For leaders who want to protect, and understand their user base ๐ก๏ธ And for all of us who want to access web3โs best, most trustworthy opportunities ๐ซก
WHAT IS GITCOIN PASSPORT? WHO IS IT FOR? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? ๐ค
Gitcoin Passport is the best, easy-to-use identity and Sybil defense solution in web3.
Here's how you can take advantage of Gitcoin Passport, whether as a web3 leader or web3 citizen. ๐งต
โจ HOW TO SECURE YOUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE WITH
@GITCOINPASSPORT
๐ก๏ธ
Building a thriving community or ecosystem requires addressing two crucial aspects:
1๏ธโฃ Identifying "high-quality participants" who genuinely contribute to your community/ecosystem. What characteristics do they
No lies detected from
@lastpiecenft
๐ฅ
Let us be clear:
If you're not talking to
@GitcoinPassport
or another comprehensive Sybil defense tool about protecting your airdrops from bots and bad actors, you're not taking the authentic, sustainable growth of your ecosystem
๐คGitcoin Passport loves
@zksync
๐ค
New stamp scores and weights are coming next week.
๐ We will be adding a new stamp for zkSync Tx activity.
If you are building on or using zkSync, your on-chain activity will help you qualify for the new stamp! ๐
Learn more ๐งต๐
The moment you have been waiting for is now here... ๐
@GitcoinPassport
's
#AntiSybilAssembly
Campaign is LIVE on
@Galxe
:
Increase your Gitcoin Passport Unique Humanity Score to claim your commemorative NFTs โ
Who will be anointed the 'Chosen One'? ๐
gm to everyone who has developed a... uh... healthy habit ๐ of collecting enough
@GitcoinPassport
Stamps in order for their
#GitcoinBeta
donations to be multiplied with matching funds ๐ซก
๐จย BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ๐ฃ
After months of hard work, weโre THRILLED to announce the launch of the
@GitcoinPassport
Scorer API, which makes it 10x easier than before to โPassport-gateโ your web3 project.
Read further to learn how to use this new API ๐งต
.
@Galxe
๐ค
@GitcoinPassport
EXCITING NEWS: Gitcoin Passport has integrated with Galxeโs community engagement campaign platform, further enhancing our collective efforts against bots and Sybils, and protecting high quality user engagement in web3 ๐
Celebrate this milestone with
๐ก๏ธAdapt or die๐ก๏ธ
As announced last week, we just launched our Stamp and score weight changes!
This update includes LOTS of changes that will make increasing your unique humanity score easier; all while also improving Sybil defense for our partners.
Let's Go! ๐๐งต
GM to those who bring organic engagement to networks, and grow the ecosystem. You will be rewarded.
Oh, and ๐๐ป to those who just bot farm and wash trade. We see your automated traffic.
Gitcoin Passport holders will get to access the best, most trustworthy opportunities in web3.
You proving your unique humanity is a big win for your digital life.
If youโre reading this, youโre earlier than 90% of people who will realize this by the end of
#AntiSybilSummer
.
We've heard your feedback. Thank you so much to those who have been sending us wallet addresses and helping us improve our model based stamps. ๐ฃ
Your score on those stamps are to help you prove your unique humanity๐ช
Changes to the zkSync stamp are coming next week ๐งต
๐ Introducing the Revolutionary Sybil Defense Passport ETH Stamp
๐ LAUNCH Alert! Introducing the new Passport ETH Stamp: Harnessing onchain transaction history with our advanced predictive model to verify the unique humanity of each Ethereum account.
๐ ACTION NEEDED:
.
@GITCOINPASSPORT
JUST TOOK A BIG STEP FORWARD ๐ฅ
Starting today, Gitcoin Passport holders can now move their Passports Onchain โ๏ธ
This means that your reputation built with
@GitcoinPassport
will now be able to be read natively via smart contracts in the Ethereum Ecosystem.
Our first model based L2 Stamp has been updated with a training set of thousands of your wallets! ๐๐ฅณ
Thanks for the feedback and for the continued use of Passport. ๐ค
Ecosystems prioritize real humans and with your Passport, you are proving your humanness.
