Just DAO It: A Podcast for People Starting DAOs

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Isaac Valadez. Isaac is a leading developer, investor, and thought leader in the ICP ecosystem, working on and building several projects, including Code and State, the ICP Community Conference, and Ntangle! If you’re interested in learning about DAOs on ICP, Isaac is the person to talk to!News of the week:Sushi Team Under Fire For Proposed Treasury TakeoverDAOs Beware: Neo-Imperialism Is on the Rise in Crypto-LandVana Launches Reddit Data DAO Enabling Users to Control and Monetize Their DataSEC serves Wells notice to UniswapOptimism DAO delegates now get accountability scores — but not everyone thinks it’s fairAssangeDAO’s crypto activities suspicious, analysts urge cautionFind us on Twitter:@codeandstate@isaac_icp@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Filip and Jango from Juicebox. Juicebox is a popular open-source crowdfunding protocol built on Ethereum that allows Web3 projects and creators to fund their best ideas. Juicebox took off with DAOs as it allowed these organizations to fund, operate, and scale their projects transparently. Today, it is community-owned, and anyone can go to their DAO and start contributing.News of the week:@dcfgod on Twitter / X: "Aragon gets on stage to talk DAOs..."@MetaDAOProject on Twitter / X: "Introducing Vota, a vote market on @Solana. Trade your 🗳️ for 💸, starting with @The_Saber_DAO gauge votes."Wyoming Passes Law Granting DAOs Legal StatusWhat are Bitpacs? Bitcoin's Version of DAOsThis City Pilots Web3 Quadratic Funding for Public Infrastructure‘Doomed To Fail’? DAOs’ Steps To Overcome Pitfalls Of DecentralizationFind us on Twitter:@juiceboxETH@filipviz@me_jango@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guest Joseph Schiarizzi from Open Dollar. Open Dollar is a DeFi stablecoin protocol built on Arbitrum designed to help users earn yield and leverage their assets with safety and predictability. Prior to founding Open Dollar, Joseph spent time working for OpenSea, Gitcoin, and ConsenSys. He's a member of Nouns DAO, Raid Guild, and a DAO veteran.News of the week:AnticaptureWhy Crypto’s Most Altruistic Project Is Going (Kinda) CorporateDAOs Have More Power Than You ThinkJapanese Lawmakers Want To Carve Out New Web3 Policies Andy on Twitter / X: "Imagine thinking DAOs were this good at coordinating"Find us on Twitter:@open_dollar@CupOJoseph@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This week's guests: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Eliza, Joshua, and Tara from DAO Science. DAO Science is a nonprofit project stewarded by Metagov that catalyzes impactful work on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and other digitally constituted organizations. With the help of these three brilliant researchers, the project recently published a research paper titled: “Open Problems in DAOs.” News of the week:Without Privacy, DAO Governance FailsUN Internet Governance Group to Create Trial DAO for Public SectorBarnBridge DAO Settles with SEC for $1.7 million, Agrees to Stop Selling Crypto Bond ProductENS Token Jumps 50% as Vitalik Buterin Hails It as 'Super Important'Eliza Oak on X (Twitter): "In a new paper, @ahall_research and I study which incentives encourage participation in democracy by analyzing a massive experiment in online governance."Find us on Twitter:@eliza_oak@mpg_dd@joshuaztan@metagov_project@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Samantha Marin. Samantha is a content editor at Aragon and was formerly involved with the Quorum Newsletter and Bankless DAO. Aragon builds modular and secure DAO tools for governing assets and permissions onchain.News of the week:HairDAO Becomes the First #DeSci DAO to File a Patent!What to Know About Jito’s $165M JTO AirdropOptimism Squabbles Over Public Goods Funding to VC-backed ProjectsDAOs are the Future of Web3FutarchyMeta DAOThe Ends of AragonFind us on