Quadratic funding democratizes allocation by rewarding projects w/ broad support

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Quadratic funding democratizes allocation by rewarding projects with broad community support, using the square root of each donation to weight support and distributing match pools based on the number of donors rather than total amounts.
Donations are verified on-chain for public chains like Bitcoin and Ethereum, while private chains such as Monero and shielded Zcash use view keys for confirmation without revealing donor identity or fund control.
Sybil attack prevention involves automated checks for correlated addresses and dust bursts during the round, followed by committee review before final distribution, with flagged donations still reaching projects but not counting toward matches.
The campaign runs from May 19 to June 19, 2026 (UTC), with donations outside this window going directly to projects but not qualifying for match funding, and the full $115,000+ matching pool is distributed without leftovers.
A 15% fee covers staff and infrastructure costs for the privacy-preserving campaign, which supports crypto-only donations (BTC, ETH, XMR, ZEC, GLM) for transparency and reliability, with fiat options available directly through project websites.

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