# PTBR-34: Pooltime
* Start date: January 1st, 2026
* Est. Timeline: 6 months
* Budget: $83,000
Pooltime is responsible for social media channels, discord, apps, api, and bot repositories.
Our team consists of four contributors:
* Tjark
* underthesea
* shivansh
This proposal seeks a six-month budget extension to maintain our community coordination and infrastructure work.
## Scope of Work
### Motivation
We are motivated to continue supporting the protocol with our years of knowledge and passion for PoolTogether.
### Goal
Keep saving money fun and exciting, and encourage others to join us in achieving the PoolTogether endgame: An unstoppable prize machine.
## Deliverables
### Pooltime App & Toolsuite
We will maintain the user experience through pooltime.xyz and associated tools.
* [<u>Pooltime.xyz</u>](http://pooltime.xyz) and [<u>winETH.xyz</u>](http://wineth.xyz) will be maintained and follow any new deployments.
* The Pooltime api at [<u>poolexplorer.xyz</u>](http://poolexplorer.xyz) will be maintained.
* The Pooltime [<u>bots repo</u>](https://github.com/underethsea/pooltogether-node), which accounts for the majority of prize draws, liquidations, and prize claims, will be maintained.
### Social Media & Community Management
We will maintain PoolTogether’s social media and community-building efforts across various platforms. That means keeping the community informed and allowing everyone to follow along or engage. We’re constantly monitoring any mentions of PoolTogether and related keywords to directly engage with users and fans. Our work ensures that the PoolTogether legacy remains intact and the protocol continues to be loved.
* Amplify protocol updates and news: Share updates, collaboration news, and success stories to keep the community informed and excited.
* Interact with users: Engage with user-generated content, cross-post inspiring stories, and highlight key community members and integrators.
* Host regular Community Calls: Facilitate the PoolTogether swim meets to engage community members and discuss updates and announcements.
* Manage delegation budget: Extend the campaign around the $100,000 delegation to support growth and community initiatives.
* Distribute the \[contributor fund]\(https://debank.com/profile/0x7be92a3ff9e0c9a2fa2144c1a34e9f65b821978a).
## Budget
$83,000 in przETH
# Expanding POOL Liquidity with The DeFi Collective
Start Date
1st of February, 2025
Duration of Work
3 months
Budget
$150,000
Following the success of the initial grant, The DeFi Collective proposes renewed measures for PoolTogether to contribute to liquidity and enhanced community engagement. This proposal outlines a $150k POOL grant to be deployed across Base, Optimism, and PoolTogether.
As part of the measures, we are introducing the PermaLP initiative: a long-term liquidity approach where funds are permanently allocated into a dedicated multi-sig wallet (permalp.deficollective.eth). This ensures consistent, growing liquidity that remains in place indefinitely, providing stability and confidence for supported protocols.
PoolTogether will be among the first to benefit from this new initiative, with POOL liquidity integrated into PermaLPs.
The DeFi Collective is a non-profit organization, focusing on the enhancement and support of maximally decentralized DeFi protocols across various EVM chains. There is no equity, no shareholders and no profit distribution. The Collective is governed by its members as outlined in our articles of association, publicly accessible[ here](https://github.com/deficollective/deficollective.github.io/blob/06e4705a9993398d2d79fecdd783a309bd3032f5/assets/pdf/articles-of-association-v1.pdf). Operations are overseen by the board members, which act on a non-salaried basis.
The DeFi Collective identifies and self-appoints to support protocols and projects aiming to further decentralization in DeFi. The DeFi Collective does not act as a paid service provider, but rather finances its mission and ongoing operations through the receipt of donations, grants and similar contributions as well as through the active deployment of its proprietary on-chain treasury.
The DeFi Collective also operates DeFiScan, a cutting-edge research framework and analytics dashboard that provides verifiable insights into the decentralization level of EVM-based DeFi protocols. By evaluating protocols on a scale of Stage 0 to Stage 2 of decentralization, DeFiScan helps users understand and assess the maturity and risks associated with DeFi platforms.
For those who haven’t heard yet, Pool Together is [Stage 2!](https://defiscan.vercel.app/protocols/pooltogether-v5)
Through DeFiScan, we aim to promote transparency, education, and self-policing, empowering users to make informed decisions when engaging with EVM-based DeFi applications.
**The DeFi Collective Team Overview**
**TokenBrice** - A prominent figure in DeFi and a cornerstone of The DeFi Collective, he’s known for his pivotal role in shaping the DeFi landscape through his work with leading protocols and his contributions to DeFi governance.[ Twitter](https://twitter.com/TokenBrice)
**Nils** - With a background in financial engineering, Nils excels in crafting decentralized protocols and enhancing DeFi security. His technical prowess strengthens our mission to advance DeFi’s integrity.
**Florian** - As our legal and policy expert, Florian leverages his extensive experience in DeFi and traditional finance law to guide our compliance and regulatory strategy, ensuring our initiatives align with legal standards.
**Contributors** - In addition to our board members, The DeFi Collective is supported by a group of dedicated contributors. These contributors play a vital role in various aspects of our operations, from technical development to community engagement. They bring diverse skills and perspectives, helping to drive the Collective’s initiatives forward.
# Scope of Work
## Motivation
The DeFi Collective’s mission is to support Genuine DeFi protocols like PoolTogether by ensuring robust liquidity, cross-chain accessibility, and community engagement. With the success of our previous grant deployment, we are motivated to further deepen POOL liquidity, enhance its utility, and contribute to the protocol’s long-term growth and sustainability.
## Goal
### The DeFi Collective’s fund request offers significant benefits to the PoolTogether ecosystem:
**Expanding Existing Pool Support**
We aim to contribute to the liquidity of the POOL/ETH pool on Velodrome (Optimism) and the POOL/LUSD pool on Aerodrome (Base). These pools are already supported by The DeFi Collective, and this proposal will enhance their capacity, improve efficiency, and attract additional participants. POOL will be transferred into the permalp.deficollective.eth wallet, a dedicated address used to ensure that support remains permanently available, reducing churn and optimizing long-term support for PoolTogether’s ecosystem.
**Expanding Community Engagement:**
A portion of the grant will be deposited into PoolTogether’s prize pools and delegated through the “Ants of the Month” program. A monthly donation that fosters community participation and rewards contributors, reinforcing PoolTogether’s reputation as a collaborative and innovative DeFi protocol.
## Milestones & Deliverables
Milestones for The DeFi Collective’s Initiative with PoolTogether
**Milestone 1: Strategic Liquidity Expansion**
* **Goal**: Deploy $100,000 in POOL tokens, matched with $100,000 equivalent from The DeFi Collective’s existing proprietary treasury, to strengthen the POOL/ETH pool on Velodrome (Optimism) and the POOL/LUSD pool on Aerodrome (Base).
* **Deliverables**: On-chain deployment in the specified pools.
* **Timeline**: Completed within two weeks of receiving the grant.
**Milestone 2: Enhanced Community Engagement via Delegation**
* **Goal**: Strengthen the “PoolChad of the Month” initiative by adding $50,000 in POOL tokens to the existing $10,000 allocation. This program continues to recognize and reward active community members who make significant contributions.
* **Deliverables**:
* $50,000 POOL deposited into the mainnet POOL vault on deficollective.eth, and added into the existing rolling delegation of 10 000 PTaUSDC harnessed to reward the Ant of the Month.
* Monthly delegation of POOL tokens to a selected “PoolChad of the Month,” fostering greater community motivation and engagement.
* **Timeline**: Completed within two weeks of receiving the grant.
* **Measurement**: The effectiveness of this milestone will be measured by enhanced community engagement, successful monthly delegation of the $50,000 POOL allocation, and strengthened collaboration between The DeFi Collective and PoolTogether.
**Milestone 3: Ongoing Reporting and Transparency**
* **Goal**: Ensure ongoing transparency by publishing Monthly and Annual Treasury Reports on The DeFi Collective’s website, detailing key activities, governance participation, and impact.
* **Deliverables**:Regular monthly and annual reports outlining treasury operations, supported initiatives, and program outcomes. Publicly accessible reports available for independent verification.
