Gitcoin Grants 24 is testing zk-based voting (MACI + Privote) — and I’m in the Privacy Round!

Hey everyone 👋🏾

I wanted to share something exciting — my youtube channel “90 Seconds to Crypto” was accepted into the Privacy Round of Gitcoin Grants 24!

For anyone unfamiliar, Gitcoin is a public goods funding protocol built on Ethereum. It’s where open-source builders, researchers, educators, and creators can receive community funding through mechanisms like quadratic funding — where 100 people donating $1 matters more than 1 person donating $100.

What makes this round special is that the Privacy Round is using MACI (Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure) and Privote, a private, zk-proof-based voting system that ensures every vote is tamper-proof, private, and verifiable — making this round a real experiment in testing zk-based voting that could one day power even bigger digital democracies.

My channel focuses on values-driven, principles-led crypto education — shining light on projects building real-world utility and privacy tech (think Railgun, Fileverse, Fluidkey, etc).

If that resonates, you can support my work through Gitcoin here: https://gitcoin.privote.live/rounds/0/0xcf7e8154450b0b6c477d9984ec3dec12bc4ea602c0913accc08e26a9a705bce1

Every donation, even $1, helps massively thanks to quadratic funding — and all proceeds go directly to keeping the channel going and spreading the good word on good work in crypto.

I also made a video breaking all this down — from Gitcoin’s funding model to how MACI works:

🎥 https://youtu.be/P29VM2FIvNY?si=kj5A4gyidQSwPNCM

Would love any thoughts or feedback from the community — especially from those experimenting with zk tech, onchain governance, or past Gitcoin rounds.

Thank you 🥰