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

• Donations must be made within the active QF round period.
• Donations must be made on one of the eligible chains or networks for the round: Base, Arbitrum One, Gnosis, OP Mainnet, Ethereum Mainnet, Polygon PoS, Polygon zkEVM, Ethereum Classic, Celo, Solana.
• 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

<aside> <img src="/icons/exclamation-mark-double_gray.svg" alt="/icons/exclamation-mark-double_gray.svg" width="40px" /> 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!

This guide explains roughly how to verify your eligibility.

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

1. You wallet may have enough information to be eligible at this stage. If not, you will have to connect and verify your Gitcoin passport.

1. You will need to add enough stamps so that your score is above the specified threshold for the round.

<aside> 💡 For crypto beginners: Check out Gitcoin’s handy guide for tips on how to increase your score with limited on-chain activity.

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1. That’s it! Once you see this banner at the top of the QF page, you’re donations will be eligible for matching.