devcon 7 / downtown stimulus public goods funding for main st
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Downtown Stimulus: Public Goods Funding for Main St
Duration: 00:09:59
Speaker: Kevin Owocki
Type: Lightning Talk
Expertise: Beginner
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2024
Web3 Public Goods Funding has left web3, & successfully hit main st! 💰🏦
The downtown stimulus team raised $43k for Boulder Colorado COVID economic recovery & proved QF works in mainstream USA. Learn about this experiment & lessons from it from Gitcoin founder Kevin Owocki.
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