What I Did
In Week 5 , I advanced the Auto-Attest research by integrating density dependence mechanisms to tackle Ethereum’s funding inefficiencies. I reviewed additional Gitcoin and EF forum threads, including the ecological analogies thread (Ecological Analogies to an Evolutionary Framework in GG24 - 🧙 🧙♀️ Ideas and Open Discussion - Gitcoin Governance) feasibility check (Density-Mortality for Grant Systems - HackMD) and GitHub issue (OpenGrants Dashboard Feat: Density Dependent Mortality Assessment for Grant Programs · Issue #321 · metagov/daostar · GitHub) finding that over-saturation in grant rounds (high applications, immature projects) causes researcher drop-offs and limits TVF, while rarity fosters resilience.
I then refined the framework to incorporate density-dependent scoring using Gitcoin’s ecological analogies. I believe by organizing data fields in terms of number of applications, grantees, donation counts/amounts, unique donors, matching pools, wallet passport scores, and we will be able to catalog grant programs to create experimental stats, identifying over-saturated rounds versus under-saturated ones for efficient fund allocation.
I also participated in the Infinite Fountain Rotating Mutual Aid Quest by @forkinwisdom suggesting rotating aid mechanisms to balance abundance and rarity, enhancing community resilience and informing dynamic allocation in the framework.
Challenges
- Limited historical grant data availability post-rounds delays testing.
- Thread analysis restricted due to focusing on OSS saturation.
Week 6 Plan
- Review more gitcoin threads on density dependence and funding dynamics.
- Finalize data cataloging for grant programs to test experimental stats.
- Launch Signal Beacon poll: “How should density dependence adjust TVF metrics?”
- Share Prompt Fragment on carrying capacity for Raid OS.