This case study covers the first ever quadratic funding round of ETH LATAM BA (Buenos Aires) to ever be rolled out! This represented a milestone in the Argentine community and set a strong precedent within the community for the awareness, support and continued building of public goods initiatives.
ETH LATAM BA was the first major ETH event to run in the history of Argentina. The team running the local community got in touch with the Ethereum Foundation's Quadratic Funding team to collaborate to run a Quadratic Funding rounds for ETH LATAM Buenos Aires.
The event was an opportunity to introduce event attendees to Quadratic Funding. The event concluded with more than 150 voters participating in the Quadratic Funding round, with $25,000 DAI in matched funds being distributed! 🥳
Voting process:
Aug 3th: Announcement form for applicants
The team ran a 50 minute Twitter Live Spaces session to talk about what Quadratic Funding is and how projects can apply. 1,400 people tuned in to learn more.
Aug 5th: Educational initiative
Announcing the round in order to receive applications from interested projects started with an educational initiative. The community leads kickstarted the content by explaining what Quadratic Funding (QF), Quadratic Voting and Public Goods are, and the purpose of QF.
Heightened understanding helps improve the rate of project applications from teams building on Public Goods.