Let Support Happen Earlier
Since GCC has set up an individual grant allowance for Voting Committee members, what are the key areas each member is focusing on? As an applicant, how can I tell which Voting Committee member I should speak with?
At GCC, we have always believed that many truly important public goods do not appear only after a “fully completed proposal” is submitted.
They often emerge earlier, through a person’s long-term practice: - A developer who keeps maintaining their work - A research direction that is still being refined - An action that has not yet scaled, but already creates real value for the community
For this reason, GCC’s support does not only happen after a project is submitted. It also happens through judgment, trust, and long-term observation.
Under the “Voting Committee Individual Grant Allowance” mechanism, some support will be given directly by Voting Committee members, based on their long-term observation and accumulated trust, to support the individuals, projects, and actions they believe deserve to be seen and supported in a timely way.
In this article, we hope to further introduce:
- What areas are GCC Voting Committee members currently paying attention to?
- What kinds of practices are they each looking for, evaluating, and accompanying?
- Under the individual grant allowance mechanism, how can projects connect with them?
Applicants can submit the allowance application form to enter the application pool. Application link 🔗: https://tally.so/r/2EN41V
We have also prepared both Chinese and English versions of the application method and process, so that everyone can check them as needed: GCC Voting Committee Individual Grant Allowance
If a Voting Committee member has already been in contact with the applicant, the member may also directly initiate the grant process.
If the practice you are working on happens to overlap with the focus of a certain Voting Committee member, you can also take the initiative to contact that member and start a conversation under the individual grant allowance mechanism.
You may not need to wait until everything is “fully complete” before starting a conversation.
Anne Jiang
Focus: Open-source governance tools
Contact: https://x.com/annej_ecf
Cache Miss
Focus: Public education | Privacy technology | Content autonomy
Contact: https://x.com/yisiliu
Ting Fang
Focus:
1. General knowledge-sharing tools and management software
Including projects such as Liber3. Long-term user of more than five or six literature management and general knowledge management tools, including Zotero and Citavi. Strong interest in writing software, knowledge tools, and different kinds of digital stationery.
2. Cultural communication organizations
Attention to cultural communication organizations, as well as different forms of media, educational organizations, and communities, including their community governance tools.
3. Non-traditional social media
Long-term interest in and deep use of some non-traditional or decentralized social media platforms, such as Mastodon.
4. Health, Digital Wellbeing, and Longevity
One of the most important focus areas over the past year. Strong interest also extends to topics related to “punk wellness.”
5. Non-technical individual applications
Continued attention to non-technical applications from individuals.
Contact: https://x.com/fangtingeth
Iurenbian
Focus:
1. Research on blockchain-related ideologies and theoretical topics
For example, there was previously an individual application on the history of monetary ideas.
2. Systems and components related to the Walkaway test
If one operator disappears or misbehaves, another can step in without approval. For example, third-party IPFS frontends for major DeFi projects.
3. Various mesh network tools
For example, bitchat and Meshstati.
4. Fork projects without KYC
For example: www.wizardswap.pw
5. Activities related to independent stakers and independent nodes
For example, related ecosystem and operational practices for independent nodes.
Examples: The Commodification of Political Distrust: Do Crypto “Hodlers” Distrust Political Institutions? — Brännlund, Anton; Christensen, Henrik Serup Ideologies and Imaginaries in Blockchain Communities: a case study on Bitcoin & Ethereum
Contact: https://x.com/lurenbian
QZ
Focus: Privacy | Public Goods
Contact: https://x.com/not_qz
Sarah
Focus: Public education | Open-source tools
Contact: https://x.com/SARAHWAGMI
Vivian
Focus: Narrative and education | Cross-cultural public goods Trust and peace technology | Cosmo-local models Non-speculative Web3 infrastructure | Care-based community design
Contact: https://x.com/vvntp6
Zhixiong Pan
Focus: Privacy | Censorship resistance | AI Open-source tools | Infrastructure | Open-source information and datasets
Contact: https://x.com/nake13
Getting to Know You Is the First Step of Support
The Voting Committee Individual Grant Allowance is not a “fast-track funding channel.” It is also not a replacement for the formal grant process. It is more like an open but limited space for judgment. It allows Voting Committee members to support the practices they recognize, at the right time, based on experience, responsibility, and trust.
If you see a Voting Committee member above whose focus is close to the direction of your work, and if what you are doing is still in an exploratory, developing, or early-stage phase, you are welcome to take the initiative to reach out and introduce your background and practice.
There is no need for a grand narrative. Clear, real, and sustainable action is already worth being seen.
We also hope that in this way, support will not only happen after an application is submitted, but can happen earlier through understanding, communication, and walking together.
Welcome to GCC. Let public goods grow together 🌱
About GCC
GCC (Global Chinese Community of Universal Digital Commons) supports the people and projects that are reshaping public goods in ways that belong to the future. Rooted in the Chinese-speaking world and connected globally, we are moving together toward a free, open, and sustainable future. Over the past two years, GCC has directly supported more than 45 public goods projects and more than 100 builders, with total donations exceeding USD 1.3 million.
GCC is interested in all kinds of digital public goods projects, but mainly those related to the global Chinese-speaking community, including censorship resistance and crypto privacy, global public talent network building, free and open-source software, governance research, and experimentation. We hope that our support can ultimately have a positive and transformative impact on the quality and quantity of public goods around the world.
Official website: https://gccofficial.org/
Written and formatted by: Lux
