Season 1 of q/acc on Polygon is complete.

We launched eight economies & pioneered a new DeFi-native grant primitive.

Mandate: Bootstrap high-potential projects leveraging public support.

Result: It worked. Here's the proof 🧵👇

zkEVM Mindshare
q/acc became a narrative engine for zkEVM at a critical time.
More than 2,000 additional media mentions followed:

→ CoinMarketCap
→ Binance
→ Altcoin Buzz
→ Benzinga
→ Crypto Daily
→ TheNewsCrypto

The Quadratic Accelerator (q/acc) is a three-sided market protocol to accelerate token launches using bonding curves + quadratic funding. qacc.giveth.io

The S1 Cohort
> 300 projects applied
> 99% had no prior plans to launch on zkEVM
But q/acc’s promise of sustainable tokenization, protocol alignment, and public upside attracted them. We funded eight teams (13 founders) across AI, gaming, DeFi, music, and infra.

📣 Get ready!

The first 8 projects out of the Quadratic Accelerator are hitting @QuickswapDEX soon!

Once they are listed, the token launch game changes. 

Pay attention. https://t.co/A5fONRrck3

Quadratic Accelerator

POL Demand
Unlike traditional grants, q/acc creates net-new value.
It's incentive alchemy where capital multiplies through public demand:

→ 342,262 $POL raised
→ 1,253 unique contributors
→ ~97% first-time zkEVM users

Thesis validated 👌

DEX Listings
Listings were scheduled, but technical friction led us to migrate mid-season. We paused zkEVM rollouts and moved the stack to Polygon PoS.

→ All projects live on PoS ✅
→ Trading on QuickSwap ✅
→ CoinGecko + DefiLlama listings underway 👀

Protocol Analytics
We've launched our real-time Dune analytics dashboard to track:
→ Total market cap across q/acc tokens
→ Daily trading volumes
→ POL locked in bonding curves

The system is transparent, measurable, and crypto-native 🤌

Protocol Analytics
We've launched our real-time Dune analytics dashboard to track:
→ Total market cap across q/acc tokens
→ Daily trading volumes
→ POL locked in bonding curves

The system is transparent, measurable, and crypto-native 🤌
https://dune.com/qaccteam/qacc-dashboard

Total Return-on-Grant
Let's compare what went in vs. what was created:

📊 Budget: 1.7M $POL
📈 POL locked in protocol: 2.1M $POL (+20%) ⬆️
📈 Aggregate project market cap: ~$3.4M (~17M POL) 10x ROI! ⬆️
📈 Trading volume: $40k in under a week (Up-only relative to POL) 👨‍🍳

We're Just Getting Started

This isn't a one-off. It's an ignition. We’re building the future of:
→ Tokenized entrepreneurship
→ Protocol-native fundraising
→ Sustainable ecosystem growth

🚨 LFG - 🦆 iykyk

We're Just Getting Started

This isn't a one-off. It's an ignition. We’re building the future of:
→ Tokenized entrepreneurship
→ Protocol-native fundraising
→ Sustainable ecosystem growth

🚨 LFG - 🦆 iykyk
https://mirror.xyz/qacc.eth/A0Y4XrMtMkp8jBk1e1Y32dsyOZwyK6jH4NLrAmMpd_Y

The S1 Cohort
> 300 projects applied
> 99% had no prior plans to launch on zkEVM
But q/acc’s promise of sustainable tokenization, protocol alignment, and public upside attracted them. We funded eight teams (13 founders) across AI, gaming, DeFi, music, and infra.

https://x.com/theqacc/status/1903048838748786794