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POTLOCK Official Documentation
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POTLOCK Official Documentation
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/potlock/docs
- Owner: PotLock
- Created: 2023-08-21T22:21:02.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-07-05T11:38:53.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-05T12:43:22.081Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: docs, funding, open, open-funding, potlock
- Homepage: https://docs.potlock.io
- Size: 19.5 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 22
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- Readme: README.md
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README
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description: Bringing funding to the table
---
# 👋 Welcome to POTLOCK
The POTLOCK Protocol, also known as the Open Funding Stack (OFS) allows anyone to generate & deploy end to end funding mechanisms to move value and evaluate impact across different new generation blockchains. A completely open source protocol (MIT License), anyone is free to fork and deploy their own funding flow.
Check out the app [https://app.potlock.org](https://app.potlock.org)
All Important links [https://bento.me/potlock ](https://bento.me/potlock)
## Our Values
* Support Public Goods
* Discovery of Funding Opportunities
* Minimizing Governance Pain Points
* Impact Based Assessment
* Bringing in New Channels of Capital
* Allowing Funding to Scale with Growth of Projects
### Origin Name
Potlucks are communal events where everyone brings their own dish to the table. As a funding platform we embody these values Also sometimes referred to a POTLOCK. Additionally a community Pot is generally considered as a source of funding, while a lock invokes security and trust. At POTLOCK we embody all this, the community coming together with different resources to the table, to secure funding for the public.
## Current State of POTLOCK
Current we are in our beta phase and MVP2, with project registration + direct donations w/ referrals.
* **Project Registry & Profiles & Web3 Social:** Public Goods can register their project and edit their profile. Check out Create Your project for more information. Ability to create your own [lists](contracts/lists-live.md)
* **Add Donations to Cart + Checkout:** Add projects to your cart, toggle donations in NEAR, and payout multiple donations.
* **Donation Referrals:** Share your favorite public good project, and get a fee everytime someone donates through your link. Automatic payouts in NEAR. Click here to see how to get a donation referral link.
* **Quadratic Funding Rounds**: deploy quadratic funding rounds, sponsor rounds directly
* **Decentralized Front Ends**: deStribution through on-chain componenets and the Alem framework
* **Agents:** use LLMs to easily donate inside of your wallet
* **Identity:** configurable sybil identity aggregator with [Nada.bot](https://nada.bot)
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Got feedback? Write a bug, feature-request, or enhancement at [potlock.org/feedback](https://potlock.org/feedback)
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