Why DAOhaus

We will highlight some of the key reasons why DAOhaus is the perfect place for LTL Code Art DAO to summon an on-chain DAO. If you are unfamiliar with the MolochDAO framework, we highly recommend you check out this great explainer on Molochs and DAOs generally, which can be found here.Layer the DAOhaus platform on top of MolochV2, and what you get is a kick-ass dapp for being able to deploy, manage, and coordinate your community in a semi-trustless and permissionless environment. The DAOhaus DAO model combines several factors that make for a strong permissioned core team with skin in the game, achieved through: Token tribute/staking into the core treasuryA secondary vault for non-ragequitable fundsArbitrary contract execution leveraging MinionsFor those unfamiliar with ragequit, it serves as a pertinent function in Molochs that allows members to turn in their membership shares for a pro-rata claim on the underlying assets held in the main treasury.  To get a taste of the UI/UX, we encourage you to go to the explore page on the DAOhaus app, this is where you can see all of the DAOs on the DAOhaus platform:You may remember the original DAOhaus interface, it got some recognition at ETHBerlin a few years ago. Well, they kept building, and it is now a full-fledged platform of community tools, built by the communities that use them.  The LAO, MetaCartel Ventures, RaidGuild, and a bunch of others.  Check this for the initial vision of DAOhaus.🍕 LTL CA DAO GovernanceIn addition to a slick and user-friendly interface, DAOhaus presents some nifty features that could directly benefit our DAO as it continues to refine its organizational structure into the future. LTL CA DAO could deploy on xDAI, Polygon, or Ethereum Mainnet.  With an xDAI or Polygon deployment, LTL CA DAO could engage in low-overhead and inexpensive on-chain governance, allowing maximum experimentation. Skin in the game is a direct result of having members stake their tokens into the DAO.LFG The UnbanksyTV Avatar SeriesThe ancient Greeks were masters at picking up ideas from other cultures, mixing these with their own innovations, and producing unique contributions to world culture. Greek sculptors adored the human form, and they loved to tell stories.Code Art Studio - UnbanksyTVLiveTheLifeTV😅 Enter $LTL token.  Instead of members having to hold $LTL in their wallets to participate in governance or in the discord, they could hold DAO shares, which grant voting power.  This exchange could be done by having members submit “tribute” to the DAO through a membership proposal, and in return, those members receive an equitable amount of shares.  The number of shares received for a given amount of tributed $LTL would be based on a selection of factors decided on by the LTL Code Art DAO. This would allow the LTL Code Art DAO to free up capital that is currently held in wallets, and make it available to DAO members to coordinate and allocate funds to projects of our choosing, denominated in $LTL or any ERC-20 supported by the LTL Code Art DAO (BANK, HAUS, OHM, FWB PRO, ... )🦾 Novelties of this DAO frameworkOnce LTL Code Art DAO members are onboarded, the massive DAO coordination game could begin, with on-chain voting and execution happening at every member's fingertips. LTL Code Art DAO could spin up a Minion, or an Arbitrary Contract Executor (ACE) that would allow the DAO to collectively hold any asset of the DAOs choosing and interact with any other smart contracts. What is really neat, outside of the fact that we could collectively hold NFTs or tokens of projects that we collectively believe in, is that any assets held by the Minion Vault are non-ragequitable, which means if a member ragequits from the LTL Code Art DAO, they will not receive any of the assets held within the LTL Code Art DAO minion, only the DAO itself.  If any members would want to ragequit, the DAO framework makes it fairly easy for members to join and leave their DAO.Additionally, there are a myriad of Boosts that can be added to a DAOhaus DAO, some of which are still underdevelopment (like Pool-Parties), but others are live in-action and being used by DAOs across the platform.  You can learn more about boosts here.We believe boosts will be the future of interDAO coordination and composability, and we think soon DAO2DAO relations will play an instrumental role in the growth and scalability of DAO ecosystems!👁Where DAOhaus is Headed?So DAOhaus is a permissionless platform for deploying DAOs, and the goals of the community to decentralize have materialized in the deployment of the DAOofDAOs, or UberHaus, a DAO for managing all of the DAOs on the DAOhaus platform. By decentralizing incrementally, DAOhaus believes that all of the DAOs on the platform will be able to assume responsibility for certain functions that the core team is currently serving within DAOhaus.  This is a wider goal and ambitious, but we’re hopeful they’ll get there with time. UberHaus is composed of +70 DAOs on the DAOhaus platform, and it is tasked with test driving the platform forward and governing it back into the future.  To learn about how UberHaus came to rise, check out this post.☎ Influencing Culture & Direction Not only will LTL Code Art DAO deploy on DAOhaus, but it wants to level up and get involved in UberHaus DAO governance.  This would give LTL Code Art DAO a direct say over where to take the DAOhaus platform in the future, and possibly influence DAO development and governance more broadly.  🔥Cultural and Community FitWe think LTL Code Art DAO has a lot to say on this matter, and as a patron the phrase “It is not what your DAO can do for you, it is what you can do for your DAO” comes to mind. This is the same question that DAOhaus asks DAOs before they join UberHaus (what can your DAO do for UberHaus), and it is the basic tenet of proving value, merit, and commitment to an organization you’re passionate about joining.  Above all else, we see there is a lot of overlap between what LTL Code Art DAO is building and what DAOhaus is providing, an open/permissionless community and infrastructure for collaborating on projects that we collectively deem are valuable.🔎 Core Concepts and Ideas:The future of work is not only for crypto tech nerds and degens.A global team of designers, visual storytellers, NFT collectors, artists, and web3 devs can unite under a DAO, lower coordination costs and amplify value.Allow LTL Code Art DAO to expand their own DAO storyMember benefits - connecting with other DAO's and leverage the network needed to excel in the web3 space together with FWB Pro, Bankless DAO, Olympus DAO and obviously UBERhaus, the DAO of DAO's.Provide a much needed crypto-native studio that will focus on our niche (treasury mgmt, artists, art collectors), consult projects, build software / smart contracts to solve common problems, train people in our vertical, invest in projects, and become a DAO with a legal wrapperLTL Code Art DAO ConfigurationEntry Requirements 👀Entry is permissioned but growth is encouraged. Any competent potential member will be accepted if they meet the minimum requirements:500 xdai membership pledge (100 shares)Shares represent ownershipAt least one of the following:web3 dev experienceDAO/crypto experiencePotential members who don’t have the minimum financial pledge can work their way into the DAO via sweat equity. This will be managed on a case-by-base basis.ACE - arbitrary contract executionWhile we want to propose our current projects to DAOhaus, Bankless DAO, FWB Pro and Olympus DAO, we want the LTL Code Art DAO to be the IP owner of the LiveTheLife brand, the LiveTheLife.TV ENS and leverage the fact that this brand is perfectly aligned with our core mission and vision and above all our culture code. If other DAO's or projects want to support these proposals with time, energy or funds we will reward them a share in the LTL Code Art DAO and offer them a piece of the IP that we have been accumulating the past two decades, also known as LTL.Treasury Structure 💸The main DAO Treasury will manage members, hold member fees, give out grants, etc. The DAO Vault Minion will hold consultation revenue, client spoils (client project tokens, etc), HAUS stream from UberHaus DAO, eventual actively managed treasury.Key Benefits 🤯Participatory ownership. Easy exit for members Skin in the game with member tribute/staking Member management and weighted voting On-chain voting and execution Flexibility in configurations. With ragequitable and non ragequitable vaults. NFT vaults Scalability, with different roles for different engagement. Active core team, community centric builders⚡Roadmapphase 0 📅Launch LTL Code Art DAO on xDAI / MaticSetup manifesto, discord, forum and initial handbookEdito website which directs to the DAO/Discord/etc.Run bi/weekly meetings on Open Stage and/or ClubhouseQuarterly Newsletter (onboard 10 writers)Explore collaboration w/FWP Pro, BanklessDAO, OHM, ...Build the community (onboard 100 artists)phase 1 (genesis) 🍾Member fees in OHM, HAUS, xDAI, FWB Pro, BANK, ...Build processes and define short, medium, long term goalsEstablish a strong core leadership group Community Contribution Offering (CCO)Phase 2 🎉Launch token & 100 Genesis NFT's (see Proposal #1)Airdrop token to current members, and stakeholders in Olympus DAO, Bankless DAO Community, Friends With Benefits Pro, DAOhaus, ...Begin accepting membership fees in OHM, HAUS, xDAI, FWB Pro, BANK, ...Make Proposals to other protocols, DAO's and web3 / NFT projects ...🚀 Next steps… Summoning Members:0x123…0x456……Main Treasury / Vault setup / Enzyme setupUberHaus Delegate:0x321…Scheduled MeetingsExample


DayDream. No Loss DAO Funding

Imagine we have 100 people who add $1000 in the DAO .... that's a $100K fund! Alchemix allows us to lend $50K so we can get to work and let the community decide what we do with these funds. With Alchemix, the DAO can deposit DAI and borrow up to 50% of the deposited amount of DAI at a 1:1 ratio, by minting alUSD. This alUSD can be swapped to DAI (1:1 ration) on a platform like Curve. The deposited DAI on Alchemix is deployed to Yearn vaults to earn yield and will continuously pay back the debt automatically. This takes on average 18 months.Update: This post was published in May of 2021, we will be updating this page soon with a couple of fresh ideasProposal I: use the borrowed funds to kickstart this DAO.SETUP:Raise from Discord Community in form of DAO TokenCreate 18+ months runway (w/o any revenues)The community retains ownership & voting rightsDeposit all DAI into $ALCX vault & take 50% loanTaking out SC cover via NXM (Nexus Mutual)OPERATIONS:Run DAO using stablecoins (& crypto credit card?)Use $ALCX to autopay off the DAI loanAll revenues back in $ALCX to pay debt/add collateral$ALCX as a self-growing checkings accountLowering the profitability threshold for the DAO massivelyTHEN WHAT ⁉Once stable w/ 36+ months runway (w/o any revenues)Put excess DAI into separate wallet & now:pay distributions to the communitycollect & produce NFTsdonate to crypto projectsexecute our best ideasstake LQTY, OHM and RGTProposal II: Lend sOHM into Fuse pool (earning 100k+%), borrow more Dai and purchase more sOHM.  What does this mean? Levered OHM exposure and 100k+% on Dai to keep bootstrapping our projects and ideas. If we decide to diversify some of our treasury funds into LUSD, and hold some portion of the treasury in ETH, we could vote to borrow more LUSD against ETH at 0% interest with Liquity.Proposal III: (Inspired by David Hoffman, Co-Founder of Bankless)Stake your ETH in Rocket Pool (mint rETH)Deposit rETH into MakerDAOBorrow DAI against rETHDeposit DAI into AlchemixBorrow alUSD from AlchemixSell DAI to USDC, send to DAOVote and execute the best proposalsImagine a landing page where they offer three flavors: low risk, medium risk and high risk strategy for NLDAOF™ smart contracts. One day I had a day dream ... seeing an implementation of the ALCX concept in the DAOhaus Apps so ALL the DAO's can use this basic strategy to fund their projects by using Minion.


