{"id":14710,"date":"2022-04-23T20:24:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T20:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=14710"},"modified":"2022-04-23T20:24:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T20:24:33","slug":"cardanos-ada-project-catalyst-fund8-voting-finally-kicks-off-what-does-this-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=14710","title":{"rendered":"Cardano&#8217;s (ADA) Project Catalyst Fund8 Voting Finally Kicks Off: What Does This Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__lead-img--wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/u.today\/vladislav-sopov\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"140\" alt=\"article image\" src=\"https:\/\/u.today\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-07\/8893.jpg\" class=\"author__item-user-avata\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__lead-info\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__lead-name\" href=\"https:\/\/u.today\/vladislav-sopov\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladislav Sopov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cardano (ADA) experts and enthusiasts can now support the most valuable projects in the Cardano (ADA) ecosystem<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article__contents\">\n<p>Contents<\/p>\n<ul class=\"article__contents-list\">\n<li class=\"article__contents-item\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__contents-link link-pseudo\" href=\"#h20\" rel=\"noopener\">Fund8 referendum up and running; ADA holders can vote until May 5<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"article__contents-item\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__contents-link link-pseudo\" href=\"#h31\" rel=\"noopener\">Supporting the most promising products of the Cardano (ADA) scene: What is Project Catalyst?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The largest DAO-governed community incubation initiative in the Web3 space, Cardano&#8217;s Project Catalyst, is ready to accept votes from ADA holders. What has changed since the previous rounds?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h20\">Fund8 referendum up and running; ADA holders can vote until May 5<\/h2>\n<p>According to the official statement by Cardano&#8217;s Project Catalyst team, its eighth round has entered\u00a0a community voting phase. Voting will be open\u00a0for two weeks, until May 5, 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s Friday, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cardano?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cardano<\/a>&#x1f37b;<\/p>\n<p>&#x2705; This means time to load insights from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProjectCatalyst?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProjectCatalyst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#x1f511; Following soft launch yesterday, pleased to announce that voting is now ongoing smoothly!<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f6eb;Apr 21, 2022 @ 11am UTC &#8211; START<br \/>&#x1f6ec;May 5, 2022 @ 11am UTC &#8211; END<\/p>\n<p>Read on &#x1f449; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T8hiLb7MPG\">https:\/\/t.co\/T8hiLb7MPG<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rHEeTNXvHl\">pic.twitter.com\/rHEeTNXvHl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Ribar &#x1f9ed; (@danny_cryptofay) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danny_cryptofay\/status\/1517537547517415425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Due to the increased number and diversity of projects that applied for funding, Cardano (ADA) community activists proposed the\u00a0use of\u00a0special tools for browsing, together with the official Voting App.<\/p>\n<p>Also, in the Fund8 stage, voters will be incentivized to take part in referendums. Thirteen percent\u00a0of the total ADA\u00a0fund allocated for the projects\u00a0(about $2,080,000 in equivalent) will be distributed\u00a0to all participating voters\u00a0proportionally to their ADA stake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"something middle_banner\">\n<div class=\"something__content something__content-square\" style=\"width:336px;height:280px\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/go2\/;ID=183269;size=336x280;setID=558953\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/adserve\/;ID=183269;size=336x280;setID=558953;type=img;click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ads<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As stressed by the Project Catalyst organizer, this round is of\u00a0particular importance to\u00a0Cardano-sphere evolution. It is set to mark the migration of the largest Proof-of-Stake (PoS) to an\u00a0open-source model of development.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h31\">Supporting the most promising products of the Cardano (ADA) scene: What is Project Catalyst?<\/h2>\n<p>As covered by U.Today previously, Project Catalyst is an\u00a0initiative of the Cardano (ADA) community and its core developer\u00a0studio, Input Outout Global, designed to support development on the Cardano (ADA) blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>Every Cardano-centric product at\u00a0every stage of development\u2014starting from MVP\u2014can apply for funding. Cardano (ADA) community activists will support the most promising ones by locking ADA stakes in favor of this or that applicant.<\/p>\n<p>With dozens of applicants, thousands of voters\u00a0and a seven-digit fund for winners, Cardano&#8217;s Project Catalyst is the largest community-driven incubation program ever: almost 1,000 teams have\u00a0gone through\u00a0its seven rounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/u.today\/cardanos-ada-project-catalyst-fund8-voting-finally-kicks-off-what-does-this-mean\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladislav Sopov Cardano (ADA) experts and enthusiasts can now support the most valuable projects in the Cardano (ADA) ecosystem Contents Fund8 referendum up and running; ADA holders can vote until May 5 Supporting the most promising products of the Cardano (ADA) scene: What is Project Catalyst? 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