Astral
Developing open-source Web3 tools and standards addressing geospatial data challenges for decentralized applications, with a focus on sustainability and regenerative projects.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 03:24 PM
Projects must be at least 3 months old. Newer projects should establish themselves and submit to the next round.
The project Astral has a documented history of work including partnerships and participation in events that date back beyond the three-month threshold.
The Grant must be primarily focused on climate solutions (the group may do other work but the grant proposal should be directly related to climate solutions). The proposal should explicitly outline how this project will help reduce GHGs or is an important core infrastructure for web3 climate solutions.
Astral's work with geospatial technologies intersects with climate solutions such as environmental monitoring, regenerative project development, and natural capital currencies, which can contribute to GHG reduction and provide infrastructure for web3 climate solutions.
Grantees who received funding in previous rounds should report on project progress since GR15 or the Alpha round. We understand that some projects may have less progress given the timing of Alpha round disbursements. This will ensure accountability to supporters and also help encourage contributors by showing what you’ve been accomplishing.
Astral has provided a comprehensive list of accomplishments, indicating project progress since earlier funding rounds.
All returning grantees are expected to update their proposal, in addition to project updates the proposal should include lessons learned from previous work and how they will use the additional funding from the upcoming round. The updated proposal should indicate how additional funding will help the project meet its goals, and include a rough timeline for the project overall.
The project's funding section outlines how the additional grant contributions will be used, and the roadmap provides a rough timeline of future milestones.
There is a general expectation that projects are within the “realm of viability”. Even if a project may be at a very early stage, it still must seem credible to the average person with an understanding of web3 technology and climate solutions. Grantee founders must genuinely intend to build the project, and the project must not broadly be considered an impossibility.
The project's activities, established partnerships, and progress all suggest that it is viable and credible within the realms of web3 technology and climate solutions.
Grantees can be eliminated from consideration in the round if they are found to be encouraging or enabling Sybil attacks or other forms of malicious manipulation of the grants platform or the Gitcoin community.
There is no information provided that indicates whether Astral has engaged in Sybil attacks or other forms of manipulation. Without evidence to the contrary, this remains uncertain.