description: Bringing funding to the table

👋 Welcome to PotLock

The Potlock Protocol, also known as the Open Funding Stack (OFS) allows anyone to generate & deploy end to end funding mechanisms to move value and evaluate impact across different new generation blockchains. A completely open source protocol (MIT License), anyone is free to fork and deploy their own funding flow.

Check out the app https://app.potlock.org

All Important link https://potlock.org/bento

Our Values

• Support Public Goods
• Discovery of Funding Opportunities
• Minimizing Governance Pain Points
• Impact Based Assessment
• Bringing in New Channels of Capital
• Allowing Funding to Scale with Growth of Projects

Origin Name

Potlucks are communal events where everyone brings their own dish to the table. As a funding platform we embody these values Also sometimes referred to a PotLock. Additionally a community Pot is generally considered as a source of funding, while a lock invokes security and trust. At PotLock we embody all this, the community coming together with different resources to the table, to secure funding for the public.

Current State of PotLock

Current we are in our beta phase and MVP2, with project registration + direct donations w/ referrals.

• Project Registry & Profiles & Web3 Social: Public Goods can register their project and edit their profile. Check out Create Your project for more information. Ability to create your own lists
• Add Donations to Cart + Checkout: Add projects to your cart, toggle donations in NEAR, and payout multiple donations.
• Donation Referrals: Share your favorite public good project, and get a fee everytime someone donates through your link. Automatic payouts in NEAR. Click here to see how to get a donation referral link.
• Quadratic Funding Rounds: deploy quadratic funding rounds, sponsor rounds directly
• Decentralized Front Ends: deStribution through on-chain componenets and the Alem framework
• Agents: use LLMs to easily donate inside of your wallet
• Identity: configurable sybil identity aggregator with Nada.bot

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