Akash Community Pool

Ask the Akash community pool for AKT for any project that helps the network. You get paid only if an on-chain vote passes.

No outside team has won a community pool vote since August 2025. Recent spends went to work run by the core teams.

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Time left to apply

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ANY

RollingNo deadline

Applications are reviewed as they arrive. There is no deadline to plan around.

Grant size: Size not published; No published ceiling
Paid in: AKT; Paid in one go
Funding model: Rolling; Apply any time. Reviewed as applications arrive.
Typical decision: 4 weeks; From submission to an answer

Checked Oct 1 against 5 sources. Confirm amounts and dates on akash.network before you apply.

About the program

The Akash community pool is a permissionless funding source. Any person or team can ask for AKT for a project of any size, and the funds are released only if AKT stakers approve the request in an on-chain governance vote. Akash's grants page lists it next to smaller paid community contributions and direct grants from Overclock Labs, which have no public application.

You first post a draft on the Governance Proposals board in Akash's GitHub discussions, with a TL;DR, timeline, amount and a cost breakdown in hours and hourly rate. After community feedback you submit it on-chain with a 1,000 AKT deposit, and voting runs for 7 days. Funded teams report on spending in the community repo.

Outside teams funded this way include Chakra (13,279 AKT for public-good indexing, analytics and an MCP integration, March 2025) and Blockworks Research (71,970 AKT for an Akash data dashboard, August 2025). Since then the pool has mostly paid for core engineering, events and incentive programs, and no outside request has passed a vote, so expect a careful review.

What they fund

Open-source tools, infrastructure and interfaces for the Akash Network
Data, analytics and dashboards about network and GPU usage
Documentation, testnet work and developer content
Events and community programs that bring builders and users to Akash

Who can apply

Check yourself0 of 4

Any individual or team, for any project at any scale
The project must benefit the Akash Network, with specific, measurable outcomes
You must post the draft publicly on Akash's GitHub discussions before going on-chain
You need 1,000 AKT for the proposal deposit, returned unless the vote ends in 'no with veto'

Tick what applies to you. Saved on this device only.

How applying works

Research the idea
Join the Akash Discord, check existing work and talk to the relevant special interest group or working group.
Post a draft
Publish your proposal on the Governance Proposals board with a TL;DR, timeline, amount and a breakdown of hours, rate and other costs.
Community review
Share it on Discord and social channels, present it at the monthly Steering Committee meeting and revise it based on feedback.
On-chain vote
Submit the proposal with a 1,000 AKT deposit; voting closes 7 days after submission and needs 33.4% quorum and a majority yes.
Report
If funded, post status updates and record your spending in the Community Pool Spend Reporting folder on GitHub.

Sources

Checked on Oct 1 against these pages. Programs change often, so confirm the details on akash.network before you apply.

About the program

What they fund

Who can apply

How applying works

Research the idea

Post a draft

Community review

On-chain vote

Report

Sources

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