# ENS x Octant Public Goods Round Results & Wrap-up (March 18 — April 1, 2025) **URL:** \ **Category:** Quadratic Funding\ **Tags:** quadratic-funding\ **Created:** [April 11, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003 "2025-04-11T15:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/yegor/32/1317_2.png) [@yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/u/yegor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/1 "2025-04-11T15:25:00Z")
### ENS x Octant Public Goods Round Results & Wrap-up (March 18 — April 1, 2025) GM builders, dreamers, and public goods supporters! The ENS x Octant Public Goods Quadratic Funding Round has come to a close—and the results are in! This round was all about supporting web3 infrastructure, education, and utility projects through a QF round powered by two of the most impactful names in the public goods space: [ENS DAO](https://ensdao.org/) and [Octant](https://octant.build/). Big thanks to ENS and Octant for seeding the round with 80,000 USDC on Optimism and showing up with enthusiasm, support, and serious impact. ![image](https://forum.giveth.io/uploads/default/original/2X/9/957561d7a239710f8a32b82057018cbc109f4f85.jpeg) ## **📊 The Numbers** **Matching pool size:** 80,000 USDC on Optimism **Round Duration:** March 18 — April 1, 2025 **Max matching per project:** 7% of the matching pool or 5600 USDC **Eligible Projects:** 103 **Total Donations:** 2886 **Unique Donors:** 744 **Total USD Value of Donations:** $28,890 **Tokens Donated** : USDGLO, CELO, USDC, USDT, ETH, GIV, OP, ARB, MATIC, XDAI, SOL & more! **Eligible donation Networks:** All Giveth supported networks – Arbitrum One, Base, Gnosis, OP Mainnet, Ethereum Mainnet, Polygon PoS, Polygon zkEVM, Ethereum Classic, Celo, Stellar, Solana. ![image](https://forum.giveth.io/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fa403c25defa7ca8897bdd0354a3619b8c1afeee.jpeg) The final results including all projects, amounts raised, and matching funds can be found here: _[ENS x Octant PGs Round Final Matching Results](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f2ti7Ko9Am7AdPvQp-Rney1YkABTqxSpVYAm8U3Y2EM/edit?gid=1833606702#gid=1833606702)_ _Important: Project owners – PLEASE double-check your Optimism recipient address!_ ## **Projects Eligibility** To make sure this round spotlighted genuine builders, projects had to: ✅ Be listed and [verified](https://docs.giveth.io/projectverification) on [Giveth](https://giveth.io/) ✅ Fit one or more categories: Infrastructure, Utility, Education ✅ Complete application and verification before round start ✅ Be selected by a curation team from Octant and ENS DAO ### **Donor Eligibility & Sybil Resistance** The following mechanisms were used to ensure matching funds were allocated fairly according to genuine community support: 1. **Human Passport** - Using Passport’s Model Based API, each donor address was assigned a score based on on-chain activity. A score of **50 or higher** was considered a **pass** for QF eligibility.- Addresses who did not achieve a passing score through the API could verify their uniqueness using [stamps](https://app.passport.xyz/). \*\*\*\* A Passport (stamps) **score of 15 or higher** also qualified the donor as QF-eligible. 1. **COCM** This round again used the **Connection‑Oriented Cluster Match (COCM)** algorithm to calculate final matching. COCM rewards **donor diversity** and penalizes tightly clustered or coordinated donation patterns. That means: - Projects supported by donors who gave to a **broad range of projects** received **higher matching** - Projects that had donations mostly from overlapping or highly clustered wallets saw **reduced matching** Learn more about COCM here: 🔗 [wtfiscocm.streamlit.app](https://wtfiscocm.streamlit.app/) ### **Matching Fund Distribution Chart:** Here’s the final breakdown of how the **80,000 USDC matching pool** was distributed! Check out how all the projects got ranked based on the received matching! ![image](https://forum.giveth.io/uploads/default/original/2X/4/49ee422c6f06dd087a2c6fc8abe2a3b34686e362.jpeg) ## **Top Projects by Matching Allocation** Here are the top 10 projects in the ENS x Octant Public Goods Round, ranked by matching funds received: 🥇 [**rotki**](https://giveth.io/project/rotki) Matching: 5600.00 USDC Match per unique donor: 130.23 USDC * * * 🥈 [**Regens Unite**](https://giveth.io/project/regens-unite) Matching: 3481.34 USDC Match per unique donor: 128.94 USDC * * * 🥉 [**Public Nouns Operations**](https://giveth.io/project/public-nouns-operations) Matching: 3420.29 USDC Match per unique donor: 51.05 USDC * * * 🏅 [**Flow State**](https://giveth.io/project/flow-state) Matching: 3384.32 USDC Match per unique donor: 99.54 USDC * * * 🏅 [**Dappnode**](https://giveth.io/project/dappnode) Matching: 3313.72 USDC Match per unique donor: 77.06 USDC * * * 🏅 [**Blockscout Open-Source Block Explorer**](https://giveth.io/project/blockscout-open-source-block-explorer) Matching: 2812.64 USDC Match per unique donor: 35.60 USDC * * * 🏅 [**Kiwi News**](https://giveth.io/project/kiwi-news) Matching: 2613.16 USDC Match per unique donor: 67.00 USDC * * * 🏅 [**MASQ Network**](https://giveth.io/project/masq-network) Matching: 2596.34 USDC Match per unique donor: 118.02 USDC * * * 🏅 [**Bankless Academy**](https://giveth.io/project/bankless-academy) Matching: 2002.35 USDC Match per unique donor: 74.16 USDC * * * 🏅 [**B\<\>rder/ess web3 Tech Club on Campuses**](https://giveth.io/project/brderess-web3-tech-club-on-campuses) Matching: 1944.44 USDC Match per unique donor: 60.76 USDC _’Match per unique donor’ is the matching divided by the total number of unique addresses that donated to the project._ _The ‘Match per unique donor’ metric is interesting since COCM rewards donors who support a diverse set of projects. This means that projects that have a higher “match per unique donor” had a broader donor base._ ### **🧭 What’s Next?