A completed six-week global hackathon for open-source demos using Pyth Price Feeds or Entropy with real market data. Participants competed for PYTH rewards.
Grant programs across
crypto, AI and open source.
Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
Season 2 of Quadratic Accelerator on Polygon combined quadratic funding with protocol-sponsored token launches for four projects. The April 29 to May 13, 2025 round provided each cohort project with POL liquidity worth $50,000, plus matching-pool allocations based on unique buyer participation. The published impact report records the completed cohort and round outcomes.
RFP: Reboot the Gitcoin Community for the 3.3 Era Issued by: Gitcoin DAO (sponsor: Kevin Owocki, ED) Date issued: May 2026 Proposals due: Rolling, first review June 1, 2026 Engagement window: June 2026 – Q1 2027 (phased; see milestones) Budget envelope: Open — propose your number. Bias toward lean, milestone-gated engagements over a single large retainer.
A three-month Scroll Community Council pilot funding events, meetups, hackathons, and flexible community requests worldwide. Individual awards ranged from $200 to $10,000 within an approved SCR 312,500 program budget.
tldr This Request for Comments (RFC) is to review the treasury management Request for Proposals (RFP). If you only have time for one thing, please review the ‘Open Questions for the DAO’ below.
The Scroll Forum has opened applications for DCP 1 - State of Scroll Research, a pilot under the Delegates Contribution Program, with a total budget of 18,000 USDC for an 8-10 week project targeting a deadline of May 31, 2026. Roles include Data & Analytics (5,000 USDC), Format & Visualization (2,000 USDC), and Regional Researchers & Storytellers (2,200 USDC per region) focusing on regions like LATAM, Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, and APAC.
Purpose and Background The Ecosystem Growth Council (EGC) represents Scroll DAO’s first experiment in council-based governance. After previous attempts to launch growth programs through broader community processes, the DAO recognized that ecosystem growth requires dedicated expertise and focused decision-making.
Solana Frontier Hackathon offers $3M in prizes and pre-seed funding for teams building on Solana. Colosseum’s largest online startup competition and accelerator provides $3M+ in total prizes and pre-seed investment for top teams. The deadline is May 11, 2026.
new hackathon with a $3,000 prize pool! build reactive dapps on somnia's layer 1 blockchain and showcase the future of real-time web3 applications. february 25 - march 20, 2026 register here: https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/somnia-reactivity/detail [Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:38:02 GMT]
A historical Optimism-funded security program delivered with Spearbit and Immunefi for large protocols building on Optimism. It funded competitive bounties for critical vulnerabilities under Proposal Tier 42: Phoenix. The governance proposal is archived and the program is concluded.
Accelerator for startups building DeFi, payments, and RWA products on Stellar or for EMEA; up to $150,000 in XLM initial development funding from the Stellar Development Foundation, with possible follow-on grants.
Ston.fi Vibe Coding Hackathon offers $250, $150, and $100 prizes plus a $700 shared pool for building TON apps using vibe coding and AI tools. The event provides real infrastructure from ston.fi and tonstakers and is limited to 25 participants. Applications are due April 12, 2026.
Milestone-based accelerator funding up to $200k/team for pre-token Sui projects, co-run by Brinc and CoinList. The first cohort application window closed January 17, 2025. No later cohort has opened.
Tenfold Polybrain Season 2 used an AI grant allocator to select Polygon ecosystem projects, with five teams advancing to milestone-gated awards of up to 40,000 POL each. The final February 2026 update records four completed projects and one incomplete project, with payouts tied to delivered milestones.
Polygon Community Treasury grants administered by Thrive Protocol for consumer crypto builders across eight categories. Season 1 offered $800,000 in MATIC, received 255 applications, and selected 25 projects.
TON Blockchain announces results of its AI Agent Tooling Fast Grants. The program received 40 submissions and selected 14 winners, distributing $14k in total. Winners developed tools, SDKs, infrastructure primitives, and A2A building blocks to accelerate AI agent development on TON. Results were announced on March 5, 2026.
UNICEF Venture Fund is inviting startups in emerging markets to apply for mentorship and equity-free funding of up to US$100,000 in ETH, BTC, or USDC for onchain solutions focused on social good. The call targets ready-to-deploy projects that leverage crypto technology. Applications are open until the deadline of March 10, 2026. More details on eligibility and requirements are available via the provided link.
A Uniswap Foundation and Butter pilot that used conditional funding markets to direct up to $900,000 in grants to lending protocols expected to grow Unichain TVL. The first market awarded $100,000 to Morpho; the second offered two $400,000 grants.
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