The Platon Genesis NFT Collection

Platon’s Genesis NFT Collection is available on OpenSea. This collection features six mini documentaries and twelve photographs. Three of the mini docs focus on human rights stories, of which proceeds will support The People’s Portfolio, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission of documenting human rights abuses, and the leaders of change around the world. The other three mini docs and accompanying photos will feature thought leaders such as Edward Snowden, Quincy Jones, and Willie Nelson.The People’s PortfolioThe People’s PortfolioOur Organization


The dope stuff is dropping now

Welcome anon, to the next phase of Olympus.A new place to thrive and grow, to discover new wonders, to create, trade, and sing arm in arm with your brothers and sisters.Let us tell you the story of Odyssey.In the beginning, Zeus gifted mankind with a new financial paradigm: OHM. The OlympusDAO protocol saw rapid cycles of growth, bootstrapping not just monetary value, but a loyal community of Ohmies.The Ohmies dreamed of a new marketplace for the Olympus community. They envisioned a place to trade culture and stories, celebrate the artists of their time, and discover new wonders from faraway lands.They set off on a ship into the great unknown. On their journey, they faced many perils, monsters of wrath and sirens of greed, seemingly impassable obstacles, and at times they lost hope.On one such night, a powerful whirlpool the size of fifty galleys threatened to sink the Ohmies below backing. The Ohmies, weak and weary, prayed to Zeus to do something. Like a vision in the clouds, he appeared with a message for each and every Ohmie. “You are all Zeus,” his voice echoed out. Looking around them, they saw the face of their god on each and every Ohmie, and in their bodies they felt an electric charge to carry on, rowing their ship to safety. For their heroic deed, Zeus bestowed upon them an image in his likeness, to remind them of his message, and to bring favor upon their journey.So goes the origin Zeus.The Ohmies accrued many riches on their journey, and some forked off into new crews to build new civilizations. Many never returned. Those that did return brought with them a new appreciation for order. In their dreams they had seen him, The Emperor, a ruler both powerful and just, and when they awoke they vowed to live by these values from this day hence.So goes the origin of The Emperor.On an island in the middle of the sea, with jaded eyes and minds full of FUD, the Ohmies saw her: The Goddess. From her lips flowed a tender melody that wove its way into the hearts of the Ohmies, reminding them of what truly matters in life. They smelled the fresh sea air, felt the grass underneath their feet, and clasped the shoulders of their brethren. They were renewed. Humming her song, they returned to their ship and carried on.So goes the origin of The Goddess.Toward the end of their journey, the Ohmies were met by a powerful storm. The rain fell in heavy torrents and the wind blew in wild gayles, threatening to sink their ship and all its precious cargo. They were so close to returning home with the wonders they had found, eager to share these treasures with the community. Now it seemed that all would be lost. Suddenly, a ray of light broke through the clouds, and the sun god Apollo appeared. With a swift arm, he banished the clouds, and with a steady hand, he calmed the winds. The day was bright and the way home was clear. The Ohmies cheered in the warm sunlight to the god Apollo.So goes the origin Apollo.The Ohmies returned to Mt. Olympus and told of their heroic Journey. “The world is vast,” they said, “and there is much to see. We will build a marketplace here, to trade and showcase the wonders of the world.”With the four Genesis NFTs as cornerstones, they built a vast and open marketplace. Here they put forth the mysteries of new worlds and artisans and challenged others to return with their own. The marketplace would be a platform to celebrate culture, discover new art, transact in their currency OHM, and implement new ideas. After their journey, they called this marketplace: Odyssey


NFT News Update

a16z Podcast: All about NFTs - Andreessen HorowitzFrom “I’ve never seen anything like this before” to “is this like ICOs all over again” to “it’s just a jpg I don’t get it” to “but what about the energy use!” -- this special deep-dive episode from the a16z Podcast network breaks down everything you need or want to know about NFTs... while cutting t…Andreessen HorowitzJesse WaldenEx-Apple Exec Launches App to Mint Free NFTs - DecryptNon-fungible tokens are rapidly evolving from a niche interest into a way for anyone to prove ownership of an idea.DecryptAdriana HamacherCan NFTs Change How We Value Music? - DecryptStreaming is squeezing small artists; can crypto provide a more equitable future?DecryptWill GottsegenBeeple Immediately Converted His $53 Million NFT Earnings From ETH to USD - DecryptThe artist who sold an NFT artwork for $69 million says NFTs are “absolutely” a bubble.DecryptLiam FrostTIME Releases 3 Special Edition NFT Magazine Covers for AuctionTIME is to auction three first-ever NFTs (non-fungible tokens) inspired by one of TIME’s most iconic covers and including an original cover created especially for…TimeTIME StaffWhy NFTs are suddenly selling for millions of dollarsBut what exactly is an NFT? What makes them so valuable? And what might the future hold for these digital assets?The Hustle: Zachary Crockett| @zzcrockett March 6, 2021/ Take Note Yes, Your NFTs Can Go Missing—Here’s What You Can Do About ItMost NFTs don’t really permanently live on a blockchain. That’s potentially a huge problem when it comes to storing them.DecryptJeff BensonOpenSea raises $23M to scale the largest marketplace for NFTs - OpenSea blogWhen we started OpenSea in late 2017, we were excited about the prospect of a brand new economy on the internet. The…OpenSea blogDevin FinzerArtists are selling their music as NFTs – and they’re making millions | MusicTechDeadmau5, Grimes, 3Lau, Jacques Greene, Tory Lanez and Kings of Leon are all selling NFTs, with 3Lau making as much as $11.3 million from an NFT auction.MusicTechSam WillingsNFTs and the future of digital ownership.NFTs finally allow digital assets to be truly “priceless”.PerceptionsSamuelEulerBeatsUltra scarce digital art + beat collection generated by applying mathematical discoveries of Euler.


Level up. Claim your rewards. LFG

Imagine an NFT marketplace where you can transact NFTs with OHM without ever having to un-stake your OHM. Imagine instead of feeding royalties to OS, you instead have a marketplace to transact on that is fully OlympusDAO aligned. A decentralized marketplace where royalties feed both the collectors and the artist.Genesis NFTs will be Olympus-staking compatible with non-locked staking. Each NFT will receive a staking epoch boost based on rarity, and these NFTs will be transactable on the Odyssey marketplace. Ownership of the G3N3SIS NFTs and the utility mechanisms of those NFTs will provide the framework for a new secondary liquidity market using Olympus-aligned assets. Every 8 hr epoch global gOHM fees will be redistributed based on Ohmie level. Odyssey will distribute to NFT collectors via innovative mechanics. The protocol will take a 2% exchange fee in the currency used for a given transaction. All gOHM collected in exchange fees is redistributed using a two-pronged solution: 1% is distributed to all users based on a level XP-based reward system. 1% is distributed to users based on the NFTs they've purchased, using gOHM The Experience/level system is used to fairly distribute global revshare awards and provide future community governance mechanics based on market participation


Bankless DAO

The coordinating power of Ethereum allows internet strangers with shared values and goals to organize under a common banner, and enables them to steer the world towards their future aspirations. Internet communities align with digital tokens and use them as tools to focus capital and labor into productive outputs in pursuit of a shared vision. Under community consensus, the private skills and resources of an individual can coalesce into public collective power and impart change upon the world.With this, humanity has unlocked the capability of building new, internet-scaled institutions aligned with the values of its members.source: youtube.com/c/Bankless/We need this now, more than ever.The previous institutions of the world have hit their limits of growth. Nation States, corporations, banks, Silicon Valley monopolies are no longer inclined to include additional members under their tents. The value in these entities accrues to a small few, and thus are fundamentally misaligned with the many people they serve. As these institutions scale, they become increasingly incapable of producing the future that is aligned with the individuals that comprise them.Bankless started in 2019 as a newsletter, added a podcast in 2020, and in 2021 is now a self-sustaining media company dedicated to democratizing access to information about the world of decentralized finance. The role of Bankless is to operate as a public good for education, media, and culture on crypto and all other bankless technologies that are being introduced into the world.The growth of Bankless has outpaced our wildest expectations, and the demand to help grow the bankless message has grown into spinoffs like Bankless Russia and Bankless France. These alternative flavors of Bankless are crucial to growing the bankless message into the global movement it can be.It’s clear there’s an energy behind bankless beyond the capability of a single media entity to harness.The bankless movement is ready to grow out of the hands of the few and into the hands of the many.The bankless message is a global banner, and the Bankless DAO is the organization that coordinates people under this banner. Only an internet-native organization is capable of growing an internet-scaled revolution, and thus we need a Bankless DAO to grow the bankless revolution.Bankless DAO Genesis ProposalAuthors: Ryan Sean Adams, David HoffmanBankless DAORyan Sean AdamsWe want a money system by the people and for the people.We want to propagate crypto media and culture.We want to help the world go bankless.Help grow the world’s first-ever media and culture DAO. Bring your talents, time, and ideas. Join the revolution.Getting Started with Bankless DAOIf you have BANK tokens it’s because you’ve participated in the bankless movement. For more details on how to claim Bankless tokens and…Bankless DAOBankless DAO


