In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Scott Moore, Co-Founder and Community Lead of Gitcoin. Bobby interviewed Scott on the background of Gitcoin, their products, their GTC token launch, as well as Gitcoin’s upcoming plans for 2021. [00:01:20] Intro [00:02:31] What is Gitcoin? [00:05:17] Differences between Gitcoin’s products [00:10:55] What is Quadratic Funding? [00:15:16] Steps for preventing Sybil attacks on Gitcoin [00:19:58] Application process to receive matching Grants [00:25:29] Reasons for GTC token launch [00:30:09] Funding needs for Gitcoin [00:34:48] Upcoming plans for Gitcoin in second half of 2021 Quotes from the episode: “That's partly why we ended up talking a lot with Vitalik and like trying to get us feedback on what we're up to with Quadratic Funding, because I think he really understands the vision for that.” [00:11:33] “The token itself was really meant to be a governance token first and foremost, which is really critical to note. The token itself for now, has no real economical rates. We don't intend for it to have an economical rate.” [00:26:06] "So I think the biggest thing for me is to really hone in on how we run rounds and run basically Gitcoin Grants through the community. My view is that we've so far done a good job of like the community ratified Grants rounds.” [00:35:01] Watch the Podcast on YouTube Links Gitcoin - https://gitcoin.co/ CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/ Gitcoin on CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/gitcoin Social Media Gitcoin: https://twitter.com/gitcoin CoinGecko: https://twitter.com/coingecko https://t.me/coingecko