Proposal: (link available here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ELwvU-wFpVmHpa6VHw7msuDOonq-PASnEXPaOwugi8/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ELwvU-wFpVmHpa6VHw7msuDOonq-PASnEXPaOwugi8/edit?usp=sharing))
Blockathon DAO pilot - Public goods learn + built 2 earn 

Proponent: 
Daniel Bar ([twitter.com/danieltbar](twitter.com/danieltbar)), founder of [Bitfwd.com](Bitfwd.com) and contributor to several projects in the Substrate ecosystem: [MetaPrime.Network](MetaPrime.Network) + [KodaDot.xyz](KodaDot.xyz), [SubQuery.network](SubQuery.network), [DeepDAO.io](DeepDAO.io), maybe soon Talisman  and more :)
Kusama Address: HqodK73hLWCZ1EzpdFdeyCEJnTsRBezTPZxPJqX3nHkc765

Date: 
1-20 March 2022

Requested: 
KSM worth 50k USD

Short description: 
Public goods initiative: Learn 2 Earn Open Source Substrate track in a 3 weeks long learning program with a final competitive Blockathon ([Blockathon.xyz](Blockathon.xyz)). 


This will serve for Substrate teams to identify talent, for talent to find opportunities in the Substrate ecosystem projects who are looking to hire, increase awareness to Substrate amongst high quality curated audience.  


- Daniel Bar is proposing a project called Blockathon DAO pilot.
- The project aims to teach people about Substrate and give them opportunities to earn money.
- The project will last for 3 weeks and include a competitive event called Blockathon.
- The goal is to help Substrate teams find talented people and for talented people to find job opportunities.
- The project will cost 50k USD in KSM.

#1352 Blockathon DAO pilot - Public goods learn + built 2 earn supporting DotSama ecosystem