Twitter:@samanthajmarin@aragonproject@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Lisa Wocken. Lisa is one of the Co-founders of TalentDAO. TalentDAO researches the DAO ecosystem, advancing and accelerating its potential to help humans realize a better world of work.News of the week:Aragon Association to Dissolve, Will Disburse $155M in Assets to TokenholdersMarshall Islands Further Strengthen's Law That Made DAOs Legal EntitiesAbu Dhabi Pioneers DLT Regulation for DAOs, Web3 InnovationsJustitia DAO LLC Filed Demand for Arbitration Against Amazon for Seizing and Permanently Retaining Sellers' FundsSuperdao Shuts Down, Will Return Investor FundsLlama Raises $6M for Role-Based Governance PlatformToken Engineering (TE) Stakeholder Study Overview (scroll to the bottom to sign up to receive the report)Find us on Twitter:@LisaWocken@talentDAO_@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz. Pablo is the founder of MoonDAO. In 2022, MoonDAO crowdfunded to send its members to space and successfully purchased two seats on a Blue Origin rocket. Now, the DAO is focused on funding research and exploration that accelerates the technological development of the first human settlement on the Moon. Previously, he was a core member of ConstitutionDAO, a software engineer at Google working on autonomous vehicles and virtual reality.News of the week:Pfizer-Backed DAO Launches Community-Funded Biotech Firm Barnbridge DAO Votes to Comply with SEC OrderDoxxing Allegations on Optimism Grants Spark DAO Debate Hamas Has Raised Millions in Crypto Donations@CryptoAidIsrael on Twitter: "Thousands of Israeli lives have been destroyed by Hamas 💔. Israel WILL prevail 💪, but we need your help! Send your crypto to help the victims who need it most. Crypto unites with Israel 🇮🇱. https://cryptoaidisrael.com #CryptoAidIsrael"@IDriss_xyz on Twitter: "Announcing meta-infinite public goods funding round powered by @optimismFND 🌱✨. We're consolidating all the major PGF mechanisms @gitcoin, @giveth, @clrfund, @dao_drops, @retropgf, and enabling perpetual donations to grantees directly from Twitter. Model adapted from @owocki."Find us on Twitter:@pablo_moncada_@OfficialMoonDAO@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Chris Biele. Chris, aka NFThinker, has been a stalwart in the Bankless DAO community for over 2 years. During his time at Bankless, Chris has worked on Bankless Card, Fight Club, Global Events, facilitated AMAs and Demos Work Streams, and various other BanklessDAO projects. Right now, he’s working on building a new Web3 marketing company, D3centra (pronounced Decentra or D3 for short). When he’s not working on Bankless or Web3, Chris is a photographer by trade!News of the week:The Community of the DAO: Research DAOs Advancing Scientific Research The “DAO Jungle” Chronicles: Federal Judge Upholds Treasury Department’s Sanction of Tornado Cash for Involvement in Laundering Hacking ProceedsMachiavelli for DAOs: Designing Effective Decentralized Governance (part 2)Gitcoin DAO Gaffe Sees $500,000 in GTC Tokens Lost ForeverDAOs Need to Learn From Burning Man for Mainstream AdoptionFind us on Twitter:@theNFThinker@BanklessDAO@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Navin. Navin is the Co-Founder of Samudai, a DAO project management platform that enables collaboration and bounty management for admins, project managers, and contributors. Prior to founding Samudai, Navin was a consultant at Capco Innovation & Design Labs, an Investment Analyst at Lunar Ventures, a Project Manager at ICG, and a consultant at RedSeer Consulting. In addition to his impressive resume, Navin is a crypto OG and has contributed to the space for the past three years.News of the week:Are DAOs Overhyped and Unworkable? Lessons From the Front LinesHundreds of Nouns Holders Rally to Exit DAO, Leading to Treasury SplitFrom Fukuoka to the World? The Japanese DAO Trying to Shake Up Sports FandomCrypto Companies form Texas Blockchain Group to Advocate for Clear RegulationsAI Will Reinvent DAOs and Tokenized Models will