Pomelo Grants Wiki
This wiki will be revised and updated as needed. The updated rules or content will take effect at the start of the next Pomelo Grants season.
Looking for a quick reference for the Pomelo rules?
Please ensure you also refer to the Pomelo Terms and Conditions before participating.
Our mission is to empower anyone to fund and build the open web. We do that by giving creators and builders the opportunity to fund their projects through four seasons of Pomelo per year. The quadratic funding mechanism allows the community to have full involvement in determining the allocation of funds.
To hear from those who have benefitted from Pomelo, check out our testimonial videos.
Pomelo Grants is an open-source crowdfunding platform that enables anyone to contribute directly to projects seeking funding. Projects that provide a public good for the EOS community will have contributions matched from a pool of funds.
We use quadratic funding to allocate more matching funds to the projects that receive more contributions from more unique donors.
Pomelo aims to help developers, businesses, and individuals build a reputation in the ecosystem, season after season. Grant owners are encouraged to promote their grants and build their communities, using the opportunity to get noticed by larger funding bodies.
For more, see the article, What Is Pomelo?
Pomelo has two components, a crowdfunding round and a large matching pool of funds. During the crowdfund, grant owners seek donations from the community, and the community supports the projects they care about. The matching pool is distributed to grants using quadratic funding.
Quadratic funding (QF) is the optimal way of funding public goods in a democratic society. Inspired by Gitcoin, Pomelo employs QF as a funding mechanism for digital public goods.
The QF mechanism means that the number of contributions and the total amount contributed to the project influence the total amount allocated from the matching pool. The greater the number of community members that support a project, the more funds the project will receive from the matching pool. Even lower value contributions can result in a high matched amount.
Pomelo allows the community to determine which grants receive the most funds. When community members donate funds to a grant, they signal their support for it, becoming a vote for its importance. Their participation determines how much of the matching pool a grant receives, and because of the QF mechanism, their vote has a quadratic impact.
Pomelo supports open source web development, but beyond that, we view Pomelo as a vital experiment in QF. Testing is important because we believe QF is a potential future approach to allocate public resources.
Each round offers more opportunity for our community to learn and test the system together, while the stakes get increasingly higher as the rounds become more successful. We believe it's crucial to pause and reflect on all aspects of the round---the accomplishments and the challenges---as part of our quarterly grant round cadence. In doing so, we learn how to improve the integrity of the system and the transparency of the process.
QF is potent as it amplifies the contributions of small donors considerably. Still, it comes with the challenge of preventing people from unfairly influencing the system through Sybil and collusion attacks. This is why identity verification for grant owners and grant donors is vital.
Each round, our team identifies and categorizes attacks aimed at gaming the system, so that moving forward, our community has a defence against them. That way, we can scale up the positive impact of QF.
One way we can counter Sybil attacks is through donor adoption of the trust bonus. The trust bonus increases the impact of donor contributions while helping defend Pomelo against Sybil attacks.
There are multiple ways to increase your trust bonus:
- Validate your passport (without sharing your personal information)
- Link several social media accounts
- Verify your mobile phone number with SMS
We view grant round integrity as a public good in itself, so sharing what we've witnessed is an important priority for us. We release an analysis report following each round to share what rule violations we've identified and the action we've taken as a result.
For more details on how we protect Pomelo integrity, please see:
- Grant verification process
- Grant review process
- Rules, Sanctions, and Appeals
- Pomelo Offers Rewards for Community Reporting
To be approved as a Pomelo grant and be eligible to receive donor and matching contributions, a project must be a public good. Read all about public goods in What's a Public Good?
There are two main requirements:
- Non-rivalrous means there is always enough of the good to go around, and it doesn't run out as more people use it. In other words, you don't have to compete with others for a public good.
- Non-excludable means the good and its benefits are available to all, and people cannot prevent others from using it.
A valid public good:
- Is values-based: it supports values your community cares about.
- Has longevity: it's achievable and maintainable.
- Creates positive externalities: it benefits a public beyond an immediate set of users.
