Giveth's Stellar Community Growth QF round closed with 1,726 donations from 959 unique donors raising $7,000.69. The Stellar Development Foundation provided $50,000 in matching funds using COCM, a Sybil-resistant algorithm that examines donor clustering. Matching awards go out October 15.
Giveth's Stellar Community Growth Quadratic Funding round (September 21 - October 4, 2026) concluded with 1,726 donations from 959 unique donors raising $7,000.69 in counted contributions. The Stellar Development Foundation provided $50,000 in XLM matching, distributed via COCM (Connection-Oriented Cluster Matching), an algorithm that resists Sybil attacks by analyzing how donors cluster across projects. Top funded projects included Code3Spaces' Soroban Kampala Builder Workshop series ($4,000 match), EmpowerHer's Agent Economy initiative ($4,000 match plus $694 raised), and Stellar Community Catalyst. The platform verified donations on-chain, removing coordinated wallets and fund-recycling schemes from matching calculations. Payouts begin October 15.
