In this week, we sit down with Kevin Owocki, co-founder of gitcoin, to have a look at how open source blockchain development is funded. We cover the different methods for funding open source work, what has worked in the past, what hasn’t, how funding blockchain projects can be quite different and what people are experimenting with today.

We discuss:

• EIP1337
• Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure
• A handy guide to financial support for open source
• Funding through foundations
• Grants programs
• Crowdfunding
• Token payments
• Founder rewards/block rewards

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