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Onboarding to Gitcoin grants is quick and easy. Grants can be created through the Gitcoin website here.

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Overview ℹ️

Gitcoin is where the world’s leading web3 projects are born, validated and funded. Our Gitcoin Grants rounds, which use a Quadratic Funding mechanism, help communities to fund their shared needs and support people and organizations that are building the open internet and empower communities to fund their shared needs.

Is Gitcoin Grants for Me? 👤

Before you read any further, take a minute to assess if your work is eligible for the Gitcoin grants platform.

Currently we fund three different types of grants rounds that you could receive support from. See the below “Three Types of Grants Rounds” section to assess where you fit best.

For Gitcoin Platform Eligibility, applications may not:

• Be fraudulent | impersonation - Claiming to be a brand or person you are not
• Have hateful content - Racist, sexist, or otherwise hateful
• Be deceiving users - Malicious content that could cause harm or unintended consequences to users
• Include falsification - Any type of hacking to falsify a contribution is prohibited.

See the full platform policy here.

For “Main Round” Eligibility violations are as follows: