Problem

<aside> 💡 The value of a proposal (hypothesis) is estimated proactively through funding agreements (e.g. donations, grants, SAFT, etc), then retroactively amortized through accrual and scoring (pricing) of relative impact.

E.G. if the project was underfunded proactively relative to the impact they create, they would ideally get more retroactive funding than projects with a lower funding:impact ratio.

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Use Cases

<aside> 💡 Verification

• Why? Potlock currently approves all applicants automatically. Allowing users to verify and score projects based on information they provide would make raising donations easier for high quality projects. </aside>

<aside> 💡 Assist funding decision makers (donors & rounds sponsors) in assigning quantitative evaluations of project impact before allocating funds

• Analogous to Hypercerts & KarmaGap where projects public impact claims beween rounds, then funders & round managers evaluate those claims before admitting to the next round, and donors evaluate them before giving. </aside>

Combining Pro & Retro Funding Cycles

Parallel Implementation by Spencer Cavanaugh

<aside> 💡 I think we were both scoping and designing our respective ideas over the same time, but had idea that was the case. Gonna chat ASAP to share learnings and future goals.

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[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1p-a4fVGiZsHUaFKjbhEaL5SSaewygIWisBE2K9rVMmo/edit#slide=id.g2c5ea390e35_0_76](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1p-a4fVGiZsHUaFKjbhEaL5SSaewygIWisBE2K9rVMmo/preview#slide=id.g2c5ea390e35_0_76)