In order for a donation made during the Ethereum Security QF round to qualify for matching it must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Donations must be made within the active QF round period (April 21, 2026 → May 12, 2026).
• Donations must be made on one of the eligible chains or networks for the round: TBD
• Donors must verify their QF-Eligibility (see below) sometime during the round (after the start date, before the end date) in "My Account".
• Donation size must be equivalent to at least 1 USD
• Donor must be unique
• Only "first-touch" donations count - any funds found to be recirculated with projects will not qualify for matching

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Review our disqualifying factors to ensure your impact on the matching funds isn't reduced or compromised.

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Verify your QF-Eligibility as a Donor

You will need to verify your donor uniqueness during the QF round in order to ensure your donations are matched!

Donors can qualify for matching by meeting one of the following criteria:

• Ethereum Security Badge holders are automatically eligible
• Gitcoin Passport with a stamp score over 15
• Model score over 50

How to verify:

1. Connect your wallet by signing in to Giveth
2. Check your donor qf-eligibility using our "one-click" verification on the qf-round page banner, or in My Account
3. Your wallet may have enough information to be eligible at this stage. If not, you will have to connect and verify your Human Passport
4. You will need to add enough stamps so that your score is above 15 for this round.

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For crypto beginners: Check out Passport's handy guide for tips on how to increase your score with limited on-chain activity.

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