Quadratic Funding

Protocolo Monetario Descentralizado

A mechanism design protocol for allocating matching funds to public goods, in which the matching amount allocated to each project is proportional to the square of the sum of the square roots of individual contributions. The formula mathematically rewards breadth of support over depth, limiting funder dominance. Prototype: Gitcoin Grants.

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Licencia Libre (MIT). https://github.com/gitcoinco
Estado de Desarrollo 🟢 Activo
Detalle del Estado de Desarrollo Released — multiple Gitcoin rounds completed; widely adopted across ecosystem.
Propietario Gitcoin Foundation (implementation); theoretical authors Vitalik Buterin, Zoë Hitzig, E. Glen Weyl.
País United States (Gitcoin); global (theoretical authors).
Año de Inicio 2018
Stack Solidity (smart contracts); JavaScript/TypeScript (Gitcoin platform); EVM substrate.
Financiamiento Gitcoin Foundation treasury; ecosystem sponsors fund matching pools per round.
Última Investigación 1 jul 2026

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Evolución de Plataformas y Soberanía

Protocolo Monetario Descentralizado Atributos

Orígenes Mechanism design economics; public goods funding theory; quadratic voting research.
Formatos de Datos Contribution records (donor address, amount, project); matching pool parameters; sybil-resistance metadata.
Términos Permissionless project submission and donation; rounds operated by sponsors.
Fondos Gitcoin has distributed over $50M in matching funds across rounds (cumulative through 2024).
Basado En Buterin, Hitzig, and Weyl's Liberal Radicalism paper; quadratic voting theory.
Permisos Permissionless contribution; sybil-resistance via verification mechanisms (Gitcoin Passport).
Contrato Inteligente Yes — Gitcoin implementations use smart contracts for matching pool management and distribution.
Herramientas de Desarrollo Gitcoin Grants Stack; Allo Protocol; supporting Gitcoin Passport for sybil resistance.
Madurez del Protocolo / Estandarización De Facto Standard for matching-fund public goods finance.
Marco de Confianza Algorithmic enforcement of QF formula; sybil-resistance through identity verification; community oversight of round administration.
Dominio de Aplicación Objetivo Public goods funding, open source software finance, civic technology grants, community resource allocation.
Posición de Aceptación del Juego Modify-Additive — operates at public goods allocation layer alongside conventional funding.
Régimen de Acumulación Capped via mechanism design — funder dominance limited algorithmically; recipient accumulation per project results.
Mecanismo de Coordinación Algorithmic mechanism design in service of deliberative aim — protocol weights breadth of support.
Modelo de Emisión Sponsor-allocated — matching pool funded by sponsors; allocation determined by QF formula across contributions.
Tipo de Señal de Valor Single matching-fund unit; algorithmic weighting transforms contribution signal.
Patrón de Federación Cross-network bridge — protocol composable across rounds and ecosystems via Allo Protocol.
Independencia de Sustrato Substrate-neutral specification; production implementations blockchain-native.