Chia Build Fund is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing the entire Chia Ecosystem.
We will provide 10,000 XCH of grant funding towards innovative creators. We invite proposals from developers, researchers, artists, educators, and other passionate individuals or organizations who are dedicated to sprouting a more sustainable, inclusive, and diverse Chia Ecosystem.
We are not affiliated with Chia Network, Inc.
As a group of early farmers we have benefitted greatly from this wonderful community.
We want to see the entire Chia Ecosystem grow.
We fund open projects that are compatible with the Chia protocols and RPC for broad Chia Ecosystem benefit across XCH and its major forks.
What's the goal?
We believe the Chia Ecosystem needs more approachable software, tools, and documentation. For this community to flourish we must at least match the usability norms set by larger cryptocurrency projects.
To encourage new voices in our community and deter centralisation, we are stepping up to fund Chia-compatible projects beyond the scope of the Chia Network corporation's stated roadmap.
It takes a village to sow a decentralised network with new creators, tools, and experiences. Grassroots community builders will always outpace corporations, having more authenticity and fun along the way.
All projects we fund must be open sourced.
Request for Proposals
Chia Build Fund will consider fairly all applicants building towards a more vibrant Chia Ecosystem.
These types of projects built upon XCH are of interest to us right now:
- Farm management platforms
- Alternative wallet and protocol implementations in memory-safe languages
- NFT release tools and marketplaces
- User authentication in browser (Connect Wallet)
- Decentralised Exchanges
- Cross-chain bridges
- Decentralized wrapped currencies on the XCH blockchain
- Accounting and regulatory tools
- Mobile wallet applications
- Block explorers
- Network Status and Transparency Dashboards
- Development, DevOps, and data ETL tools
- Decentralised DNS alternatives
- Privacy enhancements and tools
- Guides, examples, documentation, and long-term blogs
- Coin swap platforms
- On-chain messaging and wallet notifications
- Plotting DevOps automations
Project Guidelines
Chia Build Fund aims to foster diverse, transparent projects.
- All grant-funded projects must be open sourced under the MIT License to the extent legally possible.
- Projects at minimum must be compatible with both the Chia and Flax networks.
- No singular project will receive more than 2,000 XCH with rare exception depending on volatility.
- Projects must include a gratitude link to ChiaBuild.Fund in their README and the About page within their application for two years following the grant.
- 10,000 XCH is our total budget at this time. We may reserve funds for a future round depending on the strength of applications.
- Applicants may suggest project phases and payout schedules. No more than 30% of the funding will be distributed upfront.
- All recipients will be requred to KYC and sign a contract prior to the funding award. Chia Build Fund reserves the right to amend or edit these terms, our contracts supercede the terms here.
The application deadline for our first round of grants is May 1st, 2023.
We will begin making decisions on April 19th, 2023. Early applicants may receive minor preference.
Final award decisions will be communicated to applicants by June 1st, 2023.
Who should apply?
Developers, educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, artists - we want to hear from everyone!
If your idea for a project is not mentioned in our Request for Proposals above, don't fret. We are happy that you're excited about building in the Chia Ecosystem and would love to hear from you.
Questions? Send an email to apply@ at our domain.
Contribute
If you are interested in joining our team or contributing to our fund we are open to talking with you.
We are a close group of friends looking to keep a tight ship this first time, but would love to hear from potential contributors for our next round of grants. Send an email to apply@ at our domain and let's have a conversation.