June 8th, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 1pm ET, every Thursday
Google Meet Link – meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Agenda
- General DAO News and Election Updates
- Steward Nomination Presentations Q&A
- Simona Pop
- Marcus AM
- Magnum.eth
- Marcus (estmcmxci.eth)
- Large Grants Updates
- Open space for additional topics
Note
Current election nominees are invited to attend the call and present their nominations, or receive questions from the call attendees.
Minutes
Minutes by @184.eth
Attendance
coltron.eth, vegayp.eth, accessor, alisha.eth, alexandro netto, daniel hannum, daniel hannum, evan, gregskril.eth, hellenstans.eth, limes.eth, limes.eth, lightwalker, maintainer, marcus (estmcmxci.eth), marcus am, saurabh dhekale, simona pop, tamara helenius, uu u (magnum.eth), vincent (zadok7.eth), yungsb, 184.eth
1. General DAO News and Election Updates
@alisha.eth | ENS Profile | Twitter
Working Group Steward Elections
- Nominations close 9am Friday, June 9th (UTC), with the election period opening 9am June 10-15th (UTC)
- Nominees receiving 10k votes or more move onto the election where three stewards are elected for each working group.
- Snapshot delegate override will be implemented - ‘Delegate override’ refers to the concept that if you have delegated your vote to someone, but want to delegate it differently for a particular decision, your own vote will take precedent. Meaning that your vote will be considered over your delegate’s vote - and even if they don’t vote. (Note: Delegate override is already in use for ENS Small Grants)
- Explore the different nominees for:
- Alisha.eth is holding a twitter spaces on Monday to discuss opportunities in the working groups and give all nominees an opportunity to share themselves
Follow ENS_DAO on Twitter and join the spaces on Monday, June 12th, at 4pm UTC
2. Steward Nomination Presentations Q&A (Video Recording)
- Nominees were given opportunity to share themselves. This session was recorded and available to view, here.
- Last week we also heard from:
- And explore other nominees:
3. Large Grants Updates
- The latest Small Grants round has ended
- Winners will receive 1.0 ETH each
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Large Grants
- Stewards will be reaching out to large grants finalists to meet KYC conditions
- Two grants are likely to be awarded up-to 50k, with a few smaller grants also distributed
4. Open space for additional topics
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@Coltron.eth was asked about his outlook for future Terms of the Public Goods Working Group:
- Historically, Public Goods WG didn’t have as diverse opportunities for funding, and the use of Gitcoin as a measure of impact proved challenging. It was not as impactful as a standalone offering.
- The focus turned to building platforms like small grants. And then introducing different grant models such as growth grants and large grants. These initiatives did not require additional development tools or funding and were humble in their design. Stewards and the community played a key role in reaching out and encouraging others to explore opportunities.
- The current phase will soon be closed out, allowing for an evaluation of successes, identifying what worked and what didn’t. This evaluation will enable Public Goods to embark on its next evolution by trying new approaches. This was Step 1 and the team will utilize insights to inform next steps.
- Step 2 involves expanding beyond the existing social circles and exploring untapped groups where possibilities and outcomes are uncertain. This represents the next phase of exploration & impact.
- And this evolution is about making people aware that we - ENS & ENS DAO Public Goods WG - have opportunities for people, That ‘We Are Here’. And this is possible due to step 1.
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Community was asked about onboarding materials to Public Goods & PG Steward roles. Materials & discussion included:
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basics.ensdao.org & ENS DAO Constitution
- greenpill.Network
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Optimism RetroPGF
- Explore their blog posts for building context on how others are thinking about public goods and fundind them. Explore projects & the use of categories e.g. education space, tooling space, etc
- Thinking about how PG might come up with its own novel funding mechanism suited to the community we have, and how it might be distributed
- Thinking about whether something is novel enough to be written about, or is it just more grants
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@Tamarandom shared about a role of stewards in reaching out; as PG builders often remain focused on that effort and may not be aware of opportunities for greater impact
@alisha.eth | ENS Profile | Twitter
- Q2-2023 Town Hall - Scheduled for midday Thursday, 29th June (ET)
- This will be streamed to youtube & there will be no WG call that week
- If you’re interested in presenting, or think someone should, please reach out to Alisha.eth on twitter
Links
Recently Completed Small Grants
Growth Grant Award
Large Grants Info
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June 15th, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 1pm ET, every Thursday
Google Meet Link – meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Agenda
- General DAO News/Election Results
- Large Grants Award Announcement!
