Probably Nothing #0
A DAO is born
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Hello World
In 2021 Web3 went mainstream. Creators from every industry have taken the leap and pooled their talents to build an open source infrastructure for the internet of the future.
But given its promise, we find ourselves asking “where are all the devs?”
Each leap forward in computer science forces us to rethink how we train software developers. Now Web3 demands new on-ramps for ambitious builders.
We theorize that the interest is there: on-chain platforms launch overnight to incredible success. We know there's someone behind the scenes wrangling the code to make it work. The question remains, “where are all the devs?”
We believe there’s no lack of developers looking to get into Web3, it's that they haven't yet found a place to call their home. We're looking to fix that by helping Web3 developers and aspirants alike to share projects, look for advice, and dip their feet in the wonderful world of collective ownership - and Probably Nothing will chronicle the journey from an insider’s perspective.
We're the place where you can find industry best practices, exciting new tools, and a community of like-minded creators looking to build, experiment, and bring ideas into the world.
So without further ado, welcome to Developer DAO's Season 0. Strap in for a wild ride.
Sponsor
A special thank you to Probably Nothing’s first-ever sponsor, QuickNode! 🥂
QuickNode shares Developer DAO’s passion for onboarding the next generation of Web3 developers and maintains a growing library of up-to-date tutorials and guides. When you’re ready to launch and scale your next decentralized app, QuickNode’s powerful and easy-to-use infrastructure and analytics are just a few clicks away.
Ready to start or advance your career in Web3? QuickNode is hiring.
Stats
Developer DAO has been growing non-stop since its inception, and now every available D4R NFT has been minted. 💖 More on that later.
7778 NFTs Minted
5379 unique NFT holders
3864 authenticated Discord members
18.3K Followers on Twitter
This Week
Season 0 Start - everything you need to know
It’s finally here! Season 0 has begun. After being approved by 99.67% of the total 600 votes followed by an intense week of building 🛠️, our first season is taking off.
It's only been a week, and guilds are being built from the ground up, new projects have started, collaborations were forged, and most importantly, the vibes are just right.
You can read all about Developer DAO’s Season 0 on the forum.
Genesis NFT Minting
We're proud to announce that all of our genesis Devs 4 Revolution NFTs have found a home in the wallets of new members. This means our first 5.4k members can find their way into our community via the NFT-gated Discord. We're now working on a new ERC-20 governance token (and tokenomics around it) that will be airdropped to anyone who held the NFT at the time of the snapshot - taken when the last NFT was minted.
Please note that new entry into the DAO is temporarily closed until the new governance token is released and a new onboarding process is defined.
The community is starting to form an identity, establish workflows, and figure out where it’s headed. You don’t have to be a developer to get involved! We’ve established six guilds where people with various skill sets can jump in and contribute: Community, Development, Designers, Writers, Governance, Marketing + BizDev.
Since the initial NFT sale, we've been working on some nifty derivative projects for our token holders to enjoy. Bringing some dynamism and fun to being a part of Developer DAO is amongst our biggest priorities at the moment and DAO members have no shortage of great ideas in this vein!
New discord bots and how to use them
Who doesn't love friendly robots? This week we've announced two new Discord bots that will be hanging out in the server.
First, say hello to DEVIE. DEVIE is our newsletter curation bot. DEVIE will look out for any post that receives five or more 📰 emojis and reposts it on the #newsletter-feed channel. If you think a post should be included in the newsletter just use the newspaper emoji on Discord posts and DEVIE will do the rest.
Next up is Resource Bot. This one will be helping out with our ambitious plan of creating the most comprehensive Web3 knowledge base anywhere. You can use this bot to add content and structure to the resource base from any channel on the server.
If you're interested in learning more about the resource base and how to use this new friendly bot, check out its wiki page.
Developer DAO as ENS delegate
It’s airdrop season and ENS joined the party with their $ENS token launch.
With great airdrops comes great governance responsibility. Fear not, D_D is one of your delegate options. If you haven't yet already delegated your votes, please consider Delevoper DAO at the ENS address: devdao.eth.
We’ve already gathered over 57k votes 🚀. You can find our original delegate application submission here.
Guild News
Governance Guild 🏛
New Initiatives
Defining D_D’s proposal process; answering questions such as "what requires a proposal?," and "How does something go to a snapshot vote?"
Getting DAO documentation and resources in order. This will allow guild members to see project statuses and new Web3 members to easily find and read resources around decentralized governance.
Help Needed / How To Get Involved
Drop into #🎓-gov-start-here in Discord to get started!
Guild Member Highlights
Thanks to teeolendo for providing coaching and leadership,
Doswell.eth for their DeGov experience and thinking through a lot of the commonly faced problems, and
mish.eth for providing an amazing foundation around merkle airdrops and governance token issuance with their ERC20 smart contract!
Designer's Guild 🎨
New Initiatives
Redefining the branding of the DAO.
Merch workflow and evaluating suppliers.
Establishing an UX design system as well.
Help Needed / How To Get Involved
Design help is required for the Developer DAO website. Anyone wanting to flex their design muscles is encouraged to help out there! You can also help in the #merch channel by proposing designs or voicing your thoughts.
