Batch 1: Approved Grants

4.25.22

Since we first announced the launch of the OGP, we’ve been overwhelmed by the response, with 30+ applicants so far and many more every day. We’ve been conducting diligence and corresponding with the grantees, to ensure community members are rewarded for performing valuable work.

We are excited to announce the first batch of grants has been approved!

A total of seven grants have been approved so far, amounting to ~$90,000 in funding. See the table below for more details on the first batch of grants.

Importantly, if you’ve already submitted an application but haven’t been listed among this batch, it does not mean the application has been rejected. It just means we are still working through diligence on your project. If approved, it will be in the following batches.

Lastly, we are currently working on getting payments to grantees. Since this is the first batch, it may take a few weeks. Additionally, we are restricted to paying US-based grantees in stablecoins due to risks around giving OSMO to US token holders. Getting stablecoins up and running and initiating payments will take a few weeks.

We look forward to reviewing the next batch of applications in the coming weeks. You can apply at any time by filling out this application form. Let's keep the momentum going!


Grafana Analytics

Analytics
Funding Amount

3,000 OSMO

Applicant

Obi One

Upfront

3,000 OSMO

Completion

Retroactive grant for having created a couple of useful dashboards which track on-chain data and other data to provide current stats to end users.

These dashboards have been very valuable for the community. The author should be rewarded appropriately, and incentivized to maintain them.

Discord Bots

Analytics
Funding Amount

1,000 OSMO

Applicant

Obi One

Upfront

1,000 OSMO

Completion

Retroactive grant for having created three Osmosis Discord bots: Ticker Bot, Price Bot, Stats Bot.

These bots have been very valuable for the community. The author should be rewarded appropriately, and incentivized to maintain them.

Stake.tax

Tooling
Funding Amount

$30,000 (in OSMO)

Applicant

Roger Hong

Upfront

$20,000 (in OSMO)

Completion

$10,000 (in OSMO)

This is mostly a retroactive grant for the creation of stake.tax. An additional grant will be provided if Roger is able to maintain the Osmosis CSV through April 2023 (next tax season).

A retroactive grant is appropriate here since Roger's great work helped us all get through the 2021 tax season! Roger will get an additional (completion) grant if he maintains his tax software throughout the next tax season.

Tax Software - Osmosis Implementation

Tooling
Funding Amount

25,000 USDC

Applicant

Defiant Labs

Upfront

5,000 USDC

Completion

20,000 USDC

Defiant Labs hosts a web front-end and develops tax software that provides CSV formatted spreadsheets for the Cosmos ecosystem including the Osmosis blockchain. The CSV data includes taxable information for a given Osmosis blockchain address, compatible with popular tax softwares such as Accointing. This Grant is focused on adding Osmosis-specific capabilities to Defiant Labs' open-source tax software.

This grant will fund an improved and longer-term Osmosis-specific tax software solution which will make it easier and less time consuming for users to file for taxes.

Osmosis Docs - Turkish Translation

Education
Funding Amount

340 OSMO

Applicant

Armagan Can Ercan

Upfront

70 OSMO

Completion

270 OSMO

Turkish translation of the full Osmosis documentation.

This grant is aimed at onboarding more users and developers by making the Osmosis docs more accessible to the Turkish community.

Mapping Full Nodes Around the World

Analytics
Funding Amount

$30,000 (in OSMO)

Applicant

High Stakes Switzerland

Upfront

$10,000 (in OSMO)

Completion

$20,000 (in OSMO)

This grant will serve to generate a world map which displays the location of full nodes pertaining to Osmosis and other blockchains in the Cosmos ecosystem, as well as key metrics to assess the performance of each node.

This dashboard will allow the community and the core team to visualize the actual decentralization of the Osmosis chain and spot clusters that could put the chain in danger. With such insight, the Osmosis community can coordinate with validators and have them more appropriately scattered around the globe – or simply move around their own delegations so that the voting power is more evenly distributed.