centralized rules (like royalty enforcement). The fact that there is an SDK that allows third parties to integrate the solution, for example, in their games, is quite important in my opinion.

Buddyguard

• Buddy-Guard is a social safeguard dApp, coupled with an attachable NFC wristband, conceptualized to enhance safety at in-person events. Launched in November 2023 and recognized as a finalist at ETH Global Istanbul, Buddy-Guard aims to address safety concerns by facilitating the creation of safety-guard groups through a simple tap of an NFC-enabled wristband. This wristband, storing the user’s private key, integrates seamlessly with a social app, allowing event attendees to easily connect and monitor each other’s safety. The project was born out of a real-world need identified by its co-founders during their stay in Istanbul for a series of Web3 events. By leveraging NFC technology and blockchain, Buddy-Guard not only aims to make post-event socializing safer but also introduces a privacy-preserving, in-real-life social application. The application incorporates a reputation and attestation system, incentivizes trust within safety groups using cryptocurrencies like ARB, USDC, or USDT, and plans to integrate a decentralized identity protocol to further enhance user security and privacy.
• Funding allocated: 22,500$
• Milestones: MVP development - Deployed in Arbitrum testnet, MVP → React Native application/test demo video, Log In with WaltID/Arbitrum account, Group creation, Adding/removing Buddy-Guard, SOS message sharing, Reputation system (11,000$), Alpha Testing- Functional wristband prototype, Test application with 30 individual users, New features → Safety tracking, GPS Map Group Members, Hangout Feature (=Event matching) (7,500$), Beta Testing - Test application with 200 users, 10 buddy-guard group created, 10 hangout events set up (4,000$)
• Funding disbursed: 0$
• This protocol is quite particular, and initially I was conflicted. The team showed capabilities and this is why they were able to win a few hackathons, so technicals are there for sure. But I thought that the connection with web3 was weak: everything was doable with web2 infra, by eventually using apple pay or samsung pay instead of the staking for the slashing penalty, and the usage of crypto, except maybe for making the PII (Personally Identifiable Information) truly unaccessible.
  This is why I suggested the team to look into identity protocols: it was always natural to be able to share your own information through other protocols that are already live and solving this problem in arbitrum. The team took the matter in their hand, scouted several protocols which were then presented to me, and together we assessed the best to be integrated based on several characteristics, not only technicals but also culturals.
  I am very happy the team was flexible enough to deviate a bit from their initial plan, because the current iteration of the product is way more complete in my opinion.
  Would like to finally add a remark on one of the expenses, the “traveling” ones. While from the outside these could look like an unnecessary overspending, it’s actually needed in this case to test the product on the field, with different people and different needs, and gather feedback.

Unitap

• Unitap is designed to streamline the onboarding process for new users into web3 ecosystems, addressing the challenge of educating newcomers and preventing exploitation by bots and airdrop farmers. It offers a blend of educational content, simple and free onboarding, rewards, and Sybil-resistant mechanisms to ensure rewards go to real users. Unitap provides four main services: Learn Tap for web3 education, Gas Tap for free gas tokens to start on various networks, Token Tap for distributing tokens with specific requirements, and Prize Tap for raffle creation. Unitap aims to expand on Arbitrum, incentivizing new users and engaging DAO members in governance through reward programs. The team behind Unitap has good experience in web3 and previous contributions to projects like BrightID.
• Funding allocated: 25,000$
• Milestones: Improvements and Deployment of the Token & Prize Taps in Arbitrum One (11,000$), Launch an Arbitrum Onboarding incentive program for the next 1000 new Arbitrum unique users that bridge at least $25 to Arbitrum One. These funds will be passed to end users (2,500$), Launch an Arbitrum Governance incentive program through five raffles with a $500 prize in each raffle. These funds will be passed to end users (2,500$), Finalize the development of the dashboard provider to allow anyone to create Incentive programs and Raffles in a permissionless way (9,000)
• Funding disbursed: 0$
• The proposal is quite unique in the value that it wants to bring: a multi modular dApp that will, among others, allow users to claim gas tokens, incentivise small holders to vote and participate in governance, allow third parties to build their own incentivisation program and create a raffle system. Quite unique indeed. I like a lot especially the spin of governance, in a chain like arbitrum that is so vibrant in this sense. Beside this, the team has been behind this application for a lot of time showing commitment, and they have a broader vision that makes it worthwhile to finance their efforts.

