├── .eslintignore
├── .eslintrc.json
├── .github
├── ISSUE_TEMPLATE
│ ├── bug_report.md
│ ├── contribution.md
│ └── feature_request.md
└── PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
├── .gitignore
├── .prettierrc
├── LICENSE.txt
├── README.md
├── next-sitemap.config.js
├── next.config.js
├── package.json
├── public
├── content
│ ├── cookie-policy
│ │ └── index.md
│ └── fellowship
│ │ ├── Abhishek
│ │ ├── abhishek-headshot.jpg
│ │ └── index.md
│ │ ├── Benson
│ │ ├── benson-headshot-logo.jpg
│ │ └── index.md
│ │ ├── Brian
│ │ ├── brian-headshot.jpg
│ │ └── index.md
│ │ ├── Chuy
│ │ ├── chuy-headshot-logo.jpg
│ │ └── index.md
│ │ ├── David
│ │ ├── david-headshot.jpg
│ │ └── index.md
│ │ ├── Devansh
│ │ ├── devansh-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── funding_flywheel.png
│ │ ├── funding_system_design.png
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── marketplace_journalism.png
│ │ ├── Eddie
│ │ ├── eddie-headshot.jpg
│ │ └── index.md
│ │ ├── Gabriela
│ │ ├── gabriela-headshot.jpg
│ │ └── index.md
│ │ ├── Guo
│ │ ├── guo-headshot.jpg
│ │ └── index.md
│ │ ├── Karam
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── karam-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Kuldeep
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── kuldeep-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Lefteris
│ │ ├── boat.jpg
│ │ ├── fishers.jpg
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ ├── lefteris-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── lefteris_final.jpg
│ │ └── port_woman.jpg
│ │ ├── Marcus
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── marcus-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Masa
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── masa-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Mercedes
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── mercedes-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Mihajlo
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── mihajlo-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Mulenga
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── mulenga-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Naroa
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── naroa-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Rebecca
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ ├── miyani_pesa.jpg
│ │ ├── oceanview_workshop.jpg
│ │ ├── rebecca-headshot.jpg
│ │ └── watercolor_sketch.jpg
│ │ ├── Robert
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── robert-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Sharfy
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── sharfy-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Teodor
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── teodor-headshot.jpg
│ │ ├── Tomislav
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── tomislav-headshot.jpg
│ │ └── Valeriia
│ │ ├── index.md
│ │ └── valeriia-headshot.jpg
├── images
│ ├── about
│ │ ├── about-hero.jpg
│ │ ├── exploration.jpg
│ │ ├── representation.jpg
│ │ └── stories.jpg
│ ├── devconSEA_scholars.jpg
│ ├── devcon_2022.png
│ ├── devconnect-arg-hero.jpg
│ ├── devconnect-arg-logo.png
│ ├── devconnect_2022.png
│ ├── devconnect_2023.png
│ ├── fellow-stars.png
│ ├── fellowship
│ │ └── fellowship-hero.jpg
│ ├── homepage
│ │ ├── background.jpg
│ │ ├── devcon_home.jpg
│ │ ├── fellow_home.jpg
│ │ ├── foreground.png
│ │ ├── home-stars.jpg
│ │ └── middleground.png
│ ├── map.jpg
│ ├── scholars
│ │ ├── artifact.jpg
│ │ ├── eth-glyph.png
│ │ ├── scholars-hero-closed.jpg
│ │ └── scholars-hero-open.jpg
│ ├── stars.jpg
│ ├── stars.png
│ └── temp.png
├── robots.txt
├── sitemap-0.xml
└── sitemap.xml
├── src
├── @chakra-ui
│ ├── components
│ │ ├── Heading.ts
│ │ ├── Text.ts
│ │ └── index.ts
│ ├── foundations
│ │ ├── colors.ts
│ │ ├── fonts.ts
│ │ ├── index.ts
│ │ └── textStyles.ts
│ └── theme.ts
├── components
│ ├── BlogFeed.tsx
│ ├── Breadcrumbs.tsx
│ ├── Buttons
│ │ ├── ButtonLink.tsx
│ │ └── FilterButton.tsx
│ ├── ContentContainer.tsx
│ ├── FAQ.tsx
│ ├── FellowCard.tsx
│ ├── FellowList.tsx
│ ├── FellowStories.tsx
│ ├── Headings.tsx
│ ├── Heroes
│ │ ├── FellowLayoutHero.tsx
│ │ ├── HomeHero.tsx
│ │ └── ImageHero.tsx
│ ├── ImageSplitContent.tsx
│ ├── Link.tsx
│ ├── Map
│ │ └── Globe.tsx
│ ├── Md
│ │ ├── MarkdownImage.tsx
│ │ └── MdComponents.tsx
│ ├── Nav
│ │ ├── Footer
│ │ │ └── Footer.tsx
│ │ └── Header
│ │ │ ├── HamburgerMenu.tsx
│ │ │ ├── Header.tsx
│ │ │ └── HeaderButtons.tsx
│ ├── PreviousEditions.tsx
│ ├── TableOfContents.tsx
│ ├── WhoAreNextBillion.tsx
│ └── icons
│ │ ├── ArrowIcon.tsx
│ │ ├── CloseIcon.tsx
│ │ ├── HamburgerIcon.tsx
│ │ ├── LogoIcon.tsx
│ │ └── index.ts
├── layouts
│ ├── CookieLayout.tsx
│ ├── FellowLayout.tsx
│ ├── RootLayout.tsx
│ ├── ScholarsClosed.tsx
│ └── ScholarsOpen.tsx
├── lib
│ └── fonts.ts
├── pages
│ ├── [...slug].tsx
│ ├── _app.tsx
│ ├── _document.tsx
│ ├── about.tsx
│ ├── fellowship.tsx
│ ├── index.tsx
│ └── scholars.tsx
└── utils
│ ├── constants.ts
│ ├── getContentPaths.ts
│ ├── md.ts
│ ├── rehypeHeadingIds.ts
│ ├── rehypeImg.ts
│ ├── relativePath.ts
│ ├── remarkInferToc.ts
│ ├── toc.ts
│ └── url.ts
├── tsconfig.json
└── yarn.lock
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2 | "extends": ["next/core-web-vitals", "prettier"],
3 | "rules": {
4 | "react/no-unescaped-entities": "off"
5 | }
6 | }
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2 | name: Bug report
3 | about: Create a report to help us improve
4 | title: ""
5 | labels: "bug"
6 | assignees: ""
7 | ---
8 |
9 | **Describe the bug**
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12 |
13 | **To Reproduce**
14 | Steps to reproduce the behavior:
15 |
16 | 1. Go to '...'
17 | 2. Click on '....'
18 | 3. Scroll down to '....'
19 | 4. See error
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21 | **Expected behavior**
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29 | **Desktop (please complete the following information):**
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1 | ---
2 | name: Contribution
3 | about: Something that you'd like to contribute to the nxbn website
4 | title: ""
5 | labels: "feature"
6 | assignees: ""
7 | ---
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2 | name: Feature request
3 | about: Suggest an idea for this project
4 | title: ""
5 | labels: "enhancement"
6 | assignees: ""
7 | ---
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9 | **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
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1 | # See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
2 |
3 | # dependencies
4 | /node_modules
5 | /.pnp
6 | .pnp.js
7 | .yarn/install-state.gz
8 |
9 | # testing
10 | /coverage
11 |
12 | # next.js
13 | /.next/
14 | /out/
15 |
16 | # production
17 | /build
18 |
19 | # misc
20 | .DS_Store
21 | *.pem
22 |
23 | # debug
24 | npm-debug.log*
25 | yarn-debug.log*
26 | yarn-error.log*
27 |
28 | # local env files
29 | .env*.local
30 |
31 | # vercel
32 | .vercel
33 |
34 | # typescript
35 | *.tsbuildinfo
36 | next-env.d.ts
37 |
38 | # Local Netlify folder
39 | .netlify
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1 | {
2 | "trailingComma": "es5",
3 | "semi": false,
4 | "singleQuote": false,
5 | "tabWidth": 2,
6 | "endOfLine": "lf"
7 | }
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1 | Every Next Billion Fellow has the opportunity to share their story in at least two places (though we hope you'll share elsewhere, as well): *The Ethereum Foundation Blog*, and *The Next Billion Story Archive*.
2 |
3 | ## Adding to the Story Archive
4 |
5 | Every Next Billion Fellow has a folder in this repository that will display whatever information the fellow would like to present that relates to their story and activities during the duration of the Fellowship.
6 |
7 | The page is formatted in **[markdown](https://www.markdownguide.org/)**, which can display most commonly used text styles including headings, block quotes, and tables, as well as HTML styling. To begin with, story pages contain a one-paragraph description of the project that the Fellow applied with.
8 |
9 | Over the course of your fellowship and after its completion, you may want to add or amend the content. **You can change or update your page at any time** through a *pull request* on github. If you don't have a github account, make one!
10 |
11 | > The Next Billion website repository is located at **https://github.com/ethereum/nxbn-website**
12 |
13 | ### Submit a Pull Request
14 |
15 | #### **Step One:** Find what you want to change.
16 |
17 | Fellowship stories are in the folder `public/content/fellowship/.
18 |
19 | All fellows have a unique folder in which their story lives as a markdown file titled `index.md`
20 |
21 | For example, Mulenga's story is inside `public/content/fellowship/Mulenga/index.md`
22 |
23 | #### **Step Two:** Add your changes as a new commit.
24 |
25 | The easiest way to change the content of `index.md` is to use the in-browser code editor that github provides.
26 |
27 | > Github will ask you to **Fork the Repository**. Do so! Forking helps keep open-source contributions organized, so that everyone can have their own version of a codebase without affecting the work of others. You will use a *pull request* to *merge* your proposed changes with the main website *branch*.
28 |
29 | #### Step Three: Submit your Pull Request
30 |
31 | Once your changes are saved on your *Fork*, you can submit them to the main website repository in the form of a *pull request*.