* **Timeline**: Reports are published monthly and annually on an ongoing basis, ensuring consistent and perpetual transparency.
* **Measurement**: Consistent publication of monthly and annual reports on time. PermaLP positions can be audited by anyone at any time by [looking onchain at permaLP.deficollective.eth](https://debank.com/profile/0x9c413014c0b8b853b93953537d9aF112aD821345). A [PermaLP Dune Dashboard](https://dune.com/spicypiz/defi-collective-perma-lp) has also been developed to facilitate the endeavour.
## **Timeline**
January 2025 - April 2025: Full deployment of the measures, with continuous monitoring and monthly community engagement initiatives.
# Budget
# The DeFi Collective requests a total of $150,000 in POOL tokens.
**Liquidity allocation:**
**POOL Token Deployment ($100,000):**
* **$50,000 in POOL** for the POOL/ETH Pool: **We will match $50,000 of the POOL tokens with an equivalent $50,000 in ETH** from our existing proprietary reserves. This action will be executed on Velodrome protocol on Optimism, with a total of $100,000 in supplied support.
* **$50,000 in POOL** for the POOL/LUSD Pool: **We will match $50,000 of the POOL tokens with an equivalent $50,000 in LUSD** from our existing proprietary reserves. This action will be executed on the Aerodrome protocol on Base, with a total of $100,000 in supplied support. The POOL/LUSD pairing is likely to evolve into POOL/BOLD following BOLD’s launch.
AmountToken 116279POOL
Assuming a POOL price of $0.86.
**The “PoolChad of the Month” Initiative:**
We request an allocation of $50,000 in POOL tokens, which will remain in the Collective’s wallet (0x6665e62ef6f6db29d5f8191fbac472222c2cc80f). From this wallet, we will directly handle the delegations for the initiative. The representative, @TokenBrice, will oversee the process to recognize and reward outstanding contributions from The DeFi Collective community.
This program aims to foster a collaborative and innovative spirit by delegating the “PoolChad of the Month” rewards to deserving community members each month, driving engagement, strengthening ties within the ecosystem, and showcasing PoolTogether's commitment to Genuine DeFi initiatives.
AmountToken 58139POOL
Assuming a POOL price of $0.86.
**Ecosystem Support Assurance**
<img height="20" width="20" alt=":rotating_light:" title=":rotating_light:" src="https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/pooltogether/original/2X/0/0cdbadc48ffb16998fc3102e560279b9a795b067.png" />As part of our dedication to DeFi’s growth, we maintain a strict policy of not selling any tokens we receive, focusing on their long-term value to the ecosystem.<img height="20" width="20" alt=":rotating_light:" title=":rotating_light:" src="https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/pooltogether/original/2X/0/0cdbadc48ffb16998fc3102e560279b9a795b067.png" />
**Disclaimer**
POOL granted to the Collective solely belong to the Collective, are not repayable to PoolTogether and will not be custodied or held in trust by The DeFi Collective. Any rewards generated in implementation of the proposal belong to the Collective and will not be forwarded. The DeFi Collective acts proprietarily within the limitations of its purpose and does not manage assets on behalf of or provides financial advice or other services to third-parties. The DeFi Collective may cease support in case of future regulatory or legal limitations with respect to the proposal, POOL, or else.
# PTIP-95: Add Liquidity to the Across HubPool
### Simple Summary
The PoolTogether protocol has started a meaningful rewards campaign that aims to fuel protocol growth over a long timeframe. Due to the increased POOL distribution, recent market conditions, and the appreciation in price, the bridging of POOL has drastically picked up. This has caused the Across HubPool to reach full utilization and put a temporary pause of POOL bridging on Across.
This proposal aims to solve the liquidity problem on Across by moving additional POOL into the Across POOL LP on Mainnet.
### Abstract
This proposal will increase the current protocol-owned liquidity on Across from 
90,550.5 to 290,550.5 by adding 200,000 POOL.
### Motivation
Across has played a big role in the PoolTogether ecosystem as it allows moving POOL across Ethereum L2s instantly and for cheap. The POOL token has seen a big increase in demand. People use it to stake on all chains where the protocol is deployed.
Currently bridging POOL on Across is paused due to full utilization. By topping up the liquidity we can unblock it again to allow POOL holders to frictionlessly transact across chains again. As a bonus, the treasury would currently earn 7.725% on deposited POOL
[<img height="104" width="602" src="https://global.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/pooltogether/optimized/2X/b/b217e2a902147555f388409b2f837c1d82945f83_2_602x104.png" />1156×200 13.7 KB](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/pooltogether/original/2X/b/b217e2a902147555f388409b2f837c1d82945f83.png)
### Specification
* Approve 200,000 POOL spending for Across HubPool: `0xc186fA914353c44b2E33eBE05f21846F1048bEda`
* Provide 200,000 POOL as liquidity on Across HubPool: 0xc186fA914353c44b2E33eBE05f21846F1048bEda
# PTBR-20: susu.club <> PoolTogether
## ( Launch in Ghana & Kenya )
**Start date**: August 23rd, 2024 **Est. Timeline**: 6 months **Budget**: 35,000 $USDC
Susu is a term in Ghana, used to describe Savings and Credit Cooperatives( SACCOs ). It is a common way for people to save money in places where there may not be access to traditional banking.
susu.club is built on top of the PoolTogether protocol and is designed to provide a better experience & security for these kinds of financial services.
susu.club uses account abstraction( gasless smart accounts ) w/ email logins( embedded wallets ) and third party cash on & off ramps to bring SACCOs operations onchain.
Using susu.club members primarily in emerging markets, like Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and more can onramp USDC stablecoins with cash, and magically have it deposited into a special( 50/50 Yield/Prizes ) susu.club \<> PoolTogether USDC vault on Base
# **Scope of Work**
## Motivation( *Why susu.club \<> PoolTogether?* )
susu.club is focused on onboarding non-crypto natives & SACCOs in emerging markets at its start, giving PoolTogether a strong foothold in African countries like Ghana and Kenya. susu.club aims to serve the “unbanked”, change at this level could potentially spark change in the thinking & use of onchain assets in the region, proving why they are better and more practical for fintech applications & systems. Having PoolTogether power this service in Africa, alongside Coinbase Smart Wallet, Privy and Biconomy puts the protocol in a good position to benefit from the growth this user group will see in the coming months and years.
## Goal
> To actively build & reimagine what SACCOs operations could look like onchain w/ susu.club as the model for this experiment. The goal is to provide users the more simple values of DeFi without having to worry about knowing what crypto is…becoming the go to infra provider for simple community savings accounts with a recognizable web2 user experience.
## Milestones & Deliverables
* **Develop GTM for susu.club( Onboarding susu.club Members ).** Create & execute a marketing plan, refine the susu.club brand, and create marketing materials. Run onboarding sessions resulting in the onboarding of 1000 users in 3 months. Make walkthroughs for getting their first funds onboarded & setup on susu.club, show them what they can win, how/when they can claim their rewards. Includes defining an incentive program( deposit $5 get $5 for first 100-500 users? ) and creating strategies to promote the campaign.
* **Onboarding Susu Collectors** Susu collectors are the ‘mobile bankers’ who work for the SACCOs collecting deposits from all their members spread across the local community. It’s a very hectic job that involves walking & standing all day. They may very well be the lifeline of SACCOs operations, the whole chain is impossible to run without them as it stands now! The goal is to design and Run onboarding sessions with 20 susu collectors. Develop business models that attract susu collectors, teach them the basics of PT including prizes and yield, get them setup and ready to act as ‘agents’ in the system, onboarding members to susu.club
* **Community Education, Management & Meetups** Create & Manage WhatsApp groups w/ the two main interest groups, i.e. susu.club members & susu collectors alongside other management from SACCOs. Plan & organize monthly ‘pool party’ meetups creating a better bond and familiarity with the problems, goals & user groups we are building for.