Friends with Benefits PRO

We are a collective of unique individuals pushing for a bright future. A world in which prosperity is abundant and technology acts as a communal connective tissue. We believe in a web3 world, where data and payments are fluid and controlled by the creators. We believe in the pursuit of open knowledge for the greater good. The tools for connecting the dots are finally here.Technology is constantly evolving and blockchain technology, a fluid, and open system is suited to help us catalyze change. Friends With Benefits are creators, rebels, artists, thinkers, and doers forming an organization to discuss and shape that future. By gathering those looking to create change, Friends With Benefits aims to take these new tools and help implement web3 in a multitude of ways.By unifying our community through a social token - $FWB - members can be confident that everyone in the group has shared skin in the game. By teasing the future of token-permissioned access, Friends With Benefits strives to showcase how a community can reach scale without diminishing quality along the way.We invite all those who share this vision to join us. All we ask is that you follow these principles:Shared Identities - Please introduce yourself in #introductions. Friends With Benefits thrives on trust, and we encourage everyone to share their background, specialties, and interests to better foster conversations around member's expertise. Many of us change our handles to [FIRST NAME] - @[twitter] aid this transparency, but it's optional to do so.Diversity - Unlike many other crypto communities, Friends With Benefits comes with members of all different backgrounds. Whether it be someone whose first experience in crypto was getting $FWB or someone who's been in the space for five years, we encourage everyone to respect and acknowledge that this space welcomes opinions and questions of all forms.Inclusion - In Friends With Benefits, we're lucky to have a strong number of high-profile individuals with strong subject matter expertise in their respective fields. What's important to remember is that everyone is here to learn, meaning new members should be treated the exact same as someone who's a household name.Responsibility - Friends With Benefits is a largely self-policed community. This means while moderators won't actively monitor and police every message, but your voice and vibe can be precedent for penalties. Please do your best to keep a positive spirit and if you really aren't getting along with someone, battle it out in the DMs :)Peace of Mind - Within Friends With Benefits, members can feel confident to share personal anecdotes and information that they may not feel comfortable sharing publicly. This means what's said in FWB stays in FWB. We encourage members to assume good faith and respect other's willingness to share their thoughts without having to worry that it could be used against them.Altogether, these principles serve as the foundation for a community focused on the future of culture. The more it grows, the more it's on you to help ensure the group retains the values that helped get the community to where it is today.We look forward to growing together.Apply — Friends With Benefits - $FWBApply To be eligible for full membership in Season Two, follow the instructions/links below: 1. Join our Discord server 2. Hold 60 $FWB Tokens 3....$FWBMarkMark


Dimitri Daniloff

From the heart of a vibrant world of artistic tradition, Dimitri Daniloff burst forth. The whispering languages of texture and matter were imbued in his consciousness as naturally as speech itself, his father, a master sculptor, his earliest mentor. As a burgeoning artist, Dimitri experimented with 4x5 view cameras, the allure of their mechanical precision and capability to seize pure reality was irresistible. Yet, his spirit, a living fire of creativity, craved more. It yearned for the uncharted territories.This burgeoning digital landscape offered Dimitri an endless canvas, where he could redefine reality itself, melding raw elements with real-life subjects. His work, once an homage to the tangible, gradually transmuted into alien realms, balanced on the delicate threshold between real and surreal. His extraordinary campaign for PlayStation was the ultimate embodiment of this creative duality.This dance with creativity led Dimitri to an intriguing intersection in his artistic journey. The year 2008 saw the birth of the avant-garde Virtual Girl project, an audacious collaboration with the iconic electronica duo, Daft Punk. This venture welcomed 3D elements into Dimitri's photographic oeuvre, presenting a riveting narrative of the augmented human.His restless pursuit of innovation pushed him further into the arms of photogrammetry, a technique that breathed life into 3D models by measuring distances from myriad perspectives. A unique partnership with plastic artist Tamal De Canela birthed 'L’humain illimité' (The Unlimited Human), a groundbreaking project that married the virtual and the real. This creation, a virtual figure anchored to reality, bereft of physical limitations, oscillated between the mortal and the divine, challenging the confines of 2D imagery and provoking contemplation on the boundaries of human existence.Dimitri's work became a resounding echo of Oscar Wilde's profound aphorism, "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." The subjects of his art bore masks as varied as their identities. His relentless pursuit of this artistic paradigm is more than a creative endeavor—it's a radical political act, illuminating the resilient spirit of humanity in the face of its own vulnerabilities.A visionary in the realm of advertising and design, Dimitri's trailblazing insights have garnered a string of prestigious accolades, including Cannes Lions' Grand Prix, Gold, Silver, and Bronze, the Clio's Gold, Bronze, Silver, and Shortlist, as well as numerous nominations and accolades at the D&AD and Creative Circle Awards.Dimitri's transformation from analog to digital was more than a technological transition—it was a quantum leap into a universe teeming with artistic possibilities. The logistical hurdles of 4x5 camera photography were replaced with the boundless potential of digital. With a world of choices at his fingertips, every shot was a deliberate decision, a testament to Dimitri's innovative vision.Whether sculpting reality from raw elements or envisioning a unique depiction of augmented humanity, Dimitri's pioneering journey through the domains of digital art continues to evolve. Dimitri isn't merely a photographer—he is a narrative craftsman, an explorer of identities, a challenger of the human essence. His work stands as an embodiment of his creativity and a significant milestone in the ever-evolving landscape of digital art.In Dimitri's hands, the camera lens transforms into a portal to a world where reality and surrealism converge, boundaries dissolve, and the mundane morphs into the extraordinary. His two-decade long artistic journey is an odyssey marked by relentless innovation and exploration.A prime example of Dimitri's subtle yet profound impact is an episode at the 2014 London Music Week Awards. An iconic image he had shot with Daft Punk for Lemon Magazine ended up on David Bowie's Facebook page. Bowie was mistakenly identified as the one wearing Daft Punk's helmet in the photo, while Dimitri remained unrecognized. Dimitri took it as a double-edged sword—a testament to his work's wide appeal, yet a stark reminder of his underplayed presence in the industry.Despite his creations being part of esteemed collections like the 'Fond des Musees de France' and included in photography school curriculums, Dimitri felt overshadowed by his own artistry. NFTs offered him a resolution, granting him an uncontestable claim over his works, cementing his authorship. Thus, he resolved to mint the Daft Punk series.His knack for challenging norms led to an exceptional creation: a black female cyborg, inspired by renowned model Debra Shaw, meticulously reconstructed in 3D to incorporate mechanical elements. This was a pioneering feat in 2007 when 3D technology was a rare sight in photographic compositions.Dimitri's foray into 3D imaging represented more than a dalliance with novel technology; it signified a seismic shift in his creative paradigm. He perceived 3D as a tool to shatter the confines of conventional photography and Photoshop, paving the way for his visions of a world where reality and surrealism coalesce.Today, Dimitri is navigating new frontiers with photogrammetry, a technique merging photography and 3D scanning to form unique amalgamations of physical and digital elements. While the technology continues to evolve and brings with it its set of challenges, Dimitri revels in its imperfections. They remind him of the early days of black and white photography or Polaroids, their beauty lying in their quirks and idiosyncrasies.Ultimately, Dimitri's quest isn't just about leveraging cutting-edge techniques; it's about continuously pushing his own boundaries, exploring new aesthetics, and relentlessly reinventing his craft. He is a visionary sculptor of realities, a silent sentinel pushing the boundaries of artistic expression, and a pioneer carving out new territories in the ever-evolving landscape of digital art.The notion of photogrammetry being the future of photography doesn't just resonate with Dimitri; he lives it. The technique enables the conversion of physical assets into digital replicas by creating their digital twins. This process involves taking numerous images of an object and combining them to produce a 3D model, which then undergoes several stages of refinement before being exported to any 3D software.Armed with his camera, Dimitri has held the world captive with his imagination for over two decades. His boldly audacious images for PlayStation, loved by the masses but deemed too audacious for Sony's boardroom, encapsulate Dimitri's journey as an artist—a relentless pursuit of the balance between creative liberty and commercial appeal.This balancing act triggered Dimitri's shift from the rigid confines of commercial photography to a realm that offered a broader artistic canvas. His exploration into photogrammetry—a fusion of photography and 3D modeling—led him into uncharted artistic territories.Even as he enjoyed commercial success in advertising, Dimitri yearned for more. This relentless curiosity led him to Barcelona, where he discovered a thrilling blend of interactive artistry, virtual reality, and 3D design. This newfound perspective led him back into advertising, albeit with a fresh, technologically-driven perspective, evident in his VR project for EDF and his collaboration with Lenovo.Photogrammetry soon became Dimitri's primary focus, morphing into a two-fold mission for him. On one hand, he exploited it as a tool to create a groundbreaking style of digital art, showcased in an installation at the international photography and VR festival, Les Rencontres d’Arles. On the other hand, he launched a company offering comprehensive photogrammetry services.Among Dimitri's most captivating projects is his creation of unique NFTs for Olympus DAO. This endeavor marries his passion for photogrammetry, art, and the synthesis of the physical and digital world. By digitally cloning 2000-year-old Roman statues, Dimitri hopes to loop back to the roots of artistic expression while simultaneously charting its evolution.The notion of giving these Greek statues new textures is a visual metaphor for their transition from the physical to the digital world, bridging the apparent divide between the two. The statues he worked with were carefully handpicked from an antique store, and he spent two intense days scanning these remnants of antiquity.The exhilaration of creating a digital clone of the statues was heightened by the uniqueness of the 3D models he crafted. These models exist exclusively in his archive, an exclusive asset that gives his work a singularly distinctive edge. Dimitri likens this revolutionary transformation ushered in by photogrammetry to the shift from analog to digital photography.For Dimitri, photogrammetry is more than a technique; it's a medium to infuse depth and personality into his creations. It allows artists to imprint their unique touch on their works, breathing life into them with an essence that's impossible to replicate. The future of photogrammetry promises not only the creation of digital doubles but also new avenues of interactive 3D media.His journey continues to challenge norms, redefine identities, and question the essence of what it truly means to be human in the digital era.


