Open Funding & Radical Transparency
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Open Funding & Radical Transparency

Harmony aims for open governance and vibrant participation of our ecosystem. Toward radical transparency, we aim to disclose the funding and the deliverables of the projects below as much as possible.

100 DAOs ($50M)

NameBudgetMandatesGovernorsFunded3-Month Deliverables & Metrics
Research – Bring best results to production

$1M

Cryptography: deploy succinct proofs for privacy & performance Security: use mechanical verification for audits, strongly typed languages for prototyping Decentralization: scale transactions across protocols, on-chain staking & delegation across light clients

Dionysis Zindros Zeta Avarikioti Ivan Homoliak Aaron Li Andrianna Polydouri Dimitris Karakostas

$100K

Toward logarithmic states: Flyclient/NiPoSPoS-based bridges vs ZK-rollups vs Interlay/XClaim's economics security, fast state sync for mining and resharding, keyless wallets with lattice-based witness encryption; Toward supporting 100k delegators: optimizations of Harmony's on-chain delegations and compounding rewards; Toward 1-second transaction finality: determine the optimal shard size against network security for our Proof-of-Stake network, compare to Mahdi Zamani's Rapidchain and Instachain.

Community – Open Consensus with Radical Fairness

$1M

Growth: onboard users on missions and culture, pollinate values across communities Engagement: amplify content of roadmap and milestones, creative campaigns of products Diversity: solicit voices and votes in forums, reinforce strong governance participation

TimPos4 missfreyala Krypto_Kakashi1 iBruno_marshall stakeridoo Harmonious_Dude GlobeyNFT OG_Lemurman Bricktop_ONE

$50K

Execute Community DAO Governance Structure. Produce a high-level of social engagement (retweets, shares, discussions) on Harmony activities during LisCon, NFT.NYC and DCentral. Each governor will deliver a thread "What Harmony Means to Me", amplifying the values of our community.

Wallet DAO – Fearless wallet for everyone

$1M

Security: promote social recovery & one-time-password authenticators for on-chain fund Impacts: create basic income & wealth from fixed-rate or high-yield investments Adoption: open millions to self-custody assets & collectibles without hardware, password or hack

Toward authenticator-based wallets: client-side encryption security and performance, one-time-password (OTP) Merkle-tree generation and authenticator security. Toward end-to-end formal verification: prove security of Harmony's authenticator-based wallets in Coq, smart contract audits on Horizon bridges for Ethereum and Bitcoin.

Validator DAO – Diverse participation for vibrant network

$1M

Decentralization: bootstrap thousands of elected validators, grow diverse validator profiles Security: support high staking rate, promote security practices and tooling Participation: facilitate protocol upgrade proposals, recruit votes for improvements

Maffaz ONE4All FarmonyONE Abraham Symphony.one Stakeridoo HankTheCrank BrotherONE Titus

200 validators elected by the end of 2021. Increase the number of new validators through promotional and how-to material in the form of videos, blogs, tweet-storms etc released by years end. Implement the Governance Participation Dashboard on staking.harmony.one to show which validators participate in governance and which don't.

Developer DAO – Builders First & Friendly

$1M

Support: resolve daily issues on forums & channels, drive weekly meeting agenda Bounties: prioritize bugs & features with task management & contributor retention Advocacy: hold workshops & events, content marketing with talks & blogs

Michael Otis Aaron Krueger Bruno Marshall Dylan Kawalec Edd Norris Ivo Elenchev John Whitton Sev Kruger Dunn

$50K

Publish weekly meeting notes and successful issue resolution metrics. Execute plan to retain contributors from TradFi to DeFi Hackathon. Support the DAO Global Hackathon.

Basic DAO – Basic Income for At-Will Contributions

$1M

Timesheets: help contributors track work hours & deliverables in public Payrolls: setup paid challenges, wallets, streaming payments & tax Reviews: follow up performance feedback for bonus or penalty, rage quits or kicks

Begin managing Harmony DAO compensation by close of 2021 Deploy beta-test of timesheet products. Execute weekly peer performance reviews and compensate accordingly.