There’s also a meeting for the Derivatives Project scheduled for Wednesday, November 24th. Check out the #d_d-events channel to sign up for that.
Guild Member Highlights
Thanks to LILPUP for taking the lead on the DAO branding!
To fredo | 6969, isiah.eth, and joshcs.eth for getting in contact with merch suppliers!
To starrgirl.eth for her awesome design work on the robots!
Community Guild 👫
New Initiatives
The Community Guild's kickoff meeting was held on 11/21.
Revising the DAO-wiki: Expanding its scope to be the one stop shop for onboarding, how-to guides, project tracking, cross-guild collaboration and meeting notes. They are looking to launch by the middle of next week.
There's a new, optionally anonymous reporting form for members to be able to safely report things in the DAO and make sure they get dealt with. Let's keep our environment welcoming, inclusive and safe for everyone!
Expect much better UX… and more BOTS!
Refining of our community rules: You can check out the proposal here.
Help Needed / How To Get Involved
Refining the DAO community rules could use more input from DAO members. Head over to the proposal mentioned above and comment your 2 gwei.
Once the wiki goes live, the Community Guild will be looking for feedback. Keep your eyes peeled for the launch and check it out!
Guild Member Highlights
Big ups to MichelleBakels for putting together the reporting form,
joshstein for proposing the new community rules, and
Stefanie for bringing great energy and a bucket load of ideas that are promising for the community!
Writers Guild 📝
New Initiatives
Getting this newsletter launched! We've been busy identifying writers and editors, as well as establishing templates and processes for gathering information in the DAO.
Exploring publishing platforms. Requirements and solutions are being gathered for evaluation, with a focus on Web3 capabilities and support for a publishing pipeline of DAO writers and editors.
Help Needed / How To Get Involved
Drop into #wg-opportunities channel in Discord. We are looking to fill more roles for the Newsletter Team.
There is a lot going on here and the top question is: "How do I keep up with everything going on in the DAO?" - We’re making efforts to make all of the happenings a little easier to digest for newbies and existing members alike.
Guild Member Highlight
The authors of this newsletter, naturally! On top of the writing and editing, camo, Kairon, Colin4ward, and Paulie are encouraging the DAO to more closely examine how it makes decisions and communicates them to its members.
Marketing / Biz-Dev Guild 📈
New Initiatives
A partnership with Gitcoin is in the works, announcement coming soon!
A couple other potential partnerships being discussed and lots of great ideas floating around. Developer DAO is hot right now and people want to work with us!
Multiple revenue sources are being considered over on the forum. Join the discussion.
Still early stages, but a few public event ideas are being talked about including live streams, Twitter Spaces, a virtual event, and a podcast.
Help Needed / How To Get Involved
Anyone looking to share ideas about public outreach or partnerships for the DAO should join the guild and hop in the discussions happening there.
Guild Member Highlight
Shout out to Sandipan for starting the discussion about income sources.
Gigabit, Micmac.eth and nas for each bringing some potential partnerships to the DAO.
Development Guild 💻
New Initiatives
Based on a proposed idea from Nader, a repo was created for the #create-dao project - https://github.com/Developer-DAO/create-dao . It will be a CLI for generating a project that includes everything a DAO would need to get started. This includes:
A smart contract that deploys an NFT and/or ERC20
A front-end that describes how the DAO works
A README that includes information about starting a DAO such as token-gating a Discord server and tradeoffs to consider when starting a DAO
Our developers have been making great progress on the DAO Job Board project. After discussions this week about process and planning, the team is working on creating a roadmap and user stories for future work.
The first official Development Guild Hackathon is in early planning stages. Input and ideas from the community are encouraged!
Help Needed / How To Get Involved
The Development Guild is seeking members with previous experience in product leadership, documentation writing, and project management to help move their projects forward.
Any of the above projects are open for more people to get involved and new ideas in the #project-ideas channel are always welcome.
Guild Member Highlights
Thanks to Dhaiwat for starting the #create-dao project and just being generally awesome.
angelgomez.eth and carlomigueldy for their effort in getting other members involved and building a path forward.
camilarondinini for her meticulously detailed bot testing structure PR.
Community Highlights
D_D welcomes Cooper Turley as an advisor and strategic partner. Turley is a DAO veteran (e.g. FWB; Gitcoin).
Sign in with Ethereum featuring rahat.
First-hand account of starting a Solidity journey by constableyao.
It’s easy to lose the thread in Discord. Join the D_D forum to track long-form discussions and new proposals.
You can subscribe to the Google calendar to keep track of upcoming D_D events.
Ecosystem
Constitution DAO falls just short of their goal of crowd-funding ETH to buy one of the last known original copies of the United States Constitution.
ConsenSys raised $200 million from Coinbase, HSBC, Marshall Wace, and other investors, at a valuation of over $3.2 billion.
Barbados signs a deal with Decentraland to become the first country with a Metaverse embassy.
Closing words
That's all for this one! If you enjoyed the content, do spread the word and help us grow. We want to reach developers all across Web3 and help accelerate their own learning and growth. wagmi. 🤝
See you on the next installment of Probably Nothing.