** Forum post will be open for **3 business days** for feedback and questions Then we’ll **ratify the results on Snapshot** Matching funds will be distributed soon after **Project teams: make sure your Optimism addresses are correct!** ### **🙌 Huge Thanks to You All** To everyone who donated, built, shared, or supported — you’re helping shape the future of public goods funding. More rounds are coming, and your support helps grow a sustainable ecosystem for web3 builders everywhere. Let’s keep building. Let’s keep funding. Let’s keep the momentum going. Have a question? Tag [@yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/u/yegor) and drop a comment below 👇 Got a feedback to share? [Fill in this form](https://giveth.typeform.com/to/unSVep6r) and let us know about your experience * * * **Updates:** - The Matching Funds have been distributed on April 23rd. Here you can find the transaction: [https://optimistic.etherscan.io/tx/0xf4445db5f59ce16fd1796860da6c3ba870015e5870f48d43c353eeed3eb846bf](https://optimistic.etherscan.io/tx/0xf4445db5f59ce16fd1796860da6c3ba870015e5870f48d43c353eeed3eb846bf) ---
**Author:** ![bala](https://forum.giveth.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@bala](https://forum.giveth.io/u/bala)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/2 "2025-04-11T22:56:15Z")
Im the last 😭 Would anyone kindly share some tips of QF? ---
**Author:** ![Pfedprog](https://forum.giveth.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecb155/32.png) [@Pfedprog](https://forum.giveth.io/u/Pfedprog)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/3 "2025-04-12T07:41:02Z")
Hey, thanks for emailing the letter. Could you tell me why there are so many projects with no matching funds? I know that Giveth does not have an open source repository with more details. I just would really appreciate some clarity. My project PinSave did not get a single dollar from matching. I am not complaining. I would just really know how you managed to fix the results for Rotki. ![image](https://forum.giveth.io/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6be8ae13bd994007e8278d03c96d2e5d1fae4704.jpeg) I do not have really time to get into details. But dont you think it is just plainly dumb to miss actual donations and plainly display the money you have given and without explanation of anything whatsoever. [https://x.com/pfedprog/status/1910964182607945884](https://x.com/pfedprog/status/1910964182607945884) ---
**Author:** ![MacBudkowski](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/macbudkowski/32/1402_2.png) [@MacBudkowski](https://forum.giveth.io/u/MacBudkowski)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/4 "2025-04-14T00:46:16Z")
Hello, Mac from [Kiwi](https://giveth.io/project/kiwi-news) here. Thanks for the summary, I have some questions about matching calculations. When the round was still on, the matching numbers shown in the Giveth app were high: ![telegram-cloud-photo-size-4-6005750584038245106-x](https://forum.giveth.io/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2f3da43271c5b5945115fa93cb2743dab051101c.jpeg) These numbers went down with more donations of course, but IIRC the lowest we reached was about 70-80 USDC per 1 USDC contribution. Given the number of contributors and the sums we reached in donations, it seems like we should’ve received much more matching, than the number calculated (2613.16 USDC). I have not checked of course if every donor was QF eligible, but I know for sure that at least a few of them were. Especially bigger ones, because they DMed me to tell that they donated and they went through verification, so we could get some matching. So I’m wondering if there might be some error in these calculations, and if we could ask to double-check them? ---
**Author:** ![yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/yegor/32/1317_2.png) [@yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/u/yegor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/5 "2025-04-14T11:53:49Z")
Hey @Pfedprog, appreciate you reaching out and asking for clarity. I looked into the data, and here’s what happened with PinSave: the project had around **~10$** of total donations from **3 total donors** , and **2 of them only donated to PinSave**. The third donor did contribute to other projects but didn’t qualify for QF matching—most likely due to **not meeting the minimum Sybil-resistance threshold**. In this round, only donations from **eligible, verified wallets** were included in the final matching. On top of that, we used the **COCM (Connection-Oriented Cluster Match)** algorithm, which rewards donations from **diverse donors** — people who support multiple projects across the ecosystem. If donors only give to one project (like in this case), their impact on the match is significantly reduced, even if their donations count. Check more on COCM here: [wtfiscocm.streamlit.app](https://wtfiscocm.streamlit.app/) So to clarify: - Your project **did receive donations** - **At least one donation didn’t qualify** for matching based on Passport/MBD score - The **other two donors only gave to your project** , so under COCM their match impact was very low - This explains why **no matching funds were allocated** to PinSave As for Rotki — they had one of the most diverse and active donor bases in the entire round, many of whom donated across multiple projects. Their results reflect broad, distributed support that’s exactly what COCM is designed to amplify. Hope this clears things up. The system is designed to support diverse, genuine, community-driven giving—so while it may not always feel intuitive at first, it’s working as intended. Let me know if you have more questions, but this should explain everything on the matching logic for this round. ---
