9 December 2022: DAO Global Hackathon: using existing primitives to build real solutions

DAO Global Hackathon announced for Spring 2023, Delegate section on forum live for delegate platforms, $ANT added to Coinbase.

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• The second iteration of the DAO Global Hackathon is scheduled for Spring 2023! We’re excited to build upon the success of the 2021 hackathon by using existing primitives to build real solutions for DAOs. Learn more about the event and how to become a sponsor in the highlight below.

• Interested delegates can use the Delegate section on the forum to share their profiles and platforms for delegation. We encourage delegates to be transparent and accessible by posting publicly and engaging with the community. However, delegates don’t need to do so—they can work directly with the ANT holders they represent.

• $ANT was added to Coinbase! You can now buy and sell our governance token there. We encourage our community to hold their tokens in self custody, but are excited to make the purchase and sale of ANT more convenient and accessible to all.

Highlight of the week: DAO Global Hackathon open for sponsors

We’re excited to announce that the second DAO Global Hackathon will take place in Spring 2023! This four-week virtual event will encourage hackers to leverage cutting-edge governance primitives and existing tools to enable the next generation of DAOs. The hackathon will bring together hackers, builders and DAO operators to create solutions that DAOs will use in the real world.

In the 2021 DAO Global Hackathon, 23 partners and over 1,000 hackers worked together to build projects for over $200,000 in bounty prizes. Major DAO and web3 infrastructure providers, from Gitcoin to Polygon to Snapshot, sponsored the event. We are excited to build on that success with this edition of the Hackathon.

There are two ways to get involved in the hackathon:

• Sponsors: You’ll have complete control over setting the bounties and evaluating submissions. As a sponsor, 100% of the funds you contribute will be directed to achieving your desired outcomes. You can choose a hands-on or hands-off approach to manage these bounties. Email ryan@aragon.org to share your interest in becoming a sponsor!

• Builders: We’ll share updates on the status of this event as we get closer to the start date, so subscribe to this newsletter to hear more about how to join as a builder and create exciting solutions for DAOs!

To become a sponsor contact Ryan, our Events Manager.

Email: ryan@aragon.org

Aragon DAO Updates

No new updates on Votes or in the Forum, but here’s a word on Delegates:

Delegates

Anyone can be a delegate in the new Aragon DAO. In this section of the forum, delegates can post their delegation platform if they so choose. This process is completely permissionless—the only requirement to become a delegate is to receive delegation to your wallet address. Delegates can work directly with ANT holders and stay anonymous, they can put out a campaign online and share their credentials and background, or they can do something in between! This said, we encourage Delegates to post public profiles and to be accessible to the community. Our goal is to foster a culture of collaboration and alignment between ANT holders, delegates and core teams, and avoid building a cumbersome bureaucracy that is unenforceable on-chain.

It’s important to remember that you do not need to delegate your ANT—anyone can vote without delegating. And even if you do delegate—you can always override the vote of your delegate by voting directly.

Network Highlights

$ANT was added to Coinbase:

Coinbase Assets @CoinbaseAssets

Coinbase will add support for Aragon (ANT) and Rocket Pool (RPL) on the Ethereum network. Coinbase only supports the upgraded versions of ANT & RPL, with contract addresses of 0xa117000000f279d81a1d3cc75430faa017fa5a2e & 0xd33526068d116ce69f19a9ee46f0bd304f21a51f, respectively.

Carlos, CTO, spoke on a DAOcember panel hosted by DAOhaus:

Aragon 🦅 @AragonProject

It's officially #DAOcember! Catch @0xPaella on @nowdaoit's Permissions panel today & @TheTakenUser on Friday's On-chain vs Off-chain DAOs panel 🦅

DAOhaus (👅, 👅) @nowdaoit

The 12 days of DAOcember begin on Dec 5 with our Kickoff Event @ 8AM PST. The first week is for talk and second week is for good-ol' buidl (and talk). Openers include @pet3rPan @spengrah @isaacpatka @jamesyoung and @ameensol Early sign up:https://t.co/2nbU4rqBdD #daocember https://t.co/OSesRYGshy

Ivan, Head of Ecosystem, spoke on a Twitter Space hosted by Charmverse:

LightBringer 🦇🔊 @TheTakenUser

Most fun twitter space conversation I have had to date - thanks for having me and letting me shill the cool stuff we are building @AragonProject https://t.co/yiNPB9QQWN

CharmVerse @CharmVerse

Join us in one hour as we chat w/ @TheTakenUser of @AragonProject! We'll be talking: ✔️Power of decentralization ✔️Perks + painpoints of on-chain orgs ✔️Permission mgmt ⏰ Dec 7, Wed, 02:00 PM EST @link3to event details👇 🔗 https://t.co/taGMNf8ATJ

Samantha, content writer/editor, spoke on a twitter space hosted by Metopia:

Metopia @MetopiaMetopian

Metopia will be hosting a Space with @samanthajmarin, whom is responsible for content and growth at @AragonProject as well as the co-founder at @quorummedia_xyz! ⏰ Thursday 8PM UTC , 8 DEC 🎉 OAT rewards for participants 📈 We'll discuss Aragon, Quorum, DAOs and more!

Education is crucial, especially as centralized actors unfortunately continue to fail. We launched an article to educate people on why DAOs run on blockchains:

Aragon 🦅 @AragonProject

Being on-chain is a key feature of what makes a DAO a DAO. It's transparent, trustless, and permissionless, mirroring the values of web3 (unlike dangerous centralized actors). ⚠️ Read why on-chain is the ONLY way to DAO 👇 blog.aragon.org/why-daos-run-o…

blog.aragon.orgWhy DAOs Run on BlockchainsAn on-chain DAO has a smart contract at the center. So, when a vote passes, actions are automatically executed.

What can you build on the new aragonOS? Check out what we built at the Hackathon as well as an article sharing more ideas!

Aragon 🦅 @AragonProject

What dApps can you build on the new modular, adaptable aragonOS? We explored that in our offsite with a cross-functional hackathon! ⚡️ We built tons of tools from a governance AI summarizer to legal security for DAO contributors 🧵

AMA with our DAO Expert Otoco:

Aragon 🦅 @AragonProject

Join our AMA on Friday, 18:00 UTC, with @otoco_io to learn about their governance design, how to legally wrap a DAO, tokenized LLCs, and more! 🤖 Set a reminder here: https://t.co/cnXc0kXmdJ

Events

Betasalon with Aragon: cryptography, blockchain, and DAOs—December 13 at 18:30 local time.

Location: betahaus Innospace, 1st Floor, Berlin, Germany

Topic: Future of Cryptography, Blockchain and DAOs

Talks include:

• Three ways modern cryptography is changing today's world. - Artem Grigor, Research Engineer, Aragon Association.

• DAOs: what are they and how could they impact the future of democracy? - Alex Kampa, Head of Research, Aragon Association.

CTAs

• For interested hackathon sponsors, email ryan@aragon.org!

• Get inspired with 20 dApps you can build on the new OS.

• Re-commit to your values in web3 by refreshing on why DAOs run on blockchains.