32 |
33 | The changes will be reviewed by a nxbn-website maintainer, and added to the next website update.
34 |
35 | > Before your change goes live, you will receive a **deploy preview** link to see what it looks like live on the website. You can make new changes if it doesn't look quite how you expected, or want to do something different.
36 |
37 |
38 | ----
39 |
40 | ## Website Development
41 |
42 | This is a [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) project bootstrapped with [`create-next-app`](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/packages/create-next-app).
43 |
44 | ## Getting Started
45 |
46 | First, run the development server:
47 |
48 | ```bash
49 | yarn dev
50 | ```
51 |
52 | Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) with your browser to see the result.
53 |
54 | You can start editing the page by modifying `app/page.tsx`. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.
55 |
56 | This project uses [`next/font`](https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/font-optimization) to automatically optimize and load Inter, a custom Google Font.
57 |
58 | ## Learn More
59 |
60 | To learn more about Next.js, take a look at the following resources:
61 |
62 | - [Next.js Documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs) - learn about Next.js features and API.
63 | - [Learn Next.js](https://nextjs.org/learn) - an interactive Next.js tutorial.
64 |
65 | You can check out [the Next.js GitHub repository](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/) - your feedback and contributions are welcome!
66 |
67 | ## Deploy on Vercel
68 |
69 | The easiest way to deploy your Next.js app is to use the [Vercel Platform](https://vercel.com/new?utm_medium=default-template&filter=next.js&utm_source=create-next-app&utm_campaign=create-next-app-readme) from the creators of Next.js.
70 |
71 | Check out our [Next.js deployment documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/deployment) for more details.
72 |
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1 | /** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */
2 |
3 | module.exports = {
4 | siteUrl: "https://fellowship.ethereum.org",
5 | generateRobotsTxt: true,
6 | }
7 |
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1 | const { PHASE_DEVELOPMENT_SERVER } = require("next/constants")
2 | const withMDX = require("@next/mdx")()
3 |
4 | const LIMIT_CPUS = Number(process.env.LIMIT_CPUS ?? 2)
5 |
6 | const experimental = LIMIT_CPUS
7 | ? {
8 | // This option could be enabled in the future when flagged as stable, to speed up builds
9 | // (see https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/configuring/mdx#using-the-rust-based-mdx-compiler-experimental)
10 | // mdxRs: true,
11 |
12 | // Reduce the number of cpus and disable parallel threads in prod envs to consume less memory
13 | workerThreads: false,
14 | cpus: LIMIT_CPUS,
15 | }
16 | : {}
17 |
18 | /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
19 | const nextConfig = {
20 | reactStrictMode: true,
21 | swcMinify: true,
22 | // Configure `pageExtensions` to include MDX files
23 | pageExtensions: ["md", "mdx", "ts", "tsx"],
24 | // Optionally, add any other Next.js config below
25 | }
26 |
27 | module.exports = withMDX((phase) => {
28 | if (phase !== PHASE_DEVELOPMENT_SERVER) {
29 | return {
30 | ...nextConfig,
31 | experimental: {
32 | ...experimental,
33 | outputFileTracingExcludes: {
34 | "*": [
35 | /**
36 | * Exclude these paths from the trace output to avoid bloating the
37 | * Netlify functions bundle.
38 | *
39 | * @see https://github.com/orgs/vercel/discussions/103#discussioncomment-5427097
40 | * @see https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/output#automatically-copying-traced-files
41 | */
42 | "node_modules/@swc/core-linux-x64-gnu",
43 | "node_modules/@swc/core-linux-x64-musl",
44 | "node_modules/@esbuild/linux-x64",
45 | "public/**/*.png",
46 | "public/**/*.jpg",
47 | "public/**/*.gif",
48 | ],
49 | },
50 | },
51 | }
52 | }
53 |
54 | return nextConfig
55 | })
56 |
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1 | {
2 | "name": "next-billion-website",
3 | "version": "1.0.0",
4 | "private": true,
5 | "scripts": {
6 | "dev": "next dev",
7 | "build": "next build",
8 | "postbuild": "next-sitemap",
9 | "start": "next start",
10 | "lint": "next lint",
11 | "format": "prettier --write ."
12 | },
13 | "dependencies": {
14 | "@chakra-ui/react": "^2.8.2",
15 | "@emotion/react": "^11.11.3",
16 | "@emotion/styled": "^11.11.0",
17 | "@mdx-js/loader": "^3.0.1",
18 | "@mdx-js/react": "^3.0.1",
19 | "@next/mdx": "^14.1.3",
20 | "@types/mdx": "^2.0.11",
21 | "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
22 | "framer-motion": "^11.0.3",
23 | "gray-matter": "^4.0.3",
24 | "image-size": "^1.1.1",
25 | "mdast-util-toc": "^7.0.0",
26 | "next": "14.1.0",
27 | "next-mdx-remote": "^4.4.1",
28 | "next-sitemap": "^3.1.32",
29 | "prettier": "^3.2.5",
30 | "react": "^18.2.0",
31 | "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
32 | "react-globe.gl": "^2.27.2",
33 | "react-icons": "^5.0.1",
34 | "remark-gfm": "^4.0.0",
35 | "rss-parser": "^3.13.0",
36 | "unist-util-visit": "^5.0.0"
37 | },
38 | "devDependencies": {
39 | "@types/node": "^20.4.2",
40 | "@types/react": "^18.2.15",
41 | "@types/react-dom": "^18.2.7",
42 | "eslint": "^8.45.0",
43 | "eslint-config-next": "^14.1.0",
44 | "typescript": "^5.1.6"
45 | }
46 | }
47 |
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1 | ---
2 | layout: cookie
3 | title: Cookie Policy
4 | ---
5 |
6 | ## Introduction
7 |
8 | Our websites use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our websites. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our websites and also allows us to improve our sites. By continuing to browse the sites, you are agreeing to our use of cookies, and the terms of this policy ("Cookie Policy"). A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. We use the following cookies:
9 |
10 | ## Policy
11 |
12 | - Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our websites. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our websites, use a shopping cart or make use of e-commerce payment processing services.
13 | - Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our websites when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our websites work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
14 | - Functionality cookies. These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our websites. They enable us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
15 | - Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our websites, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed.
16 |
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2 | index: 4
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Farmer Finance
5 | fellowName: Abhishek
6 | cohort: 2
7 | country: India
8 | lat: 28.6139
9 | lon: 77.209
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Abhishek/abhishek-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Harvest-time loans for farmers in India
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Abhishek Bhattacharya
14 |
15 | Abhishek Bhattacharya is a co-founder at [Brú Finance](https://bru.finance/) . Brú Finance is a platform that aims to provide harvest-time loans for farmers in India. For his Fellowship project, Abhishek learned from the launch of Brú's platform to a public chain that utilizes decentralized liquidity for the farmers and explored what this system could look like on a global scale.
16 |
17 | [**Interview at Devcon6 2022**](https://youtu.be/K18r8_mHS6E?si=a0pCIEZ1GHe3181d)
18 | tags:
19 | - defi
20 | - SEAsia
21 | - hidden
22 | - 2022-cohort-2
23 | ---
24 |
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2 | index: 0
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Microinsurance for Every Farmer
5 | fellowName: Benson
6 | cohort: 1
7 | lat: -1.2921
8 | lon: 36.8219
9 | country: Kenya
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Benson/benson-headshot-logo.jpg
11 | description: Microinsurance products for small-scale farmers in Kenya in extreme weather events
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Benson Njuguna
14 |
15 | Benson Njuguna [(Acre Africa)](https://acreafrica.com/) worked to implement blockchain solutions to a microinsurance product that protects thousands of small-scale farmers in Kenya from extreme weather events. His project tested and showcased Ethereum's potential in enabling the viability and sustainability of products and services that target the bottom of the wealth pyramid. [Read more about Benson's work here.](https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/12/07/fellows-spotlight-on-kenya/)
16 |
17 | [**Ethereum Foundation Blog**](https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/12/07/fellows-spotlight-on-kenya)
18 |
19 | [**Interview at Devconnect 2021**](https://youtu.be/3wMgDyuWdWU?si=1WboMtuB6VYfc0dd)
20 | tags:
21 | - farmers
22 | - insurance
23 | - defi
24 | - africa-east
25 | - 2021-cohort-1
26 | - kenya
27 | ---
28 |
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2 | index: 9
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Fair Lending for Web3 workers
5 | fellowName: Brian
6 | cohort: 3
7 | country: Indonesia
8 | lat: -6.2088
9 | lon: 106.8456
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Brian/brian-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Brian investigated the needs of web3 workers through Copra Finance, a startup that designs web3 financial products for working folks in Jakarta, Indonesia
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Brian Limiardi
14 |
15 | **Brian Limiardi** builds for financial inclusion in Indonesia as co-founder of [Copra](https://www.copra.finance/). While access to personal loans is available through banks, there are many contexts in which the only way to get a loan for business is through informal lenders (read: loan sharks). For folks who choose to work and invoice in cryptocurrency, access to even simple legacy financial tools like personal or small business loans can be an obstacle. For his Fellowship, Brian will focus on researching the needs and realities of the growing demographic of workers and small businesses who use crypto as a primary means of invoicing and bookkeeping.
