Protocol Labs

<h3>mission</h3><p>Our mission is to improve humanity’s most important technology, the Internet. We are growing an open ecosystem for decentralized storage and giving developers an open and sustainable platform to build, enhance, and monetize those services.</p><h3>current challenges</h3><ul><li>Preserving humanity’s most important information</li><li>Becoming a part of the Web3 wave</li><li>Participating in an open network</li><li>Allocation of incentives for bootstrapping</li><li>Having greater control over operations</li><li>Leveraging opportunities for innovation</li></ul><h3>culture &amp; values</h3><ul><li>We are open source to the core</li><li>We are a global, remote workforce</li><li>We champion autonomy</li><li>We welcome diverse ways of thinking</li></ul><h3>history</h3><p>Protocol Labs is a development firm founded in 2014 by Juan Benet. Benet and crew constructed Filecoin and IPFS in tandem, raising a few Seed equity rounds to fund the process. In 2017, we hosted a token sale to secure funds for Filecoin's development, which raised around $205 million in one of the most extensive token offerings.</p><p>Protocol Labs seeks to build a fundamental layer for data infrastructure that can be used by both blockchain and traditional providers, like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. The project plans to achieve this goal by creating a marketplace in which any user who has storage capacity can connect to the network, creating a supply of unused storage both in consumer hardware and data centers of existing businesses. The Filecoin team believes this will reduce the price of storage, similar to how sharing economy companies like Airbnb reduced the cost of short-term rentals in marketplaces traditionally dominated by prominent players with large capital requirements.</p><h3>core team</h3><p>Juan Benet - Founder &amp; CEO at Protocol Labs</p><p>Robert Dowling - Associate Engineer at Filecoin Foundation</p><p>Rachel Green Horn - Head of Marketing and Communications at Filecoin Foundation</p><p>Ally Haire - Developer Advocate</p><p>Colin Evran - Ecosystem Lead</p><h3>benefits</h3><p>As a team member, you will have the opportunity to help define our growth as the organization scales.&nbsp;</p><p>We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.</p><p>If you’re passionate about the future of computing and a more democratized internet, we want to talk to you.</p>

<h3>about the event</h3><p><p>Blockchains are great for making transparent, verifiable claims, and this means a world of Web3 environmental tools to explore and create. We want to turn sustainability into a Web3 superpower, and we need your help! If you are a builder interested in laying the foundation for tomorrow’s verifiably sustainable web, join us. All are welcome - whether you are deep into #Refi or just want to learn how to make the environmental impacts of your projects more transparent.</p><p>Do you believe in making the next generation of the internet as “green” as possible? Come and hack sustainable, environmentally friendly tools at the Sustainable Blockchain Hackathon.</p></p> <h3>agenda</h3><p><ul><li>Week One</li></ul><p>Thursday, June 23, 4 pm UTC: 'Opening Ceremony'</p><ul><li>Week Two</li></ul><p>Monday, June 27, 4 pm UTC: 'Introduction to IPFS &amp; Filecoin'</p><p>Wednesday, June 29, 4 pm UTC: 'What is Filecoin Green'</p><p>Friday, July 1, 4 pm UTC: 'Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Protocol: if you want to model your impacts, what should you consider?'</p><ul><li>Week Three</li></ul><p>Tuesday July 5 12am UTC: 'AMA'</p><ul><li>Week Four</li></ul><p>Thursday, July 14, 9 am UTC: Grants Opportunities for your Filecoin Green Project'</p><ul><li>Week Five</li></ul><p>Monday, July 18, 8 am UTC: Hackathon Ends&nbsp;</p><p>Monday, July 18-Saturday July 23: Final Judging</p><p>Saturday, July 23: SBS Summit &amp; Hackathon Closing Ceremony (Final Judging &amp; presentations)</p></p> <h3>reward pool</h3><p><ul><li>$24,000 USD prize from Filecoin Green.</li><li>$1500 USD for each Bonus Statement</li></ul><p>Base Statements:</p><ul><li>Best use of IPFS/and or Filecoin for your environmental project</li><li>Write a ‘green reputation score’ that determines which SPs are most sustainable based on the current grid emissions factor, and let your users know how much CO2e will be saved by choosing a lower carbon grid.</li><li>Develop UX/UI for NFT platforms that showcases the estimated emissions profile of storing the data of an NFT (pre-mint) via NFT.Storage</li><li>Given a block height range, write a script that generates a proof of the energy consumption of a Filecoin storage provider over the corresponding time period. Provide an upper bound, lower bound, and estimate.</li><li>Revamp NDCPortal to auto upload new NDCs to Filecoin/IPFS, and conduct analysis of NDC to track progress. Include updated (rather than only initial) NDCs</li></ul><p>View the <a href="https://ecosystem-wg.notion.site/Filecoin-IPFS-Hackathon-Judging-Criteria-fb29da31431c4c8da1be6c30e1d0ef82" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Submission Guidelines &amp; Judging Criteria</a>. All winners will be notified via email, within two weeks of the close of the hackathon. Instructions will be attached to the email.</p></p> <h3>judges</h3><p><p>Jenks Guo - Developer Advocate at Filecoin Foundation</p><p>Marc Johnson - ESG &amp; Web3, Filecoin Green at Protocol Labs</p><p>Alex Paris - Technical Officer for the Energy Team on the Methodology Development Unit (MDU) at UNFCCC</p></p>