Matching DAO – All for ONE with Love

$1M

Humans: spotlight our builder, artist.. or stranger Stories: write editorials of appreciation, curate moments of retroactive significance Bonds: layer 1-to-1 edges among billions, bring meanings to everyday endeavor toward a shared mission

Produce instructional content on how to run a TGI. Perform 6 Spotlight Campaigns. Publish 3 Editorials of Appreciation.

12 Product DAOs ($39M)

NameBudgetMandatesGovernorsFunded
Cross-chain DeFi

$1M

$80K

Cross-chain NFT

$13M

$80K

Cross-chain DAO

$1M

$80K

Cross-chain Tools

$1M

$80K

Wallet Frontends

$7M

$80K

Wallet Web3

$5M

$80K

Wallet Web2

$5M

$80K

Wallet Security

$3M

$80K

Fintech Gateways

$1M

$80K

Fintech Corporate

$1M

$80K

Fintech Regional

$1M

$80K

Fintech Impacts

$1M

$80K

10 Regional DAOs

NameBudgetMandatesGovernorsFunded
Spanish DAO

Abraham

$50K

RU DAO

Nick V

$25K

Portuguese DAO

BioSensei

$25K

Korean DAO

CoinEasy

Vietnamese DAO
French DAO
Turkish DAO

Caner

Indonesian DAO

Ludi

Chinese DAO

Yu Yi

10 Partner DAOs ($30M)

NameBudgetMandatesGovernorsFundedProposalDeliverables

$50K

Educate: Educate users on platform use and creative freedom within daVinci Empower: Enlist governance from community holders to empower decision making and expedite change in rapidly evolving NFT market Enfranchise: Enable organic expansion through bounty and social campaigns

Bruno C7 Joseba Globey Sirsapient Mirror Kuyawa Codewarrior Insanitydrop

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/daos-davinci-dao-governance-empowers-everyone/2442

Coordinape

$50K

MetaGammaDelta

$50K

SporkDAO

$50K

Opolis

$50K

Incubator DAO - Going Far By Going Together

$1M

Adoption: Mentor and guide on formulating value-proposition and executing growth strategies. Connections: Identify and connect projects with curated talent and potential partners. Treasury: Guide best practices in fundraising, tokenomics and capital expenditure. Introduce projects to curated investor network.

Bridget Greenwood Sophia Zhao Jovian Brown Rebecca Lamis LeRae Bigelow Sasa Milic Serra Angel Wei

Establish network of curated investors and receive commitments to attend demo event. Publish toolkit for launch projects detailing best practices, recommendations. Launch Incubator DAO portal that includes onboarding process and documentation.

Creative DAO

$1M

Identity: Drive uniform branding in Harmony ecosystem. Promote cultural values and mission. Create: Commission content to further awareness and amplify Harmony messages. Educate community through informational content. Include: Reach for the un-included. Convert the crypto-curious.

Zi Wang Rokett

Generate first community driven brand guide. Apply to website and existing collateral. Deploy $25K for creative-focused bounties. Produce market segmentation study, identifying relevant channels for reaching the crypto-curious.

500 Launches ($20M)

NameAmountProposal

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grants-space-misfits-massive-multiplayer-game/2210

FarmersOnlyFi

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/funding-dapp-farmersonlyfi-fox/3529

WePiggy

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grants-wepiggy-a-defi-asset-lending-market-protocol/2381

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/armoonia-decentralized-marketplace-for-generative-nft-collections-on-harmony/3849 2 hidden fields

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grants-harmural/3756

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/custom-nft-market-place-on-harmony-artrific-io/3880

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/proposal-bullanetwork-integration/3693

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/introducing-new-nft-marketplace-voldemart/3626

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/launches-polkabridge-multichain-crosschain-defi-application/2218/7

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grants-strudel-finance-a-trustless-multichain-bridge/2450

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grants-harmony-universe/2424

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/launches-rubic-exchange-will-make-harmony-cross-chain-operable/2375

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/harmony-pay-stage-2-integrations-growth/3653

