This was our first time participating in RetroPGF. At CryptoConexion we are very grateful for the 32 badge holders who voted for us and the 4 who included us on their lists. Here are some thoughts on the process:
- As we were preparing our application, the content LauNaMu published on X helped us as we built our proposal.
- While no one on our team is a badge holder, we know how challenging it is to thoroughly evaluate over 600 diverse projects. Hats off to the badge holders.
- There seems to be a variety of opinions on the use of lists during the process. As a project, we did see the value of lists. I do want to call out the LatAm list created by Brichis- she provided individualized feedback to each project on improving impact in her impact evaluation. I don’t know if others did as the lists are no longer visible. Understanding the workload for badge holders, this level of personalized assessment is likely not feasible across the board, but the value is clear.
- We would suggest allowing lists to remain public even after voting concludes, maybe they are but not sure where they are located.
- The transparency from badge holders on X and Farcaster helped us understand the evaluation process. This document, which is a work in progress, captures some of the feedback we have found on X, we will continue to edit it this week: Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
- Discovering information, resources and content across platforms is really hard both for badge holders and for projects, as we can see based on the content we collected from X. The Optimism team works so hard to create really valuable content - making it discoverable is key. Finding a way to connect everything would be very helpful.
- Yet on the topic of discoverability, we did get to know other public goods projects building in this space. We loved the UX/UI in Grow the Pie, as an example. I am sure they had record breaking traffic. But mostly, we discovered projects because there was so much shilling on X. I don’t think that was expected, or if it was helpful for badge holders, but it helped us connect with others.
We recognize that we will not know until January who will receive funding and how it will be allocated but we wanted to share our experience. Thank you again for the transparency and commitment to public goods. You could say we are Optimistic.