1/ Sei Creator Fund Round 2 Results are in! The second round of the Sei Creator Fund focused on Creative Media and IP Development has finished, with over 180 exciting initiatives in motion! 💰 The matching pool reached 1,108,333 $SEI, thanks to a 33% surprise increase from the Sei Foundation to match the community’s enthusiasm. Full details: blog.sei.io/sei-creator-fund… 2/ Key Metrics 🔴 Total Matching Pool: 1,108,333 $SEI 🔴 Total Raised by Crowd: $82,162 🔴 Number of Unique Projects: 181 🔴 Number of Unique Donors: 13,164 3/ Some standout projects: 🔴 @SeiCabal - Showcased Sei to New Yorkers in Times Square with IRL video content 📽️. 🔴 @joeytadiar & Friends - Brought the ecosystem to life through animated interviews 🎨. 🔴 @cornedbeefluvr Podcast - Weekly updates that became a community favorite 🎙️. 🔴 @fuckersforlife - Created a cult-like following with unique storytelling rituals 📖. Alongside countless other outstanding projects and creators! The full breakdown of results and funding distributions is available on the blog. Don’t forget – to be eligible for future rounds, grantees must track milestones through Karma GAP. 4/ Sybil-resistant funding process 🛠️ To ensure fairness, our partners at @gitcoin implemented Enhanced Connection-Oriented Cluster-Matching (COCM) The enhanced COCM for this round included the following: - Analysis of Wallet Contribution Patterns. - Identification of suspicious wallets showing bot-like behavior. - Integration of this filtering with our standard COCM approach. 5/What’s next? Parallelizing the EVM wasn’t enough. The Sei Creator Fund Round #3 & #4 will be run in PARALLEL Stay tuned for upcoming announcements & blog posts.