I’d have more hope—not significant hope, but more hope—in separating the concerns of (a) credibly promising to pay big money retrospectively for good work to anyone who produces it, and (b) venturing prospective payments to somebody who is predicted to maybe produce good work later.
I desperately want to make this ecosystem exist, either as part of Manifold Markets, or separately. Some people call it “impact certificates” or “retroactive public goods funding”; I call it “equity for public goods”, or “Manifund” in the specific case.
If anyone is interested in:
a) Being a retroactive funder for good work (aka bounties, prizes)
b) Getting funding through this kind of mechanism (aka income share agreements, angel investment)
c) Working on this project full time (full-stack web dev, ops, community management)
Please get in touch! Reply here, or message austin@manifold.markets~
I’m also on a team trying to build impact certificates/retroactive public goods funding and we are receiving a grant from an FTX Future Fund regrantor to make it happen!
If you’re interested in learning more or contributing you can:
Read about our ongoing $10,000 retro-funding contest (Austin is graciously contributing to the prize pool)
Submit an EA Forum Post to this retro-funding contest (before July 1st)
I desperately want to make this ecosystem exist, either as part of Manifold Markets, or separately. Some people call it “impact certificates” or “retroactive public goods funding”; I call it “equity for public goods”, or “Manifund” in the specific case.
If anyone is interested in:
a) Being a retroactive funder for good work (aka bounties, prizes)
b) Getting funding through this kind of mechanism (aka income share agreements, angel investment)
c) Working on this project full time (full-stack web dev, ops, community management)
Please get in touch! Reply here, or message austin@manifold.markets~
I’m also on a team trying to build impact certificates/retroactive public goods funding and we are receiving a grant from an FTX Future Fund regrantor to make it happen!
If you’re interested in learning more or contributing you can:
Read about our ongoing $10,000 retro-funding contest (Austin is graciously contributing to the prize pool)
Submit an EA Forum Post to this retro-funding contest (before July 1st)
Join our Discord to chat/ask questions
Read/Comment on our lengthy informational EA forum post “Towards Impact Markets”