Huge fan of TNS and the team behind it but feel that at the current point of the DAO lifecycle, we should focus on funding projects that directly contribute to our mission of building Nouns Builder Protocol to empower onchain communities.
Would love for the DAO to support this initiative in a different way.
Building anything is tough. This is an important precursor to a founder support system for the nounish DAO and onchain community ecosystem that BuilderDAO is trying to build.
All for this!
the past 6 months have shown us how nimble and efficient a core product & engineering pod can be with the right people in it - we were able to continuously ship, onboard new contributors, bring on new DAOs across different chains.
the next 6 months of protocol work will unlock a lot more DAO experiments and potential revenue for Builder.
@Neokry is a cryptonative engineer with a unique combination of product sense and engineering expertise (fullstack and solidity) - our DAO is very lucky to have someone of his calibre leading protocol development.
What I like:
- Expanding the breadth of the protocol (previous props we've funded have mainly been adding only to the depth of it)
- Team behind this understands user experience and culture curation
- The model works for music communities but it isn't obvious. A tailored platform for this usecase is compelling.
Why I'm abstaining:
- Post-submission, there were discussions around channeling a % of the platform fee to BuilderDAO. Imo this is a very important piece of info and needs to be included in the proposal.
I support this proposal but ultimately abstaining from voting this round for the reason I've stated above. If this doesn't pass, I would like to see a revised proposal with changes derived from community feedback.
The BuilderDAO tech pod is growing slowly but surely! Having Jord join the DAO as another resident engineer is huge value-add - we can now ship more features, more quickly.
The proposal gives us an opportunity to reach a wider group of audience beyond the Nouns-native sphere through a successful web3 show.
However, I believe we could go one step further and explore opportunities with the show that can materially contribute to the DAO's mission of proliferation and development of DAO tooling as public good.
Voting "no" at this point in time. Appreciate Prof for putting this onchain!
Neokry Residency 3-month Extension&&## Background
Neokry is currently serving as the Resident Engineer under Builder Proposal #38 and is requesting a 3-month extension. Prior to submitting this proposal onchain, Neokry also shared a [draft proposal](https://neokry.notion.site/neokry/Neokry-3-month-Extension-fed8a0c61b5b41b79af931357920f9a9) and has gathered extensive feedback from fellow DAO members.
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## Major contributions from the last 3 months
### New Features
- Added dynamic OG images in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/153**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/153**)
- Added founders allocation to the about page in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/168**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/168**)
- Added profile pages in [https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/249](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/249)
- Added a decode calldata endpoint in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/202**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/202**)
- Improved data fetching and caching in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/242**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/242**)
- Improved delegation / voting UX in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/253**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/253**)
### Proposal Improvements
- Added proposal votes **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/216**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/216**)
- Added droposal proposal template in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/199**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/199**)
- Added replace artwork proposal template in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/230**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/230**)
- Added voter participation rate in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/232**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/232**)
- Updated proposal creation flow in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/191**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/191**)
### Bugfixes
- Fixed open graph and Twitter metadata in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/138**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/138**)
- Fixed server-side error handling on the explore and DAO pages in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/179**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/179**)
- Fixed proposal description formatting in **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/188**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/pull/188**)
**View full release notes here** **[https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/releases**](https://github.com/ourzora/nouns-builder/releases**)
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## Goals for the next 3 months
### Scaling our protocol + transition to L2
***Short term:***
- Replace Zora API dependencies with subgraph
- Rework the frontend to support any EVM-compatible rollup for [nouns.build](http://nouns.build) or community deployments
- Handle L2 deployments on all major EVM-compatible rollups
***Medium term:***
- Build protocol upgrades/extensions to allow opt-in migration of current DAOs to L2s
- Conduct an audit on the new protocol via Code4rena
***Long term:***
- Explore the potential for hybrid L2 → L1 systems for DAOs that prefer to keep NFTs on L1
### Scaling our engineering community
**Nouns Builder open source infinite rounds for community frontend work**
- Open round to fund [nouns.build](http://nouns.build) frontend work
- Community devs make contributions then submit to the infinite round for funding
- Funding based on # of merged prs / issue impact
- Onboard new developers to the frontend repo, review code submissions, and ensure that winners have submitted valid pull requests
**Nouns Builder hack week dev track**
- Have community developers experiment with different scaling solutions for our protocol
- Initial migration implementations
- Hybrid L2 → L1 system ideas
- Alternate solutions
- Onboard new developers to the protocol repo and judge protocol extensions/upgrades
**Regular Product and Engineering public sessions**
- Sessions hosted by Neokry and Isaac that cover current product and engineering developments and are open to the community
- These sessions allow the community to gain insight into the Nouns Builder product discussions / roadmap and to ask questions / provide input
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## Funding Request
- $16,830 USD / Month for 3 months (9 ETH/ month)
- Total of $50,490 USDC streamed via Sablier (Total ~27 ETH @ $1873 ETH/USD price)
*Changes made to original draft based on DAO feedback:*
*- Removing token compensation (6 Builder tokens) to prevent voting power centralization and accrual of influence through residencies*
*- Increasing USDC compensation from 8.5ETH to 9ETH to account for expanded residency scope that mainly includes critical solidity work for successful L2 transition*
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## Multisig
*The equivalent of ~$55k (to absorb potential volatility in ETH from time period between submission and execution) would be sent to a multisig as outlined below. They would then convert $50,490 worth of ETH to USDC, set up the Sablier stream and then send back the remaining ETH to the DAO.
**Gnosis Safe to handle Neokry's transaction:**
- [0x0bFcef6f9389d209D8D943ebA2893156fb5Ea929](https://etherscan.io/address/0x0bFcef6f9389d209D8D943ebA2893156fb5Ea929)
**Signers:**
- zaak.eth: 0x77ac30452890E5210CB334f601a0A6E8F0A5201B
- neokry.eth: 0x04bfb0034F24E424489F566f32D1f57647469f9E
- thenounishprof.eth: 0xCEEd9585854F12F81A0103861b83b995A64AD915
**Recipient:**
- neokry.eth: 0x04bfb0034F24E424489F566f32D1f57647469f9E
Nouns Builder is a public good DAO tooling that should be built by the public. Onboarding more developers and technical builders will further drive the public good philosophy of BuilderDAO.
Contributing to Nouns Builder should be the top choice for anyone who asks "How do I start contributing to the Nouns ecosystem?". This initiative is what the space needs more of.
Pause auctions for this DAO &&The real AW3 DAO: https://nouns.build/dao/0x85391721ab7c7bbe464af169b4093154d90660a4/1
Pause auctions for this DAO so no one can bid or join.