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Chart your voyage with Credit Roll

Pick where you want to go. Every route starts with a move you can make within the hour.

Raise for it
You want grants, accelerators or investors to back it.
MOVES MADE
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STREAK
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WHY THIS ROUTE
Contribution attribution is a core public good topic, and retro funding programs explicitly look for tools that measure who did the work.
ARRIVED LOOKS LIKE
Applications submitted to one retro or public goods round and one chain builder grant, with real roll and claim numbers.
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NEXT MOVE · WITHIN THE HOUR

1. Pick the right rounds

40 min

Look at Optimism Retro Funding, a Gitcoin round on open-source tooling, and a chain builder grant (Base or Arbitrum). Note whether impact must be already measurable.

FIRST MESSAGE · EMAIL · TO A PROGRAM'S GRANTS INBOX

Hi team, quick question before applying: Credit Roll is live and has issued signed contributor credits for several open-source projects. Do tools already shipped qualify, and how do you prefer impact measured? Thank you.

2. Measure impact the way funders ask

40 min

Track rolls issued, credits claimed, unique contributors and projects. Retro programs want proof of use, not plans.

3. Ask three projects for a quote

15 min

Funders trust project voices.

FIRST MESSAGE · DM · TO A PROJECT THAT ISSUED A ROLL

Hi Seun, I am applying for public goods funding for Credit Roll. Would you write one or two sentences about what issuing credits meant for your contributors? Totally fine to say what could be better too.

4. Submit with honest scope

120 min

Explain what is live, numbers, and a 90-day plan you control. Never imply that holders of credits will receive funding.

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PORTS ALONG THE ROUTE

Apps that stack well on this route

Grant Ready, first screen of the live demoLIVE DEMO

Grant Ready

A project-in-a-box: contracts, site, docs and impact metrics shaped for grant applications.

Reserve · refundable deposit
$349Base · Optimism +2
Library of Things, first screen of the live demoLIVE DEMO

Library of Things

Lend the ladder, the drill, the tent: a street library of things with deposits held by contract.

Reserve · refundable deposit
$149Base · Polygon +1
Grant Ledger, first screen of the live demoLIVE DEMO

Grant Ledger

Show funders exactly what their grant built, milestone by milestone, with proof attached.

Reserve · refundable deposit
$199Optimism · Arbitrum +2
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