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[stepahin]

Project Abstract

The Grand Timeline is a historical research project and a massive data visualization covering the entire history of Web3. It’s like writing a book but as a designer. No one has ever done something like this before me. The infographic consists of several layers: People, Events, Market Highs & Lows, Phases, Hacks, I will most likely add more data types in the future.

The idea is to tell the Web3 story in a different way and give people an insight into the market and community in a lighter way. I've been working on this as a side project for 3 years, off and on. There’s no team, company, or sponsor behind it. A lot has already been done, but it's still a rough draft / alpha / work in progress stage. For now the project lives in Figma where I work on it publicly, but close to v.1.0 I’ll create an interactive web version with UI.

Grant level

• [x] Level 1: Up to $10,000, 2 approvals
• [ ] Level 2: Up to $30,000, 3 approvals
• [ ] Level 3: Unlimited, 5 approvals (for >$100k: Web3 Foundation Council approval)

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