- ETHRome presentation
- secp256r1 precompile RFP
- Open space for additional topics
Minutes
1) General DAO News/Election Results
- Working Group Steward Elections - Snapshot Voting has ended
- Three highest ranked candidates have been elected as Stewards for the respective Working Group, for the Q3/Q4 Term, starting July 1
- Results Q3/Q4 2023 Working Group Steward Elections
- Congratulations to the Q3/Q4 2023 Public Goods Working Group Stewards.
2) Large Grants Award Announcement!
3) ETHRome presentation
Presentation and sponsor information from ETHRome team.
4) secp256r1 precompile RFP
Discussion about the RFP idea presented by Nick on the Discussion forum.
5) Open space for additional topics
None.
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June 21st, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 1pm ET, every Thursday
Google Meet Link – meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Agenda
- General DAO News (Town Hall Thursday on June 29th)
- Discretionary Grants (Greenpill, ITUblockchain, Andino)
- Open space for additional topics
This is the last meeting in June. Be sure to sign up for and join the Town Hall next Thursday.
Minutes
Attendance
coltron.eth, avsa.eth, vegayp.eth, alisha.eth, accessor, daniel hannum, diego montes, greg skriloff, gulistan N, hellenstans.eth, ITU blockchain, kevin owocki, light walker, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus am, paul garcia, tamara helenius, taylan unal, vincent (zadok7.eth), yungsb, 184.eth
1) General DAO News
@alisha.eth | ENS Profile | Twitter
- ENS Town Hall
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ENS Town Hall for Q2/2023 is happening on Thursday, June 29th at noon ET. Visit lu.ma/enstownhallq2 to sign up.
- You can attend the The Town Hall Zoom call. Or watch live on the ENS Domains youtube channel. Or rewatch the ~2hr recording.
- Applying to join the zoom call gives more direct access to Q&A, as well as the reminder email.
- If you are building with ENS and interested in presenting at the Town Hall, please reach out to alisha.eth on Twitter: @futurealisha
2) Discretionary Grants (Greenpill, ITUblockchain, Andino)
- More than half of Large grants submissions were education programs, and stewards have chosen to distibute additional grants.
- Three were highlighted based on their grant submission, past impact, and the possible impact from this grant.
- They will receive 5 ETH each.
Kevin Owoki from Greenpill Network | Twitter
- Greenpill.network are a network-society that exports regenerative digital infrastructure to the world.
- You can read the [free] book “GreenPilled: How Crypto Can Regenerate The World”, listen to the podcast, and join a local chapter today
İTÜ Blockchain | ENS Profile | Twitter
- The first university blockchain society in Turkey bringing together developers, builders, content creators and innovators together since 2018.
- Also created the first solidity training in turkish
- Check out ITU Blockchains Linktree, which includes link to their Youtube and more
Paul Garcia from Andino - Twitter
- Community of developers and creators in web3. We promote education and entrepreneurship in emerging technologies such as blockchain, web3 & IA
- Read up about Andino culture, projects, partners, team & ambassador process here
3. Open space for additional topics
The Stewards for Term 2, 2023
Term 3 Spending Summary by @limes | ENS Profile | twitter
Thank you Avsa.eth
- Stewards & community would like to acknowledge @avsa for all his contributions and everything he has done as Public Goods Steward.
- Avsa.eth has been a Steward for 3 Terms, and in May was elected as ENS Foundation director. He has since decided not to run again. Avsa.eth is also a delegate.
- For a bit of history, check out avsa’s pinned tweet from Nov 2021.
