Creator Fund Round #3: Sei Developer Ecosystem

Sei Creator Fund Overview

The Sei Creator Fund, a $10 million initiative, is launching its third round with a $250,000 USD matching pool. This round focuses on Educational Content, Developer Tools, Smart Contract Development, Integration, and Documentation, aiming to support developers building on Sei.

Round 3 Details

Topic: Sei Developer Ecosystem

Funding Amount: $250,000 USD worth of SEI (price taken at round close)

Focus Areas

1. Educational Content and Documentation

1. Tutorials and guides on building on Sei (dApps, Infrastructure, Wallets, NFTs).
2. Explanatory content on Sei's key features (Parallel Execution, Twin Turbo Consensus, SeiDB, VM Interoperability).
3. Step-by-step guides on creating front-end dApps using Sei documentation.
4. Expanding or reinterpreting Sei documentation, including developing API references or SDKs.
5. Creating interactive learning resources for developers (e.g., video tutorials on Sei and partner technologies like Smart Accounts).

2. GitHub Contributions and Developer Tools

1. Strengthening the clarity and usefulness of Sei's documentation.
2. Updating code comments for better readability and adding examples to existing documentation.
3. Creating or improving development tools for Sei.
4. Building infrastructure components that enhance Sei’s capabilities.

3. Smart Contract Development and Interoperability

1. Developing smart contracts that leverage Sei's unique features.
2. Creating templates or libraries for smart contract development on Sei.
3. Projects connecting contracts within the Sei ecosystem.
4. Solutions demonstrating VM interoperability between EVM and CosmWasm.
5. Integrations with community tools (refer to the Sei Ecosystem page for project documentation).

4. Community and Support Resources

1. Answering questions on Sei’s developer forums or chat channels.
2. Bug reporting and issue tracking.
3. Creating FAQs, troubleshooting guides, and comprehensive repositories for code examples

Application Details

• Applications go live at 10 AM EST on Monday, September 16th
• Applications close at 12 PM EST on Thursday, October 3rd
• Voting and donations will open shortly after on the Gitcoin Platform

Access Sei’s Gitcoin dashboard to apply & vote here

How to apply

1. Create a profile on Builder
2. Apply on Gitcoin’s Grants Stack
   1. (Guide)

How to Vote

1. Review Applications: When donations open at noon EST on September 26th, review live applications as they come in via the Gitcoin Explorer.
2. Donate to Grantees: Donate to the grantees of your choice (add to cart -> check out with allocating $SEI). (Guide)
   1. Note: Gitcoin pools small donations from many people and matches them with the larger $250k central fund, provided by the SEI Foundation

Referral Bonus

Referral Bonus: 3,000 $SEI if the referee places in the top 10 (applicant must include the referral in their application).

Application Committee

By leveraging Gitcoin’s industry-leading quadratic funding model, the Creator Fund grant funding process operates in a decentralized and community-driven manner. To further enhance this approach, the Application Committee was created to review projects based on criteria listed below. Projects that meet these standards will then be put to a community vote, ensuring a transparent and fair decision-making process guided by the community. The members of the application committee will be introduced to the community in the coming days.

Evaluation Criteria

1. The evaluation will asses potential impact on the Sei developer ecosystem, along with the quality and clarity of documentation, community engagement and adoption potential, and alignment with Sei’s core features and vision.
2. Projects must directly contribute to the Sei developer ecosystem and follow Sei’s technical standards.
3. Submissions should be new or significantly improved with reusable, maintainable, and well-documented code.
4. A clear technical feasibility and well-defined roadmap are required.
5. Open-source projects are preferred, but not mandatory.

Example Projects

1. Video breakdown of Sei’s Twin Turbo Consensus
2. Code-along videos on specific developer topics
3. Blogs explaining Sei's key technologies to new developers
4. Video guide on how to build a dApp
5. Participate in GitHub discussions

Understanding Quadratic Funding (QF)

Quadratic Funding (QF) is a crowd-funding mechanism where community members make donations (big or small) that act as votes on where to allocate funds. QF pools small donations from many people and matches them with a larger amount of funding from a central fund, provided by the SEI Foundation. It uses a unique mathematical formula that rewards projects based on the number of people who have donated, not just the size of the donations. This approach captures community needs, fosters shared ownership, and incentivizes smaller contributors.

When applying, it’s essential to understand that the success of your project depends not only on meeting the eligibility criteria but also on garnering broad community support. Cluster-Matching QF, used to assess votes, rewards projects that attract backing from diverse groups within the community. By identifying patterns of similar supporters, the model ensures that projects with wider community appeal receive higher matching funds, encouraging applicants to seek broad support. This means that the more diverse your backers, the greater the potential for your project to receive substantial funding, promoting a fair and balanced ecosystem.

Post-Funding Requirements

1. Milestone tracking via Karma GAP on project progress is required.
   1. All participating projects will be synced to the GAP platform. Grantees can log in with their wallets to add milestones and post updates upon completion.
2. Open communication with the Sei community by sharing insights and challenges.
3. Participation in Sei community events to present progress and outcomes.

Sei Community Grants Chat

If you have any questions, join the Sei Community Grants Telegram Group. In the group, you'll find sub-channels such as:

1. Pitch Scheduling: Schedule your Twitter Space presentations.
2. Request for Collaboration: Get assistance improving your initiative by leveraging collaboration opportunities.

Feel free to ask in the relevant channels, and the community will be there to support you.

About Gitcoin

Gitcoin creates technologies and opportunities that empower communities to fund, build, and protect what matters. Through its Grants Program, Gitcoin has distributed over $60 million to early-stage builders championing public goods initiatives in decentralized finance (DeFi), climate, open sourcing, and more. Core products include Grants Stack, an end-to-end grants management solution, and Allo Protocol, a decentralized capital allocation tool.

Note: This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Please conduct your research and evaluation before participating in any project.

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