LEGO

Lido Ecosystem Grants Organization

LEGO funds individuals, projects, and initiatives that benefit the Lido protocol and the broader blockchain space. If you're a developer, crypto enthusiast, or community member with a solid plan to improve the ecosystem or raise awareness about Eth, PoS, DeFi, etc., LEGO is here to support you.

Grant Classification

LEGO grants are sorted into four different piles by expected size and impact:

Name

Description

Approver (LEGO)

Grant amount

Sandgrain

Contributions that are nice to have, yet not detrimental. Can be easily evaluated by a single person.

Approver:1 member

Grant amount:up to 1,000 USD

Pebble

Pebbles are non-critical, small things that are beneficial for Lido but not so trivial to call a sand grain.

Approver:2 members

Grant amount:up to 10,000 USD

Boulder

Boulders are big, important things that are imperative to be carried out by experts and thoroughly evaluated by core contributors.

Approver:Council vote

Grant amount:up to 100,000 USD

Mountain

Mountains are critical improvements to Lido that have a significant impact on its growth, security, operations, etc.

Approver:DAO vote

Grant amount:100,000 USD +

Grants History

LEGO issues detailed quarterly reports on all granting activities and results. See the grants and their results in detailed reports.

Reports

Grant Application Process

To apply for a grant, please follow the process outlined below:

01

Contact

Make contact with the LEGO person responsible for your specific area of contribution (or just any LEGO person who will forward you to the relevant point of contact) on Telegram to introduce yourself and your idea.

Good practice is to prepare a short pitch of the proposal:

Title:

What is the grant application about?

Author(s):

Who will be working on the proposal (experience, previous major achievements)?

Purpose:

How will it aid the Lido ecosystem? Why is it important?

Summary:

A brief summary of the grant application (3-4 sentences)

Details:

Timelines, expenses estimates.

02

Discuss grants terms

Hash out the terms, timelines, and deliverables in personal communication with the relevant LEGO member. They will get approval or rejection according to the LEGO process.

03

Review

The proposal is shared on research.lido.fi and amongst LEGO committee members for review. Upon approval, communication channels will be set up and nominee will receive funding.

04

Present

Upon completion, the creator is invited to introduce the grant work and showcase their developments to the LEGO committee.

The timeline for grant execution will differ based on the size of the grant opportunity as well as the number of committee members needed to take part.

LEGO Committee

LEGO is built up around 2 unique segments - LEGO Council & LEGO Nominees. Any LEGO member can send sandgrain, coordinate on pebbles and motion towards Boulders, while only LEGO Council votes on Boulders.

LEGO Council

The LEGO Council is comprised of 8 LEGO partners with a range of backgrounds and experience, each responsible for a specific segment of Lido with a capacity of 15,000 LDO equivalent per quarter to facilitate sandgrain and pebble sized grants.

Name

Domain

About

Social

Vasiliy Shapovalov

General, tech

Researcher

Kasper Rasmussen

Community

Community, Growth & Education

Victor Suzdalev

Governance, Defi integrations

DAO ops contributor

Sam Kozin

Ethereum liquid staking

Lido on Ethereum dev

Flo

Node and Validation tech

Co-Founder & CTO of Staking Facilities

Tim Beiko

Ethereum ecosystem alignment

AllCoreDevs, Ethereum Foundation

Isidoros Passadis

General, node operation, decentralization, future of staking

Extensive experience in Financial and IT auditing, risk & control frameworks, business process design and implementation

Alex Lykov

General, LEGO ops

LEGO analyst in DAO ops

LEGO Nominees

The LEGO Nominees is an extension of LEGO by up to 20 individuals who manage personal grant budget (10,000 LDO equivalent per quarter, included in total LEGO budget). The list of nominees is managed by a vote of the LEGO Council.

Name

About

Social

Klim

Core dev of Yearn finance

FrontAlpha

Rewards Share and Liquidity Observation Lab

Community manager

Eugene Pshenichniy

Lido on Ethereum dev

Georgios Konstantopoulos

CTO and research partner in Paradigm

Jakov

Protocol Relations (ex. CIO in ShardLabs)

Jbeezy

Former contributor to ConsenSys, Sprice ID, NEAR foundation, Lido DAO

Irina

Lido on Ethereum analytics

TheDZhon

Lido on Ethereum dev

Grant Classification Grants History Grant Application Process Committee LEGO Council LEGO Nominees

LEGO

Lido Ecosystem Grants Organization

LEGO funds individuals, projects, and initiatives that benefit the Lido protocol and the broader blockchain space. If you're a developer, crypto enthusiast, or community member with a solid plan to improve the ecosystem or raise awareness about Eth, PoS, DeFi, etc., LEGO is here to support you.

Grant Classification

LEGO grants are sorted into four different piles by expected size and impact:

Grants History

LEGO issues detailed quarterly reports on all granting activities and results. See the grants and their results in detailed reports.

Grant Application Process

To apply for a grant, please follow the process outlined below:

01

Contact

Make contact with the LEGO person responsible for your specific area of contribution (or just any LEGO person who will forward you to the relevant point of contact) on Telegram to introduce yourself and your idea.

Good practice is to prepare a short pitch of the proposal:

02

Discuss grants terms

Hash out the terms, timelines, and deliverables in personal communication with the relevant LEGO member. They will get approval or rejection according to the LEGO process.

03

Review

The proposal is shared on research.lido.fi and amongst LEGO committee members for review. Upon approval, communication channels will be set up and nominee will receive funding.

04

Present

Upon completion, the creator is invited to introduce the grant work and showcase their developments to the LEGO committee.

The timeline for grant execution will differ based on the size of the grant opportunity as well as the number of committee members needed to take part.

LEGO Committee

LEGO is built up around 2 unique segments - LEGO Council & LEGO Nominees. Any LEGO member can send sandgrain, coordinate on pebbles and motion towards Boulders, while only LEGO Council votes on Boulders.

LEGO Council

The LEGO Council is comprised of 8 LEGO partners with a range of backgrounds and experience, each responsible for a specific segment of Lido with a capacity of 15,000 LDO equivalent per quarter to facilitate sandgrain and pebble sized grants.

LEGO Nominees

The LEGO Nominees is an extension of LEGO by up to 20 individuals who manage personal grant budget (10,000 LDO equivalent per quarter, included in total LEGO budget). The list of nominees is managed by a vote of the LEGO Council.

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