🌍 This Week in Web3forGood
It's RetroPGF time
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This week, Web3ForGood found out that we are one of 643 incredible projects approved for Optimism’s Retroactive Public Goods Funding (RetroPGF) Round 3. RetroPGF 3 will allocate 30m OP tokens to reward contributions that have supported the development and adoption of Optimism.
One of the things that sparked our initial excitement for and exploration of Web3 was the potential of quadratic funding, and so being part of Gitcoin Grants and now RetroPGF has been an amazing opportunity to experience how it all works up close. For those who want to know more, read our intro to quadratic funding here and our deepdive into Optimism.
Are you an Optimism RetroPGF badgeholder and a Web3ForGood reader? We hope you’ll support us!
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What’s Inside
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🚀 Opportunities & Events
📡 On Our Radar
📣 Latest News
Hyphen and Toucan partner to advance carbon market integrity
Mercy Corps Ventures launches pilot with Quipu to test the use of a DeFi lending protocol
Mento Labs supports Dunia with local stablecoin tracking the CFA Franc
📚 What We’re Thinking About
📄The Carbon Business Council and Climate Collective published a white paper about Digital Infrastructure for Carbon Removal. (Carbon Business Council)
⛓ The Public Goods Superchain: Public Goods Network. is a low-cost Layer 2 built on top of Ethereum for supporting public goods. (@SuperchainEco)
🚔 India trained 3,000 police officials on crypto investigations in 2022–2023. (Cointelegraph)
🚀 15 Pioneering Web3 Projects Revolutionizing Space Exploration, Discovery, and Education. (Crypto Altruism)
🏛 Blockchain Constitutionalism. (European University Institute)
🚀 Opportunities & Events:
Apply: Bankless is hiring an Editor/Editorial Operations.
Apply: MiniPay is hiring Student Ambassadors.
Apply: Anthropic is hiring for multiple roles.
Nominate: Applications to join Global Blockchain Business Council’s 2024 Ambassador cohort are now open. GBBC Ambassadors are an exceptional group of super-connectors, innovators, and changemakers hailing from diverse backgrounds and industries — with an emphasis on technology, governance, law, finance, civil society, and academia.
Participate: The Association for Women in Cryptocurrency Diversity & Inclusion Survey seeks to provide data-driven insights into the industry’s talent acquisition, engagement, and retention strategies as well as to advance efforts in improving DEI within the industry. The survey is voluntary, anonymous, and confidential, and should take about 5 minutes to complete.
Funding Opportunity: The SheFi Grants Stack Program is dedicated to uplifting femme founders in the SheFi community. Applications are open until November 15.
Funding Opportunity: Gitcoin Grants Round 19 is happening November 15-19.
Funding Opportunity: The Prosperity Grants Program aims to drive the adoption of the GoodDollar protocol and G$ token in the Celo ecosystem by engaging builders and community organizations. * Application deadline extended to November 17.*
IRL Events
Attend: Crypto Friday's with HaloFi and friends and Celo Nigeria is happening TODAY November 10 in Lagos.
Attend: SheFi Summit is happening on November 12 in Istanbul.
Attend: Devconnect is happening in Istanbul from November 13 - 19.
Attend: LabWeek23, a decentralized conference by Protocol Labs Network, is happening November 13-17 in Istanbul.
Attend: The DeSci Community Conference is happening November 13 in Istanbul as part of LabWeek23.
Attend: Onchain Summit: Superchain Edition is happening November 14 in Istanbul.
Attend: Devconnect IST: Blockchain for International Development by ImpactPlus is happening November 14 in Istanbul.
Attend: unStable Summit: Devconnect is happening November 15 in Istanbul.
Attend: D:pact is a one-day conference at the heart of Istanbul during DevConnect happening on November 15.
Attend: The Responsible Tech Mixer + Youth, Tech, and Wellbeing panel is happening on November 15 in NYC.
Attend: The Responsible Tech London meetup is happening December 5.
Attend: Algorand Impact Summit is happening November 30 - December 1 in New Delhi.
Attend: The Blockchain x Climate Leadership Network is hosting The Promise of Blockchain: Catalytic Scale for Climate Finance on December 6 at COP28 in Dubai.
Attend: Lab for Inclusive FinTech (LIFT) is hosting The Digital Future: Fintech, AI, and the Path to Financial Inclusion on December 11-12 at the Haas School of Business in Berkeley, CA.
Virtual Events
Attend: Building an AI Analyst for Government and Nonprofits: Early Lessons in Working with GenAI for Social Good is happening on November 14.
Attend: Empowering Human-Centered Tech in Community-Based Organizations is happening November 15.
Attend: Celent is hosting Blockchain and Capital Markets: A Roadmap for Responsible Innovation on November 16.
📡 On Our Radar
Domino.Fund is a donation crowdfunding & mechanism design platform for impactful projects.
Topl’s Impact Token Pilot pilots impact tokens and tests them in the market.
The Association for Women in Cryptocurrency (AWIC) is a platform for women and supportive allies of all genders who seek to enhance their knowledge and education in the growing fields of cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3, while advancing the opportunities for women and the role they will play in the future of digital finance.
Drawtech is the first-ever mobile onchain game.