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flannelcatering··on BountySource have turned evil – alternatives?
sorry if i broke any rules yall.
flannelcatering··on BountySource have turned evil – alternatives?
its on the roadmap, cant say how far out tho
flannelcatering··on BountySource have turned evil – alternatives?
hi from gitcoin. (https://gitcoin.co/mission)

our bounties platform is coupled to github, but grants/tips/other tools are not.

we plan to decouple from github eventually. until then, the workaround is to post a gitlab repo into a github issue and bounty that.

any other questions lmk

flannelcatering··on BountySource have turned evil – alternatives?
hi from gitcoin

more on us: https://gitcoin.co/mission https://gitcoin.co/results

flannelcatering··on Gitcoin Grants Round 5 Retrospective
Thank you! But honestly its the gitcoin team/community that is doing it, I'm just helping the team/community coordinate at this point :)

Hopefully this (https://gitcoin.co/results) is just a start and we can build information age native institutions that support all sorts of public goods (Open Source Software being the focal point right now) at 100x this scale one day.

flannelcatering··on Gitcoin Grants Round 5 Retrospective
I agree it's a hard problem to solve, and we've got no illusions about that.

This post (also, coincidentally by Vitalik) talks about different levels of collusion (from unsophisticated to sophisticated) https://vitalik.ca/general/2019/04/03/collusion.html

Gitcoin's approach thus far has been to stop collusion from unsophisticated actors, then progressively get more organized (as more money gets involved, and as we learn from each round) about stopping collusion from more sophisticated actors.

This thread talks about some collusion that we founnd in Round 5. https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1250097472694702080

flannelcatering··on Gitcoin Grants Round 5 Retrospective
> Is it a coin where work on the coin/it's promotion is rewarded with more coin?

Gitcoin never did an ICO and doesnt have a token. During the 2017 ICO craze, we opted instead to just focus on product/community.

Our network supports any ERC20 token or ETH. Here are the top ones on the Gitcoin network https://gitcoin.co/leaderboard/tokens?cadence=all&keyword=al...

More on why we didnt do an ICO at https://gitcoin.co/not_a_token

flannelcatering··on Gitcoin Grants Round 5 Retrospective
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. But if it's that the identity mechanism on Gitcoin (aged github accounts) isnt perfect, then I think you're absolutely right.

I think a more important question is "are the round results valid?" Vitalik goes into this in his post - As Vitalik notes in his post, we are certainly reaching the limits of our existing identity framework as more money/users get involved.

Identity networks are a chicken and egg problem. My view is that Gitcoin being one of the first widely/actively used Ethereum products (https://gitcoin.co/results) we have a unique opportunity (and challenge/responsibility honestly) to bootstrap a DID network.

Here's some incremental improvements were gonna make in round 6: Identity - https://github.com/gitcoinco/web/issues/6549 Collusion - https://github.com/gitcoinco/web/issues/6548

flannelcatering··on Gitcoin Grants Round 5 Retrospective
One thing I forgot to add: In pockets of the ethereum community, it is widely considered that having identity mechanisms that can be relied upon is one of the things that is holding blockchain services back from going mainstream. There are all kinds of applications (decentralized social networks, payroll, voting, etc) that could benefit from having an identity overlay on a blockchain network.
flannelcatering··on Gitcoin Grants Round 5 Retrospective
Here's a good intro post on Quadratic Funding that someone wrote. https://ethgasstation.info/blog/quadratic-funding-in-a-nutsh...
flannelcatering··on Gitcoin Grants Round 5 Retrospective
AFAIK there's nothing mutually exclusive about using a service that requires identity (in this case, proof of unique human-ness) on a decentralized blockchain. In fact there are services that are actively working to create DIDs (like brightID, 3box, etc).
flannelcatering··on Gitcoin Grants Round 5 Retrospective
Hi all, I'm the founder of Gitcoin Kevin Owocki (https://twitter.com/owocki)

Happy to answer any questions. Its Saturday so will be AFK for a bit here & there, but will keep an eye on this thread.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based tools that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $2.8mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based tools that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $2.5mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based tools that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $2mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based tools that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $1.8mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2019)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $1.4mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $1.3mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2019)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 11 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $1mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Let’s talk about open-source sustainability
I know theres a lot of blockchain-skeptics on HN (and rightfully so), but I'd like to just point out that...

All the money that goes into back offices on wall st in the old closed financial system, goes to Open Source in the blockchain ecosystem.

I hope that this trend continues and helps make OSS Funding a more mainstream thing as blockchain becomes more mainstream itself.

/me battens down the hatches inb4 blockchain-haters brigade me :)

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 11 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $410k to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 11 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $370k to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 9 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $270k to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 9 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $210k to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 9 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $155k to the ecossytem since launch in November 2017.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin pushes open source forward. Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Product | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin pushes open source forward. Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Frontend and Full Stack | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin pushes open source forward. Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Frontend and Full Stack | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin pushes open source forward. Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

flannelcatering··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
Gitcoin ( https://gitcoin.co ) | Software Engineer(s) - Frontend and Full Stack | Remote | https://gitcoin.co/about#jobs | https://gitcoin.co/explorer

Gitcoin pushes open source forward. Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based smart-contracts that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.

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