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/launches-tranquil-finance/3869

Crypto Royale

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/crypto-royale-a-play-to-earn-battle-royale-game-with-no-up-front-investment/3347/2

Funding DAPP

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/funding-dapp-farmersonlyfi-fox/3529

The-Marketplace.ONE

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/the-marketplace-one-a-general-purpose-cross-chain-nft-marketplace-developing-games-and-tools-for-the-nft-collectors-of-the-future/3725

Grants: WePiggy

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grants-wepiggy-a-defi-asset-lending-market-protocol/2381

LMA-Art-Gallery NFT Marketplace

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/lma-art-gallery-nft-marketplace/3673

Mintur.ONE

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/launches-mintur-one-launchpad-and-marketplace-for-generative-nfts/2315/3

Polkabridge

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/launches-polkabridge-multichain-crosschain-defi-application/2218/7

Armoonia

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/armoonia-decentralized-marketplace-for-generative-nft-collections-on-harmony/3849

Grants: Harmural

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grants-harmural/3756

Artrific.io

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/artrific-io-custom-nft-market-place-on-harmony/3880

Proposal: BullaNetwork Integration

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/proposal-bullanetwork-integration/3693

VoldemArt

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/introducing-new-nft-marketplace-voldemart/3626

Space Misfits

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grants-space-misfits-massive-multiplayer-game/2210

Strudel Finance

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/launches-strudel-finance-a-trustless-multichain-bridge/2450

Harmony Universe

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grants-harmony-universe/2424

Cosmic Universe

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/cosmic-universe-a-play-to-earn-fantasy-adventure-rpg-game/3761

Rubic.exchange

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/launches-rubic-exchange-will-make-harmony-cross-chain-operable/2375

Crypto Family Bridge

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/crypto-family-bridge-partnership-and-grant/3772

ShowMe

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/showme-grant/4004

Artemis Protocol

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/launches-artemis-protocol/3910

Grindery Payroll

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/grindery-payroll/4393

Magicland

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/launches-magicland-multichain-yield-farming-optimizer/4514

Story Line

$50K

https://talk.harmony.one/t/story-line-the-video-nft-platform/4581

100 Ports ($20M)

NameAmount

$200K

$50K

$50K

88mph

$100K

Perpetual

$100K

Hundred Finance

$50K

MAI Finance

$250K

50 Investments ($20M)

NameAmount

$100K

DeFi Alliance?

$250K

Garlam Won?

$250K

1000 Bounties ($30M)

NameAmountDeliverables
Forever.ONE social moments

$50K

$50K

by Ming Li by 12/1

NFT.nyc Launch Event

$25K

$50K

by Timeless by 11/1

RaidGuild

$50K

Air Supply

$50K

3-month PR campaigns

Privacy Mixer

$100K

Mutual Knowledge

$75K

50 Fellows ($5M)

NameMentorHoursDeliverablesExpertise
Aaron Li
Giv Parvaneh

https://harmony.one/aaron-li

Hakwan Lau
Li Jiang

https://twitter.com/hakwanlau

Hash Mesan
Giv Parvaneh
Li Jiang
Peter Abilla
Shaohan Alex Chen
Rongjian Lan
Wilson Cui
Rongjian Lan
Ivo Elenchev
Giv Parvaneh
Victa Phu
Giv Parvaneh
Sergey Karasev
Jenya Piskunov
Tejassvi Kaushal
Ganesha Upadhyaya
Rachit Srivastava
Ganesha Upadhyaya
John Whitton
Ganesha Upadhyaya
Haodi Jiang
Leo Chen
Yu Yi
Leo Chen
Jarvis Qian
Leo Chen
Lutty Yang
Leo Chen
Vera Li
Giv Parvaneh
Expert Dev
Yuriy Menkov

1000 Contributors ($7.8M)

NameMentorHoursDeliverablesExpertise

2000 Hunters ($30M)

NameMentorHoursDeliverablesExpertise

10,000 Income ($10M)

NameMentorHoursDeliverablesExpertise