๐งต ๐
We believe it is in the protocol's best interest to distribute tokens to durable users โ not sybil farmers.
If you are a sybil, you have two options:
โ Self-report sybil addresses for 15% of your intended allocation. No questions asked. The deadline to do so is May 17th.
โ Do
Lots of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt on the new score weights and concerns users can't earn the zkSync stamp.
@kbw
breaks down some details... let's pull this thread more. ๐งต
@AlleenDearing
@zksync
@TrustaLabs
@gitcoinpassport
This is a really great question! I also appreciate the way you phrased this. ๐
Lots of small Txs often look like Sybil behavior. In this case, our model works very differently than others. We look for patterns in usage (small Txs, wash trading, LPโing low value assets, NFT
#SybilFreeSummer
continues to heat up! ๐ฅ
We're very excited to share with you the recent success story of
@CyberConnectHQ
using our
@GitcoinPassport
Developer API to stop Sybils from abusing their loyalty program.
Key highlights:
๐ Integrating Gitcoin Passport stopped a
.
@Guildxyz
๐ค
@GitcoinPassport
We're excited to announce this gamechanging partnership that enables Guild admins to easily protect access to Guild roles w/ Gitcoin Passport ๐ก๏ธ๐ฐ
Learn how to create Guild roles for Unique Humans here:
#SybilFreeSummer
๐ฅ
๐ฐย EXCITING NEWS FOR GITCOIN PASSPORT HOLDERS ๐
Itโs now WAY easier and faster to add Stamps to your Gitcoin Passport.
Introducingโฆ โOne-Click Verificationโ of onchain Stamps. โ๏ธ
This highly requested feature will make it easier to be a
#GitcoinBeta
donor ๐งต
Hey
@tipcoineth
- let's talk.
Anything that's valuable will get botted and Sybil attacked. Hit us up. We have years of experience protecting the most popular projects in web3.
#GitcoinPassportFixesThis
Update on wallet filtering
As you all know, $tip was heavily farmed by bots using a variety of methods. Some of these users registered hundreds or thousands of accounts, others botted their engagement, all with the intention of farming $tip coin to profit.
We made it clear we
๐ฃย BIG NEWS ๐
We just launched the new & improved Gitcoin Passport Scorer App!
With the Scorer app, you can easily give your users a โUnique Humanity Score,โ which determines who gets access to your application.
๐บย Watch our new Quickstart video by
Humans!
The ETH Activity Stamp will be in maintenance mode tomorrow for ~1 hour.
Details
~ Date: April 18th, 2024
~ Time: 14:20 - 15:20 UTC
~ Only the ETH Activity Stamp will be affected
gm to everyone who realizes that this is the state of airdrops in 2023.
Projects know they are tacitly endorsing low quality engagement and making it nearly impossible for non-Sybil accounts to claim rewards.
#GitcoinPassportFixesThat
The moment you have been waiting for is now here... ๐
@GitcoinPassport
's
#AntiSybilAssembly
Campaign is LIVE on
@Galxe
:
Increase your Gitcoin Passport Unique Humanity Score to claim your commemorative NFTs โ
Who will be anointed the 'Chosen One'? ๐
The moment you have been waiting for is now here... ๐
@GitcoinPassport
's
#AntiSybilAssembly
Campaign is LIVE on
@Galxe
:
Increase your Gitcoin Passport Unique Humanity Score to claim your commemorative NFTs โ
Who will be anointed the 'Chosen One'? ๐
gm humans.
#GG18
is just ONE day away!
It's time to refresh your stamps on your Gitcoin Passport so your contributions to projects get multiplied with matching funds.
RT to spread the word ๐
๐ฃ GITCOIN GRANTS 18 IS LIVE! ๐
#GG18
is your opportunity toโฆ
๐ Discover the next great web3 project
๐ซก Support the projects you most believe in
๐ฐ Get your donations multiplied with matching funds
Make history this
#onchainsummer
by heading to by
REFRESH YOUR PASSPORT BEFORE GG19
Reminder that your
@gitcoinpassport
score resets after 90 days.
So, make sure get your score up before GG19 starts on November 15th: .