Examples of public goods listed on Pomelo:
- Infrastructure
- Developing and maintaining hardware and software components that benefit the EOS ecosystem
- Developer tooling
- Programs and toolkits that enable developers to more easily build on EOS
- GameFi
- Play-to-earn blockchain games that offer economic incentives to players
- IBC (Inter-blockchain communication)
- Involves communication and trade between blockchains
- Arts & media
- News, magazines, film, music, visual art, etc. on EOS
- Community
- Raising awareness of EOS and promoting our community
- Education
- Providing educational resources for EOS and Web3
- Security
- Monitoring and auditing of systems and smart contracts
- Ecosystem growth
- Providing support services for the EOS network
- DeFi
- Decentralized finance tools for trading and investment
- Governance
- Managing decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and smart organizations
- Privacy
- Protecting data on EOS
A round allows individual community contributors to vote for their favourite projects by donating to them. The more unique contributors that a grant has, the higher its allocation from the matching pool of funds will be. Each season may have multiple matching rounds depending on how many pools and matching partners are involved.
For more on multiple matching pools and how they work, see Breaking Ground: Pomelo Grants Launches Multiple Matching Pools.
- Approximately four rounds per year
- The donation period lasts about 3 weeks
For a guide to the season phases, see The Pomelo Grants Season Handbook.
There are 13 weeks per season:
- 5 weeks of preparation before the round begins (announce matching pool amount, official dates, NFT sales)
- 3 weeks of applications
- 3 weeks of donations (donations open after 1 week of applications)
- 3 weeks of post-round analysis, appeals, matching pool distribution, retrospective activity
Season stages:
- Announce season starting date and matching pool (funding prize)
- Pomelo NFT festivities
- Begin accepting grant applications
- Verify grant applications
- Approve or deny grant applications
- Activate grants
- Open round
- Community starts contributing to grants
- Apply QF formula
- Participants can report grants for violation of Pomelo's rules
- Pomelo team reviews grants
- Close round
- Analyze results
- Release analysis report and matching pool distribution
- Review appeals
- Pay out funds
Join the NFT festivities! Leading up to each season, the .gems team releases a collectible NFT series to engage the community and promote Pomelo.
All NFT sales are donated to that season's matching pool. Participants are able to join an NFT adventure and support public goods on Pomelo at the same time.
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In Season 1, NFT collectors blended 4 ingredients (seeds, soil, water, and sun) to grow a Pomelo Tree NFT, which then grew Juicy Pomelo NFTs. Once collectors claimed 4 Juicy Pomelos, they were able to blend them with a Pomelo Tree and create a Golden Pomelo!
- Read more: EOS Hot Sauce #115 > Pomelo NFT Series: Sold Out!
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In Season 2, NFT collectors blended 4 Kimberlites and 1 Grant Collectible to create the mysterious Diamond Potion. Each potion created 7 Diamond Fragments, which could be blended with a Golden Pomelo (from Season 1) to create a Golden Diamond Potion and more Diamond Fragments! The final NFT of the series was a stunning Diamond Pomelo, forged by combining 5 Diamond Fragments and 1 Diamond Potion.
- Read more: Pomelo Season 2 NFT Series
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In Season 3, NFT collectors blended 4 Carbon NFTs and 1 Grant Collectible to create a Rocket Potion, which generated Rocket NFTs. If the Rocket Potion was boosted with a Diamond Pomelo, you got more power--and more rockets! The rocket launch brought us to strange new worlds as we blended Pomelo Moons. Some lucky people reached an Ultra Rare Moon. And finally, collectors had the chance to blend a Pomelo Astronaut Token!
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In Season 4, NFT collectors blended 4 Moon Rock NFTs and 1 Season 3 Grant Collectible to create a Robot Potion, which randomly generated 5 different types of Robots. If the Robot Potion was boosted with a Pomelo Moon, you got even more Robots. The Robots were crucial to building epic Moon Bases. The finale was an Astronaut Token airdrop for collectors holding Ultra Rare or Common Moon Bases!
- Read more: Your Guide to the Pomelo Season 4 Adventure
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In Season 5, NFT collectors blended 4 Artifacts and 1 Season 4 Grant Collectible to create a DNA Potion, which randomly generated 5 different types of Crew members. The Crew is crucial to staffing your epic new Starships and exploring deep space.
- Read more: The Chronicles of Pomelo: A New Dawn
- Read more: Your Guide to the Pomelo Season 5 NFT Adventure
Top donors and most successful grant owners receive achievement badges in the form of non-transferable NFTs. The achievement badges earn free Pomelo NFTs and bonuses in future seasons!
Top donors contribute the most EOS to grants in a season, and most successful owners achieve the highest amount from the matching pool.
Achievement badges:
- Exceptional Donor badge awarded to top 25 donors
- Honorable Donor badge awarded to top 26--100 donors
- Exceptional Creator badge awarded to top 10 grant creators, based on matching amounts raised
- Honorable Creator badge awarded to top 11--50 grant creators, based on matching amounts raised
- Exceptional Collection badge awarded to top 1--5 collectors
- Honorable Collection badge awarded to top 6--25 collectors
Matching pool distribution is determined by quadratic voting results from all community contributors.