* **Building and Strengthening susu.club mobile app & website** Build out final code needed to allow for claiming bonus rewards, and withdrawing funds to cash, etc. Integrating more third party cash ramps to cover diversified regions & offer more competitive rates and fees for club members. Also in order to provide the best experiences and ease availability to mobile users, will be beginning work on react native expo app deployments for Android and iOS devices & expected to have them live in the respective app stores before the end of the funding period.
* **Apply for Grants** Build relationships w/ & Apply for 3+ grants for future funding from Base, Circle, Biconomy, Moonwell and Optimism. Grants should be aimed at sponsored gas for club members, continuing to fund development & scaling up of susu.club, not to forget incentives for onboarding so the club can grow its audience after this PTBR has ended.
## Team & Timeline
**geeloko**: Development and Operations **TBD**: Design & Community
**Past Ecosystem Contributions**
* [**ethOS x Pooltogether**](https://github.com/Tickether/pooltogether-ethOS-ts)
* [**Pweethy**](https://github.com/Tickether/prize-loans-pt-x-sf-hackathon)
* [**Flip Flop**](https://github.com/Tickether/FlipFlop)
**susu.club Contributions( pre-PTBR )**
* [**Mobile friendly web app to access Pooltogether vault**](https://www.loom.com/share/6fd9fe1008d842b2b2e91a23a9ebf02d)
* [**AA bot for magic Pooltogether deposits**](https://tinyurl.com/aaPrzDep)
* [**AA bot to abstract wETH prizes and auto compound**](https://tinyurl.com/aaPrizeRedirect)
* [**AA bot to airdrop yield fee weekly based on TWAB**](https://tinyurl.com/aaIncentives)
The timeframe of this request is expected to last six months, featuring weekly team updates with the council.
# Budget
Below highlights the general budget for a growing team’s operational expenses & details the budget allocations, including the KPI’s we will be tracking for each of these specified milestones mentioned above
**Team Budget**: 35,000 $USDC
## *Allocation Breakdown*
> **Budget** - 5000 USDC
> **KPI** - Customer Acquisition Cost( CAC )
> **Task** - Sponsors the signup bonuses for first 1000users
> **Budget** - 3000 USDC
> **KPI** - Monthly Active Users( MAUs ) ( Reach 5-10k unique visitors monthly )
> **Task** - Experiment with influencer marketing on non crypto native socials Snapchat & Tik Tok( our target users are not crypto native ) ( team of up to two social marketers )
> **Budget** - 12000 USDC
> **KPI** - Total Volume (TVL) ( 3000-5000$ in initial launch months and projected to grow 10-50% MOM )
> **Task** - Special alliance with susu collectors who will double as community moderators, putting us in a unique position to get organic deposits from the current active user base of IRL susu enterprises( vampire attack deposits ) ( team of up to five susu collectors )
> **Budget** - 15000 USDC
> **KPI** - Mobile Downloads
> **Task** - Designs, Mobile app/Web app development, operations ( team of up to two builders )
# PTBR-20: susu.club <> PoolTogether
## ( Launch in Ghana & Kenya )
**Start date**: August 14th, 2024 **Est. Timeline**: 6 months **Budget**: 60,000 $USDC
Susu is a term in Ghana, used to describe Savings and Credit Cooperatives( SACCOs ). It is a common way for people to save money in places where there may not be access to traditional banking.
susu.club is built on top of the PoolTogether protocol and is designed to provide a better experience & security for these kinds of financial services.
susu.club uses account abstraction( gasless smart accounts ) w/ email logins( embedded wallets ) and third party cash on & off ramps to bring SACCOs operations onchain.
Using susu.club members primarily in emerging markets, like Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and more can onramp USDC stablecoins with cash, and magically have it deposited into a special( 50/50 Yield/Prizes ) susu.club <> PoolTogether USDC vault on Base
**Scope of Work**
=================
## Motivation( *Why susu.club <> PoolTogether?* )
susu.club is focused on onboarding non-crypto natives & SACCOs in emerging markets at its start, giving PoolTogether a strong foothold in African countries like Ghana and Kenya. susu.club aims to serve the “unbanked”, change at this level could potentially spark change in the thinking & use of onchain assets in the region, proving why they are better and more practical for fintech applications & systems. Having PoolTogether power this service in Africa, alongside Coinbase Smart Wallet, Privy and Biconomy puts the protocol in a good position to benefit from the growth this user group will see in the coming months and years.
## Goal
> To actively build & reimagine what SACCOs operations could look like onchain w/ susu.club as the model for this experiment. The goal is to provide users the more simple values of DeFi without having to worry about knowing what crypto is…becoming the go to infra provider for simple community savings accounts with a recognizable web2 user experience.
## Milestones & Deliverables
* **Develop GTM for susu.club( Onboarding susu.club Members ).**
Create & execute a marketing plan, refine the susu.club brand, and create marketing materials. Run onboarding sessions resulting in the onboarding of 1000 users in 3 months. Make walkthroughs for getting their first funds onboarded & setup on susu.club, show them what they can win, how/when they can claim their rewards. Includes defining an incentive program( deposit $5 get $5 for first 100-500 users? ) and creating strategies to promote the campaign.
* **Onboarding Susu Collectors**
Susu collectors are the ‘mobile bankers’ who work for the SACCOs collecting deposits from all their members spread across the local community. It’s a very hectic job that involves walking & standing all day. They may very well be the lifeline of SACCOs operations, the whole chain is impossible to run without them as it stands now! The goal is to design and Run onboarding sessions with 20 susu collectors. Develop business models that attract susu collectors, teach them the basics of PT including prizes and yield, get them setup and ready to act as ‘agents’ in the system, onboarding members to susu.club
* **Community Education, Management & Meetups**
Create & Manage WhatsApp groups w/ the two main interest groups, i.e. susu.club members & susu collectors alongside other management from SACCOs. Plan & organize monthly ‘pool party’ meetups creating a better bond and familiarity with the problems, goals & user groups we are building for.
* **Building and Strengthening susu.club mobile app & website**
Build out final code needed to allow for claiming bonus rewards, and withdrawing funds to cash, etc. Integrating more third party cash ramps to cover diversified regions & offer more competitive rates and fees for club members. Also in order to provide the best experiences and ease availability to mobile users, will be beginning work on react native expo app deployments for Android and iOS devices & expected to have them live in the respective app stores before the end of the funding period.
* **Apply for Grants**
Build relationships w/ & Apply for 3+ grants for future funding from Base, Circle, Biconomy, Moonwell and Optimism. Grants should be aimed at sponsored gas for club members, continuing to fund development & scaling up of susu.club, not to forget incentives for onboarding so the club can grow its audience after this PTBR has ended.
## Team & Timeline
**geeloko**: Development and Operations **TBD**: Design & Community
**Past Ecosystem Contributions**
* [**ethOS x Pooltogether**](https://github.com/Tickether/pooltogether-ethOS-ts)
* [**Pweethy**](https://github.com/Tickether/prize-loans-pt-x-sf-hackathon)
* [**Flip Flop**](https://github.com/Tickether/FlipFlop)
**susu.club Contributions( pre-PTBR )**
* [**Mobile friendly web app to access Pooltogether vault**](https://www.loom.com/share/6fd9fe1008d842b2b2e91a23a9ebf02d)
* [**AA bot for magic Pooltogether deposits**](https://tinyurl.com/aaPrzDep)
* [**AA bot to abstract wETH prizes and auto compound**](https://tinyurl.com/aaPrizeRedirect)
* [**AA bot to airdrop yield fee weekly based on TWAB**](https://tinyurl.com/aaIncentives)
The timeframe of this request is expected to last six months, featuring weekly team updates with the council.
# Budget
Below highlights the general budget for a growing team & their operational expenses as well as a specified allocation for [**suPrzUSDC**](https://basescan.org/address/0x985c54cdf07703b07f303a3039459d6b1dd7330a#writeContract) Vault Sponsorship( funds will be held in a multisig safe signed by community teams’ selected delegate & return to the treasury at the end of PTBR timeframe )
**Team Budget**: 35,000 $USDC **Vault Sponsor Budget**: 25,000 $USDC
# PTBR-19: Pooltime
# \[RFC] PTBR-19: Pooltime
**Start date**: July 1st, 2024
**Est. Timeline**: 6 months
**Budget**: 140,000 $USDC
Pooltime is a team of dedicated long-time contributors who have been meaningfully involved in all layers of the PoolTogether universe. We have a track record of serving the community’s needs while adapting accordingly.
