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Someone who contributes funds to a crowdfunding project.
A paid task. The reward is held in escrow until a contributor is selected and their work is approved.
A crowdfunding effort with a funding goal and milestones. Listed as a “project” on the platform.
The platform currency used only for bounties, spent to apply to and submit to bounties. See Credits.
A trusted community member assigned to a crowdfunding project who validates each milestone before funds are released.
The identity platform Boundless uses for KYC (identity verification). See didit.me. Withdrawing funds requires completing KYC via Didit.
Funds locked on-chain until conditions are met. Boundless runs escrow on its own Soroban smart contracts on Stellar. See Escrow and human review.
A Stellar wallet address, 56 characters, starting with G.
Application-based funding that pays out milestone by milestone.
Identity verification, required before you can withdraw funds. Powered by Didit.
A defined deliverable that, once approved, releases a portion of escrowed funds (grants and crowdfunding).
A bounty’s setup, combining an entry type (Open, Application light, or Application full) with a selection (single claim or competition). See Bounty modes.
A bounty, hackathon, or grant you can take part in. Crowdfunding items are called “projects” instead.
The two selections for bounties. In a single claim, one contributor is chosen to do the work. In a competition, several work in parallel and the best submission wins.
Crowdfunding voting rules. Quorum is the minimum number of votes before the result counts; threshold is the share of up-votes needed to pass.
Your history of completed work and placements, shared across all four pillars. See Reputation.
The moment escrow releases a payout to a wallet, usually within about a minute of the organizer’s approval.
Stellar’s smart contract layer. Boundless’s escrow runs on Soroban contracts.
Permission for a Stellar account to hold a specific token, such as USDC. Required to receive USDC.
A US-dollar stablecoin on Stellar. All payments on Boundless settle in USDC.
A Boundless wallet is managed for you, you sign in and the platform signs on your action. An external wallet (such as Freighter) is self-custody, where you sign transactions yourself.