bestape | Kyle M. Smith
Certified legal engineer, LexDAO contributor with experience in web3 dispute resolution, Gitcoin volunteer, Librarian, and project lead for Hats protocol, Gitcoin Passport, and OpenCivics initiatives; championed legal support and quadratic funding concepts in the crypto space.User Reviews
R1
Reviewed on 26 Mar 2024 01:07 PM
This round focuses on *individuals only*. Multiple individuals are not allowed to submit as one team submission. We invite collaborators on one effort to submit grant proposals individually, detailing what and how they personally contributed. Please indicate in the title of the grant the name of the individual Gitcoin Citizen this grant submission is rewarding.
Work should contribute directly to Gitcoin’s Essential Intents and/or the Ecosystem Collective’s focus areas.
Essential intents: https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/update-gitcoin-s-ratified-essential-intents-2023-2024-and-a-recap-of-our-successes/16818
Ecosystem Collective: https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/introducing-gitcoin-s-ecosystem-collective/17954
The Grant proposal should explicitly outline how you supported Gitcoin. Some (non-exhaustive) examples:
- educational content, eg. a guide on how to donate on our platform
- promotional content, eg running a twitter space to cover our rounds
- data analysis, eg. a data analysis of previous donations
- operations, eg. running a grants round
- governance, eg. adding meaningful contributions to the forum discussions
- community support, eg. helping out users in our discord
- platform and protocol dev, eg. pull requests or standalone add-ons
This round will focus on retroactive work only, i.e. work delivered in the past. For planned work, go to http://gitcoin.co/citizens. Only one proposal is allowed per grantee.
All submissions should outline the impact of their work, by referencing all captured data (e.g. viewers, forks, branches, listeners of a twitter space, posts written and number of likes and views.) The submission should include proof of impact, including links to where the work was delivered and received (e.g, content creation needs supporting usage analytics, governance participation should have relevant links to gov posts, individual involvement in a collective effort should have specific dates, links to Twitter space, or recordings.)
The proof of impact should show that the effort was well-received. Low or minimal impact efforts will not qualify. Examples of these include bug reports with minimal impact, non-strategic comments on the governance forum, translations of gitcoin content and other communication efforts which can easily be automated (AI, Google translate).
Grantees cannot be paid twice by Gitcoin for the same work, so any and all work that is submitted should be outside of the scope of Citizens Innovate, Forward or any other contracted work.
Full eligibility criteria can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L_3NBrRXnGAzMo9LNl-cSPZy8nqnYtjUdQJbiGR5IbM/edit?usp=sharing
R2
Reviewed on 26 Mar 2024 12:31 AM
This round focuses on *individuals only*. Multiple individuals are not allowed to submit as one team submission. We invite collaborators on one effort to submit grant proposals individually, detailing what and how they personally contributed. Please indicate in the title of the grant the name of the individual Gitcoin Citizen this grant submission is rewarding.
Work should contribute directly to Gitcoin’s Essential Intents and/or the Ecosystem Collective’s focus areas.
Essential intents: https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/update-gitcoin-s-ratified-essential-intents-2023-2024-and-a-recap-of-our-successes/16818
Ecosystem Collective: https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/introducing-gitcoin-s-ecosystem-collective/17954
The Grant proposal should explicitly outline how you supported Gitcoin. Some (non-exhaustive) examples:
- educational content, eg. a guide on how to donate on our platform
- promotional content, eg running a twitter space to cover our rounds
- data analysis, eg. a data analysis of previous donations
- operations, eg. running a grants round
- governance, eg. adding meaningful contributions to the forum discussions
- community support, eg. helping out users in our discord
- platform and protocol dev, eg. pull requests or standalone add-ons
This round will focus on retroactive work only, i.e. work delivered in the past. For planned work, go to http://gitcoin.co/citizens. Only one proposal is allowed per grantee.
All submissions should outline the impact of their work, by referencing all captured data (e.g. viewers, forks, branches, listeners of a twitter space, posts written and number of likes and views.) The submission should include proof of impact, including links to where the work was delivered and received (e.g, content creation needs supporting usage analytics, governance participation should have relevant links to gov posts, individual involvement in a collective effort should have specific dates, links to Twitter space, or recordings.)
The proof of impact should show that the effort was well-received. Low or minimal impact efforts will not qualify. Examples of these include bug reports with minimal impact, non-strategic comments on the governance forum, translations of gitcoin content and other communication efforts which can easily be automated (AI, Google translate).
Grantees cannot be paid twice by Gitcoin for the same work, so any and all work that is submitted should be outside of the scope of Citizens Innovate, Forward or any other contracted work.