The team consists of two full-time and two part-time contributors: Tjark, underthesea, Lonser & Shivansh. We are asking the PoolTogether community for a six-month budget extension to sustain our work for Q3 and Q4.
## Scope of Work
### Motivation
The Pooltime team is obsessed with the vision of onchain prize savings. For us, PoolTogether is one of the very few protocols on the brink of proving true positive-sum financial applications are possible. We’re here to ultimately help PoolTogether in its transition to becoming a true public good.
With the relaunch of PoolTogether V5, we entered a transformative phase for the protocol and its community. PoolTogether is finally at a point where it can scale. We’re ready to focus on highlighting the different parts of the system and the builders who are building on top of it.
### Goal
Our goal is to keep this community fun. It should be fun being a Pooler. Members should be proud to be a part of the community and to contribute to making PoolTogether what it is.
We want to bring the excitement for the PoolTogether vision back by setting positive examples and empowering members of the community to achieve their goals.
## Milestones & Deliverables
In our pursuit to promote PoolTogether, we’ve often been too quiet about our own achievements as a team. We acknowledge that this creates a difficult setting. Going on from here we strive to build more in the open and ensure no single improvement or milestone goes uncelebrated by providing regular updates on the forum.
### Community Building
We act as a bridge between the protocol, brand, community, builders, and lurkers. This community needs care and safe spaces to get together and align. We are dedicated to responsibly maintaining, nurturing, and safekeeping our community spaces, providing a secure and inclusive environment for anyone who wants to engage with the PoolTogether ecosystem.
* **Maintain spaces for the community**: Ensure the upkeep and security of community spaces across various platforms.
* **Host weekly Community Calls**: Organize and facilitate weekly calls to engage community members and discuss protocol updates.
* **Manage delegation budget**: Administer a $100,000 budget to support growth and community initiatives.
* **Sustain a level playing field**: Enforce the community code of conduct to maintain fairness and inclusivity.
* **Create a space for knowledge transfer**: Members of our team have been around since the PoolTogether stoneage. We are looking to open-source our knowledge by creating a space to drop PoolTogether knowledge bombs.
### Social Media Management
We lead PoolTogether’s brand efforts across various social media platforms, keeping the community informed and providing ways to get engaged. We’re constantly monitoring any mentions of PoolTogether and related keywords and engage accordingly. 
* **Amplify protocol updates and collaborations**: Share updates, collaboration news, and success stories to keep the community informed and excited.
* **Interact with users**: Engage with user-generated content, cross-post inspiring stories, and highlight key community members and integrators.
* **Announce major enhancements**: Celebrate winners and announce new features and protocol improvements.
* **Share Interesting stats**: Provide regular updates on key metrics, such as prize distributions and participation statistics.
* **Remind about opportunities**: Keep the community informed about current opportunities, such as reward programs and upcoming campaigns.
* **Create a multi-part content series**: Develop a series of articles to educate about prize savings with PoolTogether.
Handles and spaces we oversee for the PoolTogether community:
* [Discord](https://pooltogether.com/discord)
* [X (formerly Twitter)](https://twitter.com/pooltogether_)
* [Farcaster](https://warpcast.com/pooltogether)
* [Lens](https://share.lens.xyz/u/pooltogether.lens)
* [Mirror](https://pooltogether.mirror.xyz/)
* [Guild](https://guild.xyz/pooltogether)
* [Zora](https://zora.co/0x7437ba619ab8bb0eb124b987647a27c95a9cc00f)
* [Uplink](https://uplink.wtf/pooltogether)
* [Warpcast Channel](https://warpcast.com/pooltogether)
* [Substack](http://pooltogethercommunity.substack.com/)
* [Reddit](https://reddit.com/r/pooltogether)
* [Telegram 1](https://t.me/PoolTogetherTelegram)
### Pooltime App & Toolsuite
We are enhancing the user experience through pooltime.app and associated tools.
* **Upgrade landing page**: Develop an intuitive landing page to welcome new and existing users.
* **Optimize for mobile friendliness**: Ensure the app and tools are optimized for mobile use.
* **Improve monitoring**: The Pooltime API allows to easily tap into PoolTogether data. We are looking to set up additional public monitoring events in #pooly-bot.
* **Innovate on prize hooks**: Integrate features leveraging prize hooks to run engagement experiments and showcase possibilities of protocol tech.
* **Gas-free transactions**: Explore options to make the Pooltime app gas-free.
* **Smart wallet integration**: Investigate the integration of smart wallets for a more seamless user experience.
### Pool For Good
We aim to leverage the protocol for social impact by creating and promoting “Pool For Good” as PoolTogether’s charitable arm. The community has already shown [clear support for the idea](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/rfc-new-vault-with-charitable-component/3269) and we are ready to execute the foundation work.
* **Set up Charity Prize Vault**: Establish a prize vault dedicated to charitable causes.
* **Inject OP Incentives**: Provide Optimism (OP) incentives to encourage participation.
* **Create Social Media Posts and Blog Articles**: Promote the charity vault through various content channels.
* **Create Documentation**: Develop comprehensive documentation to support the charity prize vault initiative.
* **Develop Front End**: Develop an interface to interact with and display information about Pool for Good.
### Contributor Fund
We plan to support builders and contributors by providing funding and resources to encourage involvement and innovation within the PoolTogether ecosystem. We have bootstrapped the contributor fund with $17k, which we are planning to put into action soon.
* **Create Documentation**: Develop detailed guidelines and documentation for accessing the contributor fund.
* **Distribute Funds**: Allocate funds to contributors to support their projects and initiatives.
### Proposal Support
Anyone should feel empowered to engage in shaping PoolTogether. We continue to offer assistance to anyone aligned with PoolTogether’s vision and values.
* Copyread RFCs for PTIPs and PTBRs: Provide editorial support for requests for comments and proposals.
* Provide $POOL Delegations: Allocate $POOL tokens to support proposal creation.
* Assist in Bringing Proposals Onchain: Help move proposals through the necessary stages to be implemented onchain.
### Budget
* Total Requested: $140,000
# PTBR-17: Pooltime
# \[RFC] PTBR-17: Pooltime
| Start Date | April 1st, 2024 |
| ---------------- | --------------- |
| Duration of work | 3 months |
| Budget | $70,000 |
We are asking the PoolTogether community for a three-month extension of our budget. Additionally, we are adding Shivansh to the team.
## Scope of Work
### Motivation
The PoolTogether community is often described as one of the prime examples of Defi communities. This community needs care and safe spaces to get together and align.
That’s where we come in: The Pooltime team is obsessed with the vision of prize savings on the blockchain and has a track record of serving the community’s needs while adapting accordingly. We are dedicated to responsibly maintaining, nurturing, and safekeeping our community spaces, providing anyone with a stage to contribute.
### Goal
The Pooltime team aims to give the PoolTogether community a voice and amplify it to the maximum. With the relaunch of PoolTogether V5, we’re entering a new era of prize savings. We are ensuring the message gets across and keeping the door open to the pool-curious. The goal is to double down on what we’ve built so far and reactivate the sleeping giant of the PoolTogether brand.
## Reflections
In the first quarter of 2024, we focused on preparing for launch. The team continued to be a daily driver of community activity and provided support and help to everyone in need. Due to the relaunch being a thing of the future, we focussed on the necessary prep work so the iron is ready to be forged.
