Participate in the next Gitcoin Grants

[abitrolly]

I was about to ask for funding to get myself deep into pypi/warehouse#8254 and then realized that https://github.com/psf/fundable-packaging-improvements/blob/master/FUNDABLES.md is not something PSF has funds for, but instead it is something the funds are requested for.

If there is a problem with funding, then having a machine readable format for fundables to expose them on https://www.python.org/psf/grants/ in a searchable list would help to make it more obvious for people that can contribute.

In the meanwhile I propose you to enter https://gitcoin.co/grants to try the model. Creating a grant means creating a project, so that people can find it and donate to it. It could be something specific pypi/warehouse#8254 or just a general initiative. I believe this will add more transparence and inclusiveness to funding that could be done here.

I am willing to take the 8254 project through the process for an example, but I will need some official support. Like I'd prefer you to generate an ETH address for the project, so that you can decide what to do with the funds in case I won't be able to deliver.

[di]

Hi, thanks for the issue. The PSF is not currently able to accept any cryptocurrencies as donations, but it is something we are evaluating. (More details about what donations we are able to accept is here: https://www.python.org/psf/donations/)

[abitrolly]

@di I believe there is a substitution of concepts going on. It is not about accepting donations. These are grants in tokens for specific projects, so PSF does not need to accept it. They go into projects directly, or to specific people who opt in to participate. If there are some legal uncertainties if PSF can manage ETH address for this project, then no problem - I can manage it to let people watch, learn and ask questions. I believe making it a multisig address is also possible, although I haven't tried it yet.

For PSF evaluation of accepting crypto donation itself, if there are public discussions, questions and I list of concerns, I would be interested to read that and share with people who can answer. If it is just that there are no known adoptions, then the recent article from NYT should leave less fears https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/your-money/cryptocurrency-donation-nonprofit.html Given that PSF is also coming from scientific background, maybe its worth to contact the Penn directly.

[abitrolly]

The experimental grant is live - https://gitcoin.co/grants/3537/python-package-index. People are already donated even though there is a big warning that the account is not confirmed - the confirmation needs a tweet from https://twitter.com/pypi

@TallSnarkyCDN in discord said PyPI team can not decide to participate in Gitcoin without PSF approval.

@pquentin said this.

I have no idea how it works, but Gitcoin is currently the largest source of urllib3 income
GitHub Sponsors will probably surpass it at some point

https://gitcoin.co/grants/65/urllib3-python-http-library

The faster PSF weights in its opinion, the more effective the Gitcoin campaign could be.