how DAOs win || DT weekly #30

the reddit DAO experiment, latest EIP for on-chain governance, ecosystem highlights

Jan 13, 2023

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👽DAOifying reddit

Deana @medeana

reddit Community Points is turning subreddits into DAOs with tokens, voting and bounties. huge, h/t @web3qn

reddit.comCommunity Points - Own a Piece of Your CommunityCommunity Points allow members of Reddit communities to own a piece of their community, earn rewards for quality contributions, and unlock special features.

old news? new news? doesn’t matter. reddit is DAOifying their community in the best way: subtly.
- newsflash: if crypto was a rockstar it would be in full PR crisis mode right now. fear is rampant, rug pulls galore, & existential questions populate even the most optimistic crypto twitter thought leaders’ timelines
take: DAO talk studios believes DAO tech adoption will come with communities growing organically alongside crypto. web3 should not & cannot be forced down the throats of the unwilling. think about the 1st moment you finally ‘got’ web3/crypto/DAOs: magic, right? we need to create more environments for magic moments & we think pre-existing web2 internet communities like reddit are ripe for the next wave of web3 adoption.
check the pod for the full, nuanced discussion.

🌱public goods DAOs are SOOO in

DAO Research Collective @DAOResearchCo

We believe wholeheartedly that some of the strongest use cases for DAOs are public goods. Allowing communities to decentralize the economics of philanthropy can facilitate rapid social reaction and mutualist movement, often with remarkable effects.

𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎 @notscottmoore

in a world of centralized institutions we often assume that the state is the only group that can provision meaningful public goods in a decentralized world, any local community (even digitally) should be able to provision their shared needs in a pluralistic and mutualist way

DAOs as a vehicle for public goods funding has been a staple of DAO talk since the beginning, check out our episodes with scott (gitcoin) & zach (enDAOment).
the DRC is constantly conducting deep dives into the most impactful DAOs in the space. keep them in your web3 diet to stay in the loop on the most cutting edge DAO use cases, research, & workshops.

⛓️EIP-5805 goes hard for DAOs

Hadrien Croubois @Amxx

EIP-5805 was just merged. Please check it out and discuss it on the ethereum-magicians´ forum post. This is mostly for (but not limited to) devs doing onchain governance, L2s, indexing/frontend. @tallyxyz

eips.ethereum.orgEIP-5805: Voting with delegationAn interface for voting weight tracking, with delegation support

background: DAOs rely on tokens to determine voting power. token contracts have processes to ensure voting power can be accurately determined. problem is, these processes aren’t standardized. dangers include addresses double voting, only being able to delegate by fully transferring ownership of the token to the delegate, and more headaches!
EIP-5805 aims to standardize these processes to make forming organizations on-chain more uniform & less confusing. LFG.

🦄Uniswap drops proposal templates

Toby @tobyshorin

Attn @Uniswap delegates, deployers, and proposers: we just posted an upgraded proposal template that is designed to improve accountability for licensees and other parties making agreements with Uniswap DAO

gov.uniswap.orgProposal Template 2.0 - Upgrade for Deployments & Agreements💡 This proposal is an improvement to the Cross-Chain Deployment Proposal Template that adds accountability mechanisms to ensure terms of the agreements with Uniswap deployers and partners are upheld. It addresses accountability by requiring: KPIs & success metrics Engagement terms Budget & financ…

we stan DAOs making it as easy as possible to contribute, govern, and operate.
if you’ve ever created a proposal you know how confusing it can be if you’re not familiar with the process. as one of the largest operating DAOs, Uni is setting an excellent example on how to activate your community & make it as easy as possible to have their voice heard.

🧠maker<>manger DAO primitive

Tally @tallyxyz

📞calling all org design fanatics📞 "explicitly differentiating between making and managing activities allow DAOs to minimize coordination issues to optimize value delivery." check out the latest from @contentguildxyz on the Tally blog by @more_reese blog.tally.xyz/maker-manager-…

your weekly DAO thought piece with a ~twist~
- twist: it’s not really a thought piece. this piece is short & to the point. understand the two types of the DAO labor force & use the insights to supercharge coordination.

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