I've watched ecosystem grant programs long enough to know they serve two masters simultaneously. The official story is developer enablement fund builders, grow the ecosystem, create value for everyone. The less discussed story is that grants are also the most cost effective marketing a protocol can run. Every developer who takes a Bedrock grant becomes a stakeholder with financial incentive to promote the ecosystem they just got paid to build on.
Neither purpose is dishonest. Both are real.
What I look for in grant programs is what gets funded and what doesn't. Grants that flow toward infrastructure and tooling that benefits all developers signal genuine ecosystem building. Grants that flow toward products that increase TVL or token demand signal something closer to paid growth.
Bedrock's grant criteria sits closer to the first category than most. I'm watching the actual disbursements to confirm that.
#bedrock $BR @Bedrock
Neither purpose is dishonest. Both are real.
What I look for in grant programs is what gets funded and what doesn't. Grants that flow toward infrastructure and tooling that benefits all developers signal genuine ecosystem building. Grants that flow toward products that increase TVL or token demand signal something closer to paid growth.
Bedrock's grant criteria sits closer to the first category than most. I'm watching the actual disbursements to confirm that.
#bedrock $BR @Bedrock