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What is POTLOCK?

POTLOCK (spelled P-O-T-L-O-C-K) is the open funding stack for crypto grants and public goods. Founders, projects, non-profits, and open source contributors use POTLOCK to raise funds, run campaigns, accept donations in multiple cryptocurrencies, and run or participate in grant rounds on NEAR and multi-chain.

In brief

POTLOCK is the open funding stack for crypto and public goods. You can raise funds, run rounds, accept donations in multiple cryptocurrencies, and run or participate in grant rounds on NEAR and multi-chain.

  • Create campaigns and accept donations on EVM chains, Bitcoin and forks, and Layer 1 chains (NEAR, Solana, Sui, and more).
  • Apply to quadratic funding rounds for matching funds.
  • Use the protocol to build your own donation or funding platform (open source, MIT).

Open Funding Stack (OFS)

The Open Funding Stack is POTLOCK's composable set of primitives: [campaigns](https://docs.potlock.org/docs/user-guides/campaigns/README), [pots (funding rounds)](https://docs.potlock.org/docs/welcome-to-potlock/understanding-pots-funding-rounds), [quadratic funding](https://docs.potlock.org/docs/terms/quadratic-funding), [direct donations](https://docs.potlock.org/docs/user-guides/projects/donate-to-a-project), identity, and distribution. It is open source so anyone can build donation platforms, run rounds, or integrate funding into their product.

Supported networks

POTLOCK supports EVM chains (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, Optimism, BNB Chain, Avalanche, and more), Bitcoin and forks (Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Zcash, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin), and Layer 1 chains (NEAR, Solana, Sui, Stellar, TON, Tron, XRP, Starknet, Cardano, Aleo). Each chain has a step-by-step [donate-by-chain guide](https://docs.potlock.org/docs/user-guides/donate-by-chain); see the supported networks section on this page for the full list.