DeFi Shadow Committee: Season 2 Recommendations

[Aris]

@jackanorak

In principle we think marketing budgets are in scope for Phase 1 grants, but there needs to be much more planning up front to determine the worth of this one

In the marketing section of the proposal, it is clearly stated HOW the funds will be used.

@Kromatika

A small portion of the grant will be used to spread awareness for the Free Swaps(gas refunds), $OP Airdrop Referral Program, and Liquidity mining program. Our goal is to invite existing users to Stake & Trade $OP and to onboard new users onto the Optimism Network.
$OP will be used for incentivizing users to join the awareness campaign and contribute to the competition. We will create promotion campaigns like Youtube competitions, which can take many forms for different contributors such as researchers, and content creators

It actually describes in depth HOW the $OP grant will be used, by creating competitions (public bounties), awareness campaigns, Youtube competitions.

We have started configuring the necessary tools for the incentive / awareness campaign, competition bounties. They are only small part of the awareness, educational strategy.
We are gonna be using them regardless of the OP grant.

Please check a sample DEMO configuration!!!. Many DAOs are using it as proven bounties method for example:

Bounties | Dework