{"title": "🤕 Pain Points of Ethereum", "description": "![](https://imgur.com/P7zmsdF.png)\n\nHelp the Ethereum ecosystem identify what's holding back the healthy growth and positive real world impact of its communities, infrastructure, and applications.\n\nThe purpose of this signaling pool is to curate a list of areas in the Ethereum ecosystem that are underserved, create friction, or are otherwise problematic for anyone that could benefit from interacting with the protocol.\n\nThrough **conviction voting** we’ll curate a registry that can serve as a useful public good for directing resources and sourcing collective action towards the best Ethereum possible.\n\n### 🌱 Goals\n\n- Highlight high priority pain points in the ecosystem that need immediate attention, resources, and creative thinking to address.\n- Provide a collectively intelligent, credibly neutral set of priorities for people and organizations to reference.\n- Serve as a resource for funding rounds, investors, grants operators, public goods providers, and open source software builders.\n\n### ✅ Eligibility Requirements\n\n- Proposals must clearly define the nature of the issue and how, in its current state, it holds back the healthy growth of the Ethereum ecosystem.\n\n### ✋ How to Participate\n\n- Join the [Gitcoin Grants Garden](https://app.gardens.fund/gardens/10/0x1eba7a6a72c894026cd654ac5cdcf83a46445b08/0xd3345828914b740fddd1b8ae4f4d2ce03d1e0960) - when registering, you’ll need to sign the community Covenant and stake 1 $GTC.\n- Activate governance and click **Manage Support** to allocate support to the proposals you agree with. You can increase your influence by [staking more $GTC](https://app.gardens.fund/gardens/10/0x1eba7a6a72c894026cd654ac5cdcf83a46445b08/0xd3345828914b740fddd1b8ae4f4d2ce03d1e0960).\n- To suggest a new idea, **Create a Proposal** with a concise title and a short description of the pain point and how it’s negatively affecting the Ethereum ecosystem. Include links to resources and evidence to help voters.\n\n### 🧪 Pool Parameters Explained\n\n- **Pool Type**: *Signaling* – no funds distributed. This pool tracks community sentiment through votes to source collective wisdom.\n- **Voting Weight**: Quadratic – your voting weight = the square root of your $GTC stake in the community. Sybil Protection through [passport.xyz](http://app.passport.xyz)\n- **Conviction Growth**: *3 days* – the longer you support a proposal, the stronger your conviction becomes. Your conviction grows to meet support at a rate of 50% every 3 days.\n- **Tribunal Safe**: *Council Safe* – any member of the community can dispute proposals they feel are abusive or don’t meet eligibility criteria. The Council Safe rules on disputes in this pool.\n- **Proposal Collateral**: *0.002 ETH* – a small stake to prevent spam and encourage quality proposals.\n- **Dispute Collateral**: *0.003 ETH* – required to challenge a proposal via the Tribunal, also deterring frivolous disputes.\n\n### 🔗 Relevant Links\n\n- [What is Conviction Voting?](https://blog.giveth.io/conviction-voting-a-novel-continuous-decision-making-alternative-to-governance-aa746cfb9475)\n- [Gitcoin Grants Garden - GG23 Community Round Details](https://www.notion.so/Gitcoin-Grants-Garden-GG23-1b6d6929d0148057ab81c0dbee6475ba?pvs=21)\n- [Telegram Support Channel](https://t.me/+Hbz7rRQNwn0wMDJh)"}