Podcast Series: Making Bank

What differentiates a great podcast from an average podcast? Well, you can say it’s the audio quality or the guests who are interviewed. But at the heart of it all, the thing that defines a podcast as great is the host! The host is the glue that holds everything together. They determine what content is created, which guests make an appearance, and whether or not the audience becomes a strong, engaged community. After hearing the first three episode of "Making Bank", a new podcast series from the Bankless DAO, I felt compelled to learn more about DeFiDeluxe. He speaks passionately and is letting his personality take the stageThis is the backstage of Making Bank:  I’ve been a fan of crypto for a while, having always been a tech guy, but for many years I had been watching from the sidelines as a passive investor.  In early 2020 I started researching proof of stake networks and successfully spun up a testnet Nucypher node.  It wasn’t until then that I stopped reading the bigger crypto news outlets and instead discovered amazing crypto newsletters like Bankless, the Defiant, Defi Rate, EthHub, etc. and I started to go down the DeFi rabbit hole and subsequent Defi summer and here we are, ready for defi summer round 2.I have 5 years of experience as a Photographer/Video Editor and so I’ve been looking for a way to put those skills to use in crypto.  When the DAO launched, I immediately knew that I wanted to contribute and so after talking initially with a few members, I decided that the best way to present a show prototype to the DAO was to just create one.  I was blown away by the responses I got and very happy that it was received well by the DAO.  It’s been nice to get comments even from the genesis team, and I hope that they have open arms when I come hunting them down for an interview (hehe).My hope is to eventually do the work to become a media node, whether that’s internally with Making $BANK or externally via DefiDeluxe or both.  I believe that BanklessDAO will be a good opportunity not just for media nodes who already have some success, but also for organically created content from within the DAO that needs bootstrapping.  I’ve heard Ryan Sean Adams say a few times that there is still a huge demand for quality educational crypto content.  I think this is going to be the summer of DAOs and am so excited for what BanklessDAO has in store.Bankless DAOWe want a money system by the people and for the people. We want to propagate crypto media and culture. We want to help the world go bankless. Help grow the world’s first-ever media and culture DAO. Bring your talents, time, and ideas. Join the revolution.--- LiveTheLifeTV --- LTL Code Art StudioYvesEnjoy the very first episode of Making $BANK.  Making $BANK is a product of the BanklessDAO, the world's first-ever media and culture DAO.During the second episode of Making $BANK, DefiDeluxe talks news, governance, seasons, on-chain arbitration, consensus mechanisms, and more!  Episode numero 3 about governance, the upcoming retro airdrop, and more!  4th episode of Making $BANK where they talk facilitation, coordination, tokenomics, dev guild, and the history of pirates in relation to DAOs.5th episode of Making $BANK where they talk news and upcoming events, the gig economy, and how ETH will eat the world.


a16z Podcast: All about NFTs

This episode is all about NFTs. It seems like nothing has caught on and spread into mainstream interest like NFTs, where one hears everything from “I’ve never seen anything like this before” to “is this like ICOs all over again” to “it’s just a jpg I don’t get it” to “but what about the energy use!”So, in this special deep-dive episode from the a16z Podcast network, we break down everything you need or want to know about NFTs — while cutting through the noise for what’s hype/ what’s real, as well as where are on the long arc (and sometimes seemingly sudden tipping point!) of innovation (apparently, Google trends data showed that interest in NFTs recently surpassed interest in cryptocurrency). Editor in chief Sonal Chokshi interviews friends of a16z crypto Linda Xie, co-founder of Scalar Capital and former Product Manager at Coinbase; and Jesse Walden, founder at Variant Fund and former co-founder of Mediachain Labs (which was acquired by Spotify, where he was then an R&D lead).Episode about the Creator Economy, and how NFTs (but not just NFTS!) are making it possible for artists, musicians, videogamers, game developers, and writers to create entirely new markets to make money from their work and engage with their fans.Part of this emerging picture is social tokens, which share a crypto foundation with NFTs, but unlike NFTs (which are non-fungible tokens, in which each token is unique), social tokens are typically fungible, meaning each token has the same value. This hallway-style chat features a16z General Partner and crypto investor Chris Dixon, talking with Kevin Chou, who founded Kabam, and is the founder of Rally, an open network on Ethereum where creators can launch social tokens; and Jesse Walden, the founder of MediaChain, a music rights protocol that was acquired by Spotify; he’s now the founder of crypto venture fund Variant.They’ll talk about how musicians, artists, and writers can think about NFTs and social tokens as well, and how those different types of assets can interact to create models that haven’t existed before.But Chris starts off the discussion by talking about the emergence of crypto tokens, and a look at how videogames and gamers were early to the idea of community engagement and digital assets, and how that model is beginning to spread outward.Recently, a16z and the Stanford Center for Blockchain Research hosted the NFT Virtual Summit, which brought together leading thinkers and builders on the topic of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens — these tokens are enabling new creator and ownership economies to emerge. They covered NFTs in other podcasts and articles, including a curated list of reading resources, and you can watch all the videos from the summit.Enjoy one of the discussions from that virtual summit (all of which were also published on our a16z Live feed) — this episode features General Partner Katie Haun chatting with Devin Finzer, cofounder of NFT marketplace OpenSea, on the topic of NFT “Use Cases, Today, and Tomorrow” — they cover the "tokenization of everything."


Unprecedented benefits for borrowers

Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol offering interest-free liquidity against collateral in Ether. By utilizing a novel liquidation mechanism and leveraging an algorithmic monetary policy it can offer unprecedented benefits for borrowers.Users can draw the stablecoin LUSD interest-free against their Ether used as collateral. They can thus obtain liquidity for free without any recurring costs. Liquity is a protocol rather than a platform. There is no administrator with special privileges that could interfere with, alter, or halt the operation of the protocol in any way. Frontend operation is provided exclusively by third parties which make the system decentralized and resistant to censorshipLiquity protocol allows for an unprecedented minimum collateral ratio of 110%, which corresponds to a loan-to-value ratio of 90.09%. This makes borrowing highly capital efficient and allows for up to 11x leverage on investments.Borrowers need to ensure that their collateral ratio does not fall below 110%, otherwise their positions (“Troves”) become vulnerable to liquidation. The protocol’s efficient, instantaneous liquidation mechanism allows for such a low collateralization ratio, while maintaining a high level of robustness.How to take out an interest free loanLearning how to use Liquity to take out free loans on your ETHBanklessRyan Sean Adams


Rebalancing a piece of cake

PieDAO was kicked off just over a year ago (March 2020), and is one of the very few examples of a successful DAO from day 0, quickly becoming one of the three largest DAOs. The mission & products are simple: PieDAO creates tokenised portfolios (Pies) with active strategies, so that users can actually own their finances and are able to participate in wealth creation. The asset allocation DAO. Pie DAO makes diversified asset allocation and rebalancing a piece of cake 🍰This is more than just indices - in fact, we prefer to call them portfolios, as our infrastructure (PieVaults) are much more granular and flexible: on top of pure asset diversification, one can actually benefit from yield farming without having to lift a finger (all completely automated). There's also other cool features like meta-governance, as we actually care about being useful to the DAOs that are included in Pies. Personally, feels like there's few brands in crypto that resonate better with our mission than Bankless - hence we reached out. Beyond the financial benefit we are offering, it just feels like a really cool way to join communities and flag some products to your audience that fit your mission very wellI saw there were some concerns around the exit fee and escrow - so let me clarify this one! Exit fee: this is rather minimal and standard, and just a measure to prevent freeriding within the pool. This exit fee gets counterbalanced with the liquidity rewards offered by PieDAO very quickly, so for anyone who is genuinely looking to provide liquidity, this shouldn't be a problem. Escrow: we are offering pretty large liquidity incentives for this pool (significantly above average in the ecosystem). Offering such rewards with no escrow would mean that a large number of people who don't care about PieDAO and its mission will flow in, get the rewards & dump them (in DOUGH - our governance token) on the market, which would negatively impact the DAO. To make this more sustainable, we introduced escrow, which ensures that all liquidity providers get an immediate liquid reward (20%), and then get the remaining 80% after the escrow period, preventing the market pressure... We are actually now working on introducing something very cool that will allow people to productively compound their escrowed DOUGH and not just have it hanging for 12 months - so that would be an extra kick in terms of rewards. I hope this makes sense and clarifies some of your concerns! Being a DAO, we have to balance some short-term and long-term decisions: fuelling growth & making markets more liquid, without damaging the DAO short-term. I am sure you guys will face such dilemmas going forward, and we'd actually be more than happy to help think through them / share our learnings! After all, DAOs should always help other DAOsAuthor: Anastasiya_BelyaevaPieDAOThe best wealth creation strategies accessible to everyone, with no minimum


Payroll for the Modern DAO

Coordinape is a scalable & permissionless platform for decentralized operations built by Yearn for the demanding needs of the community & emerging DeFi projects. Gift Circles allow DAO members to collectively reward eachother making community payments more equitable and transparent. Circle contributors directly recognize eachother’s value, building a more cohesive and productive community. Decentralized payroll management for DAOsDAO’s don’t have top down management. There is no HR department. There are no contracts and no salary negotiations. How do you properly…yearn.financeAndre CronjeUnderstand how value moves through your organization and move more decisions and resources to the community.CoordinapeYFI Coordinape


