# Ecosystem Acceptance A subset of grants supported by a continuous matching pool. The ecosystem establishes their own norms & values. To use the Gitcoin Grants platform, the GitcoinDAO must approve of the ecosystem who is providing matching funding to a self-curated collection of grants. **This requires ratification by Steward Vote.** The Ethereum ecosystem is the one our quarterly grants rounds currently focus on. This ecosystem is supporting many open source software developers/orgs and creators who promote the building on or of Ethereum. The Ethereum ecosystem has also formed a split governance where the community multi-sig holders verify the work of GitcoinDAO as a check and balance. The GitcoinDAO is tasked with upholding the norms & values of the ecosystem. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://support.gitcoin.co/gitcoin-knowledge-base/about-gitcoin/policy/collection-levels-and-participation-policies/ecosystem-acceptance.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.