16 |
17 | [**Interview at Devconnect 2023**](https://youtu.be/7W0EU9Qsu1Y?si=V6omURU5MijzUPxe)
18 | tags:
19 | - defi
20 | - NFT
21 | - asia-southeast
22 | - 2023-cohort-3
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2 | index: 1
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Identity Solutions for Govtech
5 | fellowName: Chuy
6 | cohort: 1
7 | country: Mexico
8 | lat: 19.4326
9 | lon: -99.1332
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11 | description: Chuy explores government-issued documents on chain in Argentina and other LatAm countries.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Chuy Cepeda
14 |
15 | **Chuy Cepeda** [(OS.City)](https://os.city/) worked with municipal and national governments to create an Ethereum wallet app in Spanish for citizens, with a vision to one-day hold government-issued documents (like permits and IDs). During the Fellowship Program, he and his team worked with the government of Argentina and created strategies to advance the meaningful adoption of blockchain in the public sector in Latin America. [Read more about Chuy's work here.](https://blog.ethereum.org/2022/06/07/spotlight-on-latam-identity/)
16 | tags:
17 | - identity
18 | - america-latin
19 | - america-central
20 | - 2021-cohort-1
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3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Operating a node in Africa
5 | fellowName: David
6 | cohort: 4
7 | country: Nigeria
8 | lat: 6.5244
9 | lon: 3.3792
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11 | description: David is documenting the nuts and bolts of running a node in Nigeria and, more generally, on the African continent and all the challenges that come with it.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## David Uzochukwu
14 |
15 | Running an Ethereum node in Africa faces challenges such as limited internet connectivity, high data costs, inconsistent power supply, and lack of education, all of which can hinder consistent operation. However, it presents significant opportunities for local innovation, improved financial inclusion, and participation in the global blockchain ecosystem, particularly as infrastructure continues to improve. David will be researching and documenting what it takes for Ethereum to be a decentralized world computer where everyone, independently of their location, can play a role in ensuring its geographical spread and robustness.
16 |
17 | [**Interview, 2024**](https://youtu.be/5mN2qoYNAYU?si=D16oaihOpUxbp8VD)
18 |
19 | [**Telegram**](t.me/nodebridege)
20 |
21 | [**X**](https://x.com/Nodebridgeafric)
22 | tags:
23 | - 2024-cohort-4
24 | - Africa-west
25 | - infrastructure
26 | - staking-for-good
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2 | index: 10
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Retroactive Impact funding for Journalists
5 | fellowName: Devansh
6 | cohort: 3
7 | country: India
8 | publishedDate: May 22, 2025
9 | lat: 12.9716
10 | lon: 77.5946
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12 | description: Devansh is exploring retroactive funding for citizen journalists using the hypercerts standard.
13 | storyHook: "Think of the experience of buying a t-shirt: you go to a shop, inspect the quality, and purchase it directly. Imagine that same experience for buying impact. You can see some verified, achieved outcome, look at the price at which it was achieved, and then purchase it."
14 | bio: |
15 | ## Devansh Mehta
16 |
17 | Devansh Mehta, co-founder of [VoiceDeck](https://voicedeck.org/), is interested in mapping out public good impact space. Impact methodologies and markets for environmental use cases are well-documented mechanisms, but sometimes 'impact' wanders into more subjective territory: Investigative journalism, for example, is undoubtedly a public good. How can the real work of journalists be documented and valued in a way that fits into the right funding mechanism? Devansh will work with citizen journalism newsrooms to explore methodologies of impact documentation using the [hypercerts standard](https://hypercerts.org/), with an aim to find a good mechanism of retroactive funding for positive social outcomes.
18 |
19 | [**Interview at Devconnect 2023**](https://youtu.be/42ukRSN0-ms?si=4T4ud4CDUmIkPsii)
20 | tags:
21 | - asia-south
22 | - impact
23 | - funding
24 | - hypercerts
25 | - 2023-cohort-3
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27 |
28 | ## Piloting Journalism Impact Certificates, a new blockspace frontier
29 |
30 | As an investigative journalist, I have published stories at newsrooms like the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and CGNet Swara. Both newsrooms, like many investigative outlets, face a common problem: while many of their stories create tangible outcomes, the impact rarely translates into sustainable revenue. In response, I experimented with alternative revenue models like distributing news via WhatsApp API and Bluetooth, and even paying readers to listen to ads!
31 |
32 | But the fundamental issue remained: how do we create a feedback loop where real-world outcomes of journalists’ work directly fuels their revenue?
33 |
34 | ## Outcome-based Funding: A Potential Solution
35 |
36 | In outcome-based funding, money is given based on results, not just effort or promises. In the case of journalism, for example, traditional funding may support the process (like writing, investigating, and publishing), whereas outcome-based funding rewards the results (like a criminal being arrested and a policy change).
37 |
38 | The most prominent instrument of outcome-based funding is social impact bonds, where investors provide upfront capital, repaid with interest if predefined outcome targets are met. Since 2010, there have been 300 impact bonds raising around USD 750 million to serve 2.5 million globally.
39 |
40 | Despite its innovation, however, outcome-based funding has had relatively low uptake for 3 main reasons:
41 |
42 | 1. Organizations focus on easy-to-achieve outcomes at the expense of more difficult ones
43 | 2. Only deep-pocketed funders use it since there are high setup costs, with one study finding a required ticket size of at least USD 20 million to be viable
44 | 3. Risk of overpayment of outcomes that may have occurred even without the intervention or insufficiently capture meaningful change
45 |
46 | ## Outcome-based Funding, On-chain
47 |
48 | In August 2021, I stumbled upon the concept of a non-fungible token: using a blockchain to create unique digital objects. I saw that this could be applied to social impact bonds to replicate key features like single sale of outcomes while lowering setup costs and need for big funders. Blockchain-powered outcome funding could become a new approach to fundraising in the social sector by shifting from an existing service contract model (i.e., grants, donations) to a disruptive, product sales approach via certificates of impact.
49 |
50 | Think of the experience of buying a t-shirt: you go to a shop, inspect the quality, and purchase it directly. Imagine that same experience for buying impact. You can see some verified, achieved outcome, look at the price at which it was achieved, and then purchase it.
51 |
52 | The idea of impact certificates was first brought up in 2014 by Paul Christiano on the Effective Altruism forum. He saw it as a coordination mechanism, bringing together people with the ability to undertake a project, means to fund it, and knowledge to evaluate it, premised around creating positive feedback loops between impact creation and revenue generation.
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54 | 
55 |
56 | Even back then, Paul [proposed](https://paulfchristiano.medium.com/certificates-of-impact-34fa4621481e) the use of a blockchain to solve the issue of double spending, where the same impact might be sold multiple times. However, it wasn’t until [Hypercerts](https://www.hypercerts.org/)—digital tokens that represent the impact of some work—launched last year that a clear standard for impact certificates came into existence.
57 |
58 | ## Building Version One: Journalism Impact Certificates
59 |
60 | As part of the Ethereum Foundation’s Next Billion Fellowship, I attended a global investigative journalism conference in Gothenburg to get feedback from journalists on outcome-based funding for their past work. Seeing some initial [validation](https://x.com/TheDevanshMehta/status/1708818000093294810) of the idea, I drew up a prototype that received some initial funding, from Funding the Commons and Scott Alexander, who is a leader in the rationalist community. The project was also [featured](https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/impact-market-mini-grants-results?hide_intro_popup=true) on his widely read blog, Astral Codex Ten. Additionally, the product accellerator [Pollen Labs](https://pollenlabs.org/) provided crucial design and development help to the project.
61 |
62 | We then started collaborations with three social enterprises to bring on chain their past impact—such as getting a human trafficker arrested and suspending a teacher stealing from a lunch program. Each verified outcome was priced, quantified, and made available for purchase by customers.
63 |
64 | 
65 |
66 | After a testnet launch, the marketplace of journalism impact went live in November 2024\. That same month, at Devcon SEA, I gave [a talk](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/SJE7VP) about all the support provided in the Ethereum ecosystem to manifest an idea, from Gitcoin quadratic funding rounds that keep the mission alive, to hackathons for recruiting team members, to initiatives like Pollen Labs and the Next Billion Fellowship Program.
67 |
68 | Since the launch, 13 supporters have bought $125 in impact certificates. The project’s repository has had two prominent forks for taking outcome-based funding to other domains. A writeup on our implementation of outcome-based online donations was [published](https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3678884.3687146) at a top peer-reviewed conference called Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), showcasing a new blockchain use case to internet researchers outside web3.
69 |
70 | 
72 |
73 | ## What’s next?
74 |
75 | Going ahead, the plan is tapping into three markets for driving more buyers to impact certificates: existing media funders; algorithmic funding platforms like Gitcoin, Ooctant, and Public Nouns-type DAOs; and the gift card market.
76 |
77 | Every impact certificate has space for its buyers to write a comment showing their gratitude to a person on a special occasion. Why give a material gift to someone when you can buy an already-achieved impact advancing a cause they care about?
78 |
79 | On that note, if you liked this article you can leave a comment expressing your appreciation by buying an impact certificate (for any amount) at [app.voicedeck.org](http://app.voicedeck.org/).
80 |
81 | *Special thanks to Nidhi Harihar for reviewing the draft and providing comments*
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3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: On-chain credit scores for smallholder farmers and co-ops in Kenya
5 | fellowName: Eddie
6 | cohort: 4
7 | country: Kenya
8 | lat: -1.2922
9 | lon: 36.8218
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11 | description: Eddie's Antugrow platform digitizes farmer production records and farm metadata to create reputation scores on-chain, with a goal to access to affordable working capital for smallholder farmers and cooperatives in Kenya
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Eddie Kago
14 |
15 | Eddie, founded [Antugrow](https://antugrow.com/) to help farmer cooperatives modernize their post-harvest record-keeping while creating on-chain credit scores for smallholder farmers in Kenya. By standardizing farmer data for interoperability purposes, Eddie aims to unlock low-cost credit and scalable agricultural insurance, leveraging his expertise in building digital identities within the agricultural development context. Antugrow intends to provide a human friendly stack to getting farmers onchain to enable economic prosperity.