Sustainable Blockchain Hackathon

collaborate with others and solve real-world problems

hackathon

Exploring new models & mechanisms for commons & public goods funding

<h3><strong>About The Event</strong></h3><p>The 6th edition of Funding the Commons will take place on 15-16 July with the beautiful backdrop of Paris, France. The event is hosted at the renowned Sorbonne Université, which has the distinction of being one of the two oldest universities in Europe, with origins dating back to the 12th century.</p><p>This installation of Funding the Commons is timed as the perfect complement to the Ethereum Community Conference, which takes place the following day and just a short walk from the university. Paris will be our key in-person event during 2023 and will be unique in its incorporation of open space technology and other unconference-style programming, in addition to keynote speakers and panel discussions. This format will enable even more connection amongst participants, and lead to the formation of new collaborations and projects.</p><h3><strong>Speakers</strong></h3><ul><li>Alan Ransil - Filecoin Green</li><li>Anish Mohammed - Panther Protocol</li><li>Benjamin Reinhardt - Speculative Technologies</li><li>Charbel-Raphael -Segerie</li><li>Chika Uwazie - Afropolitan</li><li>Christopher Szymczak - UNICEF</li><li>David Dalrymple - Protocol Labs</li><li>David Dao - Gain Forest</li><li>Eirini Malliaraki - Deep Science Ventures</li><li>Evan Miyazono - Protocol Labs</li><li>Felix Fritsch - Scuola Normale</li><li>Griff Greene - Giveth</li><li>Guy Wuollet - a16z</li><li>Jason Potts - RMIT</li><li>Jeff Pulver -Von</li><li>Jesse Pollak - Coinbase</li><li>Joel Thorstensson - 3Box Labs</li><li>Jori Armbruster - EthicHub</li><li>Juan Benet - Protocol Labs</li><li>Juan Guillen - Maker DAO</li><li>Julian Zawistowski - Golem Foundation (Octant)</li><li>Kevin Owocki - Supermodular, Gitcoin</li><li>Lucas Vogelsang - Centrifuge</li><li>Maksym Zavershynskyi - NEAR</li><li>Mallika Robinson - Guardians of Earth</li><li>Marek Olszewski - Celo</li><li>Marieke Flament - NEAR Foundation</li><li>Omoju Miller - Fimio, Inc</li><li>Philip Stehlik - Crane Earth VC</li><li>Pia Mancini - Open Collective</li><li>and more...!</li></ul>

Funding The Commons

attend large-scale events and hear from industry leaders

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Bringing together builders, funders, and researchers to spotlight the latest research and innovations in open-source technology and AI

<h3><strong>About The Event</strong></h3><p>​For this 2-day event, our focus is on two areas of rapid innovation underpinning fundamental infrastructure for navigating the digital-physical commons: AI and the Open Web.</p><p>​We will iterate on our signature format, bringing together builders, funders, and researchers to spotlight the latest research and innovations in open source technology and AI as applied to digital public goods and funding infrastructure.</p><p>​Expect a mix of inspirational talks, workshops, networking corners, as well as intimate conversations with thought-leaders.</p><h3>Key Topics</h3><ul><li>Pioneering experiments in new funding mechanisms for public goods</li><li>Platforming successful model methodologies leveraging open source technologies and artificial intelligence with scaling potential</li><li>Frameworks for incubation and methods of support for high-potential innovation</li><li>Explorations of feedback loops to optimize impact evaluation going forward</li></ul><h3><strong>Speakers</strong></h3><ul><li>LaNaMu – Metrics Garden Labs</li><li>Navroop Sahdev – The Digital Economist</li><li>Brian Behlendorf – Linux Foundation</li><li>​Dr. Dawn Song – Berkeley RDI</li><li>​Kevin Owocki – Gitcoin</li><li>​Al Smith – Tor Project</li><li>​Juan Benet – Protocol Labs</li><li>​Eugene Leventhal – Metagov</li><li>... and more!</li></ul>