The Blockchain Back Office

Founded in 2018, Gilded is backed by Techstars and the Association of International Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Gilded helps global companies scale by automating cryptocurrency payments and accounting. In 2020, Gilded announced partnerships with TrustToken, Paxos and Stablecorp to offer the world’s first B2B payment solution powered by stablecoins. Gilded's new Mass Pay feature allows businesses to pay up to five hundred people in a single transaction, saving time and gas fees. Introducing Mass Pay: Streamlined Crypto Payments for Employees, Contractors, and VendorsGilded’s new Mass Pay feature allows businesses to pay up to five hundred people in a single transaction, saving time and gas fees.Gilded BlogGil HildebrandIt's never been easier to sync your hardware and software wallets, thanks to the integration with Blocknative.Gilded's Coinbase integration makes it easy for global companies to send and receive digital currency payments. Gilded also integrates with Transak, the global fiat/crypto gateway. Businesses in over 30 countries can buy and sell crypto directly in the Gilded app."I'm Joey Ryan, CPA and CFO of Gilded. In 2018, I left my "Big Four" accounting job to pursue blockchain full time and haven't looked back. Blockchain will irrevocably change the course of the accounting industry. But this is not the end of the profession—this is an opportunity. Are you prepared for the future? In this webinar, I discuss why accountants should care about digital assets, how to grow your business by accepting digital asset clients, and how Gilded uses blockchain to enable triple-entry accounting--a new technology that improves the automation and audibility of accounting records."The second Blockchain for Accountants Webinar. Gilded Accounting Partner ProgramPartner with Gilded to grow your practice. Start accepting digital asset clients.Accounting for NFTs - 5 Things to ConsiderGot NFTs? You’re going to need to account for them. Two crypto CPAs—Joey Ryan and Dr. Sean Stein Smith—detail five of the most important accounting considerations for non-fungible tokens (or NFTs).Gilded BlogGil Hildebrand


People think that I am a shoe

Taking design cues from two icons of adidas' varied archive, the Superstan fuses tennis legend Stan Smith's eponymous sneaker model with the quintessential Superstar silhouette. Delivered with his signature dry humour, Stan himself announced the OG Stan Smith colour combination. Green is the new Black.As memorable as it was upon release 51 years ago.A Tennis Homage to the OG PunksInspired by icons from the surf industry like Spreckels and Miki Dora, they all loved to play tennis, the avatar we use for the LiveTheLifeTV and UnbanksyTV Twitter account is a play on that. And now people think my alter ego, is a fricking tennis shoe. What’s not to love?UnbanksyTV - Code Art Studio - LiveTheLifeTVLiveTheLifeTVWhat's next? I'll #gobanklessBankless DAOWe want a money system by the people and for the people. We want to propagate crypto media and culture. We want to help the world go bankless. Help grow the world’s first-ever media and culture DAO. Bring your talents, time, and ideas. Join the revolution.--- LiveTheLifeTV --- LTL Code Art StudioLiveTheLifeTV


Eye Love You, Eye Hate You

Two years ago, Platon presented his first series Eye Love You, Eye Hate You; a historic and monumental collection featuring magnified iris portraits belonging to an array of the world's most well-known figures. This first exhibition included 12 individual iris NFTs, thirty years in the making. Each NFT deconstructs a 'Platon portrait', removing 97% of the film's negative information and deleting all recognizable facial characteristics. Viewers are left with a burning curiosity and the inability to judge who they are. In front of you could be infamous game changers, history makers, cultural provocateurs, heroes, villains, and dictators. You decide."It’s a cliché to say but when I photograph someone, I see the eyes as a window to someone’s soul. There is something magical and mystical when you look into someone’s eyes. When I look into someone’s eyes, it is much more complicated. At times I see angels and others, demons. Sometimes I see demons in the people we admire and it leaves me feeling very confused. Other times I see warmth in someone who has created carnage in terms of human rights. You come away thinking, “how the hell is that possible”? It’s confusing. Sometimes demonic leaders in society can show great charisma and kindness to people at least on the surface, and I find that much more menacing." Read the entire essay:It's not a secret we are huge fans of Platon as an artist and especially as a human being with storytelling skills that made us tear up during that first iconic ClubHouse Session. During the following auction, we were able to buy four NFTs!


"Media scripts human beings" @balajis

Balaji Srinivasan on The Future of Bitcoin and Ethereum, How to Become Noncancelable, the Path to Personal Freedom and Wealth in a New World, the Changing Landscape of Warfare, and More“If code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.” — Balaji SrinivasanBalaji S. Srinivasan (@balajis) is an angel investor and entrepreneur.Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him "the world's best human guinea pig," and The New York Times calls him "a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk." Tim deconstructs world-class performers, digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use


71% of our planet is ocean

Nice earth curvature, with the sun glint! Beautiful to see the reflection track us on the sea surface as we’re floating above… a bit like being followed by dolphins (or am I going crazy?). We actually spend a large time of our orbit above the oceans as 71% of our planet is ocean, we call it the Blue Marble for a reason. Today on #WorldOceansDay the UN sheds light on the wonder of the ocean and how it is our life source, supporting humanity and every other organism on Earth. I think these pictures show the beauty, and the 71% statistic should do the rest. Photo Credit: Thomas PesquetBut learn more via : unworldoceansday.org/Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature. Thanks for watching our film, and for your comments -- our primary goal with the film was to shine a spotlight on these issues, to spark dialogue and encourage changes in the way we think about river and fish conservation and fishery management. The common ground we all seem to share is a love of rivers and an interest in seeing wild fish return in greater abundance. Patagonia has been working to protect wild rivers and wild fish for over 40 years. We were founded by an avid fly fisherman – and we’re proud of all our connections to the fish world, which range from our fly fishing and salmon product lines, to the over $20 million in grants we’ve given to local groups working on these issues in communities around the world. To that end, whatever your point of view, we hope you visit Patagonia Action Works, to learn more about and support groups working to protect wild rivers and wild fish. About - Patagonia Action WorksFor almost 40 years, Patagonia has supported grassroots activists working to find solutions to the environmental crisis. But in this time of unprecedentedPatagonia Action WorksFurther, this is the 3rd film we’ve made about these issues. First was Damnation, which highlights the destructive effect of obsolete dams on healthy river ecosystems and habitat; and then, Blue Heart of Europe, which shares the shocking story of a tsunami of dam development in the Balkans region of Eastern Europe, and calls for a stop to the construction of 3,000 new hydropower dams and diversions. We couldn’t agree more that habitat destruction, dam building, mismanaged harvest, and pollution of our waterways are also incredibly important issues – check out these films to get a sense for some of our advocacy across the issues.Salmon ConservationStrange as it may sound, we believe harvesting and eating wild salmon in the right numbers, from the right places, can actually help save them.Patagonia ProvisionsCredit: Patagonia YouTube Channel


(3,3) Ohmies riding towards the sun

The story starts with 100.000% "APY". Catchy right? Now that I have your attention let's face it. Incentivization programs are temporary. While the bootstrapping of the OlympusDAO protocol was a huge success, we got to tune the engine so we can expand further.Sustainability is key, b/c we want to go big. The problem the protocol has right now is that it bleeds rewards too quickly. We got to stop the bleeding and reduce "APY". I will also stop talking about "APY" now because what you get after a year will only be known after a year.From a protocol point of view the reward rate in the distributor contract as time of writing is 0.535% of circulating supply.OIP-9 got mega engagement. As described we anticipate the reward rate to be reduced to 0.25% of circulating supply. Big brain alert pepe. Let's assume a conservative rebase rate of 0.25% now. Everyone please call out my bullshit if I am off here.OIP-9: Locking - OlympusDAOForumThe Olympus DAO ForumOlympusDAOForumOIP-9 suggests locked staking. Though how did we go from reward reduction to locked staking anon? Fear you not. Here is the deal. Locked staking is a mechanism to reward our (3, 3) gang member shit like we used to. Nothing changes for the die hard ohmies. Link Marine vibes.If you have the best interest of the protocol in mind you win and nothing changes much. And while we can tune the incentive structure we can also make the protocol way more sustainable because mercenary capital gets diluted more than the faithful "few". Win win.OIP-9 suggests 12 locking terms you can choose from. Chose from 1 month locking to 12 months locking. Fun fact, the 0.25% reward rate can be sustained for over a year already because treasury RFV is up only. So locking for a year should not pose much more risk for you anon.Going through the numbers it might very well be you earn more on the longest lock than you do now. This is what we want to incentivize. We want to reward (3, 3) more than mercenary capital, but we can only do that on a scale. All we ask for is commitment. (3, 3) and we gucci.And well, if we have a holy bond and you break the contract, you are free to leave with your principle any time. Though you shall not be rewarded at all. Don't lock for 12 months if there is the slightest chance that you need your funds earlier. Now it gets interesting.Why is this mechanic good? Well anon, it makes you think twice. We want an as even as possible distribution of locked rewards. Markets are most balanced if the optimal strategy is most hard to find. This is #game #theory.To get the boost that OIP-9 proposes, you lock your principle in vesting terms. You get a higher boost the longer you lock. Easy. Designing this staking mechanism is actually not that simple. #behavioural #economics and game theory have a big impact here after all. Hard.If the optimal strategy is well known there is no information asymmetry and everyone will go for the same solution, breaking the system again. This is why the 12 months terms are better for the protocol than let's say 12 weeks. 12 weeks is not hard enough of a problem to solve.So, where the rebase rate was 0.6ish before, we will get 0.25ish. The annualized multiplier is 15. So you having 1 $OHM turns it into 15 $OHM. But there is more anon. OIP-9 suggests boosts so that you earn on a bigger bag. If you have 1 $OHM you can actually earn on 5 $OHM anon.And now to you, market. You wouldn't see alpha if I showed it to you. Let's say I buy 1 $OHM for 400 $DAI. Here is the leak: 1 $OHM trades at 200 $DAI. There is your 100% upside. But anyway, let's say I buy 1 $OHM for 400 $DAI and lock it for 12 months.I actually earn on 5 $OHM and get my 15x over a year, guaranteed anon. Code is law. How would I do with my investment in one of the hottest communities out there? $OHM could trade around 5 $DAI and I would still break even.And then $OHM trading at 5 $DAI in one year's time would mean everyone had to sell except me. Now how likely is that, your gracious degen heart?Based on locked staking the market trades $OHM at a 50% discount below intrinsic value while the investment upside is easily up to 10x in a realistic scenario. It's all rough napkin math and few details need to be hashed out still.And so, why is this bet hard to get? Because humans are future blind. Because 12 months in #DeFi are hard to play. Because anon sees all kinds of oPoRtUnItiEs. And so sitting on your hands and having a good time is hard. And so we make game theory work for you and me anon.Making a case based on $MATIC of which only 20% of supply are staked. Wonder how the $MATIC pump came to be? Reduced sell pressure was caused by the unbonding delay, because paperhands got to go over temporary market escapades. You just keep sitting in the train. This is (3, 3).Down the road it will become more and more attractive for external capital to get into an ever safer haven because capital is locked away and vested more evenly over time. Locked staking is a sponge absorbing circulating reply.And since OlympusDAO owns its own liquidity we come more and more interesting for partners like Frax Finance. We want your LP and we will never sell it as long as $OHM trades above asset backing, which is currently 1 $DAI, but will likely be higher in the future.It's not a 20 IQ shitpost but here we see information asymmetry and how anon's own future blindness will keep them poor. Anon will rather want to get rekt on BSC again for the pure thrill of chasing the next 100x only gem, within 2 weeks. We can't all be The Chad Benji.Ohmies staking riding towards the sun. The reserve currency legend has just begun. Credit: @xh3b4sd