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June 29th, 2023
Reminder
Calls will resume in July. The Public Goods stewards may change the time based up steward availability. All changes will be announced on the forum and reflected in the DAO calendar.
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July 11th, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 1pm ET, Thursday.
Google Meet Link – https://meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Agenda
- General DAO News
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Public Goods RFP Proposal @estmcmxci @ulerdogan
- Discussion: What does Value look like for PG Grants?
- Open space for additional topics
ATTN: Beginning next week, July 18th, call times will switch to Tuesdays at 12pm ET.
Minutes
Attendance
coltron.eth, simona.eth, vegayp.eth, 5pence.eth, alisha.eth, alex netto, daniel hannum, gregskriloff, hellenstans.eth, joshua “0xWizardOf0z.eth” Hernandez, light walker, limes.eth, marcus am, marcus estmcmxci, marlene ronstedt, simona pop, suede kam, yungsb, 184.eth
1. General DAO News
Public Goods Budgeting
- Stewards are looking at budgeting for the Term and should have drafted out by the next call.
- The budget voting window starts at the end of the Month.
IRL in Paris
- Register for the upcoming ENS Social Event at ETHCC Paris, on July 18th 6:30-10:30pm. Go to lu.ma/ensparis
- Ping Limes if you’re having issues registering
2. Public Goods RFP Proposal
@estmcmxci (ENS | Twitter)
Public Goods: P256 Precompile Support
- Nick.eth has suggested stewards draft RFP to implement P256 Precompile.
- Marcus (estmcmxci.eth) shares that framing this as an RFP acts as high level endorsement from ENS DAO & is proposing stewards review and consider it for the budget.
- Follow the forum discussion HERE.
- There is no current estimation of cost.
- There is existing development by opclave in EIP-7212: Precompiled for secp256r1 Curve Support – Proposal to add precompiled contract that allows signature verifications in the “secp256r1” elliptic curve.
- Marcus has been speaking with Opclave and will open up a communication channel on behalf of PG WG.
- To gather estimates of time, budget and to figure out the next steps, from both technical implementations and advocacy/championing to become a set standard.
- Read the article written by @estmcmxci Public Goods: P256 Precompile Support
- Reach out to Marcus (estmcmxci.eth) if you have further questions.
3. Discussion: What does Value look like for PG Grants?
Context - With the start of a new term stewards want to align on what Value means and hear from perspectives from the community.
- Stewards are seeking feedback from members of the community to understand the questions:
- What value looks like for publics goods grants?
- What is impact?
- Where are the things community thinks should be given value, seen or funded more?
- Last term was experimentation process with small grants, growth grants, and large grants that additionally aimed for diversity & impact - not just impact based on clicks & likes - but impact on communities affected and impact of that public good funded.
- Stewards, @alisha.eth, @marcus, @estmcmxci, daniel hannum, and others weighed in on the discussion including topics:
- The benefits of democratising access and increasing the basket of people who will benefit.
- Introducing milestone-based models to determine which things are genuinely delivered.
- Funding being instrumental but sometimes secondary to getting the word out.
- Exposure, marketing, awareness and enablement are very impactful and could be expanded.
- Progression from small to growth to large grants (and ineligibility at each graduations) was a positively received
- PG have an opportunity to create goodwill across communities as much as possible for ENS.
- Finding ways to keep ENS at forefront of grants for brand visibility and encouraging builders.
- Reaching projects who wants to receive grants and acknowledge, versus those who hide it and do not want association.
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@estmcmxci shared article they wrote about @marcus story: Bringing Ethereum to Guatemala with Marcus AM
- Stewards will put to spreadsheet distributions of last term and sample from community some assessments of value & impact.
- Public Goods is always receiving feedback via Feedback Deform.
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Canny Feature Request is available, where users can also upvote other items and see responses.
4. Open space for additional topics
No Ecosystem WG Call next week
- There is no WG call next week due to events of ETHCC.
- Calls are also moving from Thursday to Tuesday
- Next call will resume Tuesday 25th July 2023.