Scattering

• Scattering is a project designed to improve the liquidity of NFT trading on Arbitrum by allowing users to instantly trade NFTs much like ERC-20 tokens. It introduces a system where users can deposit their NFTs into a Safebox, receiving in return sTokens, linked to the NFT’s floor price, and a Key, representing its unique value. This setup divides NFT trading into two markets: one for the general value on Uniswap V3 and another for unique value via auctions.
  The project plans to support major ERC721 and ERC404 NFT collections on Arbitrum and aims to facilitate cross-chain transfers for top ERC404 collections from the Ethereum mainnet.
• Funding allocated: 20,000$
• Milestones: ERC 404 Marketplace by Combining ERC404 Token Trading and ERC404 NFT Trading in One Portal on Arbitrum (10,000$), Advanced Functionalities and Growth of Adoptions (10,000$).
• Funding disbursed: 0$
• The idea of tokenizing NFT is not novel, but the approach taken here has some novelty indeed: separating the floor value of the token from the specific value, either aesthetically or in terms of traits. It’s indeed a very cool experiment to see, because one of the issues of NFTfi is that, so far, it could only be applied to floor NFT, unless the protocol (like jpegd) introduces a multiplier for traits. But this solution, the multiplier for traits, needs to be manually curated by an analyst, updated over time based on the market, it can only be applied to very liquid and traded collections, thus being an unscalable option for more generalistic protocols.
  This introduction, paired with the intent of furtherly experimentation with ERC404 tokens, place Scattering in almost an R&D category in my opinion, and this is (also) why it’s worth exploring all of the above.

AMLOK

• AMLOK aims to solve on Arbitrum how entities can raise funds by introducing a blockchain-based liquidity solution. This solution is designed to ease the liquidity provisioning mechanism faced by web3 projects, which often struggle due to complex or inefficient funding mechanisms. AMLOK’s white-label tool will enable projects to launch customized funding campaigns, offering fractionalized investments and NFT-based rewards to backers, thereby enhancing user engagement.
  The project plans to migrate its current platform from Polygon to Arbitrum and expand its services to cater to the web3 sector, facilitating fund raises in both USDC and FIAT. The key deliverable is a platform that allows for transparent investment campaigns and provides backers with fractionalized investment options and NFT rewards. The team aims to complete this within six months.
• Funding allocated: 24,560$
• Milestones: Releasing AMLOK on Arbitrum (14,000$), Pilot Launch and Market Validation (6,500$), Integration of On-Ramp (4,600$).
• Funding disbursed: 14,000$
• With the Amlok team the biggest hurdle was to find the right milestones for a product that is mostly aimed to offchain activity, and that uses crypto as a way to reduce friction in already existing use cases in the world.
  One of the thing i was very happy to see was the professionality and experience of the team: they were able to properly address not only the characteristics of their product, but also the compliance side of it and in general the approach in showing why their idea has value. Top notch team/approach, something you want regardless of you building a web3 app or a fridge.
  Idea per se is good but not totally novel: you could simplify it as a funding platform putting together blockchain and more classic IRL mechanics. What I really like is the way the team is approaching the problem, in a very value oriented and professional way. So the idea, while being relatively “simple” (no offense for anybody, I love simple ideas), could have amplification just because of the team approach to it.
  Note: for this project, milestone 1 was paid upfront. This is because the funds are effectively needed for the team to operate. While this is a (small) risk for the program, the professionality of the team and the amount is such that is a risk worth taking, especially because it is needed for the application to move forward.

Conclusion

Thanks to the growth of $ARB, starting from an initial budget of less than 180,000$, we managed to allocate more than 250,000$ for severak protocols.
We are going toward the natural end of this program, and the numbers above (proposal approved in particular) could be an indication of what comes next in a future iteration.
I really like how a lot of these protocols are, indeed, “smaller” dApp that are niche enough to not be able to access higher fund routes, but also important enough that users will be indeed able to exploit the value of their idea.

Because of this, I am personally proud of what we achieved, and the builders we have helped: I don’t know how many of these would have been able to get to their personal finish line on their own, my educated guess is “some” of them due to how hungry these teams are.
Despite this, having the breathing room of knowing that some costs are covered can really help you focus on what you want to do most: build.