Some of our Q1 milestones include:
* Our social content on Twitter has gained more than 150k impressions
* Our social audience has surpassed 70,000
* We hosted weekly community calls and crossed the magic number of 150 gatherings
* The Contributor Fund has received its first contributions
* We established the PoolTogether community on Farcaster
* We continued to build out Pooltime.app
* Improved app design, optimization, and new features
* Improved and open-sourced API and bot code
* Onboarding of 5+ bot operators
* We launched a [$POOL/$WETH vault on Beefy](http://app.beefy.com/vault/velodrome-v2-pool-weth "$POOL/$WETH vault on Beefy")
* We got the new PoolTogether integrated into [vaults.fyi](https://www.vaults.fyi/vaults?searchFor=pooltogether "vaults.fyi")
Here’s an overview of our social audience:
<img height="320" width="546" src="https://static.tally.xyz/afb33cab-acb9-49dc-86fd-2cd9717f495d_original.png" />
## Milestones & Deliverables
### Pooltime App and Toolsuite
We're heavily invested in PoolTogether's decentralization by building out alternative tooling and interfaces while onboarding new builders to the community.
* Maintain support for PoolTime on testnet, previous version, and new deployment
* Maintain support for PoolTime on any new chains
* Open-source the Pooltime app
* Maintain bot, prize database, and API repos
* Provide support for curious builders and bot runners
* Pooly alerts and discord functions
* Deliver new features by community request
* Working with builders to find the path forward for maintaining PT infrastructure
### Community Building & Management
We maintain secure community spaces, connect builders, and support those who dive in the pools.
* Providing community support in the spaces we oversee
* Providing regular updates on governance discussions, development progress, initiatives, events, etc.
* Improving the overall community experience in PoolTogether’s social spaces
* Engaging with the community to empower members to take ownership
* Providing low-barrier entry points to lurk around or get involved
* Providing support for depositors, community members, prospective builders, and anyone else interested in participating within the PoolTogether ecosystem. This includes troubleshooting issues, answering questions about the protocol, directing people to the relevant user interfaces, and more.
To achieve this, we
* Manage and custody a delegation budget of $100,000 for community and growth campaigns.
* Kick off a refined version of the Content Booster program
* Maintain the contributor fund (more below)
Goal: Allow more people to take ownership of the community. Open the door for builders.
### Host weekly Community Calls
We prepare, promote, and host weekly community calls.
PoolTogether’s community calls are the time and place where the most interested community members and most active contributors come together. As a community, we want to be open to anyone driving meaningful value toward the protocol. These calls provide an open platform for that.
### Content Creation & Social Media Management
We maintain Twitter, Farcaster, and Discord as the source of truth for announcements and updates. This includes:
* Interacting with users and user-generated content, as well as retweeting inspiring stories and content
* Highlighting integrators and community members
* Announcing major new enhancements and celebrating winners
* Sharing interesting stats (“$2.5 million in prizes distributed”, “500 unique winners yesterday”)
* Reminding people about current opportunities (“5% Rewards APR” or “Next prize in 1 hour”)
**Handles and Spaces we currently oversee:**
* [Discord](https://pooltogether.com/discord)
* [X](https://twitter.com/pooltogether_)
* [Mirror](https://pooltogether.mirror.xyz/)
* [Guild](https://guild.xyz/pooltogether)
* [Zora](https://zora.co/0x7437ba619ab8bb0eb124b987647a27c95a9cc00f)
* [Uplink](https://uplink.wtf/pooltogether)
* [Farcaster](https://warpcast.com/pooltogether)
* [Warpcast Channel](https://warpcast.com/~/channel/pool-together)
* [Lens](https://share.lens.xyz/u/pooltogether.lens)
* [Substack](http://pooltogethercommunity.substack.com/)
* [Reddit](https://reddit.com/r/pooltogether)
* [Telegram](https://t.me/PoolTogetherTelegram)
In Q2, we will
* roll out content campaigns for the prize vault relaunch, V3 & V4 migration, and bonus rewards.
* relaunch the redesigned newsletter to inform the PoolTogether community about ongoing events in the ecosystem.
Goal: >180k impressions on our content on Twitter, grow Mirror subscribers to 800, and grow Farcaster followers to >1000.
### Grow the Contributor Fund
With the retiring of Pool Grants, it has gotten harder to tap into funding from the PoolTogether community. Contributors are bound to submit a formal budget request to $POOL governance to receive compensation for driving value toward our ecosystem.
The [contributor fund](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/creating-the-contributor-fund/3152) was created as a low-entry barrier approach to bootstrap funding for builders, and eventually be able to reward valuable work with low friction.
[<img height="253" width="253" src="https://global.discourse-cdn.com/standard11/uploads/pooltogether/optimized/2X/f/ff43d5513a804551c728e61c93f80fa6895b53fc_2_253x253.png" />](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/standard11/uploads/pooltogether/original/2X/f/ff43d5513a804551c728e61c93f80fa6895b53fc.png)
The fund is live onchain at `0x7Be92A3ff9E0c9a2FA2144C1a34E9f65b821978a` ([Ethereum](https://etherscan.io/address/0x7Be92A3ff9E0c9a2FA2144C1a34E9f65b821978a) - [Optimism](https://optimistic.etherscan.io/address/0x7Be92A3ff9E0c9a2FA2144C1a34E9f65b821978a) - [Base](https://basescan.org/address/0x7Be92A3ff9E0c9a2FA2144C1a34E9f65b821978a)).
Goals:
* Explore new venues for the Contributor Fund to make getting involved simpler.
* Facilitate a first contributor fund distribution event.
### Management of $100,000 in Delegation Budget
As the Exec Team is retiring after April, we propose taking custody of $100,000 from their current budget and managing it for community and growth campaigns.
We are not requesting these funds from the treasury. Currently, the Exec Team is the custodian of these funds. The funds will not be spent and solely be used for delegations.
Goal: Keep delegations distributed at all times.
### Collaborations
We are dedicated to growing the ecosystem of prize vaults by collaborating with various projects. The beginning makes a LUSD vault campaign together with Liquity.
Goal: Facilitate at least 2 publicly communicated collaborations.
### Proposal Support
We offer support for anyone who complies with PoolTogether’s vision and values. This includes copyreading RFCs for PTIPs and PTBRs, providing $POOL delegations if necessary, and assisting in bringing proposals onchain.
Goal: Be there for you when you need us.
## Budget
* $70,000 $PTaUSDC
* $100,000 Delegation Budget\*
*\*We are not requesting these funds from the treasury. Currently, the Exec Team is the custodian of these funds. The funds will not be spent and solely be used for delegations.*
# PTBR-14: Pooltime
# PTBR-14: Pooltime
| **Start Date** | Jan 1st, 2024 |
| -------------------- | ----------------------- |
| **Duration of work** | 3 months |
| **Budget** | $65,000 (-20,000 $POOL) |
## Team Members
* Tjark (Community Builder & Content Creator)
* underthesea (Developer & Community Builder)
* Lonser (Allround Support & R\&D)
* [Learn more](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/pooltime-team-description-updates/3194 "Learn more")
# Scope of Work
## Motivation
We need all stars to align for the relaunch of the V5 vaults. Pooltime will do the legwork necessary to manage communications, set up marketing & growth campaigns, create educational content, and provide the PoolTogether community with the necessary spaces to collaborate.
## Goal
We aim to give the PoolTogether community a voice and amplify it to the maximum. PoolTogether V5 offers many opportunities to talk about in 2024 - we are ensuring the message gets across.
The infrastructure we create allows anyone to get more out of PoolTogether and easily access crucial core functions and data of the protocol.
## Milestones & Deliverables
Note:
1. This overview solely displays our milestones and deliverables. Please consider checking the [Pooltime Team Description](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/pooltime-team-description-updates/3194) for all the ongoing and additional work we do.
2. We are dedicated to finishing and delivering these items at no extra costs, even if they happen to fall outside of Q1.
## KPI & Evaluation Metrics
* Total depositors: Increase active depositors by 100% one month after relaunch
* Bot operators: Onboard 2 or more bot operators
* Partnerships: Engage in at least 3 publicly communicated partnerships
* Views on X: >60,000 views on our content on X
* Newsletter reads: >4200 reads on our Q1 newsletters
* Social Audience: Sustain a social audience at around 70k
* Direct or indirect participation in projects of other fields of contribution
* Perceived improvements in operations of PoolTogether due to our participation in them
* Feedback from other contributors, community members, and partners
* Individual users: drive 7500 new users to PoolTogether V5 through quests & collaborations (Optional & after relaunch)
## Budget
| Token | Amount |
| ------- | ------ |
| PTaUSDC | 65,000 |
In addition to this budget, we manage a delegation budget of 250,000 USDC.e on Optimism for campaigns. The Executive Team is holding custody of this budget.
