The AllianceBlock DAO possesses an NXRA fund that has been set aside to help sponsor and facilitate the continual growth of the AllianceBlock ecosystem. One avenue used by the DAO to achieve these goals is the Grants Program.

This Grants Program allows any member of the community to request funding to help reimburse their efforts in growing the AllianceBlock ecosystem.

Grants can be requested by completing a proposal-form within the DAO. If approved by the community, then the DAO Committee will execute the transfer of funds to the grant beneficiary by means of a one-time transfer, or a vesting contract.

Grant categories

Grant requests can fall under one of two broad categories: Community & Content & Builder These two categories represent areas of AllianceBlock that benefit most from community contributions.

Community & Content

Growing, educating, moderating, and maintaining a healthy community of builders and users is important to AllianceBlock’s success. Grants under this category may fund activities such as:

Projects might also include creating documentation, tutorials, videos, or other forms of content intended to educate and support the community.

Applicants to this category may need to provide portfolios of related work within their grant requests for the community to review.

Builder

AllianceBlock is an open source ecosystem with many moving parts. Grants within the Builder category should motivate and reward impactful contributions from developers and engineers in the form of:

Grant tiers

Grants may be requested for any amount within one of three possible tiers, regardless of the grant category. For example, you may request a Builder grant in either Tier 1 or Tier 2.

The specific tiers, and their ranges, are: