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Protocol Series 4 · #07
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Protocol Series 4 · #07
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Funding
What Matters
How to pay for the good stuff markets ignore
if markets won't fund public goods, we have to. here's how communities actually do it.
The Protocol · 5 steps
1
Fund the effect, not the ask
pay for outcomes and impact, not the loudest pitch or the slickest deck.
2
Many small donors beat one whale
broad support signals real value and keeps power distributed.
3
Match to amplify
matching pools multiply grassroots giving and pull in bigger capital behind the crowd.
4
Let the crowd allocate
the people closest to a problem often know best what to fund. push decisions to the edge.
5
Fund early and often
small bets, placed early, grow the whole field. seed it before it's obvious.
Run it: pick one public good you love. give it $5, an hour, or a loud public shout-out today.
“funding public goods is what makes the future survivable.”
TL;DR fund the effect → many small → match → crowd allocates → early + often
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