After a round ends, the Pomelo team thoroughly audits the results and disqualifies any deceptive grants or contributions before calculating the final matching pool allocation. Qualified grant owners need to complete Know Your Client (KYC) identity screening to receive their matching allocation.
Partners vary from season to season but may include:
- EOS Network Foundation (ENF)
- The .gems team's Pomelo season NFT sales
- Previous season's contribution fees
By participating in Pomelo, grant owners and team members are able to strengthen their reputations and show what they can build, season after season. This can lead to even more funding opportunities, like the grants that received direct contributions from the ENF in Season 2.
- Season 2: $125,000 direct grant contributions from the ENF
Over our first year of Pomelo, $2.2 million was raised for public goods on EOS. After 6 seasons, we're at over $3 million!
The EOS community responded enthusiastically to support the first season of Pomelo grants. Together, we raised a total of $635,869 for public goods.
Matching partners included:
- The EOS Network Foundation: $500,000
- .gems NFT sales: 1,000 EOS
Key stats
- Total # of approved grants: 75
- 5,796 donations from 1,022 donors
- Total dollars raised: $132,989 (30,759 EOS)
- Total dollars matched: $502,867 (175,398 EOS)
Read more about Season 1
We learned from community feedback and made changes during Season 1 and Season 2 to better support grant owners and improve the donor experience. Season 2 saw increased participation with more grant owners and donors and a larger matching pool, raising a total of $1,061,724 to support public goods on EOS.
Matching partners included:
- The EOS Network Foundation: $888,888.88
- .gems NFT sales: 5,000 EOS
- Previous season's contribution fees: 3,182 EOS
Key stats
- Total # of approved grants: 140
- 7,326 donations from 1,790 donors
- Total dollars raised: $148,836 (58,522 EOS)
- Total dollars matched: $912,884 (704,257 EOS)
- Total direct contributions from EOS Network Foundation: $125,000 (97,885 EOS)
Read more about Season 2
- Pomelo Season 2 begins March 22 with $888,888 matching pool
- Pomelo Season 2 Analysis: Matching Pool Distribution
- Claim Your Pomelo Matching Funds Now
- Pomelo Season 2 in the Rear View (Team Retrospective)
Season 3 raised a total of $499,585 for public goods in the Antelope ecosystem.
Matching partners included:
- The EOS Network Foundation: $350,000
- .gems NFT sales: $10,000 EOS ($9,670)
- Previous season's contribution fees: 6,738 EOS ($6,516)
Key stats
- Total # of approved grants: 172
- 6,904 donations from 1,314 donors
- Total dollars raised: $133,399 (97,911 EOS)
- Total dollars matched: $366,186
Read more about Season 3
- Let the Pomelo Season 3 Festivities Begin
- Your Guide to the Pomelo Season 3 NFT Adventure
- What’s New and Exciting on Pomelo?
- Pomelo Season 3 Analysis: Matching Pool Distribution
Season 4 raised over $450K for public goods.
Matching partners included:
- The EOS Network Foundation: $350,000
- .gems NFT sales: $5,000
- Previous season's contribution fees: $10,000
Key stats
- Total # of approved grants: 138
- 5,281 donations from 907 donors
- Total dollars raised: $93,740
- Total dollars matched: $365,000
Read more about Season 4
- Pomelo Season 4: What You Need to Know
- Your Guide to the Pomelo Season 4 NFT Adventure
- New Features for a Stellar Pomelo Season 4
- Pomelo Season 4 Analysis: Matching Pool Distribution
- Pomelo Wraps Up Season 4 and Launches a Strong Season 5
- Pomelo Astronauts Blasting Your Way
Season 5 generated over $250K for public goods on EOS.
Matching partners included:
- The EOS Network Foundation: $150,000
- .gems NFT sales
- Previous season's contribution fees
Key stats
- Total # of approved grants: 127
- 4,537 donations from 609 donors
- Total dollars raised: 73,897 EOS (~$84,058)
- Total dollars matched: $170,730
Read more about Season 5
- Announcing Pomelo Season 5! Applications open Feb. 22.
- The Chronicles of Pomelo: A New Dawn
- Your Guide to the Pomelo Season 5 NFT Adventure
- Pomelo Donation Rules: Updates You Need to Know
- The BTC Ordinals Mission
- Pomelo Season 5 Analysis Report
- Pomelo Grants, Innovating for Season 6 and Beyond
Despite challenging market conditions, Season 6’s multi-pool adventure generated over $210K for web3 public goods.