16 |
17 | [**Interview, 2024**](https://youtu.be/qj30b6kuFoM?si=nWnCHh6QPXQ_Os9M)
18 |
19 | [**Interview, 2024 (SW)**](https://youtu.be/K_S6Mz8SccM?si=-hy1CrOH8V11WeO1)
20 | tags:
21 | - defi
22 | - 2024-cohort-4
23 | - africa-east
24 | - farmers
25 | - identity
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3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Small Business Savings Circles
5 | fellowName: Gabriela
6 | cohort: 2
7 | country: Mexico
8 | lat: 25.6866
9 | lon: -100.3161
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Gabriela/gabriela-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Bloinx is a project that focuses on 'tandas' in Mexico. In 2022, Gabriela conducted user research with several women's saving circles, and ran a pilot of Bloinx deployed on the polygon and celo side-chains.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Gabriela Guerra
14 |
15 | **Gabriela Guerra** founded [Bloinx](https://bloinx.io/), a startup that implements blockchain-based tandas (also known as cundinas, susu, hui, arisan, quiniela, stokvel, and others around the world) – informal savings circles. Gabriela is convinced that blockchain can have real benefit for the unbanked population of the world, and that savings circles are one good starting mechanism. During her Fellowship, Gabriela conducted pilots in Mexico and Venezuela and used the research to help improve Bloinx for larger scales.
16 |
17 | [**Interview at Devcon6 2022**](https://youtu.be/JVIi0t6JLcQ?si=sbQuMIya61KIFgkR)
18 | tags:
19 | - america-latin
20 | - 2022-cohort-2
21 | - defi
22 | - research
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2 | index: 6
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Peer to peer aid in Humanitarian Crises
5 | fellowName: Karam
6 | cohort: 2
7 | country: Syria
8 | lat: 35.3292
9 | lon: 40.135
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Karam/karam-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Beyond Borders - Unveiling Potential of Blockchain in a Crisis - the case of Syria
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Karam Alhamad
14 |
15 | **Karam Alhamad** is an entrepreneur, fintech visionary, international development professional, and human rights policy advocate. Karam founded [ZeFi,](https://zefi.com/en) an educational platform and community focused on fostering blockchain education and research custom-fit for the Syrian context. For the Fellowship, Karam conducted research that increases practical and culturally-sensitive understandings of how blockchains can solve problems in conflict settings.
16 |
17 | [**Ethereum Foundation Blog**](https://blog.ethereum.org/2023/11/15/beyond-borders-nb)
18 |
19 | [**Interview, 2022**](https://youtu.be/obzaTeuJFYQ?si=rGOrThE39mbYTmQa)
20 |
21 | [**Interview, 2024**](https://youtu.be/8ro36jqLmfk?si=5BZ0R73FUM7RbFuT)
22 |
23 | [**Interview, 2024 (AR)**](https://youtu.be/9J_7rTwVWkI?si=LPUxLkWgL3PMuonv)
24 | tags:
25 | - middle-east
26 | - p2p
27 | - research
28 | - NGO
29 | - CSO
30 | - aid
31 | - 2022-cohort-2
32 | - human-rights
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3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Re-decentralizing with BRAC
5 | fellowName: Kuldeep
6 | cohort: 1
7 | country: Bangladesh
8 | lat: 23.685
9 | lon: 90.3563
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Kuldeep/kuldeep-headshot.jpg
11 | description: How should the world's largest NGO approach decentralized technology?
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Kuldeep Bandhu Aryal
14 |
15 | **Kuldeep Bandhu Aryal** [(BRAC)](http://www.brac.net/) sought to build a blockchain and crypto strategy for BRAC - the world's largest NGO based in Bangladesh that annually serves over 100 million people. His project - which also involves multiple experiments using blockchain - could serve as a model for other social enterprises and the development sector at large.
16 |
17 | [**Interview at Devconnect 2023**](https://youtu.be/yhoAygTNsls?si=4wUTfOsyt1zRNtKB)
18 | tags:
19 | - asia-south
20 | - asia
21 | - identity
22 | - NGO
23 | - 2021-cohort-1
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3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Fishing for the Commons
5 | fellowName: Lefteris
6 | cohort: 4
7 | country: Greece
8 | publishedDate: May 22, 2025
9 | lat: 37.9838
10 | lon: 23.7275
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12 | description: Lefteris is focused on reducing marine plastic pollution by engaging with fishers in Greece and the Mediterranean and adopting cleaning and sustainability practices.
13 | storyHook: "On one of the first trips out on the boat, as the men hauled up a net filled with fish, I noticed a can of coke, recognizable if a little bit worn out. I picked it up to examine it, and was startled to see the date 1987 written in faded lettering on the side. As I stood there contemplating that this piece of trash had been floating in the sea for almost 30 years, one of the fishermen came beside me, plucked the can from my hand, and casually tossed it back into the sea. 'Trash isn't our problem,' he said."
14 | bio: |
15 | ## Lefteris Arapakis
16 |
17 | Lefteris was born into a family with a deep-rooted tradition in the fishing industry. In 2016, he founded [Enaleia](https://enaleia.com/) to engage fishers in addressing the social and environmental challenges of ocean degradation.
18 | Lefteris began by educating fishers on sustainable practices and integrating collected waste into a circular economy, focusing on the plastics value chain in Greece. His initiative quickly expanded to encompass the entire Mediterranean Sea. A key aspect of Enaleia's work is tracking the lifecycle of ocean-collected plastic, and as part of his Fellowship, Lefteris will transition the platform into a public chain and explore other blockchain-related verticals into Eneleia.
19 |
20 | [**Interview, 2024**](https://youtu.be/IgOMyZUQUH0?si=MYjS8tXt-jjksm1I)
21 |
22 | [**Interview, 2024 (GR)**](https://youtu.be/0E5S9V-uKPg?si=Ow7gqnb53-8l1nNR)
23 |
24 | tags:
25 | - 2024-cohort-4
26 | - europe
27 | - climate
28 | - circular-economy
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30 |
31 | >*Enaleia started as a training school for fishers; meant to help new people find and learn the timeless trade and tradition that my family has carried on for 5 generations. On one of the first trips out on the boat, and as the men hauled up a net filled with fish , I noticed a can of coke, recognizable if a little bit worn out. I picked it up to examine it, and was startled to see the date 1987 written in faded lettering on the side. As I stood there contemplating that **this piece of trash had been floating in the sea for almost 30 years**, one of the fishermen came beside me, plucked the can from my hand, and casually tossed it back into the sea. "Trash isn't our problem," he said.*
32 |
33 | ## Main Character Energy
34 | The Mediterranean sea is a perfect example of a *commons* in the modern world. This vast body of water supports almost 500 million people across 22 different coastal countries and territories. Being an international sea commons, its ecosystem is not fully anyone's responsibility or jurisdiction, and therein lies the possible *tragedy*: The Mediterranean is today one of the seas with the highest levels of plastic pollution in the world — up to four times as many microplastic fragments (1.25 million per km^2) as the 'plastic island' in the Pacific. At current rates by 2050, kilogram for kilogram, there may be more plastic than fish in its waters. And there is the truth that bothered me on the boat; trash—plastic trash in particular—is *everyone's problem*, including and especially fishers, who depend on a healthy ocean ecosystem to live!
35 |
36 | Enaleia is on a mission to write a new chapter in the story of sea fishing, to restore sustainable practices, and to empower those who live closest to the ocean, the Fishers, to be heroes in the story. Through education, prevention, and mitigation, we can set ourselves on a path toward ocean ecosystem flourishing.
37 |
38 | This problem of plastic is not a national problem, or even an EU problem; it's a Mediterranean problem. And so it requires Mediterranean collaboration. More importantly, the change can't come from the top-down — just like the plastic itself, real change needs to *come from the bottom-up*! We must find a way for many different people, from very different backgrounds, contexts, and cultures to work together to solve a complex coordination challenge.
39 |
40 | 
41 |
42 | ## Writing the Ocean Cleanup Playbook
43 | The first part of the solution is straightforward: we want to get the *Fishers to fish for plastic*. When you think about it, it makes quite a lot of sense: The fishers were already catching lots of plastic out on their hauls, but because it has no value to them, they would always throw it back. All we needed was a small nudge to keep the plastic on the boat and bring it back to port, instead of tossing it back into the sea.
44 |
45 | 
46 |
47 | So when we set up at a port, we provide real payments for items like bottles, plastic pipes, nets from the sea (“ghost nets” are a significant part of ocean plastic waste), and we set up a weigh station to pay Fishers for any caught plastics that they haul back. In all of the ports that we operate in combined, participating Fishers bring in about 20,000 kilos weekly (about 2 trucks filled with plastic *daily*). The way we have things set up so far, we've removed more than a million and a half tonnes of plastic from the oceans since 2018. The process works because the Fishers *know* deep down that hauling the plastic to port is better for everyone, and the payment at our port station gives them some validation and incentive to do the right thing.
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50 |
51 | The next step in the pipeline is what to do with all those plastics. In participating ports, with plastics weighed and Fishers paid, the "waste" materials are brought to a container or warehouse where they can be sorted into recycling categories, crushed for transport, or sent to a proper landfill. The goal with this sorting is maximum efficiency for circular economy re-integration.
52 |
53 | The used fishing nets that I mentioned earlier are sent, depending on the type, to various companies, such as Gravity Wave, that turn them into furniture. Compatible PET plastics are sent to *pelletization* factories offsite, that grind up the plastic into a form that can be mixed with other materials to create sustainable products, such as jackets and shoes. Other mixed plastic is sent to specialist companies that can use it as inputs for many types of products from building materials to car parts. My favorite recent example of a circular economy product is [a Kayak model](https://www.nelo.eu/product/400/) made up of about 60% reclaimed Mediterranean plastic!
54 |
55 | While this playbook functions well in the ports of Greece that Enaleia is most active in, there’s still a lot of room to explore and grow. Ports of every country are unique, and what works at one port might need to be adapted to fit other contexts. For example in Egypt, where a large amount of plastic waste that aggregates in the Nile river, and where the industrial landscape is much different than in Europe, most of Enaleia’s collected plastics are compressed into building materials like paving tiles for more immediate local use, rather than upcycled consumer products.
