Paying Open Source Developers with Gitcoin
In this episode, Kevin Owocki, founder of Gitcoin, shares the journey behind building one of the most prominent platforms for open-source public goods funding in the blockchain space. Gitcoin emerged from the need to financially support developers who create foundational infrastructure for the web, evolving into a hub for virtual hackathons, quadratic funding rounds, and accelerator programs like Kernel. With over $34 million distributed to open-source projects, Gitcoin has helped launch initiatives like Yearn Finance, Uniswap, and EPNS.
Kevin also dives into Gitcoin’s long-term mission: transforming crypto from a speculative ecosystem into a powerful engine for global public goods. From the Moonshot Collective to innovations in coordination tooling, Gitcoin is pushing forward a vision of the internet where communities fund and maintain essential infrastructure—everything from clean air to journalism—through decentralized, transparent, and scalable means.
In this podcast episode, Kevin Owocki, founder of Gitcoin, explains how Gitcoin is a place for open source developers to get paid and for employers to get access to them. He talks about Gitcoin's vision and what they are aiming to build in the blockchain space.
What is Gitcoin?
Gitcoin is the community of builders, creators, and protocols at the center of open web ecosystems. A platform where you get paid to work on open-source software in Python, Rust, Ruby, JavaScript, Solidity, HTML, CSS, Design, and more.
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