โ˜Ž ENS Public Goods โ€“ Weekly Meeting: 12pm ET/5pm UTC, Thursday โ€“ Term 6

2025 ENS Public Goods WG Weekly Calls

Details

Time/Day: 5pm UTC (12pm ET) every Thursday (an hour earlier than last term)
Call Link: https://meet.google.com/ktn-gmrs-fzj

2025 Stewards: @Coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter/X ), @simona_pop (ENS | Twitter/X ), @Sov (ENS | Twitter/X )


Overview

The ENS Public Goods Working Group holds weekly calls. The calls are open to community members and the general public. An agenda will be posted for each call along with call summaries.

The ENS Public Goods Working Group calls are led by the Public Goods stewards on a rolling basis for the beginning of the year, they will be lead by @simona_pop. If you need to get in touch, please message on the forum.

If you have items that you would like to add to the weekly agenda please message any of the ENS Public Goods stewards (@Coltron.eth, @simona_pop, or @Sov) through the messaging feature on this forum.

A link to the calendar for all working group calls can be found here.

Weekly calls for Term 6 will start on January 9th, 2025.

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Time/Day: 5PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/ktn-gmrs-fzj

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just post as a reply here if you want to present or raise a topic for discussion live during the call.

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • Intro to Term 6 stewards
  • Plans for 2025
  • Large Grantee Updates: Gashawk
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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Public Goods Meeting, January 9, 2025

Details

Time: Thursdays at 12pm ET (5pm UTC)
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc

Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | X) @simona_pop (ENS | X), @sov (ENS | X)

:information_source: If you would like to add anything, just post as a reply on the forum. If you want to present or raise a topic for discussion ask live during the call.

Agenda

  1. Welcome
  2. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  3. Intro to Term 6 Stewards
  4. Plans for 2025
  5. Large Grantee Updates: Gashawk
  6. Open floor

19 Participants in meeting


1. Welcome

  • Excited for 2025! Hope everyone had a lovely break

2. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest


3. Intro to Term 6 Stewards

Simona and Coltron previous stewards, new steward is @sov:

  • Been working in/around crypto since 2016
  • Work on the team at Gitcoin
  • Systems integrator and board president of a non-profit before crypto
  • Super excited to be part of the team

4. Plans for 2025

  • Expand upon/tweak Builder platform launched last year
    • All feedback gathered constantly fed to BG team to make improvements, including grants for teams that require extra large funds
  • Working to identify cadence for reviewing submissions since donโ€™t have seasons anymore
  • Events: Still working on the calendar, Coltron and Sov will be at ETH Denver
  • Possible public goods engagement at DevConnect

5. Large Grantee Updates: Gashawk.io

Daniel Hannum, Daniel Pfeffer, and Sohan Jagtap presenting

  • Received large grant in Q3 and completed final milestones in December
  • Blob-Based Execution Services
    • If posting call data or blobs, gas hawk can put onchain in gas efficient way
    • Allows Layer 2 sequencer operators to enhance network efficiency as the demand for blobs starts to accelerate
    • Cost of blob submissions can be considerable, so improving transaction efficiency has large impact on expenses
    • Can test sending blobs to GasHawk now; donโ€™t have to worry about timing blob submissions GasHawk takes care of it for you
  • Paymaster (demoing smart contract on Sepolia)
    • Previously, users needed ETH to cover costs; now, smart contract wallets can initiate transactions without holding the native token
    • GasHawk build a paymaster service to enhance Dapp, Chain, and wallet user acquisition by offering sponsored transaction fees to new users.
    • Developed bundler and relayer services that streamline the transaction process, connecting user initiation with blockchain finalization, ultimately improving cross chain transaction management efficiency.
    • Allows improved use of ENS auto-renew, can even sponsor renewals
  • Supporting article that details Gashawkโ€™s milestone update (h/t leticiaferraz.eth): GasHawk: Improving OnChain Transaction Efficiency | Grants
  • @coltron.eth: Thanks for being a super proactive large grantee, final grant was paid

6. Open Floor

Looking forward to a great 2025!