One that that is clear is the following: protocols tend to ask for the maximum amount possible.
And, if I can be honest, there is nothing wrong with that: in their shoes (and I have been there and I am already there) I would do the same, where same is trying to get the most out of a very positive opportunity.
Why am I writing this? Because is an important statistic to take in account for a next iteration of this program, or in general for any development grant program, in term of rules vs behaviour of grantees. Food for thoughts.

As stated in Report 1, I am looking forward to opening a discussion on how we can further enhance and improve this program.

[cattin]

Report N°3: Arbitrum Education, Community Growth and Events Domain

Introduction

In this Third report on the Arbitrum Education, Community Growth and Events Domain, we present an update on the distribution of funds to approved projects.

Updated Budget approved

During the program we received 53 proposals in total, where 18 proposals were approved, 36 were rejected and 5 proposals still are under evaluation.

Summary of approved projects

Approved Projects	Budget Requested
Onboarding of new developers	$9,500.00
Arbitrum as official sponsor of Ethereum Mexico 2023	$5,000.00
DeFi Africa - Web3 BUIDL Workshops	$9,750.00
Arbitrum Academy	$19,500.00
MetricsDAO: Web3 Analytics within the Arbitrum Ecosystem	$20,500.00
Blockchain Innovation Hub - A Three Month Bootcamp for Developers	$16,000.00
Arbitrum STIP Virtual Event Marathon	$6,250.00
Arbitrum Arabic	$14,025.00
Arbitrum Deep Dive Quest Run	$17,500.00
Atoma Project + Arbinauts + Cryptoversidad Collaboration	$22,248.00
web3 Warri Arbitrum Universities IRL Events	$15,151.00
Arbitrum BUIDL Program	$25,000.00
(x) Arbitrum Uni Challenge: Ideate to Build	$16,500.00
(x) Arbitrum sponsors LearnWeb3’s Decentralized Intelligence S2 Hackathon	$18,000.00
(x) TechWomen Rocinha	$10,780.00
(x) ETHSamba Hack 2024	$8,000.00
(x) Arbitrum DAO Onboarding Hub	$9,999.00
Total	$262,553.00

Note : The amounts marked with “(x)” yellow belong to the projects approved after the budget swap.

SEED Latam Team member case

In the proposal Arbitrum DAO Onboarding Hub, one of our team members (@manugotsuka) will be part of the team that will lead this proposal. So to avoid any conflict of interest, we decided that this member would not be part of the evaluation process.

Budget swap clarification

It is important to mention that the original questbook proposal stated that each domain would have to distribute $200k to projects during the experimental program, however the amounts expressed in the proposal were in stables, but during the program, the payments were made using the ARB token.

The price of the token moved up significantly during December and early January, so there was no reason to stop using the ARB token as the primary asset for distributing grants.

However, due to market volatility and concern that the price of the ARB token would collapse lower than 1$, a decision was made together with all domain allocators, to convert the entire committed amount to stablecoins in order to ensure that approved projects would receive enough funding during the program.

This decision was shared in the forum by Jojo to receive the feedback from the community members and other

Budget details

As the table below shows, you can verify the total budget amount committed to be distributed to the projects, along with other budgets of interest.

Description	Amount
Total budget committed	$262,553.00
Distributed Funding	$187,669.03
Remaining Funding to distribute	$74,883.97
Funds on Safe	$79,735.22
Available funds	$4,851.25

Proposal’s Map

This map represents an approximation of the regions and countries to which the approved projects belong, demonstrating the regional diversity on which the domain is focused, as explained in our vision and criteria for grants.

As we said in our previous reports, please let us know if you think there are errors in this map, we’re open to feedback.

Conclusion

This report summarizes the work we completed as domain allocators, evaluating proposals we believe have the potential to impact the Arbitrum ecosystem.

In our next report, we will provide a final overview of the data collected from the approved projects within our domain. This final report will include the metrics and objectives achieved by each project. Thank you!

[cattin]

Report N°4: Arbitrum Education, Community Growth and Events Domain

Introduction

In this fourth report on Arbitrum Education, Community Growth, and Events Domain, we present an update on the distribution of funds to approved projects and the final reports of some grantees who have already finished their projects.