Funding the Commons

create a project to push the Filecoin ecosystem forward

<h3>about the grant program</h3><p><p>We created the Filecoin Dev Grants program to</p><ul><li>Reward ongoing &amp; existing contributions that add significant value to the Filecoin ecosystem</li><li>Inspire more contributors to solve open problems and engage with the Filecoin project</li><li>Seed the creation of new products, businesses, and tools to increase the utility of Filecoin</li></ul></p> <h3>projects to apply</h3><p><p>Here are the priority focus areas, but we welcome proposals from all categories.</p><ul><li>Core development</li></ul><p>Tackle core protocol research, specification, and implementation work. Relevant proposals should be labeled category:core-dev.</p><ul><li>Application development</li></ul><p>Build useful and delightful applications that utilize Filecoin as the decentralized storage layer. Relevant proposals should be labeled category:app-dev.</p><ul><li>Developer tools and libraries</li></ul><p>Develop the developer tools and libraries for both core protocol developers and application developers. Dev tools at all layers of the stack are invaluable! Relevant proposals should be labeled category:devtools-libraries.</p><ul><li>Integration and adoption</li></ul><p>Support the growth of Filecoin and related technologies via integration into existing app or projects with significant usage. Technical assistance is also available.</p><ul><li>Technical design</li></ul><p>Improve on the Filecoin protocol technical design, for example improvement proposals on the core storage protocol, cryptoeconomics design, or on other planned network upgrades. Relevant proposals should be labeled category:technical-design.</p><ul><li>Documentation</li></ul><p>We welcome proposals to create or improve existing Filecoin project documentation. Relevant proposals should be labeled category:docs.</p><ul><li>Community</li></ul><p>We have a standing RFP for hosting community meetups, and are generally excited to hear about all sorts of community initiatives. Relevant proposals should be labeled category:community.</p><ul><li>Metaverse</li></ul><p>Support the work to advance interconnectivity, interoperability, and openness at any layer in the growing tide of virtual, immersive worlds (experiences, applications, communities, tooling, standards, infrastructure, et cetera).</p><ul><li>Research</li></ul><p>We are keen on receiving proposals that explore the meta processes and incentives of decentralized storage. Relevant proposals should be labeled category:research.</p><ul><li>Green Grants</li></ul><p>We are interested in proposals for tools, applications, libraries or models for optimizing energy use on the Filecoin network, allowing dApps to assess their environmental impacts, or using Web3 to make reporting more transparent and verifiable.</p></p> <h3>who can apply</h3><p><p>We’re looking to fund talented and eager teams that want to work with us to build a more robust, efficient, and decentralized web.</p></p> <h3>how to apply</h3><p><p>Proposal templates can be found on our GitHub site. Generally, all projects must meet the following requirements:</p><p>•&nbsp;&nbsp;All projects must be open-sourced.</p><p>•&nbsp;&nbsp;All projects must be dual-licensed under MIT and APACHE2 licenses.</p><p>•&nbsp;&nbsp;All teams must be self-managed.</p><p>After you submit your proposal, you can expect the following to occur:</p><ul><li>We will review your application. During review, we will add comments, questions, change requests, et cetera on your team's submission.</li><li>After a few round trips of discussion, our team will make a decision on which proposals to fund and which not to.</li><li>During the discussion and review phase, we will contact your team for financial and legal follow-ups, such as to confirm milestones and funding, your team's legal structure, etc.</li><li>If your team is accepted, we will ask you to sign our Open Source Software Grant Agreement, which will include a copy of the work plan and funding milestones.</li></ul><p>We aim to complete all review within a few weeks after the wave deadline, so please stay vigilant on GitHub.</p><p>Please reach out #grants-questions on Filecoin Slack (<a href="http://filecoin.io/slack" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">invite</a>) or email grants@filecoin.org with any questions.</p></p>

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