Intro: POTLOCK and the Open Funding Stack
2025-09-22 · 3 min read

The POTLOCK Protocol, also known as the Open Funding Stack (OFS), allows anyone to generate and deploy end-to-end funding mechanisms to move value and evaluate impact across new-generation blockchains. Fully open source (MIT License)—anyone can fork and deploy their own funding flow.
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
Current state
POTLOCK is in beta and MVP2: project registration, direct donations with referrals, add-to-cart checkout, quadratic funding rounds, decentralized front ends, identity (Nada.bot), and more. App: app.potlock.org. All links: bento.me/potlock.