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This round of Gitcoin Grants, GG22, primarily focuses on OSS initiatives and 7 community-led rounds. Compared to the previous round, GG21 (detailed in "Selected Projects Worth Donating in Gitcoin Grant 21"), this round leans more towards projects focused on cryptographic infrastructure, dApps, and developer tools. Additionally, Gitcoin Grant 22 has integrated the Quick Bridge feature, allowing users to perform cross-chain bridging and swaps on the platform. Moreover, with the US presidential election approaching, cryptocurrency advocacy organizations are also worth paying attention to. The donation deadline for all selected projects is 11:59 PM on November 7th, Beijing Time. Below are detailed introductions to recommended donation projects. Click on the corresponding link to go directly to the project donation page.

AI+Crypto is one of the most notable frontier areas in the recent cryptocurrency market. This includes decentralized AI training, GPU DePINs, and censorship-resistant AI models. The main issue with AI training lies in the need for high-speed communication and coordination between GPUs, as neural networks require backpropagation during training. Introducing a decentralized network can significantly slow down the process due to increased network latency and bandwidth. This article also organizes solutions to the current challenges and provides examples of how the integration of cryptocurrency and AI can add significant value.

This article explores crypto-positive design: achieving positive-sum games through new pathways. To sustain positive-sum games, a design that continuously generates positive externalities as it scales is necessary.

As decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) gain popularity for pooling and distributing resources, a new wave of AI-driven approaches—collectively known as DeFAI—is emerging to streamline decision-making and funding allocations.

Tea Protocol is a decentralized, open-source software platform project built on the Layer 2 blockchain Base. It not only helps open-source contributors gain recognition but also rewards developers, empowering them.

This article offers an extensive introduction to the historical evolution, project standards, and business models of federated social networks. It specifically uses Mastodon as an example to discuss the project's strengths and weaknesses, and to illuminate the differences between it and the native protocols of Web3.

Gitcoin, often referred to as the "Arsenal of Ethereum," is a donation platform for open-source software, where users can support a variety of decentralized open-source projects. Early-stage projects can also receive donations through Gitcoin to sustain their operations. This article provides an analysis of the Gitcoin donation FAQ and tutorials, helping readers to gain a deeper understanding of its working principles and project applications.

As an extension of the Echelon Prime ecosystem, Colony not only provides players with a new gaming world but also incorporates the original trading card game (TCG) assets from Parallel into its core gameplay elements, offering players a richer gaming experience.

This article, the first in a three-part series, explores the landscape of traditional payment systems, from their historical origins to modern digital transformations. As one of the most classic narratives in Web3, GameFi is gradually shifting from “play to earn” to “play for play,” focusing more on gameplay rather than financial aspects. This article will highlight the most promising Web3 game projects in 2024 across various sub-sectors that have the potential to break out and gain mainstream appeal, much like *Black Myth: Wukong*.

Verifiable Computation (VC) is running a specific workload in a way that generates a proof of its workings that can be publicly verified without re-running the calculation. In addition to Bonsol, the Anagram build team has delved into many places in the VC space, projects like Jolt, zkllvm, spartan 2, Binius are the ones we are tracking, as well as companies working in the fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) space.

DeSci (Decentralized Science) projects are an emerging concept and practice based on blockchain technology, aimed at transforming traditional scientific research and dissemination models through decentralization. The goal of DeSci is to address some key issues in the current scientific research field, such as high publication fees, lack of data transparency, disputes over research ownership, and the lack of trust in funding mechanisms among the public and scientists.

AI and Crypto, as two rare tracks that continue to grow with dividends in today's world, have long run parallel with little intersection. The integration of productivity and production relations has always been the hope and exploration of many. With Binance successively launching NFPrompt and Sleepless, reigniting the enthusiasm for AI+Crypto, both primary and secondary markets are actively seeking the next potential targets.

This article analyzes the key elements in tokenomics design for Layer 1 blockchain projects, exploring how projects like Berachain, Initia, and Injective drive network growth through innovative token models. It discusses the importance of mechanism design, architectural alignment, and value capture, while also providing concrete examples of how these projects achieve the "token flywheel effect."