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July 25th, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 12pm ET, Tuesdays.
Google Meet Link – https://meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Agenda
- General DAO News (Scheduled Proposals)
- Public Goods Budget (@coltron)
- Open space for additional topics
Minutes
Attendance
coltron.eth, simona.eth, alisha.eth, dilji senad, gregskriloff, limes.eth, marcus am, marcus estmcmxci, 184.eth
1. General DAO News
Scheduled Proposals
Proposals are being scheduled for the last week of every month as mentioned in the July DAO Voting Window [Q3/Q4 2023].
2. Public Goods Budget
@coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter)
- Budget for Term 2 (Q3/Q4 2023) will be posted this week.
- Updated: Q3/Q4 2023 Budget: ENS Public Goods Working Group
- There will be no Public Goods WG funding request for this term. The remaining balance of funds from Term 1 (Q1/Q2) will roll over.
- Large grants will continue to be supported, along with Growth grants.
- Small grants will have one grant round quarterly, potentially totaling 10 ETH awarded each quarter.
- This new schedule addresses some voter fatigue concerns.
- Gitcoin grants will not be funded this term.
- A focus for this budget will be more on collaboration bounties, hackathons and awarding directly to builders.
- many people have approached at irl events about collaborations
- A portion of ETH has already been converted to stablecoins for budgeting purposes.
Discussion continued
- Using large grants to fund Open Source code
- Wrap up ETHcc
- Coltron & Eduardo went to several events (including SAFE Grants) and spoke with various grants leads about working together on projects which also benefit ENS; several account Abstraction related items came up.
- Stay tuned for an ETHcc writeup from Eduardo.
- Collaborative DAO initiatives
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Gitcoin Passport plug-in for Discourse is an example where both ENS and Gitcoin saw value and would have sponsored the full amount individually, however opted to collaborate.
- Opportunities to explore more collaborative sponsorships & generating goodwill, e.g., at ETHNewYork, ETHIstanbul will be focal points.
- Funding, Goodwill & Public Goods efforts.
- ENS may be willing to put more money to things if people knew these events were ENS.
- Important to capture the information of who is sponsoring and build social capital of those donors.
- Consider a collaborative effort towards public goods funding, kickstarted by ENS Public Goods.
- Utilizing github.com/ensdao and working on a ‘call to Public Goods’
3. Open space for additional topics
- Senad Dilji introduced themselves:
- Senad is from ThriveCoin (and previously from BanklessDAO)
- "ThriveCoin: scalable, equitable rewards for web3 communities: We make it easier and faster for web3 communities to reward contributors - and it’s all on-chain."
- Following the ENSParis event where senad met coltron, alisha, limes, vegayp, etc, they learned a lot in their discussions, and have joined the call to understand the dynamics of ENS and learn more about its initiatives.
Gregskril asked when the Small Grants will begin
- Dates will be synchronized with Ecosystem grants and announced in advance.
- A benefit from quarterly grants:
- Supports more concentrated efforts in sharing/exposure.
- Enabling projects and delegates to mark their calendar, thus reducing confusion over when to submit & vote.
- Addresses elements of voter fatigue (when compared to monthly rounds, and in having unified cadence with Ecosystem WG grants).
- Enables more indepth look at submissions, and during the selection process.
- Supports the goal of viewing progress, transparency from updated submissions, which present voters with more information on whether to decide to fund in subsequent ronds again.
Exploring the change to Quarterly Small Grants Rounds
- Past builders have been encourged to resubmit each round if there was ongoing work, or costs to running a service. Reducing the frequency of grants may have a different impact on those who won in multiple rounds
- During Term 1 2023 PG WG introduced different graduating tiers of funding; including growth grants and large grants, and these freed up small grants for new submissions.
- In the coming weeks Stewards will look at past small grants winners, explore patterns and the intentions behind these graduating tiers.
- This may include reaching out to past winners, as well as examining individual developments.