Also, you can read our previous reports here:

• Report 1
• Report 2
• Report 3

Updated Budget approved

The table below shows all approved projects and their progress as provided on Questbook’s platform.

Summary of approved projects

Approved Projects	Budget Requested	Final Report
Onboarding of new developers	$9,500.00	LINK
Arbitrum as official sponsor of Ethereum Mexico 2023	$5,000.00	LINK 1, LINK 2
DeFi Africa - Web3 BUIDL Workshops	$9,750.00	LINK
Arbitrum Academy	$19,500.00	LINK 1, LINK 2
MetricsDAO: Web3 Analytics within the Arbitrum Ecosystem	$20,500.00	LINK
Blockchain Innovation Hub - A Three Month Bootcamp for Developers	$16,000.00	LINK
Arbitrum STIP Virtual Event Marathon	$ 6,250.00	LINK
Arbitrum Aeternum Program	$ 18,850.00	LINK
Arbitrum Arabic	$14,025.00	LINK
Arbitrum Deep Dive Quest Run	$17,500.00	LINK
Atoma Project + Arbinauts + Cryptoversidad Collaboration	$22,248.00	LINK
web3 Warri Arbitrum Universities IRL Events	$15,151.00	LINK
Arbitrum BUIDL Program	$25,000.00	Pending
Arbitrum Uni Challenge: Ideate to Build	$16,500.00	LINK
Arbitrum sponsors LearnWeb3’s Decentralized Intelligence S2 Hackathon 1	$18,000.00	LINK
TechWomen Rocinha	$10,780.00	Pending
ETHSamba Hack 2024	$8,000.00	LINK
Arbitrum DAO Onboarding Hub	$9,999.00	Pending
Total	$262,553.00

Note: Some projects are ongoing, so this table will be updated when the remaining projects complete their milestones.

Budget details

The table below shows how the funds were distributed, with the budget committed and other expenses.

Description	Amount
Total budget committed	$262,553.00
Distributed Funds	$234.171,86
Remaining Funds to distribute	$28.381,14
Funds on Safe	$37.937,00
Available funds	$ 9.555,86

Proposal’s Map

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This map roughly represents the regions and countries where the approved projects belong, demonstrating the regional diversity on which the domain is focused, as explained in our vision and grant criteria.

As we said in our previous reports, please let us know if you think this map contains errors. We’re open to feedback.

Conclusion

During this first iteration, we have had the opportunity to evaluate projects with a large number of ideas that have impacted the arbitrum ecosystem. This was not an easy task, but we’ve learned a lot, and we hope to improve in the second iteration of the program.

The DAO approved the Questbook DDA Program Phase 2 Request for Continuation proposal, allowing us to continue our work and contribute to the Arbitrum ecosystem. This is a huge responsibility; we want the best performance possible.

We invite everyone to be part of this second phase by applying to any arbitrum domain that has “2.0” in its name: arbitrum.questbook.app

Have a great day!

[charlesfreeborn]

Thanks cattin for sharing!

And on behalf of the web3 Warri team, we say well done and congratulations on the successful completion of the phase 1.

[SEEDGov]

Report N°1: Arbitrum Education, Community Growth and Events Domain 2.0

Introduction

This is the first report on Arbitrum Education, Community Growth, and Events 2.0 Domain, we present an update on the distribution of funds to approved projects

Updated Budget approved

The table below shows all approved projects and their progress as provided on Questbook’s platform:

	Projects	Funding	Milestones
1	[Ludium] Road to Bangkok Proposal	12.000,00	1/3
2	Arbitrum HackerBoost Program	24.800,00	1/5
3	Arbitrum Dapps over Apps	15.100,00	1/6
4	DeFi Mania Hacker House	5.000,00	1/2
5	Arbitrum Arabia 2.0	15.840,00	2/13
6	Arbitrum Stylus Learning track & Co-learning camps & Arbitrum Mini hackathon	15.000,00	1/4
7	ETH Uruguay - Buildathon & Event	5.000,00	1/2
8	Modular Crypto: Education, Events & University Study Group	18.500,00	0/3
9	Online+IRL Hackathon focused on CollabTech	35.720,00	0/5
10	Support Arbitrum LATAM for the Next 4 Months	19.788,00	0/4
11	Stylus Build-a-thon	16.000,00	1/4
12	W3K Arbitrum Buidl Series	14.550,00	0/4
13	Arbitrum Governance and Development Initiative - Lampros Labs DAO	16.200,00	0/4
	Total	213.498,00

Budget details

The table below shows how the funds were distributed, with the budget committed and other expenses.

