zadao.aiDeGrants · funded by the Stacks Endowment
Community-led microgrants
Small, practical projects that create value for Stacks: education, culture, tooling, public goods and community work. Community Stewards choose the recipients.
Two-minute check
Would your idea fit?
Tick what is true for you.
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Apply
Describe what you will deliver, why it matters for Stacks, the funding you request and your timeline.
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Steward review
Three Community Stewards read each application. Seats rotate across cycles.
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Award decisions
Stewards score and discuss with the DeGrants rubric once the window has closed.
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Deliver
Grantees complete their milestones and share progress with the community.
Funded projects · 65
DeGrants Cohort 1 (Historical)Historical Cohort 1
AOScribe / AI Buildathon
Blockface AI mentorship; onboarded key members to build with AI, sparking ecosystem-wide experimentation Source category: AI
$2,315 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
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DeOrganized Media
60+ shows, 12 podcasts, 4 special events; Good Morning Stacks reached 50K+ audience, 200+ avg live viewers, 11K+ for election coverage Source category: Marketing / Media
$2,315 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
DeGrants Cohort 1 (Historical)Historical Cohort 1
StacksLabs (100 Days of Clarity)
Onboarded 10+ dedicated developers through Stacks Labs' 100 Days of Clarity program Source category: Clarity Education
$2,315 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
DeGrants Cohort 1 (Historical)Historical Cohort 1
Zero to Clarity
Clarity mentorship: 170+ open-source step-by-step slides, dedicated 69+ member mentorship group Source category: Clarity Education
$2,315 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
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STX.Vision
Real-time mempool / blocks / tenure monitoring tool; 1K+ visitors from 50+ countries, 400K+ txns scanned Source category: Tooling
$2,315 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
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Golang SDK
User-friendly Go SDK to simplify integration and onboard developers to Stacks Source category: Tooling
$2,315 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
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TX2
Sponsored-transaction service enabling fee-free Stacks interactions; improved docs drove ecosystem access Source category: Tooling
$2,315 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
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StacksPay (Boom Wallet)
Lightning-like decentralized payment standard on Stacks; new SIP simplifying secure crypto transactions for merchants/creators Source category: DeFi / Payments
$3,473 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
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Skullcoin
Boosted Stacks Game-Fi: $50K TVL, 120 Find2Earn games on X, 2,000 STX giveaways, growing community Source category: Game-Fi
$2,315 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
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Charisma
Decentralized Liquidity Pool SIP innovation (with Rozar) Source category: DeFi
$3,473 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
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STX City
Memecoin launchpad; $20K+ daily trading volume, 800+ tokens created, 44 successful bonding-curve tokens, drove 10K+ txns on Velar/ALEX/Bitflow/Charisma Source category: DeFi / Memecoins
$3,473 · 1 of 1 milestonesAwarded 23 Jan 2025
Mfonisohttps://zeroauthoritydao.com/profile/727ab890-f1fc-440f-93ff-ab176912a91e
Stackflow
Stackflow is a Bitcoin-backed, decentralized derivatives fueled by capital and crowd sentiment. StackFlow: Bitcoin-Secured DeFi Options on Stacks StackFlow transforms DeFi options trading on the Stacks blockchain, powered by Bitcoin's unbreakable security for seamless, intermediary-free derivatives. Copy Whales & Ride Social Waves: Mirror top whales' real-time trades to capture their alpha effort…
$3,000 · 3 of 3 milestones
ReentrancyReentrancy
Stackify
One-Liner: Privacy is normal — Stackify brings zk-powered transaction privacy to the Stacks ecosystem. Stackify is a privacy-focused custody and settlement layer built for Stacks that gives users stronger transaction privacy without sacrificing security, transparency, or accountability
$2,500 · 3 of 3 milestones
giangian
Stacks Coder
AI-powered coding assistant that generates, explains, and debugs Clarity smart contracts using RAG architecture and real-time documentation retrieval. The Problem: Clarity smart contract development has a steep learning curve with limited tooling support. Developers face: Fragmented documentation - Critical resources scattered across Stacks docs, Clarity reference, and community guides Slow onboa…
$3,500 · 2 of 2 milestones
MelanieCarstensMelanieCarstens
Melanie Carstens Media
A media initiative connecting the Stacks and Bitcoin ecosystems through journalism, interviews, and cultural storytelling that expands awareness, attracts creators and grows a sustainable on-chain economy with a focus on the African continent. Melanie Carstens Media builds a bridge between technology, culture, and human stories. Through weekly interviews (Bitcoin & Beyond), written analysis (Atl…
$1,900 · 3 of 3 milestones
DH3DH3
DH3's UX Support
Improving usability and adoption across Stacks projects. Through DH3's UX Support, participating teams can access dedicated UX support — from audits and usability reviews to design guidance. The goal is to identify friction points, improve user journeys, and ensure that Stacks applications deliver intuitive, accessible, and engaging experiences that drive adoption across the ecosystem.