NOTE: you will need a minimum score of 15 to be eligible for matching. Matching
๐ขANNOUNCING: GG19 ๐ขThe biggest Quadratic Funding event in web3 is back for its final season of 2023!
๐TL;DR on this round:
๐GG19 starts at 12:00 UTC on Nov 15th, 2023
๐GG19 ends at 23:59 UTC on Nov 29th, 2023
๐3 Program Rounds; 9+ Community Rounds; $1.24M in Matching
Exciting news for Gitcoin Passport holders ๐
@Zerion
โthe smart, social web3 wallet that empowers you to manage your DeFi and NFT portfolios and trade across 10+ networksโis now partnering with Gitcoin Passport.
Zerion allows you to connect to any decentralized application with
#SYBILFREESUMMER
IS ON FIRE ๐ฅ
๐ฎย 6 new
@GitcoinPassport
Stamps
๐ก๏ธย A brand new scoring algorithm to better keep out bots and Sybils
๐๏ธย NEW, super informative podcast on Gitcoin Passport
Letโs dive in to the good news and each of these new stamps you can collect ๐งต
๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ & ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ค
In the age of AI, itโs never been more important to help REAL people prove they are REAL.
@GitcoinPassport
helps web3 citizens like you collect โStampsโโaka pieces of proof of
That vast majority of our validation mechanisms are based on on-chain data.
For brand new users to web3, this is not always an option. Offering Web2 friendly solutions (without doxxing their accounts) enables a friendly onboard path.
Would love to chat more!
I am totally open for gitcoin, if it uses criteria of onchain decentralised platforms as medium to verify human.
Instead of asking me to join google IDs, buy GTC tokens , and connect my Web 2.0 profiles.
ATTENTION WEB3 LEADERS:
Weโre building the industryโs best playbook for how to protect your project from bots + Sybil attackersโso you donโt become a victim of your own success.
Drop a ๐ก๏ธ as a reply & make sure youโre following
@GitcoinPassport
if you want us to DM it to you ๐
gm ๐ซก
We're convening the industry's leading thinkers and builders in Sybil defense, identity, & reputation.
None of us are going to "solve" any of these problems alone.
Reply to this tweet if you'd like to join a group where we help each other and discuss the bleeding edge of
๐Special Announcement to Gitcoin Passport Holders! ๐
Usability Testing & User Preference Assessment for Identity Staking v2 UI Optimization at Gitcoin Passport ๐ก๏ธ
We are conducting focused usability tests to evaluate two versions of the Identity Staking v2 app, and we would
โจWe have some exciting functionality launching soon that we are trialing with
@gitcoin
๐ชModel-based detection๐ช
๐ฎThis new scoring mechanism reduces user friction and eliminates the need to earn stamps for most users.
๐Reach out if you want to learn more.
Small But Mighty Update: The Gitcoin Grants Stamp on Gitcoin Passport is now updated and better than ever! ๐
We heard your feedback, and the wait is over!
The Gitcoin Grants Stamp now recognizes contributions made during ALL Gitcoin Grants rounds 1-18 (where GG18 ended August
Itโs that time again!
โ ๏ธ We will be making adjustments to our Stamp offering and weights next week โ ๏ธ
Our commitment is to better protect the trust and integrity of the communities you are trying to participate in.
Learn more ๐งต๐
Earlier this year, we teamed up with
@SoulsClubETH
to provide early access to their internet safety tool, safe.soul โ a web overlay that enables you to quickly identify the trustworthiness of accounts and sites on Twitter and more.
Today, weโre back with more good news! ๐ค
In
The moment you have been waiting for is now here... ๐
@GitcoinPassport
's
#AntiSybilAssembly
Campaign is LIVE on
@Galxe
:
Increase your Gitcoin Passport Unique Humanity Score to claim your commemorative NFTs โ
Who will be anointed the 'Chosen One'? ๐
gm humans ๐ซก
Reply to this post with '
#GG18
' if you're excited that having a
@gitcoinpassport
score of 20 or more makes your donation matching multiply for Gitcoin Grants 18 ๐
๐ฃ GITCOIN GRANTS 18 IS LIVE! ๐
#GG18
is your opportunity toโฆ
๐ Discover the next great web3 project
๐ซก Support the projects you most believe in
๐ฐ Get your donations multiplied with matching funds
Make history this
#onchainsummer
by heading to by
Some alpha ๐จ
If you're going to be in Istanbul for Devconnect, have a
@GitcoinPassport
, and believe you are worthy to be deemed a 'Trusted Human', reply to this tweet with a '๐ก๏ธ' emoji.
