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This Week
We’re REAL!
Developer DAO is official IRL! The long awaited Cayman foundation was signed into existence last week. The DAO now has a legal entity with which to engage partners, vendors, contractors, and all other real-life financial and legal things. This is a HUGE step for our organization and has been a blocking issue for a number of initiatives throughout the DAO. Many, many thanks from all of us to Kempsterrrr.eth for putting us on his shoulders and getting this effort across the finish line. Amazing things to come as a result!
And to all of you asking “Wen $CODE?” The answer is “we’re closer than we’ve ever been ;).” The foundation was the last big requirement before releasing our governance token so expect that announcement very Soon™. More on that below.
Onboarding Season 1 Sponsors
Forming our legal entity was the last major hurdle before kicking off the long-awaited Season 1. The MBD guild is now onboarding S1 sponsors. We already have some amazing partners on board, like The Graph, and Hedera. Interested parties can find our Sponsor Deck here.
D_D Season sponsors get unparalleled access to one of the world’s largest communities of Web3 developers! The S1 package includes features in our newsletter, blog, and social media; a dedicated discord channel; live events and more. If you think your organization should be a Season 1 sponsor, please reach out through our partner inquiry form here.
D_D x Women Build Web3
As part of its #30DaysOfWeb3 initiative, Women Build Web3 launched Building Fullstack Dapps, a free open source course that walks devs through building a fullstack dapp. Participants are also eligible to apply to a $130k accelerator. D_D members have 50 reserved seats for the course. For more information and to register, head here.
Looking to Season 1: The Fundraising Operator Position
As we’re gearing up for the start of Season 1, have a look at this post about the role of Fundraising Operator and what to expect from our first two Funding Operators @chuck25 and @Wikist.
Open Proposals
[DRAFT] Membership Tiers – a proposal to outline different D_D membership tiers following the launch of the $CODE token.
Community Highlights
DevNTell with @trevormil23 presenting his project Blockin
How to Implement a Mint Function in Your NFT Contract by member @w1nt3r_eth
Build an NFT Minting Page with RainbowKit & Wagmi by member @dhaiwat10 via Ankr
Zora Developer Starter Kit by member @0xTranqui via Zora Engineering
Arcana Auth & Storage SDK Demo Integration by member @GargEtisha
How to Create a Bot That Interacts with a Smart Contract and Mints NFTs by member @Web3Club
Coin-Voting Bribery in DAO Governance by member @bybobbay
Build a Decentralized Social Network with React, Tailwind, & Lens by member @olanetsoft
No-Code: Buy Me a Coffee with Coinbase! by member @paul_can_code
Ecosystem
The merge draws nearer as Ethereum successfully completes the tenth mainnet shadow fork
Web3 publishing platform Mirror launches subscriptions via crypto wallets
Harmony causes controversy with proposal to mint tokens in response to $100m hack
Aptos, a Layer 1, raises $150m Series A in a round led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto
Guild News
Governance
Announcements and Updates
Read through the draft proposal outlining different membership tiers based on the quantity of $CODE tokens in your wallet.
Help Needed
Tune in to the Open Discussion about the Stewards Proposal Tuesday at 5:00 pm UTC.
Guild Member Highlights
Thanks to Erik_Knobl for your draft proposal!
Designers
Announcements and Updates
The Product Guild and Design Guild have combined! You can now find the Product Guild’s usual channels under the Design And Product Guild heading of Discord channels.
Help Needed
Check out the #claim-tasks-and-bounties channel to pick up any available assignments from DeWork.
The Design Guild is also looking to fill the roles of Treasurer and Talent Coordinator. Stop by the #guild-general channel or reach out to Erik_Knobl for more information.
We will need new merch designs for Season 1! Anyone interested in contributing with these should stop by the #👖-merch-store channel or tune into the new weekly meetings taking place Fridays at 4:15 pm UTC.
Community
Announcements and Updates
You can review the minutes from the last Community Guild Weekly Sync here.
Guild.xyz will be assisting with security and DAO moderation in Season 1.
Big news from SAT (Server Architecture Team) — team members will demo an MVP bot to manage channels in weekly sync meeting at 3 PM UTC on Wednesday, covering channel moderation and auto archive. RSVP this event in #📅-d_d-events channel.
Help Needed
Anyone interested in helping moderate the next Town Hall meeting in August, please stop by the #👫-town-hall channel, reach out to luan or Alex1237 for details, or claim this task in Dework.
Guild Member Highlights
Thanks to Alex1237 for scribing the last weekly sync!
Thanks to luan and wiseTy for pulling efforts on onboarding progress and community management!
Writers
Announcements and Updates
Content creators are encouraged to check out the Pointer.gg month-long hackathon where there is a special category for D_D members to create a public good surrounding the Stacks protocol. This could be a video tutorial, livestream, mentor sessions, blog post, or anything else educational.
Check out the final installment of the Security in Crypto series on the Developer DAO Blog.
Help Needed
We are looking for someone to take up the mantle of Scribe Coordinator moving into Season 1. Read more about the role here.
Guild Member Highlights
Thanks to Vinny for organizing the Stacks opportunity for D_D members!
Marketing +BizDev
Announcements and Updates
The MBD Guild is now accepting new partners for Season 1! Check out the official Developer DAO Partners Deck for more information.
Help Needed
Join the next MBD Guild Town Hall this Wednesday at 6:00 pm UTC.
The next DevRel Team Weekly sync takes place on Wednesday as well at 7:00 pm UTC.
Guild Member Highlights
Shoutout to Bobby for being a trail blazer on bringing in S1 partners!
Special thanks to aakansha, Canna (She/They), and mulford.eth for joining the partner lead fray 🔥
Development
Announcements and Updates
Stop by the new and improved #🟢-dev-start-here channel to see what the Development Guild is all about!n.intro for a grant, we’d love to hear from you!
Soil 🌱’s getting ready to test bits & pieces of the MVP. With 25 contributors they’ve really started picking up steam and hope to have the MVP ready to officially launch in D_D by the end of August. The magic in Soil 🌱 is palpable, it really feels like Developer_DAO is becoming a home for a new type of project building that is default global & community-powered - and we are all lucky to be a part of this dev_revolution.
Help Needed
Visit the #🏗️-dev-opportunities channel to see the many great opportunities for Developers to get involved.
To sustain & grow the project further, Soil 🌱 is looking for grants outside D_D that align with our mission, which is to unlock community-powered opportunities. If you know of anyone on a grants committee or can make a warm intro for a grant, we’d love to hear from you!
Tune in to the next Soil🌱 Talent Coordination sync this Tuesday at 4 pm UTC to get the context of the project and help brainstorm on possible product issues.
Guild Member Highlights
Thanks to kempsterrrr.eth for updating the above mentioned channels!
WAGMI
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