Timeline

The final timeline of the round was the following, each indicate starting dates with the end date being the date at which the next phase began:

There were multiple changes to the timeline due to unexpected technical issues when deploying and testing, all within normal bounds considering work with a new build and team!

The round was initially planned to be run at the end of May, but due to multiple technical difficulties on top of community participation at EthCC, a major global Eth event, the timelines were pushed back.

The PGF Ethereum Mexico team handled all the changes to the front-end, deployment of contracts, and all deployments, with advice and support from the MACI team. None of the technical team had worked with MACI or ZK before which offered steep learning curves. this was intentional, with the goal being that members of the community became more familiar with the technology, and for the team to experiment and think through the multiple design opportunities that such mechanisms offer.

Project application criteria

There were two stages of filtering for the round, which are shared in detail here.

First Filter:

Minimum requirements projects needed to fulfill in order to pass the first filter were:

  1. Projects need to generate a direct impact in Mexico.
  2. The impact projects must have taken place between June 2022 and June 2024 and be recorded onchain. Impact outside of these timeframe would be considered out of scope.
  3. Projects needed to apply under one of the following categories:
    1. Closing the Gender Gap
    2. Web3 Onboarding
    3. Local Communities
    4. ReFi
  4. Projects must be public goods (as defined in the application) with no private capital funding.
  5. Projects must have a public record of their work (onchain or offchain).