Fund What Matters
Your trusted directory and reference library for funding mechanisms, platforms, case studies, and research in the new internet - informed by contemporary trends like crowdfunding, AI, Ethereum, open source software, stablecoins, decentralized networks, participatory budgeting, and collective action in the 21st century.
Featured Campaigns
Ongoing Protocol Guild
A collective funding mechanism distributing $100M+ to ~190 Ethereum L1 core protocol contributors through onchain vesting, powered by the 1% Pledge.
Matching Pool: $100M+
Projects: ~190
Period: May 2022 – Ongoing
Ongoing TheDAO Security Fund
A revival of the original 2016 DAO, staking 75,000+ ETH to fund Ethereum security through quadratic funding, retroactive grants, and ranked-choice voting.
Matching Pool: $220M+
Projects: TBD
Period: Jan 2026 – Ongoing
What We Curate
The comprehensive reference library for understanding Ethereum's funding landscape
Case Studies
120+
Real outcomes, funding decisions, lessons learned, and what actually worked in practice.
Examples: Protocol Guild, Uniswap Grants, MolochDAO
Mechanisms
120+
Quadratic funding, retro funding, conviction voting, streaming, and hybrid models explained.
Examples: QF, RetroPGF, Conviction Voting, Direct Grants
Research
120+
Analysis of capital flows, mechanism performance, ecosystem trends, and emerging insights.
Examples: Capital Flow Reports, Mechanism Analysis
Campaigns
120+
Current and upcoming funding rounds, experiments, and initiatives you can participate in.
Examples: GG25, ETHBoulder, Network Goods
Apps
120+
Funding platforms, DAOs, grant programs, funds, and primitives powering the ecosystem.
Examples: Gitcoin Grants, Allo Protocol, Octant, Optimism RPGF
Latest Research
Deep dives into funding mechanisms and trends
d/acc Market Map
8 min read
Analysis: The d/acc Market Map maps the defensive acceleration ecosystem across digital and physical infrastructure.
By Kevin Owocki
Feb 2026
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Biomimetic Capital Allocation: What Nature Can Teach Funding Mechanism Designers
6 min read
Mycelial networks, slime molds, and bioregional nutrient cycling aren't metaphors -- they're engineering blueprints for distributed resource allocation under uncertainty.
By Kevin Owocki
Mar 2026
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The Civilizational Stakes: Public Goods Funding as Coordination Rehearsal
7 min read
Why the coordination capacity being built through onchain funding mechanisms is a general-purpose capability that civilization needs -- and why the window to build it is finite.
By Kevin Owocki
Mar 2026
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The Grantee-to-Funder Flywheel: How Early Public Goods Funding Seeds Future Funders
6 min read
Tracing the empirical evidence that early-stage public goods funding creates a compounding flywheel -- from Plasma Group's modest QF grant to Optimism's 60M+ OP distribution, and from 1inch's $50K to $3M given back.
By Kevin Owocki
Mar 2026
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