56 |
57 |
58 | ## From Playbook to Open Platform
59 | We started our journey humbly, of course: beginning with paper records, then weight slips from the waste management companies, then a simple spreadsheet system to accompany a weigh station at every port we operated on. Every record was manually inputted and tracked by Enaleia HQ. When the word “blockchain” started to buzz around, we didn’t immediately see the benefit. But the more I looked into the kinds of guarantees blockchain systems offer, the more convinced I became that Enaleia’s core mission could flourish as a public platform.
60 |
61 | We had set up new incentives and mechanisms to improve coordination around cleanup. The recycled plastic supply chain needs tamper-resistant records that move between multiple stakeholders from sea to sorting to factory to recycled product. After the point of sale, consumers also want proof and validation that their products are contributing to regenerative activities. Researchers and governments need open-access public data about cleanup activities. All of these features and properties seemed within reach, but it wasn’t until I discovered Ethereum and the Next Billion Fellowship that it all came into focus.
62 |
63 | Over the course of my Fellowship, I and the Enaleia team worked with [Pollen Labs](https://pollenlabs.org/) to map out our activities from end-to-end, identifying all stakeholders, partners, and processes. We thought through the journey from ocean to product, from multiple perspectives.
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65 | We built out a powerful new back-end system for our reclaimed plastic supply chain. At the port of collection, fishers get issued ID cards with their vessel name and other unique identifiers, and port coordinators can use a new mobile app to quickly tag plastic hauls with a unique code that will stay with the materials all the way to the point of sale of a recycled product. Using that same tracking code, consumers can use the [public dashboard](https://enaleia-hub.com/) to trace all the way back to the port and waters their bit of recycled ocean plastic came from.
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68 |
69 | ## From Platform to Protocol
70 | While our current model has proven effective in the ports where we operate, the scale of the Mediterranean's plastic pollution demands a solution that can spread faster than any single organization can grow. Enaleia alone cannot be present in every fishing community across 46,000 kilometers of Mediterranean coastline.
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72 | By leveraging the Ethereum Attestation Service, Enaleia's system is designed to allow it to evolve beyond a platform controlled by us into a protocol enacted by everyone—a set of open standards and tools that can be implemented at any port, anywhere, by independent actors, and still benefit from the same traceability guarantees.
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74 | This transition represents a fundamental shift in how environmental initiatives can scale: rather than growing through traditional organizational expansion, we're creating the conditions for permissionless innovation where others can adopt, adapt, and improve upon our model of ocean cleanup to fit their context. The most powerful solution to the tragedy of the commons isn't a single hero, but rather a distributed network of local heroes all working in concert, their efforts verified and valued through a common way of doing things.
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2 | index: 7
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: LatAm Empowerment
5 | fellowName: Marcus
6 | cohort: 2
7 | country: Guatemala
8 | lat: 14.6349
9 | lon: -90.5069
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Marcus/marcus-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Empowering disenfranchised communities in Latin America using Ethereum
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Marcus Alburez Myers
14 |
15 | **Marcus Alburez Myers** is a Guatemalan entrepreneur working to address today's pressing challenges. He is currently a Founder-in-Residence at Europe's leading accelerator, Entrepreneur First, where he is drawing on the power of web3 to empower marginalized communities. With a focus in Guatemala, Marcus explored the real-world barriers to physical asset financing for DeFi, and compiled his finding into the ["Last Mile DeFi Report"](https://marcus.mirror.xyz/nFmYxl7DkZF655eCFz7Z4QlrOZ5ycg7Ny5gDcMpQ-tQ).
16 |
17 | [**Ethereum Foundation Blog**](https://blog.ethereum.org/2023/02/06/empower-latam-ethereum-fellows)
18 |
19 | [**Interview at Devcon 2022**](https://youtu.be/0L0EBD0Ho6c?si=-4SwO25mbQCZPiqB)
20 | tags:
21 | - america-latin
22 | - defi
23 | - research
24 | - 2022-cohort-2
25 | ---
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2 | index: 11
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Retroactive solidarity payments in education and employment
5 | fellowName: Masa
6 | cohort: 3
7 | country: Japan
8 | lat: 35.6895
9 | lon: 139.6917
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Masa/masa-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Ongaeshi is exploring retroactive solidarity payments in education and employment.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Masahiro Fukuhara
14 |
15 | Masahiro (Masa) Fukuhara wants to spread the spirit of ONGAESHI, (恩返し, "To return a favor") in the world of education. [ONGAESHI DAO](https://www.lp.ongaeshi-pj.jp/en) is exploring mechanisms of retroactive solidarity payments in education and employment. For his Fellowship, Masa and other ONGAESHI DAO team members will learn from pilot programs in which contributors to the public good of education like funders and teachers are rewarded when businesses hire their students.
16 |
17 | [**Interview at Devconnect 2023**](https://youtu.be/NiT5kUfnPc8?si=s_tK_gkzMjNJOkPh)
18 | tags:
19 | - asia
20 | - education
21 | - funding
22 | - 2023-cohort-3
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2 | index: 18
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Activism, Human Rights and Web3 in Venezuela
5 | fellowName: Mercedes
6 | cohort: 4
7 | country: Venezuela
8 | lat: 10.4806
9 | lon: -66.9036
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11 | description: Mercedes' research focuses on understanding the impact of crypto in Venezuela through the lenses of human experiences and how this can help us creare Web3 solutions to strengthen civil organizations in Venezuela
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Mercedes Rodriguez Simon
14 |
15 | Mercedes' project explores the impact of crypto usage on overcoming hyperinflation and devaluation in Venezuela's national economy and the experiences of small communities and project grantees currently using crypto donation platforms to fund non-governmental initiatives.
16 |
17 | [**Interview on the ETHKipu blog**](https://www.ethkipu.org/en/blog/interview-with-mercedes-rodriguez)
18 |
19 | [**Interview, 2024**](https://youtu.be/No0I4eMJUa0?si=xV9_Lm_rMn6hw637)
20 |
21 | [**Interview, 2024 (ES)**](https://youtu.be/XVk7-k5wdNY?si=_fOCBaSR70GlNc2V)
22 | tags:
23 | - 2024-cohort-4
24 | - america-latin
25 | - research
26 | - human-rights
27 | - NGO
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2 | index: 8
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Scouting for the Future
5 | fellowName: Mihajlo
6 | cohort: 2
7 | country: Serbia
8 | lat: 44.7866
9 | lon: 20.4489
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11 | description: The scouting movement is decentralised by nature and community-driven by essence. They are working on a Scout's passport on chain, onboarding youth all over the world.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## **Mihajlo Atanackovic**
14 |
15 | **Mihajlo Atanackovic** is leading the digital transformation journey of one of the world's biggest non-formal educational youth movements - the [World Organization of the Scout Movement](https://www.scout.org/) with 57+ million members from around the globe. To get the Scout Movement ready for web3, he is embarking on an ambitious project involving digitalising badges, exploring DAOs for different levels of the Movement, and how the scouts might employ novel coordination mechanisms for grassroots organization. You can read more about Mihajlo's work [in this blogpost.](https://blog.ethereum.org/2023/05/01/scouting-future-movement)
16 |
17 | [**Ethereum Foundation Blog**](https://blog.ethereum.org/2023/05/01/scouting-future-movement)
18 |
19 | [**Interview at Devcon6 2022**](https://youtu.be/Gu_Ex8ynyGE?si=bgFiVTRzOKBpXoXn)
20 | tags:
21 | - identity
22 | - europe-east
23 | - DID-VC
24 | - 2022-cohort-2
25 | - global
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2 | index: 12
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Digital repatriation of art and revenue sharing
5 | fellowName: Mulenga
6 | cohort: 3
7 | country: Zambia
8 | lat: -15.3875
9 | lon: 28.3228
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Mulenga/mulenga-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Mulenga is developing a tokenized artifact registry and experimenting with museum revenue sharing for community documentation of art, customs, and crafting practices.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Mulenga Kapwepwe
14 |
15 | Mulenga Kapwepwe is co-founder of the Women's History Museum of Zambia. There are many African artifacts in museums around the world, but rarely do those items have a tangible connection to the people and communities who created them. For her Fellowship, Mulenga is working with the Zambian web3 community to create a tokenized artifact registry, experimenting with museum revenue sharing for community documentation of art, customs, and crafting methodologies still practiced by the descendants of those items on display in museums around the world. Even if the items won't return to their places of origin in the near future, it's a small step toward bridging a gap of ownership that spans centuries.
16 |
17 | [**Interview at Devconnect 2023**](https://youtu.be/rJjcK61UaEE?si=I0Li5E_ey8umGRcw)
18 | tags:
19 | - 2023-cohort-3
20 | - art-and-culture
21 | - africa-southern
22 | - africa
23 | ---
24 |
25 | ## SummitShare
26 |
27 | In December, Mulenga and her team launched [SummitShare](https://summitshare.co/), a platform that enables digital exhibitions of art and artifacts. Through a collaboration with the [Sweedish Ethnographic Museum](https://www.etnografiskamuseet.se/en/), SummitShare will host a first exhibition titled "The Leading Ladies", which distributes proceeds to communities in the Gwembe Valley in Zambia with connection to the artifacts on display.
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2 | index: 3
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Internet for every school
5 | fellowName: Naroa
6 | cohort: 1
7 | country: Spain
8 | lat: -1.9499
9 | lon: 30.0588
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Naroa/naroa-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Naroa explores Ethereum-based solutions as part of Giga's effort to connect every school to the internet.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## **Naroa Zurutuza**
14 |
15 | **Naroa Zurutuza** [(Giga)](https://gigaconnect.org/) explored Ethereum-based solutions as part of Giga's effort to connect every school to the internet. By helping to provide today's most important public good to billions of currently unconnected people, Naroa envisioned many roles that blockchain can play, from increasing accountability of service providers and financing connectivity infrastructures to an access point to the global economy and marketplaces.