We're doing something special in Istanbul and want you to be a part of it.
BIG NEWS:
@GitcoinPassport
just released three new credentials you can earn to increase your Passport score, all part of the GTC Staking Stamp ๐
The credentials are:
๐ฉถ Community Investor Silver: Stake 5 GTC on 1 account or have 1 account stake 5 GTC on you.
โญ๏ธ Community
gm to everyone who has created a
@GitcoinPassport
to increase their matching in the Gitcoin Program Alpha Round ๐ซก
Here's a quick thread on why Passport was SO important for us to integrate in the Round ๐งต
These L2 model changes are in our staging environment and are being tested. Our plan is to push them live to production tomorrow. ๐ค
We want to make sure that we don't remove people's earned credentials with the changes.
For example, if you earned points last week with the
We've heard your feedback. Thank you so much to those who have been sending us wallet addresses and helping us improve our model based stamps. ๐ฃ
Your score on those stamps are to help you prove your unique humanity๐ช
Changes to the zkSync stamp are coming next week ๐งต
We've said this before and we'll say it again:
NUMBER OF WALLETS is a terrible indicator for how active & sustainable a project truly is.
If you cannot prove that the addresses on your chain/app are REAL users, it's safe to assume almost all of them are bots and Sybil
๐ GM
๐ฐ $1000 in pooled rewards are now available to claim by the Holonym community
1. ZK Verify and mint your SBT
2. Get your
@gitcoinpassport
stamp
3. Participate in our DID Research with
@BlockchainGov
deets and alpha for future drops ๐
The model for the new ETH Stamp just aced the bell curve - maybe a bit too well.
For those of you who are on the upper-end of this bell curve, please fill out this form to help us improve this model.
For the Sybils in our replies, sorry, not sorry.
.
@LineaBuild
๐ค
@GitcoinPassport
In the lead-up to the mainnet alpha release, Linea organized the Linea Voyage initiative, involving early community members and partners to shape the platform. This initiative included challenges and exploration of the Linea ecosystem on the
gm to everyone who has participated in
#GG18
so far ๐
QUICK REMINDER: Only donations of at least $1, and a
@GitcoinPassport
score of 20 or higher are eligible for matching ๐ธ
Happy funding!
๐ฃ GITCOIN GRANTS 18 IS LIVE! ๐
#GG18
is your opportunity toโฆ
๐ Discover the next great web3 project
๐ซก Support the projects you most believe in
๐ฐ Get your donations multiplied with matching funds
Make history this
#onchainsummer
by heading to by
gm to everyone who remembers that your
@GitcoinPassport
stamps expire every 90 days, and that today is the day to get ahead of the round and refresh your Passport ๐
Feel free to check out
@0xZakk
's video on how ๐
๐ฃ Calling all
@GitcoinPassport
holders!
We're redesigning the app and we want to hear from YOU.
1) Join the Polis Discussion: (In the Polis link is a Figma draft you can review.)
2) Share honest feedback: What do you love? What's missing? What confuses
The moment you have been waiting for is now here... ๐
@GitcoinPassport
's
#AntiSybilAssembly
Campaign is LIVE on
@Galxe
:
Increase your Gitcoin Passport Unique Humanity Score to claim your commemorative NFTs โ
Who will be anointed the 'Chosen One'? ๐
We continue to listen to feedback that communities and users want low friction, high trust signals that help prevent egregious botting/sybil attacks.
Airdrop farming is not always bad - let's keep the rewards in the hands of real humans... not the bots.
๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ
Anyone Play Web3 Games?
๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ
We do ๐
๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ
We have some gaming partnerships coming up you're going to love!
๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ
Bots and fake accounts may boost your appโs short term metrics, which may help you raise money from unsuspecting investors.
But youโre just self sabotaging your projectโs long term future by creating a low quality experience for your real human users.
The smartest builders are