Imagine having a Bitcoin Beach

El Salvador hosts some of the longest and most perfect waves in all of Central America and is particularly known for its roping righthand pointbreaks, which people have been surfing for half a century. In fact, the country’s cobblestone gems were a staple for an intrepid group of ex-pats in the ’70s, and today, native Salvadorians have carved out their own niche in the growing surf scene.Only The Essentials: El Salvador Travel GuideYour guide to Central American’s land of the long right pointbreaksSurflineSurflineSurfing is the best way to free yourself, to enjoy, to feel. Enjoy it in Surf City El Salvador, an authentic place where everything remains to be discovered.The most important event in surfing history. #SurfCityESA#ISAWorlds 🏄♂ La Bocana & El Sunzal 29th May - 6th JuneHow three surfer dudes left California to find a secret surfing oasis in El SalvadorThe Olympic trials for surfing are being held in El Salvador. The seeds for this were planted decades ago by young Californians looking for good waves.Los Angeles TimesKevin Baxterso who won the contest you may ask, is this the future of france?The past few decades we've been running a free surf travel and real estate guide and we have seen our community grow to 70K Facebook fans. However, the past few years I have struggled to find an appropriate way to share our passion for DeFi, DAO’s and NFT’s. Now might be a good time, as the President of El Salvador voiced our vision and passion for the web3 industry that we have been deeply involved in since 2013. It all started ten years ago with requesting our LiveTheLifeTV team riders to be rewarded in Bitcoin and failing to get them excited to accept some BTC in return for a sticker on the surfboard. We claimed it might empower them one day in the future. We thought it could enable them to book an endless summer surf trip, at least one day in the future, Bitcoin was still weird magic internet money, maybe it still is today. Anyway, while our offer got turned down, we did write them a letter to look into it further as this could potentially change their financial independence. Obviously, this is NOT investment advice, especially now that the price of Bitcoin ($BTC) went up 1000x we no longer feel the need to hype people to buy, but we would still recommend you to at least explore some stable coins like DAI and discover the world of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and how it feels to #gobankless Maybe even earn 10%+ interest on your magic internet money. There is a lot that changed since these early days, ... the UX is still not where it should be, but it's a least 10x better, and we now welcome you with open arms in the BANKLESS DAO! If you are looking to get some insights we highly recommend watching the weekly Bankless podcast. David & Ryan talking about the El Salvador news! 👁⚡👁Laser Eyed Presidents | Market Monday LITEHow bullish is the El Salvador news for crypto?BanklessDavid HoffmanBankless DAOWe want a money system by the people and for the people. We want to propagate crypto media and culture. We want to help the world go bankless. Help grow the world’s first-ever media and culture DAO. Bring your talents, time, and ideas. Join the revolution.Code Art StudioUnbanksyTVWe felt it was very aligned with the counter culture that surfing used to be. Kelly Slater Criticizes Elon Musk’s Crypto Practices - Stab MagKelly Slater recently took to Instagram to question the bitcoin trading practices of Elon Musk. Read his Instagram accusations here.Stab MagRecently, we heard Kelly Slater voice his opinion. Stab Magzine wrote an article about it. The GOAT surfer got blasted in the salty comments. At this stage, we felt very discouraged to write or talk to our very own LiveTheLifeTV Tribe about anything related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain. It felt that only Kelly could open up the minds and if even our king failed to achieve that, who the f$ck are we to even try ...the fact that Mr. Slater appreciated our suggestion with a like, got us hyped.Adding to our fire and conviction that these technologies can make the world a better place, ... we had the president of El Salvador heating up our internal debate to at least give it a shot to publish something blockchain-related to our Facebook page. Well knowing that the impact would be extremely low despite having 70 thousand fans, the organic reach on these platforms is nowhere close to the early days where we reached up to 300 thousand people a week, not including the 100 million eyeballs we bought through dirty cheap google AdWords (ads) when the cost per clicks was still as low as 1 cent (today they are often 100 to 1000 times more expensive, so no longer sustainable for a surf travel startup). Anyway, I'm rambling, let's drive back to the tweet from the president. Here it is:1. Great weather, world-class surfing beaches, beachfront properties for sale. 2. One of the few countries in the world with no property tax. 3. No capital gains tax for #Bitcoin, since it will be a legal currency. 4. Immediate permanent residence for crypto entrepreneurs.credit: isasurf.orgWhat else do you need to hear? All I can say is, this is is not investment advice, this is not legal advice. All I can do is add a few picture-perfect images that tell a story. Oh, and may have a look at Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador.credit cover image: isasurf.org


Building and governing crypto indexes.

Yeah! A new episode of the Unstoppable Podcast! Guest speaker is Simon from Index Coop, a DAO focused on building and governing crypto indexes. In this fascinating discussion, they dive into the advantages of DAOs, what they offer over traditional companies, and Simon’s own experiences with Index Coop. Simon talks about his journey from the US Marines to the world of crypto and explains what Index Coop is and how it works. They talk about some of the main advantages of forming a DAO like speed and scalability. They also cover some of the career paths in DAOs, and whether this will develop into a popular option for young graduates in the near future. Simon also answers questions about the community in Index Coop, what a typical day and week looks like for him, and what the future holds for this DAO and others.IndexThe community led crypto index collective


Why 2020 felt like a time warp

Some of my favorite blog posts were not planned out, they just happen. While I was ready to get some sleep, I scrolled one last time through my Twitter feed. It's so refreshing to start from scratch with my new alter ego and I now have a way better feed as I highly curated the people I follow, unlike my OG account that clocked 10K+ tweets since 2007. Anyway, my eye fell on a new drop by one of my favorite artists, but it was a Tezos based NFT, I had no wallet setup, and I did need some sleep after working around the clock at the Bankless DAO. Let me cut to the chase, I send our Tezos Gigabrain, Mr R, a DM on Discord, a somewhat teasing and commanding message: "Buy me one I’m walletless www.hicetnunc.xyz/objkt/122530"Time Warp 2020 Sabet "I believe there's no time. A human construct. So I play with it. This piece was created in what we call the year 2020."I'm a ETH MAXI but when it comes to ART I (try to) keep an open mind and after buying my first Sabet NFT a couple of days ago, I fell into the rabbit hole that is collecting his art. In any case, I woke up with a short & sweet message from Mr. R.As we speak, well as I type this, I'm having a late morning coffee, added "Get a Tezos Wallet" to my to-do list, and while I'm super thankful and excited about the Time Warp 2020 NFT, .... I realise, the grass in the garden is not gonna stop growing and I need to wrap my head around the fact that living the DAO life is now way beyond a full-time thing. At the same time, I'm loving and enjoying the energy that web3 has brought to my life. However, the garden does need some attention. 😳👨🌾"At first, it was about emotions such as angst and anxiety. As the years passed, my work transformed to expressing love, gratitude and source energy." Sabet Sabet needs no introduction to the world of art, advertising and NFTs. When he is not busy working with NGOs or collaborating with Mont Blanc, he's minting amazing pieces!! Along side his branding agency, he has always painted as a way to release and escape the complexities of life. tryshowtime.com/livethelifetv©SABETThe Art of Ali Sabet | american-iranian painter, illustrator, designer©SABETHomeIn any case, thanks for reading, below some research about the concept of a Time Wrap, written by Shannon Stirone (full article @ Vox)No matter how far back we look in human history, there has always been room for us to forge new relationships with this most valuable, most mysterious, and most fundamental thing. Just as it has always been and will always be, time is a paradox. We move through time wishing to grasp onto our most valuable moments — the first kiss, the new love, a special meal, a new city. Whatever those moments are that we cherish, the more they seem to slip through our fingers like sand. Yet as we exist within those seconds, so acutely aware of our grounding in the present, the future will beckon as though in echo, prodding us, leaving us wondering, will we get to keep this? Will this love stay? Will I get to come back to this place? And we will think, “I must do what I can to make it so.”Why 2020 felt like a time warp, according to scienceWas it a year, a day, or a millennium? The cosmos offers us clues to why it feels like all of the above.VoxShannon StironeThere is no flat circle of time except that which we humans have made. Real time is a tree’s rings, a labyrinth; it’s in stellar remnants, in letters, in books, in red and black paint etched on cave walls. It is love, in beginnings, in your tea, in chaos. It is endings — it is everything, just as we are everything.As we approach another significant marker of time — the new year — we are faced with a real challenge. How do we contend with our nature, which fundamentally longs to predict the future and to protect and plan for it, while we face an indeterminate bleeding-together of days?Maybe it can be of some comfort to us all to know that the nagging undercurrent of bewilderment, fear, sadness, and anxiety are there for more than the obvious reasons and are truly part of a natural collective experience. We are in a profound moment of being human. As time is changing — devolving, even — we know at least that it is still taking us forward.Shannon Stirone is a writer in the Bay Area. Her work on science, culture, and technology can be found in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Wired, Longreads, and elsewhere.