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Notes by @don.nie

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Time/Day: 5PM UTC (12PM ET)(6PM CET) every Thursday
Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth - different link :call_me_hand:

Agenda

If you would like to add anything, just post as a reply here if you want to present or raise a topic for discussion live during the call.

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • Update on Builder Grants
  • Large Grantee Updates: Urbe.eth
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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Details

Time: Thursdays at 12pm ET (5pm UTC)
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/fyt-qcrb-tth

Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | X) @simona_pop (ENS | X), @sov (ENS | X)

:information_source: If you would like to add anything, just post as a reply on the forum. If you want to present or raise a topic for discussion ask live during the call.

Agenda

  • Welcome ALL :sparkles:
  • Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
  • Update on Builder Grants
  • Large Grantee Updates: Urbe.eth
  • Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.

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1. Welcome ALL

2. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest

  • ENS Revenue report posted on the forum, detailing total ENS revenue from different sources (registration fees, temporary premium, and DeFi returns from the endowment.)
  • Revenue is consistent with the last quarter.
  • ENS will be at ETH Denver. No other announcements yet, but the new merch is coming to ETH Denver. :eyes:

3. Update on Builder Grants

  • Review of all submissions completed!
    • Applicants received feedback: approved, rejected, or requests for more information.
    • Status of applications visible on the main dashboard.
  • Improvements are being made to the application process with BuildGuidl.
    • Investigating the addition of USDC for larger grants.
    • Increasing the maximum request amount to 10 ETH temporarily.
  • FAQ to be added to the platform.
    • Will cover evaluation criteria and valid application requirements.

:rotating_light: SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE GRANTS AT ETH DENVER :eyes:

4. Large Grantee Updates: Urbe.eth

Presented by Simone, co-founder of Urbe.eth.

  • Organized 6 campuses, 3 supported by ENS DAO (Warsaw, ETHRome, and Devcon),
  • Organized 7 hackehouses in total, and 1 international hackathon (ETH Rome) with +300 developers involved.
  • ENS Supported Urbe Campus which gathered more than 500 developers around the world.
  • Focused on onboarding new developers to Web3 and ENS.
  • Improved resources and educational practices based on Developer needs through iteration across all these initiatives.
  • Big news: opening their own coworking space in Italy! And the ENS community is welcome to come! :partying_face:
  • New Roadmap is released: lots of Campuses planned for 2025
  • ETHRome โ€” 11-13th April will be a hackathon.
    • Tracks: privacy, finance, AI
  • Urbe Village announced โ€” similar to a pop-up city, organized in Rome for 10 days!
  • Full presentation: Urbe ENS Call.
  • Join Urbe Hub Opening event in Rome
  • Supporting article covering urbe.ethโ€™s milestone update
  • Cooking more stuff for 2025.

5. Open Floor for questions, proposals, other presentations

Glo Dollar Temp Check discussion.

  • Proposal regarding a 20% conversion of ENS DAO USDC stablecoins to be converted to USDGLO.
  • Griff was mentioned as a potential sponsor of the proposal.
  • USDC to USDGLO pool suggested to earn more trading fees.
  • Next step is to put forth a formal proposal.
    • Seeking feedback on the proposal before formal submission.
  • Integrating GLOUSD wonโ€™t prevent ENS DAO from using Octan as per Lanaโ€™s explanation.
  • Stats on GLO Dollar:
    • Market Cap: 3.7M
    • Anticipated increase in market cap due to upcoming launches on new chains.
    • Fully backed 1:1
  • Public Goods Funding:
    • Discussion on using idle assets to fund public goods projects.
    • Glo Dollar operates as a nonprofit, donating 100% of profits.
    • Market cap growth correlates with increased funding for public goods.
    • Voting mechanism: โ€œone gold dollar equals one vote.โ€
  • @estmcmxci suggested presenting the proposal to other working groups as well, MetaGov primarily.
  • Inquiry about what an executable proposal would look like.
    • Suggestion to provide call data for easier execution.
  • Next Steps
    • Agreement to attend Meta Governance calls based on feedback.
    • Discussion on practical implications of public goods access to USD GLOW.
    • Interest in ensuring a win-win situation for the community and public goods.
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