Evolutionary Grants Games
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Grant Ships is an “evolutionary grants game” where subDAOs (Grant Ships) compete to effectively distribute funds within any ecosystem. The process begins with electing and funding Grant Ships and a game facilitator team. Each round, Grant Ships receive capital, evaluate applications, and distribute funds. They report their activities, which the ecosystem community then ranks through a weighted token vote. Successful Grant Ships get more funding in subsequent rounds, while underperforming ones may be replaced. This system emphasizes pluralism, accountability, and adaptive improvement.
The customer is an ecosystem such as a DAO or large grants program that can recruit and field multiple such Ships. It is a useful tool for compressing governance overhead and fractalizing funding from large sources
Grant Ships is ideal for subDAOs within an ecosystem aiming to receive and distribute funds for ecosystem projects. It suits teams seeking to prove their efficiency in managing and allocating resources, as well as communities interested in fostering pluralism, accountability, and adaptive improvement through a competitive and evolutionary grants mechanism.
Evolutionary Grants Games like Grant Ships are less of a grant giving or capital allocation framework, and more of a Meta grant framework. Instead of designing a grants program, Grant Ships allows many grants programs to co-exist and compete for funding within the same ecosystem.
Grant Ships report their activities and are ranked by the community.
Successful Grant Ships receive more funding in future rounds.
The community votes to rank the performance of Grant Ships.
Funds can only be withdrawn by specific roles to one address.
Multiple subDAOs participate in the ecosystem.
Grant Ships compete to distribute funds effectively.
Improved user experience with aligned data sources.
Improved data handling and storage for better reporting
Then Grant Ships (grant SubDAOs) are invited to apply
Individual Grant Ships will compete to allocate capital against each other.
Grant Ships report their
activities.
The community ranks Grant Ships through a weighted token vote, influencing future funding allocations.