# PTBR-11: Pooltime
# PTBR-11: Pooltime
- Start Date: Oct 1st, 2023
- Timeline for Deliverables: 3 months
- Budget: $58,000
# Our Team
We are a team of long-time high-impact contributors getting together under the umbrella of Pooltime - PoolTogether's community building action squad. We all have been meaningfully involved in creating the webs that connect people to the protocol.
Team Members: @Tjark @underthesea, and @Lonser
## Motivation
The PoolTogether community is often described as the prime example of Defi communities. This community needs safe spaces to get together and align. These spaces need to be responsibly maintained and kept safe.
Our team is obsessed with the vision of prize savings on the blockchain and has a track record of serving the community’s needs while adapting to them accordingly.
# Scope of Work
We advocate for our community values and maintain the infrastructure, keeping the pool inviting for all. Our team is responsible for stewarding, instilling, and nurturing the culture and ecosystem around the protocol. We equip community members with the tools they need to stay up to date, enhance their experience of using the protocol, and get involved in the PoolTogether ecosystem.
## Goal
The goal is to weave relationships between community members by facilitating meaningful interactions and encouraging active participation in discussions, initiatives, and co-creating the PoolTogether ecosystem.
## Deliverables
The following five pillars anchor our mission as a team:
**Identity**: Facilitate and foster events, vibes, and values
**Spaces**: Manage and maintain community spaces
**Content**: Create and promote content such as newsletters, guides, articles, and user documentation
**Engagement**: Empower community members to take ownership in growing PoolTogether
**Relationships**: Cultivate trust, coordinate actions, and help to collaborate for change
The team provides continuous support and care for the community. Spanning across time zones we are most often available in the case of emergency.
#### Community Building & Management
- Be a leading voice of the PoolTogether community
- Foster meaningful relationships with and between PoolTogether’s contributors
- Be the central angle point for community events, activations, and campaigns
- Cater to the community’s current needs
- Prepare and host one weekly Community Call
- Offer low-barrier entry points to the community
#### Foster Safe Spaces
- Discord community support, responding to questions and requests
- Proactively identify malicious actors/scams and take action
- Process bug reports and relay them to relevant teams
#### Establish the Brand using Social Media Platforms
- Use the social media handles and community spaces to further build the
- Create smart content and distribute it via various distribution channels (socials, e-mail, on-chain notifications, etc)
- Grow brand loyalty // content strategy
#### Build out Community Tooling & Dev Ops
- Prize API for V5
- Community prize database for V5
- Update Pooly bot to V5
- Encourage anyone building around the protocol, by offering support for community developers
- Lead on liquidity matters where needed (this now includes ticket liquidity like PTUSDC/USDC)
#### Public Launch campaigning
- Collaborate on launch planning
- Create and distribute necessary rollout communication material
- Co-host one Hackathon utilizing PT V5 technology
#### Redesign Contributor Rewards
- Continue the Coordinape circle while researching alternative ways of contributor rewards
- Spec out an Advocate Program & migrate the existing Community Advocates to OG Poolers
- Research ways of retroactive rewards to eventually migrate from Coordinape to a more sustainable system
- Execute a monthly creator reward program
#### Credentials
- Build connections and reward loyalty through onchain attestations & credentials
- Issue multiple waves of credentials to community members
- Create a playbook to help other teams of the community to tap into credentials
####
## Reflections on Q3
During the last quarter, we have been mainly focused on community retention and addressing the active community around the protocol. The focus on organic, word-of-mouth growth has helped us to sustain a healthy community during the bear market while being mindful of people's attention.
We have maintained an inter-web of knowledge between teams and individual contributors, providing to be a central hub of community connection.
#### Community Building
- Collaborated on the [V5 Beta Rollout](https://pooltogether.mirror.xyz/IeSRsl6cRCF64LqBruoHINJb1EipiBcRm-JU2U9-WuI)
- 4 Year Anniversary campaign ([Tweet](https://twitter.com/PoolTogether_/status/1673344816355192838) / [Superpower Pooly NFTs](https://anniversary.pooltogether.community/))
- Free pooltogether.eth subdomains (Tweet / [Claim](https://namestone.xyz/pooltogether) / Community Page)
- Rolled out membership credentials via Disco.xyz
- Example community for Case Study and ETHCC presentation: [Guild it w/ PoolTogether](https://guild.mirror.xyz/SLhZnp63aQnJqdEY8-vXHetGgRdldN0FBWZ89Ihzy9Y); [Reka.eth: Community Utility](https://www.youtube.com/live/nhEiFpEIcvs?feature=share&t=561)
- Substantially grew [Lens](https://lenster.xyz/u/pooltogether) & [Mirror](https://pooltogether.mirror.xyz) audience
- Executed 6 Coordinape Epochs
- Facilitated 12 Community Calls
#### App Development & Dev Tooling
- Developed new app: https://pooltime.app
- Pooly bot has been maintained
- V5 API in beta
- Community prize database in beta
#### Finance Matters
- Deployed and strengthened protocol-owned liquidity on Optimism.
- The budget for a consultant is being carried over to Q4.
#### Other
There are several other undertakings not listed here, some highlights include:
- PTIP-87: Winding down the POOL pool Snapshot
- Updated documentation for governance and getting involved
- Setup and reinforced the POOL / WETH liquidity on Optimism
- Navigated Across liquidity bottlenecks
- Mitigated draw desynchronization on Avalanche
#### Social audience as of September 25th:
- Discord: 12,153
- Twitter: 51,200
- Lens: 4,200
- Substack: 2,290
- Mirror: 448
- Total: 70,291
# Budget
- 58,000 USDC
In addition to this budget, we manage a delegation budget of 100,000 USDC on Optimism to be used for campaigns. Custody for this budget is being held by the Executive Team.
# PTIP-87 Winding down the POOL pool Snapshot
## Simple Summary
This proposal winds down the gasless voting setup of the [POOL pool Snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/poolpool.pooltogether.eth) due to low engagement and potential future risk.
The proposal outlines specific steps to wind down the Snapshot, including removing delegation, restricting proposal creation, and removing pPOOL mentions from the PoolTogether platforms.
## Motivation
Historically the POOL pool acted as a gasless voting mechanism for POOL holders. It also dripped additional POOL rewards to depositors in the past. Both of this is not true anymore.
The POOL pool Snapshot has very low engagement and creates unnecessary processes that complicates onchain governance.
Reasons for winding it down:
- The Snapshot hasn’t reached Quorum (20%) since March 2022
- There isn’t much demand for gasless voting as gas prices are reasonable
- It creates unnecessary friction for onchain governance
- It relies on humans to execute the vote
- The POOL pool rewards have ended and are unlikely to start again
- The pool has halved in deposits since its ATH (from 1.02m down to 519k POOL)
- A vote is easy to swing: Due to technical limitations, the multi-sig must always vote with its full voting power. If 20% of circulating pPOOL votes for on a proposal, the full 100% of pPOOL votes will for.
## Specification
### Overview
If the proposal succeeds the following steps will be taken in order to wind down the POOL pool Snapshot and its functionality, as well as to inform the community:
- Remove the POOL delegation from [Stake Prize Pool](https://etherscan.io/address/0x396b4489da692788e327E2e4b2B0459A5Ef26791) to the [POOL pool Multisig](https://app.safe.global/home?safe=eth:0x070a96fe4Ad5155eA91d409E8AFec6B2F3C729c0)
- Set the Snapshot to only allow authors to create proposals (done)
- Remove all authors in the [settings of the pPOOL Snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/poolpool.pooltogether.eth/settings)
- Remove pPOOL from the [PoolTogether.eth snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/pooltogether.eth)
- Remove pPOOL mentions from Governance Documentation & Forum Posts
- Post announcement
- Remove the option to deposit into POOL pool [from the app](https://app.pooltogether.com/account)
### Rationale
The proposal was discussed througholy on Discord and later brought as [RFC to the governance forum](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/rfc-wind-down-the-pool-pool-snapshot/2900).