Description	Amount
Total budget committed	$213.498,00
Distributed Funds	$29.235,00
Remaining Funds to distribute	$184.263,00
Funds on Safe	$739.590,00
Available funds	$ 526.092,00

Proposal’s Map

This map is an approximation of the regions and countries where the approved projects belong, demonstrating the regional diversity on which the domain is focused.

Please let us know if you think this map contains errors. We’re open to feedback.

Conclusion

This is the first Report related to the second iteration of the Arbitrum Education, Community Growth and Events Domain , in our next report we will update the tables and amounts.

We are open to feedback! and we invite you to apply here.

Thank you!

[cp0x]

Hello!
I was interested in a project of Modular Crypto team, that I was going to visit in Brazil.
But it turned out that the website of the group that won this grant (https://modularcrypto.xyz/) does not open.
Are you sure this team still exists and is planning work?

[SEEDGov]

Hey @cp0x , yes the modular crypto team exist and they are working, we spoke with them to evalute their project, don’t worry about that. I think that they are just facing some troubles with their website.

[SEEDGov]

Report N°2: Arbitrum Education, Community Growth and Events Domain 2.0

Introduction

This is the second report on Arbitrum Education, Community Growth, and Events 2.0 Domain, we present an update on the distribution of funds to approved projects

Updated Budget approved

The table below shows all approved projects and their progress as provided on Questbook’s platform:

	Projects	Funding	Milestones
1	[Ludium] Road to Bangkok Proposal	12.000,00	2/3
2	Arbitrum HackerBoost Program	24.800,00	1/5
3	Arbitrum Dapps over Apps	15.100,00	1/6
4	DeFi Mania Hacker House	5.000,00	2/2
5	Arbitrum Arabia 2.0	15.840,00	2/13
6	Arbitrum Stylus Learning track & Co-learning camps & Arbitrum Mini hackathon	15.000,00	1/4
7	ETH Uruguay - Buildathon & Event	5.000,00	1/2
8	Modular Crypto: Education, Events & University Study Group	18.500,00	0/3
9	Online+IRL Hackathon focused on CollabTech	35.720,00	1/5
10	Support Arbitrum LATAM for the Next 4 Months	19.788,00	1/4
11	Stylus Build-a-thon	16.000,00	2/4
12	W3K Arbitrum Buidl Series	14.550,00	1/4
13	Arbitrum Governance and Development Initiative - Lampros Labs DAO	16.200,00	0/4
14	Adopting Arbitrum in the Blockchain Innovation Hub	14.200,00	0/3
15	ETH BOLIVIA 2024 - Buildathon & Conference	3.000,00	1/2
16	Namaste Arbitrum!	25.000,00	1/7
17	web3 Warri Arbitrum Universities IRL Events II and Hacker House	19.200,00	3/6
18	DAO TOKYO 2024	8.000,00	0/5
19	Arbitrum as official sponsor of Ethereum Mexico 2024	8.000,00	0/2
20	Arbitrum as official sponsor and 2 workshops in Ethereum Argentina 2024	9.500,00	0/4
	Total	282.898,00

Budget details

The table below shows how the funds were distributed, with the budget committed and other expenses.

Description	Amount
Total budget committed	$ 282.898,00
Distributed Funds	$ 65.203,00
Remaining Funds to distribute	$ 217.695,00
Funds on Safe	$ 725.630,00
Available funds	$ 442.732,00

Proposal’s Map

This map is an approximation of the regions and countries where the approved projects belongs, demonstrating the regional diversity on which the domain is focused. Most of the projects are international in scope, but we have indicated the country of the team behind the proposal in order to identify them on the map more easily.

Please let us know if you think this map contains errors. We’re open to feedback.

Conclusion

This is the Second Report related to Arbitrum Education, Community Growth and Events 2.0 Domain , in our next report we will update the tables and amounts.

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