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Tom Blackstone2 hours agoOpen-source advocates launch OP Stack testnet to fund public goodsThe Public Goods Network from Gitcoin promises to redirect most net sequencer fees into public goods, instead of giving them to token holders or developers.554 Total viewsListen to article 0:00NewsJoin us on social networksLayer-2 blockchain Public Goods Network launched a testnet on July 7, promising to spend “the vast majority of net sequencer fees” on public goods instead of paying them out to the development team or token holders, according to an announcement from the network’s developers. In economics, a “public good” is a good that cannot be produced for profit because it is difficult to exclude non-payers from its consumption.


The new network was developed by the same team that created Gitcoin, a project that seeks to raise funds for open-source projects. Public Goods Network is being built using the OP Stack, meaning that it can become part of the proposed “Superchain” that will include Optimism and Base networks.Okay Devs,

Overjoyed to announce @pgn_eth, a community-led L2 focused on sustainable funding for public goods

Check this out if you"re building anything related to public goods, because I have testnet Eth for you

⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/b0mdS1Symw— zakk.eth (is on a quest ) (@0xZakk) July 6, 2023


According to the project"s documents, Public Goods Network will be an Optimistic layer-2 rollup of Ethereum. This type of network generally uses a profit-making centralized sequencer to batch transactions and periodically submit them to Ethereum.


The Gitcoin team says their new network will reinvest “the vast majority” of this profit into public goods projects. In their view, this is necessary to prevent venture capital firms and others who are motivated by “rent seeking” from capturing the value provided by layer-2s:“Rather than fill blockspace for other organizations who may be captured by VCs, or other rent seeking motivations, we believe we should fill our own blockspace such that we can reallocate those funds to further the Alliance’s objective of growing and funding public goods.”


Gitcoin claims that the sequencer fees will not go directly to them. Instead, it will go to an “alliance” being formed based on a “newly defined governance model.” In a Twitter thread accompanying the announcement, the team said the network’s long-term goal is to allow projects to be funded directly by sequencer fees, without a middleman, using the EIP-6969 standard.


Related:Coinbase’s Base network publishes ‘path to mainnet’ outlining roadmap


The current Public Goods network is connected to the Ethereum Sepolia network through an official bridge, allowing developers to test out apps using funds from Sepolia’s various faucets.


Gitcoin originally rose to prominence by using quadratic funding to provide grants for open-source projects and other public goods. Gitcoin’s head of impact, Azeem Khan, joined the advisory board for crypto fund Foresight Ventures in June.# Blockchain# Ethereum# Developers# Layer2Add reactionAdd reactionRelated NewsHow to buy NFTs without owning cryptoAccount abstraction will drive a billion users from Asia to Web3: ConsenSys execBuckle up, Reddit: Closed APIs cost more than you’d expectStarknet moves closer to EVM compatibility with upcoming ‘Kakarot’ testnetzkSync unveils new network of ‘Hyperchains’ — Testnet by end of yearOptimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansen

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