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This Week
Ethereum Developer Education: Contract Book Club
In joint partnership with Macro, we are launching Contract Book Club (CBC), a developer education initiative to help engineers learn more about web3 protocols. CBC will meet every two weeks on Tuesdays (4-5:30pm PST) for a deepdive into a selected protocol. In the time between meetings, participants can discuss in the #cbc-general channel in Discord. To join CBC, head to #cbc-start-here in Discord to get the CBC role. To learn more about CBC, check out this page.
Open Proposals
P-15: DAO Operators – up for forum voting, moving to Snapshot soon.
To listen to a Q&A with the proposal authors, go to this page.
Nominations for the two proposed DAO Operator roles – Coordination Operator and Fundraising Operator – are now open in the #budget-stewards channel.
Community Highlights
What is Developer_DAO by @MichelleBakels
Smart Contract Development with Foundry by @dabit3
Permanently deploy decentralized React frontends to Arweave by @dhaiwat10
The Magic of Revealing NFTs by @existentialEnso
What is Web 3.0 by @nonstack
How to create a private blockchain network using Go-Ethereum(geth) by Izuchukwu Onukwube
Ecosystem
The Norwegian government will be using Arbitrum
Solana announced their Solana Mobile Stack (SMS), an open-source software toolkit for Android enabling native Android web3 apps on Solana.
Shopify has now integrated NFT-gated storefronts to make stores more exclusive
FTX injected $250 million into BlockFi to save the company from further capital issues.
Guild News
Governance
Project Updates / Announcements
The election process is underway for roles described in the Governance Guild Season 1 budget proposal. The positions included are: Guild Leader, Project Manager, Governance Steward, and the External Delegation Committee. Nominations are open until noon UTC on July 2nd, and you must be an active Governance Guild member to nominate. Voting will take place the following week inside Discord and will be open until noon UTC on July 9th. You can keep informed about nominations and elections using this nominations tracker.
Proposal P-15 DAO Operators is on the forum and waiting for your votes! This proposal covers the roles and responsibilities of being a core operator for the DAO. You can also read through a recent Q&A session with the proposal authors, covering the topic in finer detail.
Help Needed
If you are an active Governance Guild member, please participate in the Guild elections process. This is an important event that will shape the future of the Governance Guild, and your vote is essential!
Member Highlights
Thanks to Erik_Knobl and Colin4ward for hosting the Q&A session to provide more information about the DAO Operators Proposal.
Designers
Project Updates / Announcements
The Merch Team is putting together plans to create a D_D merch store! With plans, of course, comes a Season 1 Budget proposal. Read about the goals, required positions, and upcoming bounties on the forum, or stop by the #👖-merch-store channel for more information.
Help Needed
The new Soil 🌱 project is looking for a UI designer willing to contribute and grow together! Soil 🌱 is a talent coordination smart assistant aiming to connect people to opportunities, and projects to talent. Stop by the #soil-🌱 channel for more information, or tune in to the weekly syncs! The next weekly sync takes place this Tuesday. You can RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
The Merch team is looking for a designer to draft the initial state of the D_D Store! This store will be the place to order awesome hoodies, shirts, and more. Stop by the #👖-merch-store channel if you’re interested.
Member Highlights
Shoutout to joshcs.eth for submitting the new T-shirt design to MetaFactory! Can’t wait to order one 😉
Community
Project Updates / Announcements
The AxisOne program is coming together, with a focus for Season 1 to build a Fellowships pathway with a potential rollout for Season 2. The goal is to provide a resource for underrepresented communities unable to afford the NFT or tokens an opportunity to enter D_D and the pathways to help them contribute. Read through the most recent meeting notes, or check out the #👫-axis-one channel for more info.
A discussion on DAO channel structures and maintenance will be held this Sunday. The aim is to ascertain the current status of the discord overhaul effort, and understand what we are currently working onand what you intended to work on next. Jump into #Channel-Maintenance thread and keep eyes on the exact date of the discussion.
Help Needed
Be sure to tune in to the next Conversation on Wellness this Tuesday, where we hold an open conversation about topics related to developer wellness. If you miss this one, they take place every two weeks, so be sure to RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Some exciting roles of the Community Guild in Season 1 are still vacant. Come and check our Season 1 Budget Proposal to grab your position! Guild Coordination and Guild Scribing are waiting for you!
The next 👫D_D Community Guild Weekly meeting is this Thursday. You can RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Thanks to aakansha for providing insight we can apply to the AxisOne program.
Shoutout to emm for continuing to host the Conversation on Wellness discussions!
Writers
Project Updates / Announcements
Check out two new posts on the Developer DAO Blog!
What is Developer DAO? - Who are they, what are they doing here, and other FAQs.
Defining DAO Operators - A introduction to the role and why the DAO needs them.
Help Needed
A reminder that Writers Guild Weekly Sync meetings are now on Tuesdays at 2:00 pm UTC. Be sure to RSVP for the next one in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Shoutout to Boris - g01din.eth for rounding up some highlights and being a scribe master extraordinaire!
Marketing + BizDev
Project Updates / Announcements
Currently, the main “product” of Developer DAO is content provided by DevRels. To improve on this and further develop our ability to provide this product, the MBD Guild is looking to create a DevRel Incubator. This will also help establish D_D as the leaders in a relatively new profession. Any interested parties are encouraged to check out the #devrel-team channel.
Help Needed
MBD Guild Town Hall Meetings take place on Wednesdays at 2:00 pm UTC. Be sure to RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Big thanks to all D_D members currently working on bringing in new partnerships! You are creating excellent opportunities for us all 😊
Development
Project Updates / Announcements
The Contract Book Club is now available for D_D members to join, with the first synchronous meeting taking place this Tuesday at 4:00 pm PST. The purpose of this club is to go over protocols and dive deep into their inner workings to help give members a better understanding. Members will study the protocol between each meeting and then join synchronously to discuss it in further detail. Check out the #cbc-start-here channel to join, or hop in the current protocol discussion in the #cbc-general channel.
Help Needed
Dev Guild weekly syncs take place on Tuesdays at 3:00 pm UTC. Be sure to RSVP in the #🗓️-d_d-events channel.
Member Highlights
Shoutout to toyolendo and melvillian for putting together the Contract Book Club initiative!
WAGMI
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