be Valuable: Vance SpencerFind us on Twitter:@0xNavin@Samudaixyz@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This week's guests: On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guests, Paulo and Kohei. Paulo and Kohei and the Co-Founders of Senate Labs, a DAO governance tool that allows contributors to check all the governance proposals from their favorite DAOs and see which proposals they still haven't voted on. With their app, DAO members can now track governance proposals directly from Telegram or Discord. To date, Senate supports over 30 DAOs and is rapidly growing!News of the week:Privacy Mixer Tornado Cash Is an Entity, Judge SaysWhat Is the Law of Chains?What’s a DAO to Do? Gitcoin Backlash Shows Crypto Governance Is More Than a MemeCan Maker’s Rune Christensen Fix the Sad State of DAO Governance?The Collective DAO Archives: Governance Library@lalalavendr on Twitter: "This week in @lalalavendr’s DAO research series, we’re exploring one of the most important tools in a DAO’s toolbelt: COMMUNICATION. Let’s get into it:" Find us on Twitter:@koheingt@paulofonseca__@senatelabs@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This Week's Guest: MemeBrains is the host of the CityDAO podcast that focuses on discussing the impact of DAOs on our Civilization as a whole. MemeBrains is a seasoned veteran in the DAO space, working as a contributor for multiple DAOs like Bankless, Collab Land, and Afropolitan, to name a few. Finally, MemeBrains is also an EthDenver winner from earlier this year in the DAO and Community track, recognized for his work with building infrastructure for decentralized communities.News of the week:DAO Pain Points and Paths ForwardCombating Climate Change: The Power That DAOs HaveLido Finance DAO Mulls Introducing New Dual Governance Model Israel Consults Public on DAO RegulationOptimism (✨🔴_🔴✨) on Twitter: "It’s time for the next chapter of @lalalavendr’s DAO research! This week, we're unpacking the complexities of ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES, specifically the power dynamics that exist within DAOs. Let’s jump in:"Regan Bozman on Twitter: "There is a ton to be excited about in crypto rn, but the funding environment is bad and going to worse, especially for anything beyond seed. We sent this letter to our portfolio companies last week - strongly believe founders should tread carefully in this market." Find us on Twitter:@memebrains@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

This Week's Guest: Humpty Calderon is the Co-founder and CEO of Mosaic, an open data platform helping brands better understand customer activity and reward loyalty. He’s been a longtime contributor to the decentralized identity and data space, building many popular products, including Orange Protocol. When he’s not working on Mosaic, Humpty produces the Crypto Sapiens podcast to help the world evolve from crypto-curious to crypto-native.News of the week:Ripple Labs notches landmark win in SEC case over XRP cryptocurrencyBarnBridge DAO calls halt to ‘all work’ on DeFi protocol amid SEC probeHyperstructuresOnchain Hypercultures: The Context-Fermentation WindowToken hoarders defeat the purpose of most DAOs: Study@chaserchapman on Twitter: "Things DAOs got wrong last cycle: - permissionless contributions - token weighted voting - fear of delegating power (lots of bureaucracy). None of this means DAOs are dead; it just means we need to evolve."@LoopxNFT on Twitter: "The Nouns Dao has a big problem: 👀🚨..."@optimismFND on Twitter: "It’s a beautiful day to learn about DAOs. This thread will explore the age old challenge of ACCOUNTABILITY, which, according to @lalalavendr’s research, is something many DAOs struggle to solve. Here are some key findings from her research:"The Book Humpty Recommends on the Show: Reinventing OrganizationsFind us on Twitter:@humptycalderon@mosaicfun@cryptosapiens_@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkelsFind us on Farcaster:@thethriller@humpty@leohenkels

