Quadratic funding distributes the match pool by how many people back a project, not just how much each gives. It uses the square root of each donation to weight support, so a project with 100 donors giving $10 earns a larger match than one with a single $1,000 donor. When the round closes, the pool is distributed proportionally across every participating project. The model rewards broad community support, while large contributions remain essential. Many of them fund the matching pool that makes this possible.

A crypto-native campaign is lightweight to run, transparent to audit, and meets communities that already treat privacy and open infrastructure as shared work. For launch we've kept it to BTC, ETH, XMR, ZEC, and GLM so the system stays secure and reliable, with more currencies likely in later rounds. You can still give fiat (USD/CAD/EUR) directly through a project's own website, though only crypto contributions made through this campaign qualify for match funding.

View keys let us confirm a donation reached a project's address without revealing who sent it or giving us any way to move the funds. Public chains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and transparent Zcash confirm on-chain, so anyone can verify them. Private chains stay private but remain verifiable through the view key. Donor identity is never exposed.

Two layers of review. Automated checks flag correlated addresses and dust bursts while the round runs, then a small trusted committee reviews those patterns before the final distribution. Flagged donations still reach the project, but they don't count toward the match.

Donations count toward the match only if they arrive between May 19 and June 19, 2026 (UTC). Anything later still reaches the project directly, just outside the matching window.

None of it goes unspent. The full pool is distributed when the round closes, and if a project is disqualified its share redistributes to the rest. The pool opens at $115,000 from Cake Wallet, Zcash Community Grants, Logos, and Octant, and it can grow over the course of the campaign.

15% of total donations covers the staff and infrastructure that build and run the campaign. It's kept as low as possible while still running a secure, privacy-preserving campaign.

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