The alternative to this proposal would be to fully embrace the gasless voting setup of the POOL pool, but with the mentioned dangers down the road it's likely not feasible.
Objections were made that we should not cut off voters. Since the original POOL pool implementation lots of new opportunities in community governance arised. I encourage the community to propose new governance experiments that better suit our risk-tolerance once this proposal has passed.
### Technical Specification
The proposal calls the compLikeDelegate function to re-delegate the voting power of the [StakePrizePool](https://etherscan.io/address/0x396b4489da692788e327e2e4b2b0459a5ef26791) to `0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000`:
```
| # | Name | Type | Data |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| 0 | compLike | address | 0x0cEC1A9154Ff802e7934Fc916Ed7Ca50bDE6844e |
| 1 | to | address | 0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000 |
```
```
Function: compLikeDelegate(address compLike, address to)
MethodID: 0x2f7627e3
[0]: 0000000000000000000000000cec1a9154ff802e7934fc916ed7ca50bde6844e
[1]: 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
```
# PTBR-5: Community Team
|Start Date|July 1st, 2023|
| --- | --- |
|Duration of Work|3 months|
|Budget|71,097.50 $|
We are a team of high-impact contributors (@Tjark, @underthesea, @Lonser) who all are meaningfully involved in creating the webs that connect people to the protocol.
Our team has a track record of serving the community’s needs and adapting to them accordingly. We advocate for our community values and maintain the infrastructure, keeping the pool clean and inviting for all.
# Scope of Work
## Motivation
The community around the PoolTogether protocol needs spaces to get together and align. These spaces need to be responsibly maintained and kept safe.
The team is responsible for stewarding, instilling, and nurturing the culture and ecosystem around the protocol. We equip community members with the tools they need to enhance their experience of using PoolTogether and getting involved.
* **Identity**: Facilitate and foster events, vibes and values
* **Spaces**: Manage and maintain community spaces
* **Content**: Create and promote content such as newsletters, guides, articles, and user documentation
* **Engagement**: Empower community members to take ownership in growing PoolTogether
* **Relationships**: Cultivate trust, coordinate actions, and help to collaborate for change
## Goal
* **Internally**: Maintain [Community-Member-Fit](https://davidspinks.substack.com/p/the-community-member-fit-score-cmfs).
* **Externally**: Have the community around PoolTogether perceived as wholesome and secure.
Our goal is to foster an inclusive and welcoming environment where Poolers feel valued and empowered to contribute their ideas, feedback, and expertise. By facilitating meaningful interactions, the team helps to weave relationships between community members and encourages active participation in discussions, initiatives, and building the PoolTogether ecosystem.
## Milestones & Deliverables
We do care work for the community. Part of the team’s work is devoting time to what is not directly proportional to our individual results but to what is good for the organization as a whole.
With the upcoming launch of the PoolTogether hyperstructure, we expect an increased inflow of people and questions. The Community Team helps to inform and make information accessible, ensuring no question goes unresponded and no issue is unresolved.
#### Community Building & Growth
* Promote all major updates across PoolTogether’s socials & blogs
* Maintain and moderate PoolTogether-related platforms & socials (including Discord, Discourse, Twitter, Lens, Reddit, Mirror)
* Protect the community from scams within our spaces
* members, followers, % of verified POOL hodlers on Discord
* Host 12 weekly community calls
* claimed POAPs
* Publish 3 monthly newsletters
* recipients, open rate
* Host 1 digital ideathon
* submissions
* Run 2 community engagement campaigns
* Facilitate 6 bi-weekly Coordinape epochs
* Coordinape Q3 report
#### Community Tooling
* Maintain and upgrade Poolexplorer for V5
* Maintain and upgrade Pooly bot, including public and private commands and alerts for V5
* Building tools by community request
#### Community Dev Ops
* Community prize API for V5
* Community prize database for V5
* Encourage anyone building around the protocol, by offering support for community developers
#### Finance Matters
* Research and analysis on treasury and POOL liquidity
* Delivering 1 treasury report and 3 liquidity reports during the quarter
The impact of our deliverables can be monitored through our [metrics](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bm9BO-Hq1vwDXRzibR6V71od75sNLdK44VMVWexjJjA/edit#gid=1594314030). We aim share an update on these in the forums on a monthly basis.
# Budget
|Amount|Token|
| --- | --- |
|62,939.00|USDC|
|12,950.00|POOL|
12,500 POOL is reserved to be distributed to community contributors via Coordinape.
In addition to this budget, we manage a delegation budget of 100,000 USDC on Optimism to be used for engagement and as rewards. Custody for this budget is being held by the Executive Team.
# Read on PoolTogether governance forum:
[https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/rfc-ptbr-5-community-team/2955](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/rfc-ptbr-5-community-team/2955)
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# TBR-Q2-2023 - Community Team
| | |
| --------- | ---------- |
| Team Name | **Community Team** |
| Quarter and Year | **Q2 2023** |
| Payout Address | **0xF69898B40F0908537a9e93b9f5368C8cf19a23a7** |
| Total USD Value Requested | **$57,366.32 USD** |
### Purpose
The community team is responsible for stewarding, instilling, and nurturing the culture and contributors around the protocol. Its work ensures the ethos of PoolTogether stays strong as the protocol grows. The team’s areas of focus are:
-- **Identity**: Facilitate and foster events, vibes & values
-- **Spaces**: Manage & maintain community spaces
-- **Content**: Create & promote content such as newsletters, guides, articles, and user documentation
-- **Engagement**: Empower community members to take ownership & help grow PoolTogether
-- **Relationships**: Cultivate trust, coordinate actions, and collaborate for change
#### **Objective**
PoolTogether is perceived as the most wholesome, welcoming, and secure community in DeFi.
### Requested Budget
after deduction of the surplus:
| Token | Amount | USD |
| --------- | ------- | ---------- |
| USDC | 28,300.00 | $28,300.00 |
| POOL | 28,495.39 | $29,066.32 |
| **Total** | – | $57,366.32 |
### Full Proposal
https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/rfc-tbr-q2-2023-community-team/2816
# TBR-Q1-2023 - Community Team
## Purpose
The community team is responsible for stewarding, instilling, and nurturing the culture and contributors around the protocol. Its work ensures the ethos of PoolTogether stays strong as the protocol grows. The team’s areas of focus are:
**Identity**: Facilitate and foster events, vibes & values
**Spaces**: Manage & maintain community spaces
**Content**: Create & promote content such as newsletters, guides, articles, and user documentation
**Engagement**: Empower community members to take ownership & help grow PoolTogether
**Relationships**: Cultivate trust, coordinate actions, and collaborate for change
### Objective
PoolTogether is perceived as the most wholesome, welcoming, and secure community in DeFi.
## Goals
1.) Maintain a strong and engaged community.
2.) Increase the level of ownership taken by protocol contributors through Community Experience.
3.) Increase awareness & affinity for savings, the no loss spirit, and PoolTogether’s role in Decentralized Finance.
4.) Improve coordination, mutual learning, and flow of resources and information.
Read more: https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/rfc-tbr-q1-2023-community-team/2668
# TBR-Q4-2022 - Community Team
# TBR-Q4-2022 - Community Team
https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/rfc-tbr-q4-2022-community-team/2575
| | |
| --------- | ---------- |
| Team Name | **Community Team** |
| Quarter and Year | **Q4 2022** |
| Payout Address | **TBD** |
| Total USD Value Requested | **$45,681.66 USD** |
## Purpose
The community team is responsible for stewarding, instilling, and nurturing the culture and contributors around the protocol. Its work ensures the ethos of PoolTogether stays strong as the protocol grows. The team’s areas of focus are:
**Identity**: Facilitate and foster events, vibes & values
**Spaces**: Manage & maintain community spaces
**Content**: Create & promote content such as newsletters, guides, articles, and user documentation
**Engagement**: Empower community members to take ownership & help grow PoolTogether
**Relationships**: Cultivate trust, coordinate actions, and collaborate for change
### Objective
PoolTogether is perceived as the most wholesome, welcoming, and secure community in DeFi.