Matching partners included:
- The EOS Network Foundation: $150,000
- Previous season's contribution fees: 9,237.1057 EOS ($8,000)
- Telos community: 140,000 TLOS (~$24,000*) *Current estimated value and may change.
Key stats
- Total # of approved grants: 118
- 3,521 donations from 468 donors
- Total dollars raised: 40,316 EOS, 1,040 TLOS (~$28,494)
- Total dollars matched: $182,000
Read more about Season 6
- Multi-Pools and a New Partner Drop in Pomelo Grants Season 6
- Pomelo Season 6 Analysis Report
- Season 6 Feedback Survey Results
Matching partners included:
- EOS Labs: $150,000
Key stats
- Total # of approved grants: 107
- Total dollars matched: $150,000
Read more about Season 7
- The Pomelo team's mission is to provide a way to fund digital public goods and serve the Web3 community, whether by stopping Sybil attacks, improving grants discoverability, or defining the kinds of public goods that can be funded. We are the stewards of Pomelo city.
- The Pomelo team helps build appropriate governance processes and manages modifications, community feedback integration, and other needs as they arise to improve fraud and collusion prevention.
- Pomelo uses quadratic funding to determine matching pool allocation to individual grants. Approval of the payout is facilitated by the Pomelo team through a governance proposal. After the proposal is accepted by the matching partners, grant owners claim their matching funds from our claim smart contract.
- We're building on the success of Gitcoin. Our rules and this wiki come from what we've learned observing its success. We will adjust the rules over time as we gather our own data.
- We're working towards decentralizing Pomelo's grant administration to give the greater EOS community the opportunity to participate more in Pomelo governance.
Any user that is signed in can create a new grant. This grant is then visible to the community but can't participate in the matching round until it's approved by the Pomelo team.
The Pomelo team is part of the grant approval process to prevent impersonation and fraudulent grants from going live on the Pomelo platform.
Grant application verification process
During our verification of grants, we look for the following:
- A grant follows the rules.
- A grant meets the criteria for a public good.
We also prevent racist, sexist, or pornographic content from being posted on the platform.
New grants are put into an approval queue. The Pomelo team assigns a status (action required, approved, etc.) based on the current policy. Some of these decisions fall into a grey area, and a new precedent must be set.
For each new precedent, we'll define parameters and present the updated policy for ratification prior to the next round.
The grant review process is designed to prevent fraud grants. We review all grants to ensure they are eligible to receive matching funds.
Grant application reviewing process
Offers of payment or other benefits in exchange for contributions (quid pro quo)
A quid pro quo deal is when a grant owner offers payment or other benefits to grant donors in exchange for their contributions to a specific project. Avoid any form of quid pro quo, even reciprocating contributions on grants or offering NFTs. This rule also applies to collections (e.g., offering something in exchange for a grant being added to a collection).
Duplicate identities and impersonation
We check for evidence of the above with:
- Fraud deterrent mechanisms
- References
- Web presence audit
- Social media
- Inspect GitHub
Sybil attack
We define a Sybil attack as:
"... a type of attack on a computer network service in which an attacker subverts the service's reputation system by creating a large number of pseudonymous identities and uses them to gain a disproportionately large influence."
We monitor:
- Auth0 anti-bot account creation
- On-chain token transfer analysis
- Common user behavioural patterns
- Isolated donation clustering
- Circulation donation pattern
- On-chain EOS account linking
Collusion
We define collusion according to A Flexible Design for Funding Public Goods (Buterin, Hitzig, and Weyl):
"Collusion takes place when multiple agents act in their mutual interest to the detriment of other participants."
The rules are set by the Pomelo team and established norms of the community. For more information and examples of rule breaking, read our article, Pomelo Rules.
Sometimes we need to consider new or updated rules and we value community input when this need arises. For an example of this, read Pomelo Donation Rules: Updates You Need to Know.
- Any user (signed in to Pomelo) can create a new grant.
- The Pomelo team reviews each grant and approves or denies its participation in the matching round.
Pre-round, a grant may be denied because:
- The grant does not comply with the eligibility criteria (e.g., not a public good).
- There is a new situation that the current criteria does not address.
During the round, if a grant or its contributions violate Pomelo's rules, the grant may:
- Have its matching allocation reduced or nullified
- Be disqualified
- Users are not reviewed upon activation on the platform. They are only reviewed when we or other users flag them for presenting as fraudulent or a Sybil attack.