16 | tags:
17 | - 2021-cohort-1
18 | - global
19 | - america-latin
20 | - africa
21 | - africa-east
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2 | index: 21
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: ZK-Proofs for Emergency Response Systems
5 | fellowName: Robert
6 | cohort: 5
7 | country: United Kingdom
8 | lat: 55.8642
9 | lon: -4.2518
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11 | description: Robert Cowlishaw is an aerospace engineer researching zero-knowledge proofs, trusted execution, and satellite imagery for automatic and verifiable emergency response systems.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Robert Cowlishaw
14 |
15 | **Robert Cowlishaw** (LinkedIn: robert-cowlishaw) is an aerospace engineer pioneering research at the intersection of zero-knowledge proofs, trusted execution, and satellite imagery. He is developing a prototype app that automatically and verifiably triggers emergency response systems after natural disasters. His work includes collaboration with the European Space Agency to activate satellites for monitoring affected areas across political and systemic boundaries.
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17 | Based in Glasgow, UK, Robert is combining advanced cryptographic techniques with satellite technologies to create systems that can respond to emergencies with speed and reliability. His research aims to overcome jurisdictional barriers that often slow down disaster response by creating verifiable and trustworthy systems that can operate across different political landscapes.
18 | tags:
19 | - satellite
20 | - ai
21 | - emergency-response
22 | - zero-knowledge
23 | - trusted execution
24 | - 2025-cohort-5
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3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Climate Finance for Local Conservation
5 | fellowName: Sharfy
6 | cohort: 5
7 | country: France
8 | lat: 48.8566
9 | lon: 2.3522
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Sharfy/sharfy-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Sharfy Adamantine enables environmental stewardship by connecting climate finance directly to local conservation efforts and data at Gainforest, improving compatibility and functionality of the Hypercerts standard.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Sharfy Adamantine
14 |
15 | **Sharfy Adamantine** (X: @sharfyae) enables environmental stewardship by connecting climate finance directly to local conservation efforts and data at [Gainforest](https://gainforest.earth/). By improving compatibility and functionality of the Hypercerts standard, ecosystem protection can become more economically viable for organizations and conservation communities of all shapes, sizes, and contexts.
16 |
17 | Sharfy's work focuses on creating direct financial pathways between funding sources and on-the-ground conservation efforts. Through advancements in the Hypercerts standard, the project aims to make environmental protection more accessible and economically sustainable for diverse conservation communities worldwide.
18 | tags:
19 | - climate
20 | - conservation
21 | - finance
22 | - hypercerts
23 | - 2025-cohort-5
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2 | index: 23
3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Blockchain Impact Framework for UN Development
5 | fellowName: Teodor
6 | cohort: 5
7 | country: Croatia
8 | lat: 45.8150
9 | lon: 15.9819
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Teodor/teodor-headshot.jpg
11 | description: Teodor Petricevic leads blockchain initiatives at the UN Development Programme, mapping Ethereum-based projects within the UN ecosystem and developing an impact management framework.
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Teodor Petricevic
14 |
15 | **Teodor Petricevic** (X: @XtXeXo) leads blockchain initiatives at the UN Development Programme. He will map Ethereum-based projects within the UN ecosystem and develop an impact management framework that enables global development organisations - such as UN agencies - to effectively design impact models, measure and analyse outcomes and impacts, and harness the unique properties of blockchain technology to advance global development initiatives.
16 | tags:
17 | - impact
18 | - international development
19 | - UN
20 | - governance
21 | - 2025-cohort-5
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3 | layout: fellow
4 | title: Municipal Quadratic Funding
5 | fellowName: Tomislav
6 | cohort: 4
7 | country: Croatia
8 | lat: 43.5081
9 | lon: 16.4402
10 | image: /content/fellowship/Tomislav/tomislav-headshot.jpg
11 | description: MUQA - Municipal Quadratic Funding Initiative
12 | bio: |
13 | ## Tomislav Mamić
14 |
15 | Tomislav or "Tomo," from Croatia, is working on the Municipal Quadratic Funding Initiative ([Muqa](https://muqa.org/)). In its broader purpose of onboarding institutions to Ethereum, Muqa team has built and maintains [Zazelenimo](https://zazelenimo.com) - a participatory budgeting application with Quadratic Funding and Ethereum accounts included. This will allow cities to both engage their citizens and fundraise from them for public goods. Visit Muqa site or join their [community](https://t.me/muqaorg) to learn more and engage.
16 |
17 | [**Interview, 2024**](https://youtu.be/wf5ua1yO-c4?si=MpvjSu836A6W6A6L)
18 |
19 | [**Interview, 2024 (CR)**](https://youtu.be/c93SvMTY1hc?si=5NhWU4--66LIeGSn)
20 | tags:
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22 | - 2024-cohort-4
23 | - funding
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1 | export const Heading = {
2 | baseStyle: {
3 | mb: 8,
4 | color: "body",
5 | fontFamily: "heading",
6 | fontStyle: "normal",
7 | lineHeight: "normal",
8 | textAlign: "start",
9 | },
10 | variants: {
11 | action: {
12 | color: "action",
13 | },
14 | },
15 | }
16 |
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1 | export const Text = {
2 | baseStyle: {
3 | fontFamily: "body",
4 | fontSize: 16,
5 | color: "body",
6 | mb: 6,
7 | },
8 | variants: {
9 | small: {
10 | fontSize: 14,
11 | },
12 | big: {
13 | fontSize: 18,
14 | },
15 | action: {
16 | color: "action",
17 | },
18 | },
19 | }
20 |
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1 | export * from "@/@chakra-ui/components/Heading"
2 | export * from "@/@chakra-ui/components/Text"
3 |
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1 | export const colors = {
2 | background: "#056589",
3 | backgroundHighlight: "#064A64",
4 | highlight: "#2C7DC5",
5 | body: "#F0F7FF",
6 | bodyHover: "#99BFCD",
7 | action: "#B3E678",
8 | actionHover: "#CFF8A0",
9 | actionHighlight: "#6F9D39",
10 | }
11 |
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1 | export const fonts = {
2 | // set base fonts as fallback
3 | heading: "var(--font-roboto_slab), monospace",
4 | button: "var(--font-roboto), monospace",
5 | code: '"JetBrains Mono", monospace',
6 | body: "var(--font-roboto), monospace",
7 | link: "var(--font-roboto_slab), monospace",
8 | }
9 |
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1 | export * from "./colors"
2 | export * from "./fonts"
3 | export * from "./textStyles"
4 |
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1 | export const textStyles = {
2 | h1: {
3 | fontSize: 56,
4 | fontWeight: 400,
5 | letterSpacing: "2.9px",
6 | },
7 | h2: {
8 | fontSize: 48,
9 | fontWeight: 400,
10 | letterSpacing: "2.2px",
11 | },
12 | h3: {
13 | fontSize: 32,
14 | fontWeight: 500,
15 | letterSpacing: "0.9px",
16 | },
17 | h4: {
18 | fontSize: 24,
19 | fontWeight: 500,
20 | letterSpacing: "0.72px",
21 | },
22 | h5: {
23 | fontSize: 16,
24 | fontWeight: 500,
25 | letterSpacing: "0.48px",
26 | },
27 | h6: {
28 | fontSize: 14,
29 | fontWeight: 500,
30 | letterSpacing: "0.42px",
31 | },
32 | "fellow-title": {
33 | fontFamily: "heading",
34 | fontSize: 58,
35 | fontWeight: 400,
36 | fontStyle: "normal",
37 | lineHeight: "normal",
38 | letterSpacing: "2.9px",
39 | m: 0,
40 | },
41 | tag: {
42 | fontFamily: "heading",
43 | fontSize: 14,
44 | fontStyle: "normal",
45 | fontWeight: 700,
46 | lineHeight: "150%",
47 | letterSpacing: "-0.154px",
48 | textTransform: "uppercase",
49 | },
50 | "base-text": {
51 | fontFamily: "body",
52 | fontWeight: 300,
53 | fontStyle: "normal",
54 | fontSize: 16,
55 | lineHeight: "150%",
56 | color: "body",
57 | },
58 | "footer-text": {
59 | fontFamily: "body",
60 | fontWeight: 300,
61 | fontSyle: "normal",
62 | fontSize: 12,
63 | lineHeight: "150%",
64 | color: "bodyHover",
65 | },
66 | "link-text": {
67 | fontFamily: "link",
68 | fontSize: 16,
69 | fontStyle: "normal",
70 | fontWeight: 400,
71 | lineHeight: "150%",
72 | color: "body",
73 | borderBottom: "1px solid transparent",
74 | _hover: {
75 | borderBottom: "1px solid #B3E678",
76 | color: "action",
77 | },
78 | },
79 | "link-text-action": {
80 | fontFamily: "link",
81 | fontSize: 16,
82 | fontStyle: "normal",
83 | fontWeight: 400,
84 | lineHeight: "150%",
85 | color: "action",
86 | borderBottom: "1px solid transparent",
87 | _hover: {
88 | borderBottom: "1px solid #CFF8A0",
89 | color: "actionHover",
90 | },
91 | },
92 | "drawer-link": {
93 | color: "body",
94 | fontFamily: "link",
95 | fontSize: 30,
96 | fontStyle: "normal",
97 | fontWeight: 500,
98 | lineHeight: "150%",
99 | letterSpacing: "0.6px",
100 | },
101 | "drawer-link-active": {
102 | color: "#E5FFC7",
103 | borderBottom: "1px solid #E5FFC7",
104 | fontFamily: "link",
105 | fontSize: 30,
106 | fontStyle: "normal",
107 | fontWeight: 500,
108 | lineHeight: "150%",
109 | letterSpacing: "0.6px",
110 | },
111 | "header-link": {
112 | fontFamily: "link",
113 | fontSize: 16,
114 | fontStyle: "normal",
115 | fontWeight: 400,
116 | lineHeight: "150%",
117 | color: "body",
118 | borderBottom: "1px solid transparent",
119 | _hover: {
120 | borderBottom: "1px solid #B3E678",
121 | color: "action",
122 | },
123 | },
124 | "header-link-active": {
125 | fontFamily: "link",
126 | fontSize: 16,
127 | fontStyle: "normal",
128 | fontWeight: 400,
129 | lineHeight: "150%",
130 | color: "#E5FFC7",
131 | borderBottom: "1px solid #E5FFC7",
132 | _hover: {
133 | borderBottom: "1px solid #B3E678",
134 | color: "action",
135 | },
136 | },
137 | "button-link": {
138 | fontFamily: "heading",
139 | fontSize: 18,
140 | fontStyle: "normal",
141 | fontWeight: 500,
142 | lineHeight: "150%",
143 | letterSpacing: "0.26px",
144 | color: "#034057",
145 | },
146 | }
147 |
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1 | import { extendBaseTheme } from "@chakra-ui/react"
2 | import type { ThemeConfig } from "@chakra-ui/react"
3 |
4 | import { Heading, Text } from "@/@chakra-ui/components"
5 | import { colors, fonts, textStyles } from "@/@chakra-ui/foundations"
6 |
7 | const config: ThemeConfig = {
8 | initialColorMode: "system",
9 | useSystemColorMode: true,
10 | }
11 |
12 | /**
13 | * Override default styles with our custom theme.
