☎ ENS Public Goods – Weekly Meeting: 12pm ET/5pm UTC, Thursday – Term 6

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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 — 11-13th April will be a hackathon.
    • Tracks: privacy, finance, AI
  • Urbe Village announced — 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.eth’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 won’t prevent ENS DAO from using Octan as per Lana’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: “one gold dollar equals one vote.”
  • @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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