This week's guest:Daniel Ospina is the founder of RnDAO, an innovation DAO with a mission to Empower Humane Collaboration by researching DAOs and building collaboration tools. Daniel is an experienced contributor in the space, as he's been operating with DAOs and studying organizational design for more than 10 years! Before RnDAO, Daniel worked as the Head of Governance at Aragon, a popular DAO development tool. This is Daniel’s second appearance on the JustDAOIt, and we’re happy to have another recurring guest!News of the week:Cybernetic organizations — BORGs — are doomed to failThis Free-to-Mint Soulbound NFT Tracks Your Web3 Work HistoryLamp DAO: a Cybermemetic Experiment in Collective GovernanceAzukiDAO proposes to recover 20,000 ETH from Azuki founder ‘Zagabond’@Chrisblec on Twitter: "gm 🇺🇸. RocketPool is full of centralization issues. Most rETH holders have no idea. The “pDAO” is not a DAO. The name is a straight-up lie. It’s actually an EOA. Forum post by a privileged core team member:"@0xSydney on Twitter: "DAOs are broken. Let's use ApeCoin DAO as an example 🧵"Find us on Twitter:@_Daniel_Ospina@RnDAO__@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller

This week's guest:Sky Minert is a full-time DAO contributor, highly focused on DAO2DAO relations and supporting projects that are building the proper tools DAOs need to function in a truly decentralized manner. He focuses on biz-dev, partnerships, operations, and governance. You can find him around the MetaCartel, Hydra, DAOhaus, Public Nouns, DiamondDAO, Logos DAO, ex-DXdao communities, and more.News of the week:What Is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)?Managing DAO-related RisksCFTC Wins Lawsuit Against Ooki DAOOptimism (✨🔴_🔴✨) on Twitter:  "Over the next 10 weeks, we're doing a deep dive into the key findings & recommendations from @lalalavendr’s research into the history of DAOs and their policies, programs, and processes. The first takeaway we want to focus on is related to VOTING. 🗳️🙋‍♀️. Let’s take a look."brantly.eth on Twitter: "A CALL FOR DAO MINIMALISM IN PROTOCOL GOVERNANCE ENS DAO as a case study TLDR: When it comes to protocol governance, DAOs should not be a way to "get people involved," with low value activity done inefficiently with a DAO to show it's "active" or "engaging the community," but…"ZORA on Twitter: "ZORA NETWORK is Ethereum ✷ Expanding Ethereum for artists, creators, + communities. ✷ Making it faster, cheaper, + more enjoyable. ✷ Creating a place for more onchain expression + experimentation. http://zora.co"Find us on Twitter:@sminert@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller

Just DAO It! is the Podcast for people starting DAOs! Each week we cover recent DAO news and go in-depth with a guest interview.This week's guest:Aaron Soskin is the founder and CEO of Govrn. Govrn empowers DAO contributors to track, manage, and record their DAO contributions empowering them to own their work and be fairly rewarded by the DAOs they contribute to. The protocol focuses on building trust between contributors and DAOs so that all DAO community members are empowered to become leaders. Aaron is a former employee at Accenture and moved on from his job there to become a DAO OG. He's been in the DAO space since 2019, and when he's not working on Govrn, he spends his time with several DAOs. He's an original member of @Meta_Cartel and @RaidGuild. When he's not doing cool DAO stuff, you can find Aaron shredding on the ski slopes!Whether you're a DAO beginner, or an OG, like Aaron, check out Govrn as a better way to track your DAO contributions!News of the week:With New DAO Law on the Books, Utah Joins Race with Wyoming and Tennessee to Become U.S. "Crypto Capital"When DAOs Self-Execute—What Could Go Wrong? - DecryptTornado Cash users argue DAOs are not capable of being subject to sanctionsDAOs struggle to overcome old-fashioned governance fightsAragon 🦅 on Twitter: "Aragon CTO @0xPaella is hacking away at a multichain future for DAOs. Imagine accessing @optimismFND, @zksync, @0xPolygon, @arbitrum, and more... from all DAOs! We'd love to hear what potential you think this unlocks for DAOs and the Ethereum ecosystem in the comments below!"Yaniv Tal 🛡 on Twitter: "Over the next year, we're going to prove that DAOs can allocate resources more effectively to achieve societal goals than existing city governments. And then, everything changes."Find us on Twitter:@GovrnHQ@AaronSoskin@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller

