Welcome to our weekly roundup of the happenings in the world of ReFi. If you'd like your project news to appear in these posts, submit it here! If you have something else you think should be included in a future post, reach out on X at @carboncopy_refi or via email at hello@carboncopy.news.
The Impact DePIN Report 2024
We hosted an X space with Leo Lin of Arkreen, I. Christwin of Switch Electric, and Kennedy Nganga of Shamba Network to discuss the report and the future of Impact DePIN.
— CARBON Copy (@carboncopy_refi) July 17, 2024
Download The Impact DePIN Report
ReFi Project Database
We've officially launched our curated ReFi project database and integrated Karma GAP milestones to project profile pages!
Introducing Our ReFi Project Database
An explanation of the methodology and features of our curated ReFi project database, along with a recap of the X Space we hosted on the launch with Pranav Khanna.
https://carboncopy.news/features/recap-x-space-refi-project-database-public-good/
Project News
Wins
Amidst the chaos of @EthCC, the Regen Village became a haven of deep discussion and experimentation for builders, funders & creators.
— Regens Unite 🌱✨ (@regensunite) July 18, 2024
✅ 600+ attendees
✅ 7823 $RegenBxl issued
✅ 1 epic party
Thank you to everyone who participated & created lasting local impact!
A recap 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/erOpSIEnHE
Thanks to Siopao, an LTK community member, for leading a group pickup & collecting 975 pieces of litter around the Calmay River, Philippines.🇵🇭
— Litter Token ($LTK) 🌱 (@litter_token) July 17, 2024
The group earned $39 for their efforts & commitment.
Thanks also to all @litter_token members for helping to clean up the planet.🗑️🌎 pic.twitter.com/gspWsmsxLF
We are excited to share highlights from the executive summary of the report published by the @crypto_council, on the peer-to-peer water pilot we ran in partnership with @MCSocialVenture pic.twitter.com/O8u6pffLNp
— Atlantis 🔱 (@Atlantis_p2p) July 17, 2024
Collaborating with a Portuguese water treatment manufacturer that is using heterogeneous catalytic oxidation technology to treat wastewater from car washes in Europe. Oxygenchain will monitor these systems. pic.twitter.com/3GMAoYCdPO
— Oxygen Chain (@Oxygenchain) July 16, 2024
In the last 2 weeks, more than 1500 donations were made with Glo Dollars. ❤️
— Glo Dollar (@glodollar) July 16, 2024
Over $55,000 in Glo Dollars (USDGLO) will be paid out to 70+ environmental projects.
Big thanks to @Giveth + @RegenToken + everyone who donated or participated in the round. pic.twitter.com/nMQDfHGvvy
I just bought 1000 kg CO2 @regen_network. They taking it out of the atmosphere using different projects. What a beautiful thing! :-) pic.twitter.com/HkiPxJ7RxP
— Gaunrbiosphere | LINGO (@gaunr2000) July 14, 2024
What a weekend we had at @ethglobal Brussels! 🇧🇪
— Circles (@aboutcircles) July 14, 2024
We are incredibly happy to announce our winners, congratulations to all of the builders 🛠
Let's explore their projects👇 pic.twitter.com/Izl6WMb26E
👏 A Big Round of Applause For The Winners of Our Refi in Arbitrum Grants Program!
— CharmVerse (@CharmVerse) July 12, 2024
We're thrilled to announce the successful completion of the Refi in Arbitrum Grants program! We've committed 300K ARB tokens to fuel innovative projects within the vibrant Refi ecosystem.
Worth a Listen
Knowledge
Green Accountability Tech Accelerator: Citizen Monitoring with Integrity Action
We’re sitting down with Brittany Stevens of Integrity Action to learn more about what drives her team to build tools for citizen…
https://medium.com/@ClimateCollective/green-accountability-tech-accelerator-citizen-monitoring-with-integrity-action-cc7090bf82de
What’s been the impact of Retro Funding so far? | Open Source Observer
This post is a brief exploration of the before-after impact of Optimism’s Retro Funding (RF) on open source software (OSS) projects. For context, see some of our previous work on the Optimism ecosyste...
https://docs.opensource.observer/blog/impact-of-retro-funding/
Data ReFined #35: Valuing Carbon Credits in the VCM, Scaling Climate-Related Parametric Insurance
https://blog.dclimate.net/data-refined-35-valuing-carbon-credits-in-the-vcm-scaling-climate-related-parametric-insurance/
GG21 is coming soon from August 7-21! 🙌💚
— Crypto Altruism (@Crypto_Altruism) July 18, 2024
On the fence about whether you should apply? 🤔
We've put together a brief overview of @gitcoin grants & @gitcoinpassport, and why you should consider participating in the upcoming round as a grantee or community member! 👇 pic.twitter.com/8LUcFn83yl
Opportunities
starting a group chat for all the public good donors
— Octant (@OctantApp) July 17, 2024
good vibes, good projects, grants, $$$, etc etc
hit reply if you want to join
We need researchers, creators, strategists and multidisciplinary minds excited about producing good knowledge with us, contact us if you wanna know more! https://t.co/LX9MivQTOw
— Crypto Commons Association (@crypto4commons) July 15, 2024
We’re inviting @0xPolygon builders to participate in the first season of q/acc.
— Giveth (@Giveth) July 12, 2024
Interested in launching a token with a built-in revenue stream and a clear path towards community growth?
Signal interest now:https://t.co/PUj2Kmaxry
Thoughts
the grants trilemma:
— Carl Cervone ☕️ (@carl_cervone) July 18, 2024
too much overhead ↔️ not enough quality control
funds spread too thin ↔️ never take any big bets
popularity contest ↔️ metrics can be gamed pic.twitter.com/4znqdt4yo9
DAOs are broadly unaware of the behavior that they are actually scaling, which is “Commons-based peer production” as opposed to a traditional corporate governance that forms from the impetus of transaction costs.
— Kyle (wkyleg.eth) (@wkylegDotEth) July 11, 2024
In other words, the distributed nature and increased efficiency of… https://t.co/RrbbpNHqNv pic.twitter.com/nHmcPiLBN3
Someone will make a lot of money building a Public Goods fund.
— Octant (@OctantApp) June 30, 2024
Brand as a public goods-only fund. Raise $5m. Put $100k into the top 50 PG project deals as early as possible.
Basically run back the frictionless capital playbook but for public goods projects instead of Solana.…
Retro conference: you can only talk about what you shipped in the past and what you learned from it
— Jonas 🔴✨ (@JonasSFT) July 16, 2024
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