【Strategy】Potential airdrop? Don't miss the latest round of Gitcoin Grants fundraisers!

Gitcoin Grants, the quarterly fundraiser hosted by Gitcoin, has begun! The event is dedicated to raising operating funds for public welfare projects engaged in by self-employed individuals, and is supported by the Ethereum Foundation and other partners. People who have not prepared any project can also participate in this activity by donating to the project. If the donated project is successfully issued in the future, there is a certain probability that airdrop rewards will be obtained. Even if there is no return in the end, it can be said to have contributed to the cryptocurrency community.

Gitcoin Grants will end on September 22, 2022, and in this guide, the author will guide you from scratch to complete the donation, and use zkSync to pay the donation, saving you transaction costs. Strike while the iron is hot, let's go!

Create a Gitcoin account

1. Visit https://gitcoin.co/ and click "Login".

2. Click "Create Account".

3. Enter your details and continue.

4. Enter the verification code.

5. Click "Authorize gitcoinco".

Create a Gitcoin Passport

1. Click "Connect Wallet".

2. Select MetaMask.

3. Click on Passport.

4. Click "Create Passport".

5. Click "Connect Wallet".

6. Select MetaMask and sign the transaction.

7. Connect and verify as many accounts as possible. The following accounts are more commonly used.

8. Visit https://gitcoin.co/ and click on “Explore Grants”.

9. Click Verify.

10. Click "Submit Passport".

11. Sign the transaction.

12. Done!

select item

1. Visit https://gitcoin.co/grants/ and click "View All Grants".

2. Items can be selected from "Weighted Shuffle" and "Trending".

3. "Add to Cart" the item you want to donate.

4. Click the shopping cart icon and checkout.

5. A one dollar donation is enough, click "Apply All" to checkout. There are several payment methods: ETH mainnet charges the highest transaction fees, while Polygon and zkSync charge lower fees. I recommend using zkSync, which can save you a few dollars with just a few extra steps.

Access zkSync wallet and exchange tokens

1. Open a new window and visit https://wallet.zksync.io/ . Click on "Ethereum Wallet".

2. Select MetaMask.

3. Click the question mark icon.

4. Click "Deposit".

5. Enter the desired top-up amount, depending on the total donation amount. The author's total donation amount is 10 US dollars, and I recharge a little more just in case.

6. Confirm the transaction.

7. The recharge is successful.

8. Click "Home" and "Swap".

9. You will be directed to a decentralized exchange. Select the ETH/DAI trading pair.

10. Connect the wallet.

11. Enter the amount and click "Sell ETH".

12. Sign the transaction. Once the sell order is approved, a notification will pop up in the lower right corner.

13. You can check whether the funds in the zkSync wallet have arrived.

Checkout via zkSync

1. Return to the checkout page and click "zkSync Checkout".

2. Click "Continue".

3. Select "DAI" and click "ETH Connection".

4. Select MetaMask.

5. Select the wallet you just deposited into.

6. Sign the transaction.

7. Click "Complete Payment".

8. Sign the transaction.

9. You're done!

10. Visit https://gitcoin.co/ and click on the profile picture to check the donated projects.