Grants Grow Up

Tue Jan 06 2026

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Supporting Polkadot through its Second Age shift, the Web3 Foundation has announced strategic changes to the Grants Program. Moving away from open-ended proposals, it now targets funding that supports Polkadot's product-centric vision and core protocol development.

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