Just DAO It! is the Podcast for people starting DAOs! Each week we cover recent DAO news and go in-depth with a guest interview.This week's guest:Nicolas Biagosch is a pioneer in the field of decentralized governance. He is a co-initiator of Q Protocol | q.org, having joined the project to launch decentralized governance options that go beyond “code is law.” Nicolas’ goal is to help improve the governance of Web3, and he works with DeFi protocols, DAOs, blockchains, startups and more to bridge their governance with Q’s proven system.Nicolas is a seasoned legal and management expert with a focus on law, regulation, and management. A LMU Munich law graduate and LL.M. holder from the US, Nicolas has 20+ years of board-level experience in the tech sector and has held key positions, such as Head of Legal, Regulatory & Corporate at a major mobile operator and CEO of a mobile service provider.As the co-initiator of Q Protocol, the first Web3 governance framework based upon a constitution, Martin brings the expertise of having initiated and seen a constitution-based governance framework work in real life. The Q project launched its mainnet last year and has proven its functionality beyond “code is law” to date.News of the week:https://www.quorummedia.xyz/announcing-the-dao-anthology/https://twitter.com/AragonProject/status/1656028382939815937?s=20https://twitter.com/Pizza_DAO/status/1660600241089912834?s=20https://grayscale.com/what-is-a-dao-legally-anyways-decentralized-autonomous-organization-legal-spotlight/https://cointelegraph.com/news/arbitrum-s-first-governance-proposal-sparks-controversy-with-1b-at-stakehttps://decrypt.co/119513/loreals-nyx-makeup-brand-launches-dao-ethereum-nfts-redefine-beautyFind us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/QBlockchainhttps://twitter.com/MIDAODShttps://twitter.com/JustDAOItPodhttps://twitter.com/0xThrillerhttps://twitter.com/nbiagosch

This is our first ever Twitter Spaces! So brace yourself for some fun--his episode is going to be a little different from our usual format. You'll learn a little more about yours truly and you'll meet Cameron Browne, a tax advisor, who is prepared to walk us through crypto taxes and DAO taxes. Connect with Cameronhttps://twitter.com/cameron_darienhttps://www.darienadvisors.ioConnect with Adamhttps://twitter.com/0xThrillerhttps://midao.org/

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Sources0:00 - Intro2:20 - The future of DAOs is powered by artificial intelligence7:11 - miles jennings on Twitter: "(1/11) Today, we published Part 3 of the @a16zcrypto "Regulate Web3 Apps, Not Protocols" series to complete the foundation of our framework and to address a significant loophole: DAOs 🧵https://t.co/DlS4UNXIjx / Twitter"14:18 - How to Turn Your Community Into a DAO19:43 - Jon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️) on Twitter: "a common metaphor for DAOs over the past few years has been "subreddits with a shared bank account"subreddits now offer built-in DAO infra 👀 pic.twitter.com/GgpMG9cGsV / Twitter"22:11 - To DAO or not to DAO: Must all metaverses be decentralized?25:00 - Daoism Systems on Twitter: "For #RalphMerkle, properly autonomous DAOs are a new form of life that will evolve through extremely intense Darwinian competition - and so would presumably obsolete all other forms of governing. pic.twitter.com/6Iv4bY3rKV / Twitter"Connect with Yacobhttps://twitter.com/yacobberhanehttps://pando.xyz/Connect with Adamhttps://twitter.com/0xThrillerhttps://midao.org/