Born with Ethereum. 
Scaled with community.

Gitcoin 3.0 is Ethereum’s coordination layer for funding innovation

Born From A Simple Idea

What if we could fund open-source software and digital public goods in a new, more equitable way?

The Key Players

Gitcoin's early years were defined by a "vibe-coded" spirit (before it was even “vibing-coding)—along with key players in the ecosystem including Joe Lubin and Vitalik Buterin while being incubated at Consensys.

Out of Scope

Gitcoin became a victim of its own success, its narrative becoming too diffuse to capture the attention of a maturing ecosystem.

Returning to Its Roots

A dedicated home to solving Ethereum’s biggest problems.

Recentering The Gitcoin Focus

Gitcoin empowers a new generation of builders and attract the discerning, purpose-driven capital that recognizes its essential role in the network's long-term success.

The Next Chapter

Check out the next Gitcoin Grants funding cycle!

Born From A Simple Idea

What if we could fund open-source software and digital public goods in a new, more equitable way?

The Key Players

Gitcoin's early years were defined by a "vibe-coded" spirit (before it was even “vibing-coding)—along with key players in the ecosystem including Joe Lubin and Vitalik Buterin while being incubated at Consensys.

Out of Scope

Gitcoin became a victim of its own success, its narrative becoming too diffuse to capture the attention of a maturing ecosystem.

Returning to Its Roots

A dedicated home to solving Ethereum’s biggest problems.

Recentering The Gitcoin Focus

Gitcoin empowers a new generation of builders and attract the discerning, purpose-driven capital that recognizes its essential role in the network's long-term success.

The Next Chapter

Check out the next Gitcoin Grants funding cycle!

Gitcoin is multi-mechanism

Gitcoin pioneered Quadratic Funding for Ethereum public goods, scaling impact from GG1–GG23. Now, we’ve evolved beyond QF into multi-mechanism funding.

Sensemaking

Rigorous analysis of challenges and opportunities across the Ethereum ecosystem, validated through fundraising potential and community endorsement

Domain Definition

Clear boundaries and measurable outcomes for each focus area (5-6), ensuring resources are concentrated where they can generate the most impact

Expert Engagement

Deep collaboration with proven domain practitioners who understand specific challenges and can design funding approaches

Tailored Capital Allocation

Deploying the right mechanism for each domain—from QF to retroactive funding to direct grants to venture-style investments

The Gitcoin Vision

A future where Ethereum funds its foundations and future through ecosystem coordination.

Gitcoin’s revitalization strategy is built to continue to attract two key audiences, fostering a symbiotic relationship between them.

A Network of Funders

Seasoned Ethereum ecosystem leaders join Gitcoin Grants to fund projects and share their support across the web3 ecosystem—online and on the ground.

High Impact Builders

The most talented, innovative, and mission-aligned developers and project teams committed to building critical open-source infrastructure and public goods within the Ethereum ecosystem.

Collaborate. Create Impact.

The backbone of Gitcoin 3.0 is the network-first model, turning community coordination into Ethereum’s superpower.

Funding Innovation Through Coordination

Assembled leading experts within the Ethereum ecosystem to sensemake about Ethereum's greatest opportunities, drive coalitional funding towards those domains, and attract the network who can build the very best solutions within those spheres.

Building the Arena Where the Highest Quality Software Gets Funded

In every funding cycle domain leads compete to provide the software, mechanism design and coordination that can best solve the problem at hand. This leads to the highest quality capital allocation software and funding operations, by and of the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Gitcoin Value Proposition

Gitcoin is the trusted brand where visionary capital and forward-thinking builders ignite critical projects that power the Ethereum ecosystem's future.