- It was noted that ETHUSD has almost doubled since the rounds began and variations to awards amounts may be advantageous.
senad dilji asked about the governance process for funding
- Public Goods WG has process for requesting funding and these are generally decided each term.
- It’s encouraged to post to Forum about your project/inititiative, attend calls & share with the community.
- More information about the ENS DAO & working groups can be found at basics.ensdao.org
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August 1st, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 12pm ET, Tuesdays.
Google Meet Link – https://meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Agenda
- General DAO News
- Budget Post Review
- Presentations (Angela)
- Open space for additional topics
Minutes
Attendance
coltron.eth, vegapy.eth, simona.eth, alisha.eth, alexandro netto, daniel hannum, emmanuel ikwuoma, greg skriloff, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus am, marcus estmcmxci, senad dilji, team TE academy, yungsb, 184.eth
1. General DAO News
@alisha.eth (ENS | Twitter)
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ENS DAO Telegram channel
- Stay up-to-date on active ENS DAO proposals - Follow the tweet to Subscribe to notifications.
- This telegram group has been setup to send out a notifications anytime there is an executable proposal.
- Automatic, private, notification only, and we can add notifications over time.
- Intended as a low frequency channel to get notified about executabel proposals. (Social proposals may be added later).
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Executable Vote for EP4.1.
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Security advisory: A malicious DAO update could reduce the registration duration of registered .eth 2LDs posted by Nick.eth.
- This is a temp check, with the intention have have an open discussion about what the issue is, what it means, and whether the DAO should pass an executable to remedy the issue.
- Nick.eth already has code ready to go, as highlighted from the original forum post “We have published a security advisory on GitHub detailing the vulnerability and including code that will eliminate it.”
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Endowment Actions
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Working Group Budgets have been covered in the prior calls.
- Confirm that budget is not going to a vote as there are no funds requested.
- Executable votes are for proposals which lead to treasury distribution or protocol upgrades
2. Budget Post Review
@coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter)
- Review the Q3/Q4 2023 Budget: ENS Public Goods Working Group
- Reiterate PGs are working with a reduced amount this term.
- The Total amount of 236k UDSC equivalent which is ~60% reduction from last term. (see January request [EP3.1.3] [Social] Q1/Q2 2023 Funding Request: PG WG)
- Reach out to Stewards if you have any feedback on you’d like to see focused on.
- Current focus is on more collaborations and reworking the processes we have.
- Danniel Hannum asked whether full amount of last term was allocated?
- The answer is it was allocated, however not all utilised. This could have been from overbudgeting. The remaining balance is now going to roll forward and Stewards wont be requesting more.
- Emmanuel ikwuoma asked if PG are still doing Small grants?
- Yes. Small grants are moved to quarterly. With 2 rounds this Term.
- Alisha asked about if there are rolling grants? Further commenting that a large cohort would value smaller amounts.
- Reduced amounts are being considered. It may not make sense to pay in bulk, and instead could allocate to rolling funds.
- GregSkril asked is there any ideal target week for that small grants rounds?
- Late Nov is good time, as well as possibly one in the coming weeks.
- Devonnct was noted for Nov 13-19, and ETHIstanbul Nov 17-19.
- There are opportunities to have grantees at devconnect.
- Stewards will sync on these opportunities and possible dates.
- Senad dilji asked about the Meetings calendar.
3. Presentations (Angela)
Angela from Token Engineering Academy
- TokenEngineering Academy were awarded a PG Working Group large grant recently and Angela came on the call to share how they put this money to work, the impact, and express appeciation – View the TE Academy Slide Deck shared during the call.
- Parts of the Large grant went toward two events they ran at the Ethereum Community Conference (ECC) in Paris.
- The goal of these events were to educate people about token engineering (TE) and its importance in crypto projects. With programs covering various topics such as token design, optimization, token valuation, measuring network health, lfecycle, and more. Additionally how to tackle fraud, scam and other challenges as a founder & project.
- On July 19th, Token Engineering Academy hosted a full day on one of the EthCC stages.
