The problem of funding Open Source Software (OSS) is not new, or understudied. Nadia Eghbal published an extensive report on this back in 2016, Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure. Eghbal identifies the similarity between OSS and public infrastructure, delving into the shared problems of funding distribution, volunteerism/burnout, and free-riders. While there has been much scrutiny over these problems – even with the advent of web3 technology and more coordination tools than ever before – the problem of funding public infrastructure like OSS continues to persist.
Which is surprising, considering that all of blockchain is built on Open Protocols that have the exact same problems.
Born from the trenches of DAOs and the Grant Funding ecosystem, Scout Game emerged as a solution to address the problem of:
The way that Scout Game addresses this problem is by first prioritizing how people naturally engage: games & incentives. The setup is quite simple:
With this, Scout Game is effectively addressing the public infrastructure side of the problem. Web3 protocols, however, still need to have effective means to incentivize and reward builders who launch products that onboard users and generate onchain traffic. All the roads in the world won’t make a difference if there isn’t anything being transported on them!
Divvi addresses a more direct need of web3 protocols: funding onchain user activation.
There are countless funding mechanisms out there for builders, but even back in 2023, Coindesk identified that more funding alone isn’t the answer. Fast forward to 2025 and Hackernoon is still raising the question of whether or not the funds are getting used properly. In a deep dive from Cornell University, researchers produced a Grant Maturity Framework (GMF) to evaluate popular grant programs from top L2s. They reported that the grant ecosystem is very much so in its infancy still.
Divvi, much like Scout Game, is simplifying the process to connect developers with funding:
With a few simple lines of code, developers can tap directly into onchain funding. No reports, no applications, just results.
When you combine the power and innovation of Divvi with Scout Game, you get a full-circle solution to both funding the public infrastructure we all rely on, as well as rewarding the developers who are bringing users into the ecosystem.
Whether you are a Github vigilante, a bounty hunter, or an app developer… you can get rewarded for your contributions!
Learn more about how at:
Your funding awaits you!
In the recent retrospective of Celo’s Proof of Impact Campaign (PoI), there was a teaser about a new reward weighting mechanism. One of the key features of Divvi is that it is programmable. As was described in the retro, PoI is designed to maximize ecosystem growth on Celo.
A linear distribution of rewards is necessary for this goal in order to maximally incentivize long term growth for the ecosystem through highly competitive rewards.
The purpose of the Divvi campaign for Scout Game however, was to maximize participation and create a more distributed reward pool across all participants. Cross-pollinating the Divvi and Scout Game communities to unite them around the common goal of growing the Web3 Pie is a result that can be programmed. With this goal in mind, a different campaign structure was crafted.
The standard linear formula for rewards is:
Builder Reward share = Builder KPI value / (Builder KPI value + All other KPI values)
The square root formula Scout Game uses is:
Builder Reward Share= (√Builder KPI Value) / (√Builder KPI Value)+∑(√All other KPI Values)
This results in more distribution of rewards to all builders, while still ensuring that builders who drive more impact towards the KPI get more rewards.
The Scout Game campaign is live for 2 more weeks! It’s not too late to jump in on the remaining 90k $DEV tokens that are up for grabs.
Just head over app.divvi.xyz and get started by registering!
Be sure to check out the Dune Dashboard to see how the competition is going!