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UPDATE Q1 2026 - Requesting 8.5mil GIV for 6 more months of GIVpower rewards
Hey Giveth fam!
Our 5th 6-month period of GIVpower staking incentives has closed and we’re late on an extension!
Current program ended: December 23, 2025
Request: Top up staking incentives on Optimism & Gnosis Chain for 6 more months until July 23, 2026
Request amount: 8,500,000 GIV
From: GIVgarden bucket (controlled by GIV holders)
Justification
According to our dune dashboard, the amount of GIV staked over the last 6 months has relatively plateaued. And to make this fast and easy, I am proposing to just extend the rewards with the same total amount we did the last 6 month period (8.5M GIV) but instead of having the amounts increase linearly, we will just keep the same rewards amount each 2 week period.
In this spreadsheet on the GIVpower Jan '26 tab, I calculated the amounts for each notify reward period that we will set up and execute as soon as possible.
I am also proposing to keep the same distribution across chains, namely:
- 75% on Optimism
- 25% on Gnosis
Conclusions
This proposal is asking GIV token holders for permission to:
- Use 8.5M GIV to extend GIVpower staking rewards on Optimism & Gnosis Chain from January 7-July 23, 2026 (75%/25% on Optimism/Gnosis)
Since the current incentives has already ended, we will set up an extension as soon as possible while simultaneously following the governance process. If the community has change requests and a vote passes to confirm them, we will make changes to the program at that time.
Please leave your thoughts and feedback here and if there are no changes, I will post a vote to ratify this on chain within 5 business days.
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I’m a small holder of GIV always that I can I stake it for the longest amount, there’s a certain type of user who will be interested into doing so, i think incentivizes quality time from curators and donors and shows that Giveth is thinking long term
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UPDATE Q3 2026 - Requesting 8.5mil GIV for another 6 more months of GIVpower rewards
Hey Giveth fam!
Our 6th 6-month period of GIVpower staking incentives has closed and we’re late on an extension - I’m sorry!
Current program ended: July 23, 2026
Request: Top up staking incentives on Optimism & Gnosis Chain for 6 more months until Feb 2, 2027
Request amount: 8,500,000 GIV
From: GIVgarden bucket (controlled by GIV holders)
Justification
According to our dune dashboard, the amount of GIV staked over the last 6 months has increased at a rate of about 2.4%/month. Since the slope is relatively low and the last period we have kept reward rates the same, I am proposing to just extend the rewards with the same total amount we did the last two 6 month periods (8.5M GIV) and, as the last time, keep the same rewards amount every 2 weeks for consistent APRs.
In this spreadsheet on the GIVpower Jul '26 tab, I calculated the amounts for each notify reward period that we will set up and execute as soon as possible. The first two will be manual, with the first one executed as soon as possible to avoid further days with 0 rewards, and the subsequent ones will be programatic.
I am also proposing to keep the same distribution across chains, namely:
- 75% on Optimism
- 25% on Gnosis
Conclusions
This proposal is asking GIV token holders for permission to:
- Use 8.5M GIV to extend GIVpower staking rewards on Optimism & Gnosis Chain from July 30, 2026 - Feb 2, 2027 (75%/25% on Optimism/Gnosis)
Since the current incentives has already ended, we will set up an extension as soon as possible while simultaneously following the governance process. If the community has change requests and a vote passes to confirm them, we will make changes to the program at that time.
Please leave your thoughts and feedback here and if there are no changes, I will post a vote to ratify this on chain within 5 business days.
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