# Joan's RPGF3 Reflections **URL:** \ **Category:** Retro Funding Missions\ **Created:** [December 11, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/joans-rpgf3-reflections/7221 "2023-12-11T12:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![FractalVisions](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/fractalvisions/32/7590_2.png) [@FractalVisions](https://gov.optimism.io/u/FractalVisions)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/joans-rpgf3-reflections/7221/2 "2023-12-11T14:22:06Z")
Hey 👋 @joanbp we are curious 👀 about the review process that took place and see your name on this list … ![IMG_4532](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/original/2X/0/0137fef494866b9fb7ee0ed173508f1e920a9fc5.jpeg) A particular project that was unanimously voted out of the round was allowed to participate in this round but no one has any idea who made the appeal approval. ![IMG_4533](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/original/2X/7/74d5d40e5b2056cfef172cbe9416a8667c05269e.jpeg) ![IMG_4534](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/original/2X/b/b0b9a222abb04797a45fcb2cbd71c4ee423613e7.jpeg) As you can see here in the badge holders review channel this was brought up early on in the round by another member of the OP governance who is a badge holder. Apparently this was disregarded during the approval process of the appeal. Here is some more context as to what is being talked about from this round. > There are many concerns that come to mind if a project with such a large amount of history being banned from another Layer 2 grant ecosystem was successful at receiving funding from Optimism. And as you can see here the results of accepting this project in the round are also being discussed in the forum. > [@NFTEarth RPGF Appeal](https://gov.optimism.io/t/nftearth-rpgf-appeal/7159): > > There appears to have been a breakdown in the RPGF proposal review process that I believe needs some transparency so as to ensure we better understand what went wrong and how it can be avoided in the future. The proposal from NFTEarth was flagged with the following information in Review Round 2 and there was a unanimous vote from Badgeholder Reviewers to remove it: “This project is run by a serial scammer. [The Arbitrum on Gitcoin Grant Dispute #1: NFTEarth - Grants Discussions - Arbitrum](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/the-arbitrum-on-gitcoin-grant-dispute-1-nftearth/18995) Fals… So we are curious 👀 as to what your take on all of this is & whether you were aware of this activity if you were one of the reviewers who approved the project for the round. If this passes with flying colors we can only imagine what else could be missed by badge holders or reviewers from this round we don’t know about yet. --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.optimism.io/t/joans-rpgf3-reflections/7221)._