Want to make an impact? We’re here to help your project succeed.
2021
$50,000
Ecosystem Development
Scalability
Moloch serves as a foundational building block for the advancement of Ethereum scalability and supports the Ethereum ecosystem as a whole.
Since the launch of MolochDAO, we’ve seen over $1M (7,000+ ETH) in contributions from some of Ethereum’s largest companies and community members.
We exist to fund and further the development of public infrastructure related to Eth 2.0.
$1,000,000 in grants is available each year.
Who We Fund
- Individuals and projects dedicated to the advancement of Ethereum blockchain
- Initiatives to improve Ethereum infrastructure
- Culture building projects that iterate upon the lore of a global scale, cryptographically secured, parallel computational network as the digital public good that will facilitate the preservation of physical public goods.
Who We Don't Fund
- Shitcoins
- Degens
How to Get Funding
Here’s a quick overview of the grant proposal process.
- Get initial feedback from community members about your project.
- Jump on a video call to determine if your project is a good fit for our grants.
- Submit a proposal on-chain through the DAOHaus platform.
- Get more feedback about the project before we commit to a grant.
Interested? Find out more!
Get more feedback about the project before we commit to a grant.
Funded Projects
Moloch DAO has awarded over $845,000 in grants since 2019.
Stereum Ethereum Node Setup
Sybil Resistance
2021
$100,000
Ecosystem Development
Security
Ethereum Cat Herders
2021
$10,000
Ecosystem Development
Coordination
MetaMoloch - M1 Grant Proposal
2021
$20,170
Ecosystem Development
Grant Matching
TrueBlocks
2021
$75,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
dAPP
Apache Tuweni
2021
$50,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Scalability
Umbra Protocol
2021
$100,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Privacy
Death Guild
2021
$26,650
General Crypto Development
Governance & Treasury Management
Really Boring Guild
2021
$56,400
Moloch DAO - Internal
DAO Management
Ethereum Cat Herders Note Taking Proposal
2021
$10,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Scalability
Neue UX
2021
$23,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
UX
Ethereum Cat Herders
2020
$45,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Scalability
Moloch DAO - Guild System Proposal
2020
$30,000
Moloch DAO - Internal
DAO Management
Moloch DAO Operations
2020
$1,150
Moloch DAO - Internal
DAO Management
DAppNode ETH 2.0 Validator
2020
$35,000
ETH 2.0 Development
Scalability
Ethereum Cat Herders Note Taking Proposal
2020
$30,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Scalability
Moloch Operations
2020
$1,200
Moloch DAO - Internal
DAO Management
The ETH 2.0 Book
2020
$12,500
ETH Ecosystem Development
Comms
ETH 2.0 Econ Audit
2020
$40,500
ETH 2.0 Development
Security
Tornado Cash Trusted Setup Audit
2020
$50,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Privacy
Tornado Cash Trusted Setup
2020
$10,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Privacy
Moloch v1/v2 Security Review
2020
$5,000
Moloch DAO - Internal
DAO Management
Optimistic Rollup Report
2020
$2,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Comms
Moloch 2019 Year in Review Post
2020
$500
Moloch DAO - Internal
Comms
Moloch v2 Unit Testing
2020
$6,125
Moloch DAO - Internal
Security
Moloch DAO Operations
2019
$2,400
Moloch DAO - Internal
DAO Management
Moloch v2 Unit Testing
2019
$6,125
Moloch DAO - Internal
Security
Year of DAOs: Moloch Rises
2019
$2,700
Moloch DAO - Internal
Comms
VMCAI 2020 Winter School
2019
$7,500
ETH Ecosystem Development
Security
Lighthouse Security Review
2019
$40,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Security
Ethereum Cat Herders Note Taking
2019
$3,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Comms
State of the Mixers Report
2019
$2,500
ETH Ecosystem Development
Comms
Upgrades to Tornado.Cash (ERC20 + Relayers Market)
2019
$21,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Privacy
Shipping Tornado.Cash
2019
$15,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Privacy
Moloch App Dev
2019
$2,000
Moloch DAO - Internal
DAO Management
Moloch Operations
2019
$2,400
Moloch DAO - Internal
Comms
ETH 2.0 Validator Client GUI
2019
$29,760
ETH 2.0 Development
Scalability
CF/Magmo Audit
2019
$19,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Security
YangDAO Leadership
2019
$500
ETH Ecosystem Development
Comms
YangDAO Dev
2019
$2,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Comms
YangDAO PM
2019
$500
ETH Ecosystem Development
Comms
YangDAO Design
2019
$500
ETH Ecosystem Development
Comms
ETH 2 Dev
2019
$6,000
ETH 2.0 Development
Scalability
Coordinating Mixer Development and Funding
2019
$2,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Privacy
Web UI for Hopper Mixer
2019
$20,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Privacy
Open Grants Standards Dev
2019
$4,200
ETH Ecosystem Development
Scalability
ETH 2 Dev
2019
$6,000
ETH 2.0 Development
Scalability
MolochPool Audit / Tests
2019
$4,000
ETH Ecosystem Development
Security
ETH 2 Dev
2019
$6,000
ETH 2.0 Development
Scalability
Lead Web Developer
2019
$3,000
Moloch DAO - Internal
DAO Management
ETH 2 Dev
2019
$6,000
ETH 2.0 Development
Scalability
The State of ETH 2.0 Report
2019
$3,000
ETH 2.0 Development
Comms