Sei Creator Fund: Round #5 Results - Video Content Creation
The Sei Creator Fund's fifth round, focused on Video Content Creation and Community Engagement, has successfully concluded. Through our continued partnership with Gitcoin, this round has highlighted the expanding influence and engagement of Sei’s creator community.
TL;DR
- A matching pool of 1,066,098 SEI tokens (approximately $250,000 at $0.2345 per SEI taken at round close) supported video content creators building in the Sei ecosystem
- Over 180 video content creators participated across various platforms & formats
- COCM once again ensured fair fund distribution
- Multiple bonus incentives reward outstanding contributions
Round Overview
The fifth round of the Sei Creator Fund targeted content creators developing various forms of video content, from live streams to short-form videos. The round ran from January 28, 2025, to February 10, 2025 and continued to build on the Sei Foundation’s successful collaboration with Gitcoin. Find more details on the round and all the applicants at the link below:
https://explorer.gitcoin.co/?ref=blog.sei.io#/round/1329/14
Funding Distribution & Sybil Resistance
The Gitcoin team leading out the analysis leveraged Connection-Oriented Cluster-Matching (COCM) methodology for this round to ensure fair and Sybil-resistant funding distribution. The COCM approach effectively identified and rewarded projects with genuine community support, providing reassurance of the fairness of the process while mitigating potential manipulation attempts.
The analysis revealed how COCM successfully identified outlier voting patterns that could indicate coordinated behavior, ensuring that the weighting for funding distribution accurately reflects genuine voter interest. By filtering out potential manipulation or inorganic participation, this approach strengthens the integrity of the voting process, making sure that funding is allocated based on authentic community engagement rather than strategic coordination.By examining the relationship between traditional Quadratic Funding matches and COCM results, the analysis could spot significant deltas that helped identify artificial support. This analysis allowed the system to adjust matching amounts appropriately, ensuring funds were distributed to projects with genuine, diverse community backing rather than concentrated or coordinated support.
Visualizing voting patterns showed an apparent clustering of legitimate community participation at the core, with outlier patterns more visible at the periphery. This helped validate the COCM methodology's effectiveness in maintaining the integrity of the funding process while ensuring that projects with broad, authentic community support received appropriate matching funds.
The round demonstrated notably clean results overall, with the COCM approach successfully balancing broad participation with fair distribution mechanics. This methodology effectively rewards genuine community support while protecting against potential manipulation attempts.
Top Performing Projects
Based on the final COCM calculations, here are the top 10 projects by matching funds received:
You can view the final list of projects and their results: Here
Bonus Distribution Announcements
Engagement Challenge Winners
Our engagement challenge recognized creators who demonstrated exceptional community interaction and reach. Each of the following creators will receive 5,000 SEI from the 25,000 SEI engagement bonus pool:
- @shelleymaeph (View Content)
- @0xhess (View Content)
- @xreinbow (View Content)
- @carter_ox (View Content)
- @IRA_therabbit (View Content)
Winners were selected based on their highest-performing content pieces, evaluated for authenticity and meaningful community engagement. Posts displaying signs of bot activity, including spam comments or artificial interactions, were deemed ineligible to maintain fairness and integrity in the selection process.
Redacted Bonus Reveal
The 100,000 SEI redacted bonus has been structured to reward sustained commitment to the Sei ecosystem while ensuring immediate support for content creators. Using a weighted distribution mechanism, this bonus will be distributed to the top 20 vote-getting projects.
Bonus Distribution Structure:
- 25% (25,000 SEI) of the pool will be distributed immediately on February 19, 2025
- 75% (75,000 SEI) will unlock after 6 months on August 19, 2025
Find a full breakdown of the bonus distribution: Here
Eligibility Requirement:
- To receive their allocation, the top 20 vote-getters must complete this mandatory questionnaire by February 18, 2025. Completion is optional, but only those who submit will be eligible for the reward: Here
This structured approach ensures fair distribution, incentivizes long-term ecosystem participation, and reinforces Sei’s commitment to its creator community.
Community Impact
The success of Round 5 highlights the growing strength of Sei's content creator community. Through Gitcoin’s advanced grant distribution technology and Sybil resistance mechanisms, funding allocation has been fair and impactful. The content produced during this round has played a key role in driving ecosystem education, awareness, and growth.
Looking Ahead
Round 5 marks another milestone in fostering community-driven growth. A huge thanks to all participants whose creativity, dedication, and engagement continue to strengthen the ecosystem.
As this round concludes, plans are in motion to expand ecosystem funding initiatives. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements on the Builder Fund, which will focus on supporting technical development and infrastructure.
Stay connected with the community through the Sei Website, Twitter, and Discord channels.