**Author:** ![Pfedprog](https://forum.giveth.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecb155/32.png) [@Pfedprog](https://forum.giveth.io/u/Pfedprog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/6 "2025-04-14T12:07:52Z")
So why dont you make the results and coefficients of the model public? ---
**Author:** ![yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/yegor/32/1317_2.png) [@yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/u/yegor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/7 "2025-04-14T12:18:05Z")
Hey @MacBudkowski, thanks a lot for your thoughtful message and for the great work Kiwi is doing 🙌 You’re right that the matching numbers shown in the app during the round are based on a basic Quadratic Funding estimate. These are purely indicative and updated in real time based on donations received—but they don’t represent the final outcome. Once the round ends, we calculate final allocations using the COCM algorithm, which rewards more diverse donor behavior. As in a default QF matching algo, it means a large donation from a single donor won’t necessarily lead to a higher match. Lastly, just to reassure you: I actually compared the initial QF results for Kiwi with the final COCM distribution and I can confirm your matching **increased by ~64%** after applying COCM. That’s a really strong signal that your project attracted a diverse and eligible donor base. Let me know if you’d like help breaking any of this down further! ---
**Author:** ![yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/yegor/32/1317_2.png) [@yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/u/yegor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/8 "2025-04-14T12:50:45Z")
Hey @Pfedprog — just to reiterate: We’ve already made the eligibility criteria, and methodology is public: - Project-level results are shared in the forum, including matching per project, donor counts, and total donations - Eligibility thresholds (MBD ≥ 50 or Passport ≥ 15) are outlined in this forum post and have always been reiterated during the round. - The COCM algorithm used is also open-source and can be found here: [GitHub - Giveth/COCM\_QF\_Algorithm: QF mechanism experiments for Giveth](https://github.com/Giveth/COCM_QF_Algorithm) If you’re referring to something specific by “coefficients,” feel free to clarify — I’m happy to explain. But just to note, publishing individual donor contributions would compromise privacy, that’s why, like in past rounds, we don’t disclose detailed donor-level matching results. We aim to strike a balance between transparency and protecting the privacy of our community. If there’s a specific concern around a donation or eligibility to your or other projects, let me know and I will be happy to look into that separately. Let me know what exactly you’re looking for and we can go from there. ---
**Author:** ![yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/yegor/32/1317_2.png) [@yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/u/yegor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/9 "2025-04-14T13:06:19Z")
Hey @bala, I feel you — that can be really discouraging, especially after putting yourself out there 💜 QF can be challenging, especially if your community is still growing. The good news is that it’s not just about big donations — it’s about many unique donors, even small ones, that really boost your match. We put together a guide with tips on how to increase visibility, activate your network, and optimize your project page, we post these tips for every round and you can find it [here for the ENS x Octant Round](https://giveth.notion.site/ENS-x-Octant-Public-Goods-Round-Guide-1983ab28d48c80f885e1c9ff0a0a6c67?pvs=4) There will be more rounds ahead to try again 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![MacBudkowski](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/macbudkowski/32/1402_2.png) [@MacBudkowski](https://forum.giveth.io/u/MacBudkowski)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/10 "2025-04-14T14:15:21Z")
Hey @yegor, thanks a lot for the response. This has been our first-ever round in Giveth, hence my questions. Thanks for clarifying! ---
**Author:** ![yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/yegor/32/1317_2.png) [@yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/u/yegor)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/11 "2025-04-16T18:42:43Z")
GM everyone \<3 The vote to validate this distribution on Snapshot is here: [Snapshot](https://snapshot.box/#/s:giv.eth/proposal/0xa528531bbe87e606460c001469793001d2cb24c5722a43d3f54569cdf9734da6) ---
**Author:** ![yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/user_avatar/forum.giveth.io/yegor/32/1317_2.png) [@yegor](https://forum.giveth.io/u/yegor)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003/12 "2025-04-23T15:47:36Z")
GM everyone 🙂 The snapshot vote has passed this Monday and we are excited to share that the Matching funds from ENS x Octant Public Goods Round have been already distributed 🔥 You can check the transaction here: [https://optimistic.etherscan.io/tx/0xf4445db5f59ce16fd1796860da6c3ba870015e5870f48d43c353eeed3eb846bf](https://optimistic.etherscan.io/tx/0xf4445db5f59ce16fd1796860da6c3ba870015e5870f48d43c353eeed3eb846bf)