Full eligibility criteria can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L_3NBrRXnGAzMo9LNl-cSPZy8nqnYtjUdQJbiGR5IbM/edit?usp=sharing
R3
Reviewed on 23 Mar 2024 07:18 PM
This round focuses on *individuals only*. Multiple individuals are not allowed to submit as one team submission. We invite collaborators on one effort to submit grant proposals individually, detailing what and how they personally contributed. Please indicate in the title of the grant the name of the individual Gitcoin Citizen this grant submission is rewarding.
Work should contribute directly to Gitcoin’s Essential Intents and/or the Ecosystem Collective’s focus areas.
Essential intents: https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/update-gitcoin-s-ratified-essential-intents-2023-2024-and-a-recap-of-our-successes/16818
Ecosystem Collective: https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/introducing-gitcoin-s-ecosystem-collective/17954
The Grant proposal should explicitly outline how you supported Gitcoin. Some (non-exhaustive) examples:
- educational content, eg. a guide on how to donate on our platform
- promotional content, eg running a twitter space to cover our rounds
- data analysis, eg. a data analysis of previous donations
- operations, eg. running a grants round
- governance, eg. adding meaningful contributions to the forum discussions
- community support, eg. helping out users in our discord
- platform and protocol dev, eg. pull requests or standalone add-ons
This round will focus on retroactive work only, i.e. work delivered in the past. For planned work, go to http://gitcoin.co/citizens. Only one proposal is allowed per grantee.
All submissions should outline the impact of their work, by referencing all captured data (e.g. viewers, forks, branches, listeners of a twitter space, posts written and number of likes and views.) The submission should include proof of impact, including links to where the work was delivered and received (e.g, content creation needs supporting usage analytics, governance participation should have relevant links to gov posts, individual involvement in a collective effort should have specific dates, links to Twitter space, or recordings.)
The proof of impact should show that the effort was well-received. Low or minimal impact efforts will not qualify. Examples of these include bug reports with minimal impact, non-strategic comments on the governance forum, translations of gitcoin content and other communication efforts which can easily be automated (AI, Google translate).
Grantees cannot be paid twice by Gitcoin for the same work, so any and all work that is submitted should be outside of the scope of Citizens Innovate, Forward or any other contracted work.
Full eligibility criteria can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L_3NBrRXnGAzMo9LNl-cSPZy8nqnYtjUdQJbiGR5IbM/edit?usp=sharing
AI Review
A1
Reviewed on 19 Mar 2024 04:01 AM
Full eligibility criteria can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L_3NBrRXnGAzMo9LNl-cSPZy8nqnYtjUdQJbiGR5IbM/edit?usp=sharing
The complete details of the project are not available for the evaluation, and the provided document link would need to be reviewed to confirm eligibility against its full criteria.
Individuals only. Please indicate in the title of the grant the name of the individual Gitcoin Citizen this grant submission is rewarding.
The project title 'bestape | Kyle M. Smith' indicates the name of the individual Gitcoin Citizen, aligning with the grant submission guidelines.
Work should contribute directly to Gitcoin’s Essential Intents and/or the Ecosystem Collective’s focus areas.
The project description details involvement with LexDAO and other initiatives that appear to align with Gitcoin's Essential Intents and the Ecosystem Collective's focus areas such as legal engineering, grants disputes, and transitioning to a Cayman Foundation.
The Grant proposal should explicitly outline how you supported Gitcoin.
The grant proposal provides specific examples of how the project supported Gitcoin, including legal volunteer work, aiding in the transition to a Cayman Foundation, and engagement with Gitcoin spinoffs.
This round will focus on rewarding retroactive work only
The submission describes past completed work (before GCR 3) and compares planned work with actual retrospectively delivered work, indicating a focus on retroactive contributions.
All submissions should outline the impact of their work, by referencing and linking to captured data (e.g. viewers, forks, branches, listeners of a twitter space, posts written and number of likes and views)
The submission includes links to discussions, GitHub repositories, Twitter status updates, and other evidence that provide details on the impact of the work.
The proof of impact should show that the effort was well-received. Low or minimal impact efforts will not qualify.
The grant proposal highlights contributions that appear to be well-received, such as assisting with legally complex grants disputes, integrating Gitcoin Passport with Hats protocol, and the success of the OpenCivics round.
Grantees cannot be paid twice by Gitcoin for the same work, so any and all work that is submitted should be outside of the scope of Citizens Innovate, Forward or any other contracted work.
Without specific information on the previous compensation agreements, it is unclear whether any of the work submitted overlaps with work previously paid for by Gitcoin.