11-12, 17:30–18:00 (Asia/Bangkok), Stage 2
So far, over 50M OP has been awarded to projects with no strings attached. So good, another 800M OP is planned for future rounds. So what ... is the impact? My talk will offer an objective, data-driven perspective on the "so what" of Optimism's Retro Funding. It will include analysis on how different cohorts of projects have performed longitudinally across a variety of growth and quality metrics, while controlling for different funding and market-related effects.
Carl Cervone is Cofounder of Open Source Observer and Kariba Labs. He enjoys building technology to measure impact in the open. Previously, Carl worked at Protocol Labs and Gitcoin. He also cofounded Enveritas, the leading supply chain verification platform for the coffee sector, and spent five years organizing and financing farmer cooperatives in Ethiopia.