- This focused on integrating TE into projects and discussing challenges, legal aspects, and long-term growth strategies.
- It received positive feedback and attracted significant attention from attendees acros irl, livestreams, twitter and more.
- On July 22nd, another event was hosted with support from Token Engineering Commons and other sponsors.
- ENS was listed as a Supporter.
- It provided a space for the community to run sessions and workshops on various token engineering topics.
- They accepted 13 talks and have agreed with EthCC to do this again.
- Read the EthCC Writeup from Token Engineering Academy and Get in contract:
- Marcus (estmcmxci) asked who would consider taking this course? Who is it for?
- TE fundamentals course is for aspiring token engineers who want to build and design tokens with incentives. It includes topics: algorithm design, stakeholder motivations, sustainability.
- With Token engineering expertise being scarce, this program is made available for economics, math, and product background individuals.
- While ECC program targeted a wider audience - including crypto startups and focusing on teaching the economic layer of token systems, which is often not well understood.
- Angela emphasised education, among token engineers and broader community, as vital for driving token development and utility.
- Coltron highlighted the importance of sharing how grant money is used. That these kind of follow ups will be something they’ll do with other Grantees.
4. Open space for additional topics
None.
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August 8th, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 12pm ET, Tuesdays.
Google Meet Link – https://meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Agenda
- General DAO Updates
- Small Grants Voting Strategy Discussion
- Poll on preferred voting method
- Public Goods Event involvement. (Funding the Commons)
- What PG specific bounties would you like to see from the WG?
- Open space for additional topics
Minutes
Attendance
coltron.eth, vegapy.eth, simona.eth, 5pence, alisha.eth, daniel hannum, evan moyer, greg skriloff, limes.eth, marcus estmcmxci, maintainer, senad dilji, yuungsb, 184.eth
1. General DAO Updates
Security Advisory Discussion
- Read the forum post by Nick.eth – Security advisory: A malicious DAO update could reduce the registration duration of registered .eth 2LDs.
- The technical issue is in the ethregistrar controller [& affects namewrapper] and poses two main risks:
- Accidental release of an update that might make the bug exploitable.
- Deliberate release of an update that could potentially lead to misuse.
- Two solutions presented: do nothing or deploy a preventive patch.
- Taking no action assumes trusting that the DAO wouldn’t maliciously exploit the bug.
- Nick has written a patch to deploy a new admin contract as a way to prevent any potential exploitation.
- The proposed patch adds a complexity to contracts. Gregskril gave context to 3k gas increase being +28c @ 50gwei.
* [review variables with this handy tool ethgasalerts.xyz/transaction-builder].
- Community are urged to attend meetings, read notes, and share their opinions, especially those who might have missed prior conversations.
- The goal is to encourage deeper and more frequent conversations around this topic prior to social vote.
Passed - [EP 4.1] [Executable] Approve further actions and strategies for the Endowment
- Execution was scheduled in the days following the WG call.
ens.canny.io
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ens.canny.io is a feedback platform for feature requests, integrations, and bug reports.
- Read the forum post: Share Feedback and Feature Requests related to ENS.
- This tool allows for upvoting, and, when adopted, can be powerful for community involvement and building.
- Designed to be an easily accessible platform for non-technical users [unlike submitting GitHub issues] you can sign up with your email.
- Feedback collected here gives direct insights to Stewards, ENS Labs and plays a role in decision-making.
- The ideal outcome is for the community to use Canny as a primary means of engagement.
2. Small Grants Voting Strategy Discussion
Small grants have required a lot of attention from delegates in the past. The intention is to explore approaches to small grant voting which dont rely on delegates who have already voted on the spending of WG funding at the beginning of Term.
Discussion & Ideas
- Consider a voting mechanism that doesn’t rely on the ENS token.
- Use Gitcoin passport for sybil resistance.
- Integrate with snapshot.
- Ensure some ENS records are set.
- Add multiple sybil resistance layers
- Select groups to participate in voting.
- e.g builders, prior grant winners, those attending calls, voting on small grants, delegates, community, developers, etc.