- Users in violation of the rules or values of the ecosystem may have their contribution's effect on match allocations diminished or turned off. They may also be blocked from accessing the platform.
- Currently, there is no public oversight page for user sanctions due to personally identifiable information (PII) and potential vulnerabilities.
The following rules apply to all Pomelo participants (grant owners and grant donors). For full agreement terms, please refer to Pomelo Terms and Conditions.
- Do not offer payment or other benefits in exchange for contributions through public or private channels or in exchange for being added to a collection (e.g., do not offer to reciprocate contributions on fellow grant owners' projects).
- Do not create a new identity or fake accounts to contribute to grants.
- Do not covertly coordinate with others to unfairly manipulate the system.
- Do not falsify a contribution through any type of hacking.
- Do not use grants to advertise something you are selling like a token sale or NFT drop.
- Do not post any hateful content that is racist, sexist, or otherwise offensive.
- Do not deceive participants with malicious content that could cause harm or unintended consequences.
If you would like to appeal a decision, send a description of the action taken and any evidence you have to support your appeal to [email protected].
The Pomelo team manually reviews each appeal.
For a step-by-step guide to writing a successful grant and a template, see Your Guide to a Clear and Direct Pomelo Grant.
- Use your project header to grab people's attention.
- Be creative, show your project's personality, and make it stand out.
- Describe your story clearly and explain your goals.
- Be clear about the benefits of your project.
- Don't just show the cool tech behind it, tell your potential users how it will benefit them and what your project means for them.
- Build your reputation. Proof of your work goes a long way to convince the community that your project is here to stay.
- Share your GitHub repo, user study, wireframes, etc. to show what you've built and achieved so far.
- Use the description area to your advantage. Let the community know how they can help your project by mentioning if you're looking for mentoring, team members, or additional resources.
- Describe how the funds from the community will help your project reach greater heights. What are the new features you plan to build or the parts that you want to maintain?
- Put clear milestones in the grant description to help the community get to know you and your project better.
- Pomelo happens every quarter. Hit your milestones each time and provide updates to build trust with donors and communicate that your project is worthy to fund again next time.
- Reach more community members and increase the potential for more donations by translating your grant information to other languages (English, Chinese, and Korean).
- EOS Bees on Discord: DM Jesse#9179 on Discord for translation services.
Additional options:
- Google Translate
- Do you have a translation service? Let us know at [email protected].
- Now that your grant page is ready with a swanky header, clear descriptions, and up-to-date info, it's time to share with your community!
- Choose a compelling image and promote your grant through platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, Discord, or Telegram. Sign up for a Pomelo Pitch Session!
- You can also pin a GitHub issue at the top of your GitHub and mention it in the README or wiki docs---the more eyeballs you get on your grant page, the more potential funding you're going to get.
- Please be sure to follow the rules.
- Rule violations can lead to a reduction or nullification of your matching bonus or even disqualification.
- If you see a grant not following the rules, flag it using the Report button on its grant page.
- Talk to your contributors through the Pomelo social media channels. Discover who your biggest supporters are to benefit from feedback, collaboration opportunities, and more.
- Thank your fans and followers for supporting your grant (throughout the round lifecycle). Build relationships and communicate consistently to help build trust.
- Pomelo Grants currently supports matching funds and donations in EOS and TLOS. The platform can easily add support for tokens of any Antelope-based chain that supports inter-blockchain communication (IBC) if requested by matching partners.
- There is no fee to create a Pomelo grant, but we take 20% from each donation as a Sybil defence mechanism.
- Depending on the size of the matching pool, there may be a limit on how much a single grant can receive. However, your donations still matter as the estimated amount will change as donations continue throughout the round.
- Review and approval takes 1–3 business days, depending on how many applications are in the queue. Applications that clearly outline the public good and how they meet the matching pool criteria are easier and often quicker to be approved.
- A grant can only participate in one matching pool at a time, but a grant owner can create up to three grants, so you can enter multiple pools. Your grant applications cannot be identical, as each one must be modified to show how it fits the specific criteria of the pool you’re applying for.
- No, you need to connect an EOS account to make donations. Then you can use an IBC bridge like UtilityX Bridge to send TLOS tokens to your EOS account. For a step-by-step guide, see How to Transfer TLOS to EOS.
- Go to your Pomelo profile and look under the Contributions tab.
- You can increase your trust bonus in your Pomelo profile on the Trust Bonus tab.
