very happy to see the Foundation own and manage program data and infrastructure. Actually, I hope this will become the norm for future programs. Most DAOs lack comprehensive grants data, which significantly impairs the ability to conduct any real analysis or measure impact. The pros of decentralizing this function are far outweighed by the cons. It would be great to have data on grants program spending, milestone completion, grantees, misuse or loss of funds, etc., made publicly available to the Scroll community from the outset. As the Foundation takes responsibility for this, data integrity can be ensured, providing a single source of truth when it comes to capital allocation in DAOs. When the DAO eventually scales its operations and funding, it will be crucial that we are able to make data-driven decisions based on historical data and know how to allocate capital efficiently in the most high-impact way.
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