Giveth

Contribution

2016-Open-sourced MiniMe token contract, the foundation of $OP2017-Launched first donation dapp on ETH & maintained it until Rinkeby deprecation2018-Led ScalingNOW! to address Ethereum scaling issues-Etherscan is closed source, impeding scaling, so we started OpenSourceBlockExplorersNOW! which led to the creation of Blockscout-Spun out Dappnode2021-Launched Giveth.io to support public goods w/ zero-fee donations2023-Added Optimism to Giveth & started rewarding donors w/ GIV on OP -Launched GIVpower staking incentives & project boosting on Optimism-Ran onboarding campaign, offering OP to verified projects joining Optimism-Promoted RetroPGF at 2 conferences w/ General Magic-Ran QF round on Optimism w/ 25k DAI of matching-Migrated Giveth reputation DAO to Optimism

Impact

Minime-Used by Lido, every AragonOS DAO & many others-Forks of Minime (ERC20Snapshot.sol & ERC20Votes.sol) are used by countless DAOs including Optimism. They enable $OP’s DAO governance!ScalingNow!-Liam.eth, ex-CEO of OP Labs, and many others attended our free IRL gathering in 2018, undoubtedly leading to better coordination in this niche space. Giveth Donation App-Used by Protocol Guild, Dappnode, Curia & 1000’s of other OSS & traditional nonprofits to market their projects & give them an alternate funding stream outside of RetroPGF-We onboarded hundreds of public goods projects to Optimism & now they are part of the Collective 😃GIVeconomy Migration-Our economy rewards every donor & staker with streaming GIV rewards that run until Dec 2026, locking them into Optimism.