Technical considerations for token launches

New guides on technical considerations for your token launch and governance stack; What your project can learn from Curve's four years of DAO governance; Withdraw ANT from Binance before May 20.

What’s New

• Following a16z’s token launch playbook, we created two guides to help you navigate technical standards related to governance when launching your token. The decisions you make now impact governance down the road, so it's important to plan for it before it's too late. Dive into our two guides: Navigating token standards for onchain governance and Technical considerations for your governance stack.

• Curve, one of the pioneering DEXes, chose an Aragon DAO in 2020 to secure their protocol and still uses it today. What can your project learn from a DAO that’s been operating since the early days of DeFi? In our new case study, we break down how Curve governance works, the learnings you can garner from it, and how to implement a similar model today using Aragon OSx. 

• If you hold ANT on Binance, remove it before May 20 at 03:00 UTC and redeem it using the official ANT Redemption Portal. Have questions? Read the FAQ or email ant@aragon.org for assistance.

Technical considerations for token launches

We’ve talked to many projects of all sizes and stages. Too often, the decisions made when a token is launched become a blocker for governance and decentralization efforts down the road. Projects that launch without considering the governance compatibility of their token are left with less-than-ideal workarounds in their governance stack. 

We don’t want this to happen to you, so we created two guides to help you navigate technical standards when launching your token and considerations for your governance stack. If you plan to decentralize and governance is a priority, read these guides before deploying your token or DAO: Navigating token standards for onchain governance and Technical considerations for your governance stack.

Navigating token standards for onchain governance

This guide covers:

• Base ERC20

• ERC20Votes

• Token wrappers and lockers

• Multichain functionality

  

It also includes a comprehensive decision tree on how to include governance functionality for your token.

Technical considerations for your governance stack

We also created a higher level guide on technical considerations for your governance stack. This will help you make decisions that might impact your decentralization plans now and into the future.

In the governance stack guide we cover:

• Onchain execution vs. signaling votes

• Modular governance, including multibody and multiprocess governance

• Granular permission management and access control

• Security

• User Experience

• + more!

Looking for help launching your token with governance compatibilities or building your DAO? Get in touch with our team:

Highlights from the week

Curve DAO: 4 years of DEX security with Aragon

Curve DAO has secured its DEX for four years using Aragon onchain governance. In our new case study, we discuss Curve’s secure governance model and how your project can learn from it.

Topics include:

• veTokens

• Governance minimization

• Security backstops

• + more!

Swap, Lock, and LP using Aerodrome and the Aragon App

dApp Connect on the Aragon App makes it possible for DAOs to interact with web3 apps just like you would with a wallet. All actions are automatically populated in a governance proposal, so members can see exactly what is being proposed. If the proposal is passed, actions can be executed.

Check out this demo of using Aerodrome, one of the most popular DEXes on Base, directly from your DAO:

Learn more about using Aerodrome on Base:

Events

Code Africa

May 10 - 11

Pieter, Technical Support Specialist, will be speaking at Code Africa today and tomorrow.

DAOSpring

May 16, 4pm UTC

Ivan, Head of Ecosystem, will be speaking on a panel about economic sustainability for DAOs. More details.

Aragon Association ANT Redemption Initiative Monthly Update

Redemption update:

• 24.8 M ANT redeemed, representing 72.9% of the outstanding supply.

• 1,543 redemptions from both ANT v1 and v2 holders.

Centralized exchanges:

• Binance: Withdraw immediately! You can withdraw your ANT until May 20 at 03:00 UTC. Withdrawals of ANT will not be supported after this date. Read the announcement from Binance.

Redeem your ANT for ETH:

• Stay safe by only using the official ANT Redemption Portal.

• For help with your redemption, check out the FAQs.

• Need support? Reach out to ant@aragon.org for assistance.

Actions

• Learn about technical considerations for your token launch and governance stack.

• Read about Curve governance and what your project can learn from it.

• Withdraw your ANT from Binance before May 20 at 03:00 UTC.

• Redeem your ANT for ETH.

Have a great weekend!

—Aragon X