Following a further dicussion among current zkDAO governors we have decided to offer a further incentive to launches fitting into this category (Technical Innovation): a subsidy of up to $5k for auditing the applicant’s project. Auditing is a requirement for reaching milestone 3. For projects where the circuits are similar to other existing protocols, we recommend applicants to go for ‘quid pro quo’ auditing, i.e. auditing a peer’s code in exchange for the same service. However, especially for awards fitting into the Tehnical Innovation category, more in-depth auditing may be warranted to ensure the quality of the code can benefits others as an open source repo. Therefore, we decide that a subsidy would be suitable, and hope it stimulates more projects trying to go for this option.