Funding Ethereum Aligned Ecosystems

We draw from learnings from 2 years and $7M+ of public goods funding from staking/DeFi yield alone, and the potential of leveraging the same mechanism for projects to fund their ecosystems by combining it with allocation mechanisms – all while funding "Ethereum goods".

I've been working with communities in the Ethereum ecosystem for about 3 years now, and sustainability is the biggest concern everywhere you look. Furthermore, the same issue arises when we talk about public goods. My personal goal has been to design and/or find mechanisms that make public goods sustainable, and I believe we can create a "philosopher's stone" by combining DeFi (capital formation) with allocation mechanisms (e.g. QF, conviction voting, etc...).

Another important issue that can be tight to it, is "Ethereum alignment". This term is generally thrown around quite lightly without much substance under it. By creating a system that both leverages Ethereum infrastructure and finances Ethereum (Public) Goods, we'd be creating a way for projects to socially align with Ethereum beyond the superficial "usage of the Ethereum network".