ON THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR OCTANT AND THE GOLEM FOUNDATION

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Golem Foundation CEO Julian Zawistowski announced Octant's next epoch will use a 100 ETH matching pool, down from prior levels, as the foundation exits its role as primary matching contributor. Golem Foundation will instead commit 5% of treasury capital proceeds to Octant for direct project grants, currently split 3% to Ethereum Labs, 1% to Ethereum Institutional, and 1% at the foundation's discretion. The restructuring shifts Octant toward thematic, results-focused rounds with higher per-user rewards, while treasury diversification into low-risk ETH-long instruments responds to declining staking yields that previously funded the program. Zawistowski hinted at GLM token utility overhauls in coming months, framing the changes around Ethereum's 11-year anniversary, as the program has distributed 5,273 ETH in grants across 13 epochs since 2023.