NEXT MOVE · WITHIN THE HOUR
1. List programs
40 minNote Optimism retro funding style programs, an Arbitrum or Base builder grant, a Gitcoin style open source round, and an accelerator in the Alliance or a16z CSX style.
OWNER PLAYBOOK · VOYAGE CHART
Chart your voyage with Elder Council
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
Open source sustainability is a classic public goods theme on Optimism and Arbitrum.
ARRIVED LOOKS LIKE
Two applications submitted.
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2. Show council data
20 minSeats, notes, projects.
3. Get a maintainer quote
15 minAsk.
FIRST MESSAGE · DIRECT MESSAGE · TO MAINTAINER
Two lines on how Elder Council helps your project? For a grant.
4. Apply
60 minFunding is never guaranteed.
FIRST MESSAGE · GRANT FORM · TO PROGRAM TEAM
Elder Council preserves open source knowledge through rotating, tenure based advisory seats. [n] projects, [m] notes archived. We ask $[x] for [milestone].
Check in on me
Leave an email and we nudge you at 24 and 72 hours with your next move. Optional.
Or to keep this voyage on your profile.
PORTS ALONG THE ROUTE
Apps that stack well on this route
LIVE DEMOGrant Ready
A project-in-a-box: contracts, site, docs and impact metrics shaped for grant applications.
Reserve · refundable deposit
$349Base · Optimism +2
LIVE DEMOGrant Ledger
Show funders exactly what their grant built, milestone by milestone, with proof attached.
Reserve · refundable deposit
$199Optimism · Arbitrum +2
LIVE DEMOLibrary 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
Put your name on the bow
Every route goes further on a vessel you own. Built on order, refundable deposit.