Gitcoin

The outside world sees crypto as little more than a decentralized casino but an optimistic counternarrative has emerged around the Gitcoin community. This vision, known as the Infinite Garden, reveals that crypto gives us coordination superpowers.

I believe that for Gitcoin‘s mission to succeed, it must amplify regen stories that are informative, fun, and accessible to all.

I intend to cultivate the Infinite Garden vision through a fun and accessible card game. In the project I am proposing, Moloch, Ether’s Phoenix, and the Dark Forest are just the beginning of a new, uplifting mythology represented in the Infinite Garden Trading Card Game (TCG).

Crypto is at a critical inflection point. Gitcoin’s choice to invest in this project will help realize a positive-sum future for the following reasons (more motivations are listed in the GCP forum post):

1. Games evoke feelings of freedom, creativity, responsibility, accomplishment, and friendship. These feelings mirror the core values of Gitcoin and the larger regen ecosystem.
2. The Infinite Garden TCG mirrors reality. Every card has abilities in the game, and every character, technology, and gameplay mechanic also represents a powerful force in the real world.
3. The cards introduce players to the infinite game of web3. Profits support Gitcoin Grants, future collectibles may be earned through regen actions, and cards may be introduced by the community.

This GCP will fund a regen library wiki (recording the lore) and a pilot program that tests gameplay and new art.

Voting “Yes” to $10k will fund 40-69 cards including 3 proposed by the Gitcoin community and 10% of Alpha Set primary sale profits to the Matching Pool.

Voting “Yes” to $20k will fund 69-150 cards including 5 proposed by the Gitcoin community and 20% of primary sale profits to the Matching Pool