I'm trying to use Port to scan my passport with my smartphone NFC chip, but it's not working. What can I try?
- You can try holding the top of your phone towards the centre of the front cover or holding the phone right up against the inside of the open back cover. If you continue to have difficulty, contact the Port team on their Telegram channel for help.
- If you need to deactivate a Pomelo account, please email us at [email protected].
When pasting content in the grant description field, I get an error that I have reached the character limit, but it's because of an image I copied in (not too much text).
- Sometimes when images are copied into the grant description field, they count as a lot of characters and cause this error. You can work around it by uploading your image using Pomelo's newly added image uploader.
- Go to the Pomelo NFT page to view your inventory.
- Find the NFT you want to set as your profile picture or banner.
- Click the Set as Avatar or Set as Banner button.
- Yes. You'll need to complete KYC before you claim your matching funds.
Terms are defined based on how they relate to Pomelo.
Antelope (formerly EOSIO) is open source software that is used to create blockchains like EOS.
Bounty in Pomelo is a way for grant owners to post a piece of work they need completed for their project, fund it, and find the skills in the community to complete it. (coming soon)
Collections are portfolios of good quality Pomelo projects put together by an expert curator for people who may not have the time or the technical knowledge to evaluate the projects themselves.
Collusion is a covert agreement between individuals to work together to unfairly influence the system for their own advantage. Collusion is not allowed on Pomelo.
Crowdfunding is a way to raise funds to complete projects by enabling project owners to collect small, individual contributions from a large number of donors through an online platform like Pomelo.
dApps (or decentralized applications) are applications that have their data open on a blockchain instead of relying on a single computer or owner.
DeFi (or Decentralized Finance) is a financial system that uses cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to manage financial transactions, removing the control banks and institutions have on financial services.
ENF (or EOS Network Foundation) is a not-for-profit organization that supports the EOS network to encourage its growth and development. The ENF contributes the largest share of Pomelo's matching pool.
EOS is a blockchain built on AntelopeIO technology, where anyone can develop, host, and run decentralized business applications. Some of the advantages of EOS include free to low-cost smart contract transactions and higher performance.
EOS community is a global group of blockchain enthusiasts who hold EOS tokens and develop, invest, and support EOS projects.
EOS ecosystem is the community of stakeholders and applications that support the EOS platform.
EOS token is the cryptocurrency used for payment on the EOS network.
A grant is your proposed project for a Pomelo round. It describes the public good that you will achieve with your contributions and share of the matching pool.
Grant donor is an EOS community member who contributes EOS to projects during the Pomelo round.
Grant owner is an EOS community member who enters a project they want to fund through Pomelo. After the round closes, they are responsible for completing the project using contributions from the community and matching pool.
KYC (or Know Your Client) is a screening that verifies the identity of grant owners before they are eligible to claim their matching funds.
Matching pool (aka prize pool) is money provided by matching partners that is distributed to Pomelo grants based on the number of community contributions and the quadratic formula.
Matching partner is a company, group, or individual that provides prize funds to support public good projects.
NFTs (or non-fungible tokens) are unique assets that can have different values depending on their attributes, like their mint number. Some NFTs represent a unique item and provide proof of ownership. Pomelo NFTs are a promotional series of digital collectibles.
Open source web development is where the source code is made available for use or modification by other developers or users.
Peer-to-peer network (or P2P) is where computers are peers, sharing files directly between them, rather than the computer being a client and having a central server.
Public good is a commodity or service that is provided freely to all members of society. A public good must be non-excludable and non-rivalrous, which means one person cannot exclude others from using the good, and when one person uses the good, it doesn't prevent others from using it.
Quadratic funding is a crowdfunding campaign where you match contributions from individuals with a pool raised from bigger donors. The greater the number of individuals that support your project, the more funds your project will receive from the matching pool.
Quid pro quo is when a person offers payment or other benefits in exchange for contributions to a grant. This type of exchange is not allowed on Pomelo.
Sybil attack is where an attacker creates multiple fake identities or fake accounts to make contributions to grants and makes it seem as if the contributions are coming from unique users. Sybil attacks are not allowed on Pomelo.
Trust bonus is a way that grant donors can increase the impact of their contributions while helping defend Pomelo against Sybil attacks. It involves validating a passport (without sharing your identity) and/or linking multiple social media accounts. The more you verify, the more your trust bonus is boosted.
Web3 refers to the next phase of the internet that is decentralized and based on blockchain technology. Applications and services built on Web3 will be owned by users who will earn tokens by helping to develop and maintain them.