npub1a3r2ep603h6k68vwdfhkq75g0dmv3sfvtmkdm0gqkrf4jr2zp7dqg59clu (npub1a3r…9clu) announced they will participate in Gitcoin funding round and everyone immediately started attacking them, saying it's a scam, and telling them that they don't need the money (lol).
Well, Gitcoin is basically a crowdfunding platform. It's definitely not a scam, and I know many FOSS projects that used it. Also, Gitcoin is actually interesting because they use an innovative donation matching mechanism called Quadratic Funding (see https://www.wtfisqf.com).
There's nothing wrong with Tor Project using this platform to raise more money. Trying to prevent them from doing so is absolutely insane, and this is what brainwashing by "web3 is going just great" does to you. This account is slandering good projects while constantly promoting actual scams which no one would ever heard of otherwise.
quotingWe're happy to be included in the Web3 Open Source Software round of this iteration of @gitcoin grants!
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