$3,500 · 2 of 2 milestones
OVMARSOVMARS
STXWORX
A decentralized freelance platform on Stacks — empowering global creators, artists, and developers to earn in STX with transparent, smart-contract-based payments. This project builds a Web3-powered freelance marketplace — similar to Fiverr or Upwork — but decentralized and secured on Stacks blockchain. Freelancers and clients can connect, contract, and transact using STX tokens, with smart contrac…
$2,250 · 2 of 2 milestones
old-accountold-account
bbox
Bitcoin App Store - L1 & L2 ecosystem directory & crowdfunding place for devs. bbox is the open app store for Bitcoin layers— Stacks, Lightning, RSK, Liquid—where plebs discover, fund, and build sovereign apps with radical transparency and progressive community funding.
$5,000 · 2 of 2 milestones
HeroGamerHeroGamer
Stacks AI Guild
Stacks AI Guild - Ignite AI Innovation, AI Content Creation, AI-empowered Developers on Stacks. The Stacks AI Guild is a community-driven initiative that empowers creators and developers to use AI tools for content, education, and productivity within the Stacks ecosystem. By lowering creative and technical barriers, the Guild makes it easier for newcomers and existing members to contribute through…
$4,500 · 3 of 3 milestones
kennie.btckennie.btc
TruthChain
TruthChain is a Stacks-powered identity verification platform that enables users to link their Twitter/X posts to their BNS identity and verify claims directly on-chain. Misinformation spreads rapidly online, often fueled by hacked accounts, fake screenshots, and AI-generated content. TruthChain solves this problem by enabling users to cryptographically verify and register tweets on-chain through…
$4,500 · 3 of 3 milestones
enjoywithoutheyhttps://zeroauthoritydao.com/profile/5f2a496a-5b4f-44e7-977f-dbdfe9917eb6
Welsh Meme Rewards DEX
The world's first dedicated meme rewards DEX - a DeFi protocol that solves liquidity incentives for fixed-supply community meme coins like $WELSH through innovative tokenomics and rewards. Welsh DEX addresses a critical problem in the meme coin ecosystem: how to incentivize liquidity provision when 100% of tokens are in circulation with no team, no treasury reserves and no more token issuance? Tra…
$3,000 · 3 of 3 milestones
cape4labscape4labs
Sunflower Wallet
Smart mobile wallet to manage all your Stacks DeFi assets in one place. There are so many great protocols on Stacks, yet it's still difficult to track your portfolio across all of them. For newcomers, this is a major challenge — they can't unlock the full potential of Stacks because they don't see all the opportunities and strategies the ecosystem offers. Even experienced users who already know…
$3,500 · 3 of 3 milestones
cryptosmith.btchttps://zeroauthoritydao.com/profile/50205068-7222-4a6f-8bbc-ad294a3cbdc9
StacksPot
A decentralized jackpot stacking dapp that gamifies STX stacking into a fair, community driven lottery while keeping users' principal secure. StacksPot transforms traditional STX stacking into an engaging, gamified experience. Instead of only earning predictable yields, participants pool STX together into jackpot contract's, for pot owner defined stacked cycles. At the end of each cycle, one lucky…
$5,000 · 3 of 3 milestones
Ronoelhttps://zeroauthoritydao.com/profile/f60986a3-f2ec-4615-bbdb-7c837807d74a
B2PIX
B2PIX connects Brazil's instant payment system PIX with Bitcoin through Stacks, enabling self-custodial P2P trades verified directly through the banking system. B2PIX is a self-custodial peer-to-peer platform that connects Brazil's instant payment network PIX with Bitcoin through the Stacks blockchain. It allows users to buy Bitcoin directly from other users using PIX — without exchanges, intermed…
$4,000 · 3 of 3 milestones