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If you're starting something local
Local Node Builder
Everything you need to stand up a chapter, hub or local node.
A practical path for anyone forming a place-based regen group, a Greenpill chapter, a ReFi local node, a bioregional hub. It moves from “is our community ready?” through standing it up, funding it, growing it, and showing real impact. Built from patterns that have actually worked, with the pitfalls marked.
- Is this for us?
- What is a local node? What a local node actually is, in practice.
- The local node model The shape of the model and why it works.
- Why local matters Why place-based action is the point, not a footnote.
- Local nodes & the wider network How a node relates to DAOs and the global network.
- Is your community ready? An honest readiness check before you start.
- Stand it up
- Fund it
- Funding your node Building a mix that doesn't depend on one source.
- The funding landscape The web3 funding world, mapped.
- Gitcoin & quadratic funding Quadratic funding rounds, start to finish.
- Direct donations with Giveth Setting up to receive donations on Giveth.
- Writing grant proposals How to write a proposal that actually lands.
- Grow the community
- Gather & show impact
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