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Grants: Virtually every major DAO has a Grants Program at this point. These are often run by a small group of community-elected contributors who are responsible for reviewing grant requests and allocating capital accordingly. Protocol DAOs like Compound, Uniswap, Aave, and others have massive pools of capital that they’re distributing to those that... See more

Developer grants are grants made from a protocol’s treasury to individuals or teams who are contributing in some way to improving the protocol. This can serve as an effective GTM mechanism for DAOs, since developer activity is such an integral part of a protocol’s success. 

With a more decentralized structure, modern idea machines can “arm the rebels” right where they are, instead of hiring them into a foundation. The popularity of so-called regrantor programs (i.e. scout programs) reflects this trend, where talented individuals are given funding to make grants on behalf of the grantmaking organization.

DeFi protocol grant programs and bounties are a big deal imagine if anyone in the world could apply as a freelancer to work on FB News Feed for a month and receive equity that's potentially worth millions oh, and the equity is liquid and vests immediately