RetroPGF Round 3 Feedback Thread

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Just hopped in here to give 3 pieces of feedback on the round which I wrote about on Twitter

  1. Infra funding over dapps: All our hand-wringing over VC funded projects was a bit of a red herring when we actually ended up following the same strategy as them of funding infra over apps

  2. Separation between projects contributing specifically to OP stack & superchain from those helping the ecosystem at large. It feels like incentives aren’t aligned when a project like test in prod which is building specifically for our well-being is treated the same as projects which aren’t doing anything OP specific

  3. Getting full bang for the buck: This is one is perhaps the most upsetting for me. Projects receiving RetroPGF funds don’t even have the courtesy to list OP as a sponsor at their event or websites, whereas they would have done much more if the same amount had been negotiated as a grant via the foundation. For example, EthGlobal didn’t have any bounties or sponsorshop for OP during EthIndia or EthOnline, even though as little as $25k negotiated the normal way gets you that.

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