As the progressive decentralization of our pluralistic grants program continues we have reached an exciting moment. We are now assembling a team of high-context community members to do assessments of grant proposals in the Firestarters program and the grant program proposals currently being considered as part of the RFP program.
We are looking to have a team of approximately 30-40 community members that would be considered “Tier 1 Reviewers”, in other words, people with high context and skill, with knowledge of the Arbitrum ecosystem. Preferably also with extensive knowledge of specific verticals such as expertise in web3 gaming, RWAs, oracle technology, etc.
Tier 1 Reviewers will be paid 100 ARB for each application review. We are considering payment for a talented plumber, the compensation is for your expertise and skill in completing a task properly, not the number of hours worked.
These are the reviewers we have shortlisted so far from those who applied for our Builder and Community Member badges. This group has begun initial reviews and will continue throughout this week and early next week as decisions are made for our RFP program.
If you would like to be part of this team or have any concerns about any of the names on this list please don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments below or reach out via DM if you feel that would be more appropriate. Also if you are listed above and feel like you should not be considered a Tier 1 reviewer please also share below or reach out to me directly.
Please note all reviewers’ names will be public but the details of how each reviewer voted will not be made public to avoid shilling, personal attacks, bribery, or other tomfoolery. That being said aggregate scores, analysis, and commentary will be shared in order to illustrate this decentralized decision-making process. Our intention is to build in public and we appreciate your participation and feedback.
FYI, we are also looking to recruit Tier 2 reviewers to do what we call validations. This job is also very important, you will be doing a “first pass” assessing all projects to remove obvious spam or projects that clearly do not meet the eligibility criteria. This work is open to any new community members with an interest in getting involved in the process and working their way up to Tier 1 by demonstrating effectiveness and sharing useful insights. Tier 2 reviewers could advance to Tier 1 as early as the end of June as we analyze the effectiveness of the reviews being done.
Tier 2 Reviewers will receive 10 ARB for each review plus various additional rewards including collecting Thrive Points. Stay tuned for more information 
If you are interested in being a Tier 2 reviewer please also comment below and tag me and we can get you onboarded. Also please tag any friends or community members you think might be interested in these opportunities or in learning more about this program.
Throughout the next 4 months there will be an ongoing stream of things needing assessment and validation as grant programs and grantees funded through Thank ARB reach their milestones of value creation and are assessed via these feedback loops we are building together.
By getting involved not only do you get to help shape how we allocate 3 million ARB this summer but also to be part of creating core building blocks of the web3 world as onchain reputation, attestation and impact certificates increasingly become a part of our day-to-day lives.
We have an opportunity to help Arbitrum DAO demonstrate leadership in this space by employing best practices for effective decentralized resource allocation and value creation.
Your ideas, feedback and participation is all very much appreciate.
