# ENS x Octant Public Goods Round Results & Wrap-up Source: https://forum.giveth.io/t/ens-x-octant-public-goods-round-results-wrap-up-march-18-april-1-2025/2003 ## Summary The ENS x Octant Public Goods Quadratic Funding Round, held March 18 to April 1, 2025, has concluded, with 103 eligible projects sharing an 80,000 USDC matching pool on Optimism. The round recorded 2,886 donations from 744 unique donors, totaling $28,890, and used the COCM algorithm, which gives higher matching to projects backed by a diverse set of donors. rotki received the largest match at 5,600 USDC, followed by Regens Unite at 3,481.34 USDC. The matching funds were distributed on April 23. ## Article ENS x Octant Public Goods Round Results & Wrap-up (March 18 — April 1, 2025) GM builders, dreamers, and public goods supporters! The ENS x Octant Public Goods Quadratic Funding Round has come to a close—and the results are in! This round was all about supporting web3 infrastructure, education, and utility projects through a QF round powered by two of the most impactful names in the public goods space: ENS DAO and Octant. Big thanks to ENS and Octant for seeding the round with 80,000 USDC on Optimism and showing up with enthusiasm, support, and serious impact. The Numbers Matching pool size: 80,000 USDC on Optimism Round Duration: March 18 — April 1, 2025 Max matching per project: 7% of the matching pool or 5600 USDC Eligible Projects: 103 Total Donations: 2886 Unique Donors: 744 Total USD Value of Donations: $28,890 Tokens Donated: USDGLO, CELO, USDC, USDT, ETH, GIV, OP, ARB, MATIC, XDAI, SOL & more! Eligible donation Networks: All Giveth supported networks – Arbitrum One, Base, Gnosis, OP Mainnet, Ethereum Mainnet, Polygon PoS, Polygon zkEVM, Ethereum Classic, Celo, Stellar, Solana. The final results including all projects, amounts raised, and matching funds can be found here: ENS x Octant PGs Round Final Matching Results Important: Project owners – PLEASE double-check your Optimism recipient address! Projects Eligibility To make sure this round spotlighted genuine builders, projects had to: Be listed and verified on Giveth Fit one or more categories: Infrastructure, Utility, Education Complete application and verification before round start Be selected by a curation team from Octant and ENS DAO Donor Eligibility & Sybil Resistance The following mechanisms were used to ensure matching funds were allocated fairly according to genuine community support: Human Passport Using Passport’s Model Based API, each donor address was assigned a score based on on-chain activity. A score of 50 or higher was considered a pass for QF eligibility.- Addresses who did not achieve a passing score through the API could verify their uniqueness using stamps. **** A Passport (stamps) score of 15 or higher also qualified the donor as QF-eligible. COCM This round again used the Connection‑Oriented Cluster Match (COCM) algorithm to calculate final matching. COCM rewards donor diversity and penalizes tightly clustered or coordinated donation patterns. That means: Projects supported by donors who gave to a broad range of projects received higher matching Projects that had donations mostly from overlapping or highly clustered wallets saw reduced matching Learn more about COCM here: wtfiscocm.streamlit.app Matching Fund Distribution Chart: Here’s the final breakdown of how the 80,000 USDC matching pool was distributed! Check out how all the projects got ranked based on the received matching! Top Projects by Matching Allocation Here are the top 10 projects in the ENS x Octant Public Goods Round, ranked by matching funds received: rotki Matching: 5600.00 USDC Match per unique donor: 130.23 USDC Regens Unite Matching: 3481.34 USDC Match per unique donor: 128.94 USDC Public Nouns Operations Matching: 3420.29 USDC Match per unique donor: 51.05 USDC Flow State Matching: 3384.32 USDC Match per unique donor: 99.54 USDC Dappnode Matching: 3313.72 USDC Match per unique donor: 77.06 USDC Blockscout Open-Source Block Explorer Matching: 2812.64 USDC Match per unique donor: 35.60 USDC Kiwi News Matching: 2613.16 USDC Match per unique donor: 67.00 USDC MASQ Network Matching: 2596.34 USDC Match per unique donor: 118.02 USDC Bankless Academy Matching: 2002.35 USDC Match per unique donor: 74.16 USDC B<>rder/ess web3 Tech Club on Campuses Matching: 1944.44 USDC Match per unique donor: 60.76 USDC ’Match per unique donor’ is the matching divided by the total number of unique addresses that donated to the project. The ‘Match per unique donor’ metric is interesting since COCM rewards donors who support a diverse set of projects. This means that projects that have a higher “match per unique donor” had a broader donor base. What’s Next? Forum post will be open for 3 business days for feedback and questions Then we’ll ratify the results on Snapshot Matching funds will be distributed soon after Project teams: make sure your Optimism addresses are correct! Huge Thanks to You All To everyone who donated, built, shared, or supported — you’re helping shape the future of public goods funding. More rounds are coming, and your support helps grow a sustainable ecosystem for web3 builders everywhere. Let’s keep building. Let’s keep funding. Let’s keep the momentum going. Have a question? Tag @yegor and drop a comment below Got a feedback to share? Fill in this form and let us know about your experience Updates: The Matching Funds have been distributed on April 23rd. Here you can find the transaction: https://optimistic.etherscan.io/tx/0xf4445db5f59ce16fd1796860da6c3ba870015e5870f48d43c353eeed3eb846bf ## Comments **timdaub.eth**: > Kiwi News > Matching: 2613.16 USDC > Match per unique donor: 67.00 USDC Kiwi News is actually one of the top matching funds receivers!