14 | *
15 | * The complete list of default Chakra styles can be found here:
16 | * https://github.com/chakra-ui/chakra-ui/tree/main/packages/theme/src
17 | */
18 | const theme = {
19 | colors,
20 | components: {
21 | Heading,
22 | Text,
23 | },
24 | config,
25 | fonts,
26 | styles: {
27 | global: () => ({
28 | body: {
29 | background: "background",
30 | transition: "all 200ms linear !important",
31 | },
32 | }),
33 | },
34 | textStyles,
35 | }
36 |
37 | export default extendBaseTheme(theme)
38 |
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1 | import { Box, Grid, Text } from "@chakra-ui/react"
2 | import { useRouter } from "next/router"
3 |
4 | import { H3 } from "@/components/Headings"
5 | import Link from "./Link"
6 |
7 | const BlogFeed = ({ blogs }) => {
8 | const router = useRouter()
9 |
10 | return (
11 |
15 | {blogs.map((blog) => {
16 | const date = new Date(blog.isoDate)
17 |
18 | const formattedDate = date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
19 | month: "long", // full name of the month
20 | day: "numeric", // numeric day
21 | year: "numeric", // numeric year
22 | })
23 | return (
24 | router.replace(blog.link)}
27 | cursor="pointer"
28 | borderRadius={4}
29 | border="1px solid transparent"
30 | p={4}
31 | _hover={{
32 | bg: "#00000010",
33 | }}
34 | >
35 |
69 |
70 |
71 | In Internet lore, 'the next billion' is often told as a grand
72 | narrative about shifting perspectives and challenged
73 | assumptions. As a meme, it lets us question the form and
74 | function of technologies that reach the scale of “world-wide”
75 | use.
76 |
77 |
78 | Web3 does not yet have a first billion users, but shifting
79 | perspectives and challenging assumptions is an evergreen
80 | endeavor. There are about eight billion human people at the
81 | moment, and Ethereum is supposed to treat every-one fairly, to
82 | the extent that it’s possible to treat people fairly when
83 | capabilities and needs are so different in this world.
84 |
85 |
86 | Someone of 'the next billion' lives in a world filled with
87 | games, too often played for life-and-death outcomes. It's a
88 | messy, complicated place some think might need saving. But
89 | within any world, with the right tools at hand, people will
90 | solve their own problems; they will create their own
91 | opportunities; they will imagine their own future.
92 |
93 |
94 | The future is a frontier. To learn what (and who) comes next, we
95 | need only to look at the maps, listen to the stories, and
96 | inspect the artifacts made by people who problem-solve, who
97 | build, who imagine — not to save a world, but to build new (and
98 | improved) ones.
99 |
100 |
101 |
107 |
108 | Next Billion
109 |
110 |
116 | Ethereum Foundation
117 |
118 |
101 |
102 |
103 |
112 |
113 |
114 |
123 |
124 |
125 |
126 |
127 |
128 | >
129 | )
130 | }
131 |
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1 | import { Container } from "@chakra-ui/react"
2 |
3 | import ContentContainer from "@/components/ContentContainer"
4 | import Header from "@/components/Nav/Header/Header"
5 | import Footer from "@/components/Nav/Footer/Footer"
6 |
7 | export const RootLayout = ({ children }: any) => {
8 | return (
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 | {children}
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 | )
19 | }
20 |
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1 | import { Box, Text } from "@chakra-ui/react"
2 |
3 | import ButtonLink from "@/components/Buttons/ButtonLink"
4 | import { H1, H2 } from "@/components/Headings"
5 | import ContentContainer from "@/components/ContentContainer"
6 | import FAQ, { type Question } from "@/components/FAQ"
7 | import ImageSplitContent from "@/components/ImageSplitContent"
8 | import PreviousEditions from "@/components/PreviousEditions"
9 | import ImageHero from "@/components/Heroes/ImageHero"
10 |
11 | import HeroImage from "@/public/images/devconnect-arg-hero.jpg"
12 |
13 | const FAQQuestions: Question[] = [
14 | {
15 | question: "What is the Next Billion Fellowship?",
16 | answer: [
17 | "The Ethereum Next Billion Fellowship Program is focused on identifying and supporting unique and talented individuals helping to demystify Ethereum's relevance and break down barriers to entry for people and communities not currently part of the Ethereum ecosystem.",
18 | "Fellows will be part of a small forum for leaders who, during the course of six months, drive their own projects that address a particular enabler or blocker for Ethereum becoming a public good that acts as a foundational layer for other public goods.",
19 | "While there are some cohort-wide activities, it is a self-directed, self-driven program. Depending on the needs of each Fellow and their project, different support is provided, including financial support, PR opportunities, mentorship, technical advice, and access to the Ethereum Foundation network. Fellows&apos work will be highlighted to showcase the impact and value of Ethereum and its community.",
20 | ],
21 | },
22 | {
23 | question: "What kinds of projects qualify?",
24 | answer: [
25 | "A Fellow candidate must have a project that is mutually cooperative with the Ethereum ecosystem. It doesn't have to directly integrate with Ethereum to qualify, but needs to be on-balance 'good' for the ecosystem and future Ethereum community.",
26 | "The project can be just an idea, in early stages, or already ongoing. It can be building an application, research, or an organizational program/initiative. Whatever it is, the project must enable the flourishing of regions, populations, or communities that are underrepresented in the existing Ethereum ecosystem today.",
27 | ],
28 | },
29 | {
30 | question: "I am building on an L2. Should I apply?",
31 | answer: [
32 | "Program Duration: April to October, 2024",
33 | "While the official duration of the fellowship is six months, we expect and hope fellows remain consistent contributors to the Ethereum community as alumni.",
34 | ],
35 | },
36 | ]
37 |
38 | const ScholarClosed = () => {
39 | return (
40 | <>
41 |
42 |
49 |
50 |
51 | Devconnect ARG Scholars Program
52 |
53 |
54 | Applications for the 2025 Devconnect ARG Scholars Program have closed. Stay tuned for future opportunities to join the Ethereum community.
55 |
56 |
57 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
65 |
66 |
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67 |
68 | Yolo ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut ac
69 | suscipit leo. Carpe diem vulputate est nec commodo rutrum.
70 | Pellentesque mattis convallis nisi eu and I ain&apost stoppin
71 | until the swear jar&aposs full. Ut rhoncus velit at mauris
72 | interdum, fringilla dictum neque rutrum. Curabitur mattis odio at
73 | erat viverra lobortis. Poppin&apos bottles on the ice, tristique
74 | suscipit mauris elementum tempus. Quisque ut felis vitae elit
75 | tempor interdum viverra a est. Drop it like it&aposs hot, at
76 | pretium quam. In nec scelerisque purus. Nam dignissim lacus ipsum,
77 | a ullamcorper nulla pretium non. Aliquam sed enim faucibus,
78 | pulvinar felis at, vulputate augue.
79 |
80 | Text
81 |
82 |
83 |
88 |
89 |
Title
90 |
91 | Yolo ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut ac
92 | suscipit leo. Carpe diem vulputate est nec commodo rutrum.
93 | Pellentesque mattis convallis nisi eu and I ain’t stoppin until
94 | the swear jar’s full. Ut rhoncus velit at mauris interdum,
95 | fringilla dictum neque rutrum. Curabitur mattis odio at erat
96 | viverra lobortis. Poppin’ bottles on the ice, tristique suscipit
97 | mauris elementum tempus. Quisque ut felis vitae elit tempor
98 | interdum viverra a est. Drop it like it’s hot, at pretium quam. In
99 | nec scelerisque purus. Nam dignissim lacus ipsum, a ullamcorper
100 | nulla pretium non. Aliquam sed enim faucibus, pulvinar felis at,
101 | vulputate augue.
