Watershed — Connectivity for communities changing history
6/10 sections recovered · name · leaderboard description · match catalog cover · match catalog tags · match catalog funding · leaderboard submissions · match catalog
$263 displayed raised · 6 fund applications (4 curated) · 2 seasons · best rank #790 in Season 7
Myanmar people are rewriting their future for peace. Build the internet they need-owned b…
Community TechDecentralizedHuman RightsMyanmarOpen-SourcePeacebuildingPublic Goods decentralizedpublic-goodscommunity-economyopen-infrastructure
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About
A community-owned mesh internet for people living on the frontlines of Myanmar's transition — built from $30 radio nodes, no ISP, no kill switch. Local residents run and own the network. Signal flows where needed, through terrain and conflict alike.
Impact
History is being made in Myanmar's hills and border communities — but people living there can't communicate safely. Our network can't be seized, tapped, or shut down. It gives communities rewriting Myanmar's future the connectivity to succeed.
Progress
We've validated community demand and willingness to pay through direct research, and identified micropreneurs suited to running community networks. Grant applications for scaling up are filed with major funders focused on equal connectivity.
Team
Not parachuting technology into a context we don't know. Our team has years building digital infrastructure across Southeast Asia, with deep relationships inside Myanmar's displaced communities. We're building this because we're part of this story.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $980 | $0 | $980 | $2,461 | $3,441 | $0 | $40 | $2,501 | 0.0x | 2.5x | 2.6x | $0 | — |
| Season 7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $263 | — |
| Total | $980 | $0 | $980 | $2,461 | $3,441 | $0 | $50 | $2,511 | — | — | — | $263 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | Solarpunk Futures Fund | submitted | 2026-06-02 |
| Season 7 | Spark DeSci Fund for Radical Researchers | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 7 | ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 7 | Terminus Fund for Network States | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 6 | FTC Fund for Public Goods | submitted | 2026-06-02 |
| Season 7 | Beyonders Fund for Peacemaking | curated | 2026-07-09 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/free-signal--community-owned-internet-for-myanmars-displaced
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | adopt a tree Building climate-smart communities by teaching kids tree planting and agroforestry skills. | Beyonders Fund for Peacemaking, FTC Fund for Public Goods, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation +3 | $14,777 |
| 2. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Beyonders Fund for Peacemaking, FTC Fund for Public Goods, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation +3 | $563 |
| 3. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | Beyonders Fund for Peacemaking, FTC Fund for Public Goods, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation +3 | $234 |
| 4. | TEENTOK - Future unlocked DISCOVER THE PATH TO YOUR FUTURE | FTC Fund for Public Goods, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation, Solarpunk Futures Fund +2 | $9,731 |
| 5. | ToGather Project, Documenting Living Systems Better communities are being built right now. This platform is where their experience bec… | FTC Fund for Public Goods, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation, Solarpunk Futures Fund +2 | $8,193 |
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| 8. | International Artists Project Global Music Community uplifting artists born in every country of the world, preserving h… | Beyonders Fund for Peacemaking, FTC Fund for Public Goods, ODIN Fund for Decentralized Innovation +2 | $462 |
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