This week in DAOs - Dec 8, 2022

A roundup of the most exciting developments in the DAO space.

🎙 In the latest episode of DAO or Never we chat with peth, Summoner of MetaGame. Driven to improve onboarding for newcomers into web3 and DAOs, peth wants to bring fun and purpose into how we live our daily lives. If you’re curious about MetaGame and participating in web3 and DAOs, tune in. Available on Apple and Spotify.

Highlights

🎓 Web3 University - The Metaversity for Creative Business Leaders is an 8-week online program offered by the Sotheby's Institute of Art for business leaders eager to explore the potential of web3. Web3 experts will provide insights and case studies on iconic brands such as Tiffany, Nike, and Gucci through a unique cultural lens. Registration opens in January 2023.

☮️ Blockchain Benevolence - Gitcoin Grants is offering a unique opportunity to make a global impact. From December 9-16, the UNICEF round will offer funding to 10 global social good initiatives using blockchain or AI technology. This is the first of five test rounds run on Gitcoin’s new grants protocol, which aims to replace inefficient centralized grant systems of old.

🇺🇸 We the People - In November 2021, Constitution DAO lost its bid for a rare copy of the US Constitution, arguably in part due to the transparent nature of DAO treasuries. Lessons were learned, and PeopleDAO, Nucleo, Juicebox, and Aztec Network have formed Unum DAO, which will pursue another copy of the Constitution to be auctioned off by Sotheby's this month.

✋🏼 Exploit Avoided - Devs interested in governance attacks should study this save by DXdao. The attempted exploit used a mismatch between smart contract functionality and functionality reflected in the user interfaces, and had it been successful, would have obfuscated the true effect of a proposal in the UI. Active proposal monitoring is key, and now it’s a feature in DXdao’s development environment.

🚀 Return is Live - Return Protocol has launched, thanks in part to support from Cherry Ventures, which led a $2.5M pre-seed round, and recent partnership with Regen Network. Return Protocol is building a web3-based infrastructure for incentivized climate action empowering anyone to easily fund impactful climate projects at scale. Set up your soul-bound impact profile here.

Tools for DAOs

🌊 Governance Upgrades - Waves aims to revolutionize web3 token governance with the launch of Power Protocol. The new DAO framework addresses several problems associated with traditional voting models, by introducing a system of key performance indicators, rewards, and penalties to encourage participation and collaboration.

🐰 DAOn the RabbitHole - RabbitHole is revolutionizing how people explore and use decentralized apps with RabbitHole Quests V2. Launching in early 2023, participants will be able to earn cryptocurrency rewards for discovering and using dApps.

Recommended

📽️ Watch: Beyond Bitcoin - Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - Ron Boger and Ori Shimony of dOrg share an exciting Stanford lecture on what DAOs are, their history, current use, and potential future applications.

🎧 Listen: Super Contributors for Web3 & DAOs - In addition to discussing web3 and DAOs, Quorum Media's Brandon Nolte interviews Kairon, an acclaimed contributor at Radar. Kairon shares how earning tokens leads to real income opportunities, tips for becoming a super contributor in web3, and how to lead a successful DAO.

Deadlines and Events

💻 December 5-16: DAOcember
💻 December 8, 15:FrontierDAO Workshop 
🎶 December 10: Chaos in Los Angeles
🔬 VitaDAO Hackathon Registration
🌏 All Over, Often: ETHGlobal

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