102 |
103 | Text
104 |
105 |
106 |
107 |
108 |
109 |
110 |
111 |
112 |
113 |
114 |
115 |
116 | >
117 | )
118 | }
119 |
120 | export default ScholarClosed
121 |
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1 | import { Box, Center, Image, Text } from "@chakra-ui/react"
2 |
3 | import ButtonLink from "@/components/Buttons/ButtonLink"
4 | import { H1, H2 } from "@/components/Headings"
5 | import ContentContainer from "@/components/ContentContainer"
6 | import FAQ, { type Question } from "@/components/FAQ"
7 | import ImageSplitContent from "@/components/ImageSplitContent"
8 | import PreviousEditions from "@/components/PreviousEditions"
9 | import ImageHero from "@/components/Heroes/ImageHero"
10 |
11 | import HeroImage from "@/public/images/devconnect-arg-hero.jpg"
12 |
13 | const FAQQuestions: Question[] = [
14 | {
15 | question: "Who can apply for the Devconnect ARG Scholars Program?",
16 | answer: [
17 | "To be eligible, applicants must have never attended Devcon before, have never attended Devconnect before, and be able and willing to dedicate approximately three hours per week over the course of three months to attend online sessions, complete assignments, and actively engage in learning, collaboration, and shared creation.",
18 | "We're selecting 100 Scholars across five categories: (1) Ethereum Community Organizers, (2) Legal & Public Sector Professionals, (3) Journalists, (4) Artists, and (5) Developers & Other Builders of any kind.",
19 | ],
20 | },
21 | {
22 | question: "What support is provided to Scholars?",
23 | answer: [
24 | "Financial support: Based on individual needs, Scholars are provided financial support for accommodation, flight, visa application, per diem, and/or ticket to Devconnect. The level of financial needs will not influence the selection process.",
25 | "Pre-Devconnect community & programming: Online sessions where Scholars meet each other, learn together, co-create, and prepare for their experience at Devconnect.",
26 | "Devconnect week: Spending an amazing Devconnect week in Buenos Aires, Argentina.",
27 | "Post-Devconnect: Each Scholar will create a Learning Artifact - a free-format creation that expresses their learning and experience in the medium of their choice.",
28 | ],
29 | },
30 | ]
31 |
32 | const ScholarOpen = () => {
33 | return (
34 | <>
35 |
44 |
52 |
60 |
63 |
68 |
76 |
77 | Devconnect ARG Scholars
78 |
79 |
80 | Welcoming 100 leaders expanding Ethereum's reach by connecting it to new communities, industries, and ideas.
81 | November 17-22 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
82 |
83 |
84 |
85 |
86 |
87 | Apply Now - Deadline June 30th
88 |
89 |
90 |
91 |
92 | Learn more about Devconnect
93 |
94 |
99 | Devconnect website
100 |
101 |
102 |
103 |
104 |
105 |
106 |
111 |
112 |
113 |
Devcon(nect) Scholars Program
114 |
119 |
120 |
121 | Devcon and Devconnect are events that act as centers of
122 | gravity in the Ethereum ecosystem. They are global gatherings
123 | that create space and time for community. Places and moments
124 | to share, learn, discuss, meet, explore, and live in.
125 |
126 |
127 | Physical events are always somewhere in a new city, country,
128 | or region. That means no matter where a Devcon(nect) is held
129 | it will always be difficult for folks living elsewhere.
130 |
131 |
132 |
133 | Sometimes human flourishing happens just by showing up. As
134 | organizers of Devcon and Devconnect, we can at least create that
135 | opportunity for a small group each year. The devcon(nect)
136 | scholars program supports travel, room & board, a ticket to
137 | devcon, and special programming.
138 |
139 |
140 |
141 |
142 |
143 |
144 |
145 |
150 |
151 |
24 |
25 |
26 | In 100 years, there might be 10 billion human people living in
27 | the world. On the scale of billions, what is the right frame
28 | of time to live in?
29 |
30 |
31 | Should we orient our purpose to the here and now, to immediate
32 | crises and the individual stories of elegant, pragmatic
33 | solutions? Or maybe we ought to look long, toward the
34 | narratives that change worlds, towards new mechanisms and ways
35 | of encoding the trust structures that sustain communities,
36 | societies, and civilizations.
37 |
38 |
39 | The Ethereum Foundation exists to nurture and support a
40 | protocol designed to treat all humans equally; the{" "}
41 | next billion initiative at the Foundation is a frame of
42 | reference for long-term thinking about that protocol's
43 | relationship to humans and, by extension, humanity.
44 |
45 |
46 | We think that operating at the scale of humans is the way to
47 | engage with the challenges and opportunities existing at the
48 | scale of humanity. Even a 10,000 year journey begins with a
49 | few ordinary steps. Through fellowships, scholarships, events,
50 | and other programs that create space for creative exchange and
51 | the assembly of new memes, we support the protocol for human
52 | coordination, and the communities that will keep it living for
53 | years to come.
54 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
61 |
62 |
63 |
68 |
69 |
Stories over narrative
70 |
71 | Protocols like Ethereum are often explained in the context of
72 | big Narratives about human ingenuity, collaboration, and
73 | society. But it’s hard to imagine a future in those heroic
74 | terms.
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76 |
77 | It’s the small stories that provide perspective into the soul of
78 | that protocol, and allow us to see what human coordination might
79 | look like someday. Heroes don't need to move a mountain to share
80 | it; a stone is enough.
81 |
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Earnest Exploration
91 |
92 | Much good can come from the meeting of worlds. Different
93 | perspectives provide new insights; new contexts create different
94 | designs.
95 |
96 |
97 | Small, open-world, "finite game" initiatives reflect Ethereum’s
98 | culture of mutual discovery, exchange, learning, and teaching.
99 | We do our best to support the creation of space for
100 | collaboration, experimentation, and play.
101 |
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105 |
106 | >
107 | )
108 | }
109 |
110 | export default AboutPage
111 |
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1 | import { Box, Flex, Text } from "@chakra-ui/react"
2 |
3 | import FAQ, { type Question } from "@/components/FAQ"
4 | import ImageHero from "@/components/Heroes/ImageHero"
5 | import { H1, H2 } from "@/components/Headings"
6 | import ContentContainer from "@/components/ContentContainer"
7 | import FellowList from "@/components/FellowList"
8 | import FellowStories from "@/components/FellowStories"
9 |
10 | import { getAllFellowsFrontmatter, getFellowsWithStories } from "@/utils/md"
11 |
12 | import HeroImage from "@/public/images/fellowship/fellowship-hero.jpg"
13 | import ButtonLink from "@/components/Buttons/ButtonLink"
14 |
15 | const FAQQuestions: Question[] = [
16 | {
17 | question: "What kinds of projects qualify?",
18 | answer: [
19 | "A Fellow candidate must have a project that is mutually cooperative with the Ethereum ecosystem. It doesn't have to directly integrate with Ethereum to qualify, but needs to be on-balance 'good' for the ecosystem and future Ethereum community.",
20 | "Proposals that have not yet begun will be considered, but not likely selected. This fellowship is not meant to be at the beginning or end of a journey.",
21 | "Projects can be building an application, research, or an organizational program/initiative. Whatever it is, the project must enable the flourishing of regions, populations, or communities that are underrepresented in the existing Ethereum ecosystem today.",
22 | ],
23 | },
24 | {
25 | question: "What support does the Next Billion Fellowship offer?",
26 | answer: [
27 | "In a word: Bespoke.",
28 | "Different people need different things, and the Foundation is able to offer some things better than others. Fellows that need technical or design support, for example, might ask for mentorship or guidance from a domain expert. Stipends are available to help fellows carve out time from a busy schedule, and in rare cases grants will be considered. Business plans, pitch decks, and cap tables can tell a gripping story, but this fellowship is not an incubator or accellerator, and should not be treated as a means to secure investment.",
29 | ],
30 | },
31 | {
32 | question: "What is expected from a Next Billion Fellow?",
33 | answer: [
34 | "Fellows must be independent, passionate, and deliberate. Six months is not enought time to accomplish anything huge, but it should be enough time to figure out how to tell a good story.",
35 | ],
36 | },
37 | ]
38 |
39 | export const getStaticProps = async (context) => {
40 | const allFellowsFrontmatter = getAllFellowsFrontmatter()
41 | const fellowsWithStories = getFellowsWithStories()
42 |
43 | // Get up to 4 stories to display
44 | const storiesToDisplay = fellowsWithStories.slice(0, 4)
45 |
46 | return {
47 | props: {
48 | allFellowsFrontmatter,
49 | fellowStories: storiesToDisplay,
50 | },
51 | }
52 | }
53 |
54 | const FellowshipPage = ({ allFellowsFrontmatter, fellowStories }) => {
55 | return (
56 | <>
57 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
61 |
62 | The Next Billion Fellowship
63 |
64 |
65 |
66 | A Fellow is a leader committed to their own project that helps
67 | Ethereum become a tool of and for the next billion users. Their
68 | project could be a decentralized app, a piece of research, an
69 | organizational initiative, or something else entirely. There
70 | are no strict requirements for Next Billion Fellowship
71 | projects, save one: earnesty.
72 |
73 |
74 | Whatever the project, whomever the Fellow, the program seeks
75 | to enable the flourishing of populations, communities, or
76 | individuals under-represented in the Ethereum ecosystem today.
77 | The Fellowship is neither the beginning nor the end of a
78 | Fellow's journey, but it may provide the support needed
79 | to encourage more ambitious, long-term goals and mindset.
80 |
81 |
82 |
83 | Accepting Applications for Cohort 6
84 |
85 |
86 |
87 |
88 |
89 | {/* Fellow Stories Section */}
90 | {fellowStories && fellowStories.length > 0 && (
91 |
92 |
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108 | A search for stories. Stories that inspire us to focus on the
109 | important things, that compel us to find balance and fairness in
110 | the way we go about solving our problems, and that encourage us
111 | to push deeper into the mysteries of human cooperation.
112 |
113 |
114 | Fellows receive support from the Foundation to complete a small
115 | quest inside a big narrative. In return, fellows are asked to
116 | share their story with the extended web3 community, or with the
117 | world-at-large.
118 |
119 | About the program
120 |
121 | Apply for Cohort 6
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130 |
131 |
Devconnect ARG Scholars
132 |
133 | Devcon is a conference for developers, researchers, thinkers,
134 | and makers. It's the largest single gathering of Ethereum's
135 | global community, and it always happens in a new city. The
136 | scholars program aims to break down at least some
137 | barriers-to-entry for people taking their first steps into the
138 | infinite garden.
139 |
140 | Learn more
141 |
142 | Apply Now
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