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# Why is Quadratic funding powerful?

The QF Mechanism measures the breadth of contributors, not the depth of contributions - which is a very democratic funding model.

QF pushes power to the edges of the network!

Economist Glen Weyl has called QF the 'optimal way to fund public goods that a broad base of the population cares about.