OP asked for alternatives, the founder of gitcoin "a platform for you to get paid for working on open source software" comments pointing to their website. It might have been worded better but I think it's a relevant answer. (commenter is https://twitter.com/owocki)
AFAIK there's nothing mutually exclusive about using a service that requires identity (in this case, proof of unique human-ness) on a decentralized blockchain. In fact there are services that are actively working to create DIDs (like brightID, 3box, etc).
One thing I forgot to add: In pockets of the ethereum community, it is widely considered that having identity mechanisms that can be relied upon is one of the things that is holding blockchain services back from going mainstream. There are all kinds of applications (decentralized social networks, payroll, voting, etc) that could benefit from having an identity overlay on a blockchain network.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. But if it's that the identity mechanism on Gitcoin (aged github accounts) isnt perfect, then I think you're absolutely right.
I think a more important question is "are the round results valid?" Vitalik goes into this in his post - As Vitalik notes in his post, we are certainly reaching the limits of our existing identity framework as more money/users get involved.
Identity networks are a chicken and egg problem. My view is that Gitcoin being one of the first widely/actively used Ethereum products (https://gitcoin.co/results) we have a unique opportunity (and challenge/responsibility honestly) to bootstrap a DID network.
Gitcoin's approach thus far has been to stop collusion from unsophisticated actors, then progressively get more organized (as more money gets involved, and as we learn from each round) about stopping collusion from more sophisticated actors.
You have done great for the community. You have helped programmers in Africa to get involved and exposed into something serious. You have helped to bridge the digital divide and also increase social mobility.
Thank you! But honestly its the gitcoin team/community that is doing it, I'm just helping the team/community coordinate at this point :)
Hopefully this (https://gitcoin.co/results) is just a start and we can build information age native institutions that support all sorts of public goods (Open Source Software being the focal point right now) at 100x this scale one day.
Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based tools that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.
We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $2.8mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.
Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based tools that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.
We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $2.5mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.
Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based tools that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.
We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $2mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.
Gitcoin's mission is to "Grow Open Source". Gitcoin is a toolbox of Ethereum-based tools that help open source repo maintainers fund, incentivize, and manage work in Open Source Software.
We don't have an ICO or token; We are a team of 13 funded by ConsenSys, and have distributed about $1.8mm to the ecosystem since launch in November 2017.
our bounties platform is coupled to github, but grants/tips/other tools are not.
we plan to decouple from github eventually. until then, the workaround is to post a gitlab repo into a github issue and bounty that.
any other questions lmk