Gabriel Leydon - Designing Digital Economies

"My guest is Gabe Leydon, who is the co-founder and former CEO of MZ, also known as Machine Zone, the company behind huge games such as Mobile Strike and Game of War. Gabe has spent the last 20 years designing video games and is one of the most original thinkers I have talked to in a long time. In our conversation, we cover why great design can be a bad sign that we’d run out of ways to innovate, the most important lessons from human psychology for building games and products, and why products that are busted or breaking but still booming can be great investment opportunities. This conversation rewired my brain on many levels, so I’m excited for you to listen. Take the red pill with us, and please enjoy my conversation with Gabe Leydon." - Patrick OShaughnessy- design vs innovation- futurism - addiction vs skill games - designing economies - the coming NFT manufacturing boom - psychonomicsOn US Fed: ”There's like 8 billion people that take the money. And then there are 10 people that print it and they're not printing it to give you money. They're printing it because they want an outcome. They're designing an economy.”Home | ColossusColossus is the premier destination for investors, founders, and operators to learn the world’s best information on business building and investing. We’re mapping the world’s best business and investing information. Join us in the search at Colossus.Colossus


Cath Simard Genesis NFT Drop Teaser

Cath Simard is a Canadian-born photographer, digital artist and SONY Alpha ambassador with an instantly recognizable style that meticulously blends reality with her own imagination. Her work has been shared millions of times on social media & some of her clients include SONY, DJI & Emirates Airline. Today, Cath leads workshops in places like Patagonia, Peru, Iceland & the Canadian Rockies. She wishes to inspire others to break out of their comfort zone & explore a world of endless possibilities. She recently did her Genesis NFT drop on SuperRare, called “Lumière du Noir.” The teaser was as 🔥 as it gets.“It was hard work to get on SuperRare because you have to have a project that’s different,” explains Simard. That’s what I’ve noticed is happening in the photography world when it comes to NFTs. The most successful are those who have brought something different to the table. And that's really what got me on SuperRare. I pitched a concept that hasn't been done before. They receive about 1,000 applications a day so I was really happy to get accepted on that platform.”Cath SimardPhotography Workshops - Travel - Video - Instagram - Work - AboutCath Simard


Cine Mirrorless with Built in NDs

You get the same features found on expensive digital film cameras, allowing the capture of deeper colors, higher image detail, and a wider dynamic range between the brightest highlights and deepest shadows. It's the reason why feature films look so amazing ...The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro includes additional pro features such as built-in 2, 4, and 6 stop ND filters, adjustable tilt HDR LCD with a bright 1500 nits that’s ideal for use in bright sunlight. It also includes two mini XLR audio inputs and a larger NP-F570 style battery.Featuring the same generation 5 color science as the high-end URSA Mini Pro 12K, the new Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro delivers an even greater advancement in image quality with stunning, accurate skin tones and faithful color in every shot.In addition to shooting video, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera can also capture high-resolution stills. Simply press the dedicated stills button to record 21.2-megapixel images on the 6K modelsBlackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera – Workflow | Blackmagic DesignNext generation 4K camera with dual native ISO up to 25,600, full 4/3 HDR sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range, ProRes or RAW recording to internal SD/UHS-II and CFast cards, as well as a USB-C expansion port for recording to external drives and more!Blackmagic Design logoBlackmagic Design


Decentralized Autonomous Association DAA

The DAA experiment has uniquely merged technology and law to create and run organizations that are both, decentralized and legally compliant. Many previous Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) have been criticized for their uncertain legal status, liability, and ability to manage real-world projects. From a legal perspective, several jurisdictions classify DAOs as single partnerships or similar entities, which leads to personal liability of members from a legal, regulatory, and tax perspective.With the aim to overcome these legal uncertainties, MME - together with Validity Labs and various other friends within the Swiss FinTech industry - have elaborated a legal and technical framework enabling blockchain-governed Decentralized Autonomous Associations (DAAs). This initiative has started back in 2017 and the DAA structure specified as the result of the journey combines the benefits of a recognized legal entity structure with the efficiency, transparency, and democracy of a blockchain-based governance system.The Swiss AssociationThe Swiss Association is a well-established legal entity for non-profit activities limiting the liability of its members. Under Swiss law, an association qualifies as a group of natural persons and/or legal entities constituted and organized based on a written agreement with the pursuit of a non-economic purpose.The Swiss Civil Code (“CC”) is both liberal and flexible regarding the formation and governance of associations. Associations established for political, religious, scientific, artistic, or other non-economic purposes acquire the legal personality as soon as such intention is expressed in an agreement of the constitution. Only associations which run a commercial enterprise are required to register in the registry of commerce. For other associations, registration in the registry of commerce is optional. In addition, associations with charitable or other public non-profit objectives may apply for an exemption from income and capital taxes under certain conditions.Associations have the following main bodies:the General Assembly;the Board of Directors; andthe Auditor (only if certain thresholds regarding balance sheet, revenue, and full-time employees are exceeded).The general assembly is the governing body of the association. It appoints the board of directors, decides on the admission and expulsion of members, and resolves all matters not assigned to other corporate bodies in the articles of association. In addition, the general meeting has the non-delegable and inalienable right to amend the articles of association, the right to decide on the dissolution of the association, and the right of supervision over the association’s other corporate bodies. In general, Swiss law requires physical meetings for General Assemblies, however, digital forms may be possible if clearly stated in the articles of association and if a proper democratic decision-making process is ensured.The board of directors has the right and duty to manage the affairs of the association and to represent it in accordance with the powers conferred on it as set forth in the association’s articles of association.The Best of Two WorldsThe major objective of a DAA is to establish a decentralized and democratic legal entity structure with flat hierarchies. Therefore, centralization points should be reduced as much as (legally) possible. In our example structure, the DAA's bodies are:DAA Assembly („General Assembly / Mitgliederversammlung“);DAA Delegates („Board / Vorstand“);DAA Member Community;DAA Whitelisters.The powers of the DAA Assembly are limited to the elementary competencies which are according to Swiss mandatory law to be assigned to the general assembly (such as the change of statutes, the liquidation of the association, and others). The DAA Delegates are only equipped with those competencies which require the action of a “real” individual, i.e. a natural person, such as representation duties or the duty to keep the books.The very "heart" of the DAA structure forms the decentralized, blockchain-governed Member Community. The DAA Member Community is responsible for and decides on all relevant business matters of the DAA. These may include the decision on proposals and support of new projects or the allocation of DAA funds to projects. Every member of the association is part of the DAA Member Community providing the blockchain-based technical infrastructure to efficiently, democratically, and transparently propose and vote. All DAA Member Community members have equal rights to initiate proposals regarding membership management, future projects, operational decisions, and organizational updates of the association. The voting and counting process is performed and recorded transparently on-chain. Contributions to projects can be made freely across digital associations, empowering knowledge and finance sharing across industries.Recent interpretations of the Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) concept have led to several implementation approaches, including notable ones by DAOhaus,  Aragon, Colony, MolochDAO, MetaCartel, LAO, and others.The DAA is a basis for non-profit projects with limited financial resources looking to use a bottom-up decision-making process.This new variation is the concept of Decentralized Autonomous Associations which takes roots in the Swiss Association's legal structure. The Swiss Association has lower startup hurdles than a Swiss Foundation. In the context of the DAA, the autonomous activity focuses on certain membership-related functions, which is a realistic scope that doesn’t risk slipping into the abstract during implementation.Swiss legal firm MME has documented a process to allow DAAs to exist, aided by a set of smart contracts that Validity Labs has started to codify.Read MoreGitHub - livethelifetv/Swiss-Verein: Swiss VereinSwiss Verein. Contribute to livethelifetv/Swiss-Verein development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHublivethelifetvlivethelifetv/daadecentralized autonomous association. Contribute to livethelifetv/daa development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHublivethelifetvSushi Legal StructureOverview SushiDAO should form an association or foundation in order to mitigate future risks. In doing so, the SushiDAO will provide legal clarity regarding the rights and obligations of token holders and contributors, limit liability of token holders and contributors, and create an apparatus to ma…SushiSwapTangleTurning the Swiss Association into a DAO: An Alternative to Foundations?Many crypto projects have set up Swiss Foundations, including Ethereum itself. Many have come to rue it: the governance restrictions, local requirements and overall expense may not outweigh the perceived prestige. In this piece, we examine if the SwissThe OtonomistOtonomosLes DAOs existent-elles en Suisse ?Tirant profit de l’architecture des smart contracts, les Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) (organisations autonomes décentralisées) commencent à émerger de l’environnement de la blockchain. Ces nouvelles formes d’entités sont similaires aux entreprises. Elles constituent un mode d’organi…LexTech InstituteSven Riva

                    Riva DAO in Swiss legal order

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Web3-powered tokenized SAFE

The vast majority of startup investing as it exists today is an insider’s game. Early adopters and believers don’t have access to venture capital markets, so they don’t share in the financial upside of their favorite startup’s growth. Web2 investing is insular and exclusive, leaving out the very communities that make up a product: its early adopters.But with Web3, the way companies raise capital and interact with their communities is changing. By tokenizing equity, Fairmint is democratizing access to ownership in high-growth startups.DeFi has created ways for founders to raise money on a rolling basis. If an eagle-eyed user sees the enormous potential of a company, they can be among the first to invest. And more risk-averse investors don’t have to rush to make a decision until they see a product’s community already investing in it. DeFi gives startups freedom to break free from traditional fundraising rounds and focus on building their product.Fairmint is creating a system that uplifts the entire community around a successful company, and doesn’t just reserve the riches for a select few wealthy insiders. "Yeah. Everything I saw so far was boring apart from Fairmint solution, bullish on that one." - FiskantesWe are adopting Fairmint because we can: Raise without pitching (or even involving) VCs Have our community as investorsHave ongoing liquidity poolsOffer crypto native token rewardsBe 100% compliant and do on-chain issuanceUnlock the resale of shares challengeImagine being able to raise continuously from the people that love and support what you do. Imagine being able to reward and compensate your community with your equity. Imagine living life on the frontier of stakeholder capitalism with unlimited fundraising, compensation & trading mechanisms. LFG tbh