## Goals
###### 1) Maintain a strong and engaged community.
-Shape community-first vibes through events, bounties & other fun activities
-Promote the PoolTogether values and nurture our community identity
-Ensure the community is a safe space for its members
-Bootstrap a community-led events program
-Conduct audit for community spaces
-Conduct DAO-Health Survey
**Performance Metrics**:
DAO Health Survey results, number of events, grow # of event participants by 5-10%, Community growth (Discord Members) – Grow community sustainably by 2%
###### 2) Increase the level of ownership taken by protocol contributors through Community Experience.
-Increase transparency & awareness of key community activities
-Create entry points for contributors to play a role in growing the protocol
-Spotlight contributors and their work
-Revamp onboarding calls
**Performance Metrics**:
Number of Coordinape members & teams, unique voters, number of members who made their first contribution
###### 3) Increase awareness & affinity for savings, the no loss spirit, and PoolTogether’s role in Decentralized Finance.
-Be a reliable news source around the PoolTogether protocol and its closer ecosystem
-Create educational content around PoolTogether, & savings: visuals, explainers, and videos
-Actively work on creating spaces for cross-community activities in an effort to unite communities
**Performance Metrics**:
Content reach (Recipients, Open Rate, Click-throughs) – Grow reach by 10%, maintain an open rate ≥18-20%, facilitate at least one cross-community opportunity
###### 4) Improve coordination, mutual learning, and flow of resources and information
-Host meetings & workshops to share and apply our learnings
-Create playbooks to garner and share best practices
-Maintain spaces for knowledge exchange
**Performance Metrics**:
Built Context (Number of created/updated documents, formalized processes), host at least 3 workshops, deliver a Community Dashboard
Here is [an overview](https://pooltogetherdao.notion.site/Community-Team-Home-131b41549b4b4f29a9f96db60758463d) of current projects the community team is working on to achieve these goals.
### **Metrics**
The following metrics will be used to measure the team’s success:
| **Baseline Data** (as of 30. September 2022) | |
| --- | --- |
| Discord members | 11,905 |
| # of members who made their first contribution | not tracked |
| Token holders (>1 POOL) | 8,744 |
| # (%) of holders verified on Discord | 443 (x%) |
| Twitter followers | 47,387 |
| Lens followers | 40 |
| Mirror subscribers | 27 |
| Substack subscribers | 2,212 |
| Events (#, month) | 15 |
| Teams (#) | 8* |
| Coordinape Contributors (#) | 48 |
# Budget
## Requested Amount
| Token | Amount | USD |
| --------- | ------- | ---------- |
| USDC | 8,228.00 | $8,228.00 |
| POOL | 38,012.53 | $37,453.66 |
| **Total** | – | $45,681.66 |
## Budget Breakdown
### Team Members
| Role | Yearly USD Compensation | Commitment Percentage | Quarterly USDC | Quarterly POOL | Contributor | Contributor Discord |
| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Community Builder | $94,000 | 100% | 0 | 3,959.20 | Tjark | Tjark#0815 |
| Coordinape Manager | $90,000 | 7.5% | 1,418 | 274.03 | Lonser | Lonser#7584 |
| Language Advocate | $60,000 | 20% | 2,655 | 350.15 | **Open Role** | |
| Language Advocate | $60,000 | 20% | 2,655 | 350.15 | **Open Role** | |
In case the budget request is accepted the Community Team will offer two open positions.
**Note**: PoolTogether Inc currently covers the USDC compensation for the Community Builder position for this quarter.
### Team Expenses
| Description | Amount |
| ----------- | ------ |
| Coordinape | 31,579 POOL |
| Bounties & Contests | 1,500 POOL |
| Merch & Incentives | 1,500 USDC |
| Delegation Budget | 100,000 PTaOptUSDC |
The Coordinape budget is capped at $10,000 worth of POOL per month. $400 per active circle member is being distributed per month. Any leftover funds will roll over into the next quarter.
The Executive Team should hold custody of the Delegation budget. This budget is not intended to be spent but to be used as contributor incentives and contest rewards via the PoolTogether delegation feature. A member of the Community Team will serve as a representative and provide a quarterly report on how the delegation budget has been used.
All the funds not used at the end of the quarter will be rolled over to the next quarter in case the team gets approved. If it is not, all unused funds will be returned to the PoolTogether treasury.
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# Appendix
**Note:** Token prices at time of budget request are used for standardization. For simplicity the relevant token prices are provided below.
| Token | USD |
| ---- | ---- |
| USDC | $1 |
| POOL | 0.985298 |
The team member compensation is based on the [compensation formula spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zkgljshTWmJke85LZqtlZYxmb6aZLoFQxeWx5q7mEPI/edit#gid=0).
# PTIP-77 Extend ETH/POOL LP on Uniswap V2 for 60 days at a rate of 150 POOL per day
# PTIP-77 Extend ETH/POOL LP on Uniswap V2 for 60 days at a rate of 150 POOL per day
## Simple Summary
Extend ETH/POOL LP on Uniswap V2 for 60 days at a rate of 150 POOL per day
## Motivation
The POOL rewards for the POOL/ETH LP on Uniswap V2 will end in <2 days. Currently, the POOL/ETH LP on Uniswap V2 is emitting 150 POOL per day.
## Rationale
Without liquidity, the POOL token will become more volatile. Pending a new liquidity solution, we should continue our rewards to Uniswap V2 POOL/ETH. The liquidity providers provide a vital service to the protocol and have proven themselves long-term aligned.
## Technical Specification
transfer on the POOL token
dst: `0x9A29401EF1856b669f55Ae5b24505b3B6fAEb370`
rawAmount: `9000000000000000000000`
## Status
RFC: https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/rfc-renewing-pool-eth-lp-uni-v2-rewards-and-discontinuing-ppool-rewards/2379
# PTIP-71 Extend POOL Pool Emissions
## PTIP-71 Extend POOL Pool Emissions
### Simple Summary
Continue POOL distribution to pPOOL stakers for 60 days and remove the early exit fee.
### Motivation
- Rewarding long-term aligned holders staked in the pPOOL
- Further distributing the POOL token to protocol participants
- Giving additional runway to work out our tokenomics
### Overview
The POOL rewards for the V3 Ethereum POOL pool will run out in a day. Currently, the pool is emitting 200 POOL per day in the form of a POOL drip. Previously the pool has additionally been awarding a weekly prize of 200 POOL.
### Rationale
The POOL pool is one of the few incentives POOL token holders currently have. Users in the POOL pool might not just care to vote in governance, but they might also care for incentives.
Often the pPOOL represents half of the voting power brandished on any given vote. Per capita, the pPOOL sees 5:1 voters compared to on-chain. Continuing to reward these protocol participants and holders is crucial until we implement a new method of governance and vesting.
We should continue incentivizing POOL token holders to hold and vote by staking in the POOL pool. This proposal continues the POOL drip towards the POOL pool for 60 days at the current rate of 200 POOL per day (12,000 POOL total). As the weekly prize will not be continued, the proposal also removes the pool’s early exit fee.
### Technical Specification
Transfer on the POOL token `0x0cEC1A9154Ff802e7934Fc916Ed7Ca50bDE6844e` amount `12000000000000000000000` POOL to `0x30430419b86e9512E6D93Fc2b0791d98DBeb637b` pPOOL faucet
SetCreditPlanOf on the POOL pool `0x396b4489da692788e327E2e4b2B0459A5Ef26791` Token: `0x27D22A7648e955E510a40bDb058333E9190d12D4`
_creditRateMantissa (uint128): 0
_creditLimitMantissa (uint128): 0
### Status
Previous Discussion: [RFC: Renewing pPOOL and POOL/ETH LP Uni V2 Rewards](https://gov.pooltogether.com/t/rfc-renewing-ppool-and-pool-eth-lp-uni-v2-rewards/2158)