Here are four key groups that make up productive and passionate communities:Freelancers now make up a significant portion of the workforce. By giving them equity, you can show that you care about their contributions.Global Employees: By tying their equity to stable currencies like USDC, you can reward your global employees continually and compliantly.Super Fans: The first few people who believe in your mission are more than just users; they're super fans. By rewarding them with equity, you can show that you appreciate their support and value their feedback.Traditional Investors: By prioritizing community ownership, you can demonstrate to investors that your product is more likely to succeed.High Hopes and Hard RealitiesIt's tempting to see one's PFP as akin to a stock certificate. If "Pudgy" becomes a toy sensation or "Doodles" walks into a lucrative footwear deal, it might seem logical that NFT holders of these projects stand to gain. But herein lies the mirage. Owning an NFT doesn't entitle one to a slice of the commercial pie. Unlike shareholders in startups, NFT owners don't possess a security. Take the Azuki venture, for instance. After amassing 40 million USD, largely from its dedicated community, the venture's valuation trajectory tells a cautionary tale. From a promising floor of 16.5 eth it plummeted to 4.85 eth. While the founders may bask in their eth windfall, it's essential for collectors to revisit the fine print. Often, the terms absolve founders of ongoing obligations, leaving holders navigating a terrain that sometimes mirrors the wild west of regulatory arbitrage. Recommended Tool BoxFairmint | Give your community skin in the game.Fairmint empowers you to grant equity to anyone that adds value to your company and passively receive investment from your biggest fans. Launch in a few clicks and get back to building your business.Give your community skin in the game.Running a business like a boss in the US — Mission Control — Chapter IThis post is the first in a series about Running a business like a boss in the US.FairmintJoris DLNMercury | Banking built for startupsA complete financial stack to build your company. Scale with FDIC-insured bank accounts, debit cards, and 3-click payment flows.MercuryNEWSFLASH!Delaware, USA - Break out the bubbly! Ikigai Labs, our exclusive club for artists and collectors, has just fired up its continuous funding powered by FairMint.Here's a taste of our mantra: "The internet is going spatial, folks. We're gonna live more in the digital realm, and who better to design those spaces than artists?" Our aim? A fresh, secure onchain art gallery for artists to dazzle us with immersive art.Our Artist in Residency program is like a digital art bootcamp - only way cooler. Artists get a VIP ticket to the cutting edge of creativity and a chance to shape the future of the spatial internet. We're talking about a vibrant digital playground where art creation and experience keep evolving. Each piece tells a story, evolves with holder participation, and dares to ask, "What's next in user agency?"On the horizon for Ikigai Labs? Launching more art collections, rolling out the red carpet for new collectors, and expanding our art gallery's offerings.TAP is 🔥 tbhFairmint stands at the forefront of innovation in the securities industry, marking a significant milestone as the first SEC-registered Transfer Agent to seamlessly integrate with the Transfer Agent Protocol (TAP). This strategic move not only sets Fairmint apart but also highlights its commitment to revolutionizing the cap table management landscape. Recognizing the cap table as the nucleus of the securities stack, Fairmint champions the principles of openness, standardization, and company autonomy, a vision underscored by the insights of the international law firm Gunderson Dettmer.TAP, distinguished as the first open-source software backend for equity management, is supported by Fairmint along with Poet Network and Plural Energy as its founding members. This initiative is rooted in the Open Cap Table Format (OCF), endorsed by over fifty leading US law firms and key industry stakeholders, aiming to empower founders and attorneys with control over their capitalization data.The leadership at Fairmint, with Thibauld Favre and Joris Delanoue at the helm, is dedicated to fostering an equity management industry built on trust and transparency. By adopting open-source standards like TAP and OCF, Fairmint is not just creating another cap table management tool; it's paving the way for a more inclusive and efficient financial ecosystem.The creation of TAP embodies the essence of collaboration, showcasing a collective effort to address and overcome the inherent challenges within the securities stack. The protocol's development signifies a unified vision to drive substantial progress in the industry.Adding to the momentum, Fairmint welcomes Victor Mimo, a key figure in the technical development of TAP, to their team. Victor's involvement ensures the continued evolution and integration of TAP into Fairmint's offerings, promising a transformative impact on equity management.In essence, Fairmint's integration with TAP represents a leap forward in standardizing the transfer agent industry, reinforcing the company's leadership in driving significant change and enhancing equity management for all stakeholders involved.


DAOs change the future of work

A DAO is an internet-native entity with no central management which is regulated by a set of automatically enforceable rules on a public blockchain, and whose goal is to take a life of its own and incentivize people to achieve a shared common mission. DAOs offer the tools to build infrastructure by attracting funding, rewarding good work, and making decisions together. A community bank where you can share ideas, and where you aim to turn ideas into reality by actually doing stuff you love the most. That community will have a shared currency representing ownership of that bank. And you get to vote how the currency is spent! Rather than a platform’s inner circle of founders and investors taking home the value, users are able to earn the majority of value generated from their collective contributions.The breakthrough of early crypto networks is a new model for market-driven networks, where users build, operate, and own a piece of the products and services that they use. The principal innovation of crypto networks is their ability to grow network effects by enabling users to share in the value they create.DAOs allow individuals to invest in projects (via effort/resources/funds) at their earliest stages, way before VCs are able to invest. Individuals are able to go where traditional VCs can't. They can get early exposure to projects when there isn't even a company/legal entity. When there's only a GitHub and a chat room perhaps. Pre-core team, pre-deck, early-stage meme investing. We'll see thriving communities form around DAO-first token projects before there will be a pitch deck. DAO Shares can be allocated from day one in a meritocratic manner with no founder pre-mined tokens. Everyone in the project can request DAO shares for providing work or capital. Everyone can invoice for their time, energy, effort as well as funds provided. Contributors are able to leave DAOs permissionless with their rightful economic stake in the DAO. RageQuit is the secret sauce.The Moloch-style "RageQuit" functionality is fundamental to protect contributors. By guaranteeing that participants can exit if they disagree with the decisions other members are making, DAO's are more easily able to attract capital investment.Grow community + incentivize the contributors via DAO -> form core team, create a game plan -> setup legal entity -> take outside capital"DAOs collapse the cost of creating and managing organizations by replacing slow and expensive paper contracts with fast and cheap smart contracts. With lower costs and higher speeds, we unlock new levels of organizational scale. We can have a larger number of small organizations where setting up a legal entity is far too expensive to be worth it (think larger than a Facebook group, but smaller than a company)" Joel Monegro - Placeholder VCIn most cases, a strong case could be made for DAO Tokens not being securities at all, since the token would have immediate utility both in terms of curation, as well as in governance of the project itself. Since token holders would be governing the project and be responsible for its success or failure directly, it should be in pretty defensible territory. I'm not a lawyer but have been following the regulation around tokens pretty closely but obviously, this is #notlegaladviceIf projects depend upon human decision-making, how will they repeat the successes of Bitcoin and Ethereum and scale beyond early adopters? One answer is through delegating governance while aligning decision-makers through ownership, as is done in cooperative enterprises. Historically, the most successful cooperative organizations have, over time, converged on modes of decision making featuring a hierarchy similar to that of corporations: Stakeholders appoint a management team (a squad or a guild) to make day-to-day decisions that represent their own interests. This scales much better than each member voting on every decision.Next, teams need to plan how remaining tokens will be distributed to participants, both fairly for past contributions, and effectively as a future incentive for ongoing participation. Getting this right is hard, and will always be specific to the application in question, but some common questions to think through are:How will you reward different types of contributors in the future?How will leadership be rewarded going forward?Answering these requires analysis of community behavior, modeling of rational outcomes, and workshopping proposals with community members.To start, teams might test a distribution with a managed and permissioned group of community members. A number of teams have elected to do this by allocating a slice of future tokens to early “power” contributors. Collab.Land has built a Discord bot to tokenize access with any ERC-20 or ERC-721. token. While this doesn't seem like anything revolutionary, it changed the way groups and communities can coordinate. There came an "alignment of incentives" between individuals and the community they were a part of. These groups evolved into a new type of community, a grassroots community that took on a life of its own with aligned financial incentives. Informed groups are wiser than individuals. When you join, you get access to an exclusive community focused completely on a specific mission. Bankless DAOWe want a money system by the people and for the people. We want to propagate crypto media and culture. We want to help the world go bankless. Help grow the world’s first-ever media and culture DAO. Bring your talents, time, and ideas. Join the revolution.UnbanksyTV - Code Art Studio - LiveTheLifeTVUnbanksyTVExperimentation in DAOs is really starting to heat up. A spectrum of new governance + coordination ideas are now being put to the test, each with the goal of reinventing the firm, and the future of work. Ownership may manifest in the form of novel economic rewards, platform governance, or new forms of social capital, and be a new keystone of user experiences, with plenty of design space to explore. DAO's are shifting work and value distribution to be accessible online, resulting in a new generation of platforms that thrive on contributions from a permissionless and global talent pool. Ownership is a powerful motivator for users to contribute to products in deeper ways, be it with ideas, code, or community building. A beginner’s guide to DAOs — MirrorA decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is a group organized around a mission that coordinates through a shared set of rules enforced on a blockchain.1,000 True Fans? Try 100 - Andreessen HorowitzIn 2008, WIRED editor Kevin Kelly wrote that creators only needed to earn “1,000 True Fans”—at $100 per fan, per year—to make a living. I propose an update.Andreessen HorowitzLi Jin