- Utilise snapshot with weighted POAP strategy.
- Apply voting power multiplers based on various activities.
- Curated lists: e.g. 100 people curated by stewards & labs, comprising call attendees, past voters, winners, ENS community, etc.
- Utilise Snapshot strategy, weighted POAPs and approval voting.
- Limit the number of POAP classes to 2-3.
Timeline Considerations for Small Grants Q3
- Target month is September.
- POAP-strategy might be possible by September.
Reflections & Next Steps
- Assess if past rounds were successful, and what any new strategy may be aiming to replicate or avoid.
- Aim for a voting mechanism without ENS token that is sybil resistant.
- Snapshot has integration which supports POAP strategy.
- Ensure a predictable timeline for grantees that isn’t overly complicated.
Go to the discussion space: Rethinking ENS Small Grants
3. Public Goods Event involvement. (Funding the Commons)
- PG WG is sponsoring the ‘Funding The Commons’ event in Berlin. This followsa similar event they sponsored in Paris.
- This is a virtual hackathon
- Hackers who successfully tackle the challenge can earn a bounty.
- Looking to collab for specific PG related bounty to fund.
Due to running over time, this topic will be covered again in the next call.
What PG specific bounties would you like to see from the WG?
4. Open space for additional topics
Over time.
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August 15th, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 12pm ET, Tuesdays.
Google Meet Link – https://meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Agenda
- General DAO Updates
- Update from Large Grants winner - SheFi
- Public Goods Bounty Ideas
- Small Grants Discussion (continued from this post)
- Open space for additional topics
Minutes
Attendance
coltron.eth, vegapy.eth, simona.eth, 5pence, alexandro netto, anon, daniel hannum, emmanuel ikwuoma, greg skriloff, leticia, limes.eth, maggie love, maintainer, marcus estmcmxci, senad dilji (senad.eth), vincent (zadok7.eth), 184.eth
1. General DAO Updates
Next week.
2. Update from Large Grants winner - SheFi
Maggie Love (Twitter)
from shefi.org (ENS | Twitter)
SheFi was recipient of $50k Public Goods Large Grants, and came on the call to update on the use of grant funding.
- SheFi aims to increase inclusion in the DeFi space.
- Their main pillars are: education, experimentation, and community.
- They have a 13-week crypto educational program which goes beyond basic understanding and gets participants familiar with under-the-hood technology including using hands-on demos.
- They held SheFi Summit Paris 2023 - an event to gather the community & share knowledge, where they incorporated web3 activities and a successful collaboration with POAP.
- Watch the talks from SheFi Summit Paris 2023 on youtube
- Future plans include a mini SheFi summit at Devconnect. Grants will be used to create governance-related content and education.
- Reach out to Maggie Love & SheFi to see what’s being developed and explore potential collaboration opportunities.
- Maggie believes in the importance of diverse viewpoints and is particularly keen to understand people’s experiences with governance and various models being explored or introduced in the space, including what’s effective and what isn’t.
3. Public Goods Bounty Ideas
- Public Goods is funding a virtual hackathon “Funding the Commons” and seeking feedback on the type of bounty the community wants to see:
- Discussion included:
- Having a more open approach to the bounty (rather than strictly technical).
- Simona stressed the importance of having specific deliverables & criteria for each bounty so as to avoid controversies.
- Coltron suggested a theme revolving around expanding blockchain identities.
- A broad bounty topic could be identified, with specific implementations or EIPs to guide participants.
- Subjectivity in judging should be avoided.
- 5pence mentioned a possible guide for the bounty including the use of ERC-6551 standard.
- Submissions for the hackathon close on the 31-Sep-2023, and once decided, the bounty will be publicly announced.
4. Small Grants Discussion (continued from this post)
- Conversation continued from the Rethinking ENS Small Grants discussion space.
- MetaGov will propose the Voting Mechanism, and Working Group Stewards will determine the allowances/grant amounts for their respective rounds.
- Voter & submission timeline, development feasibility, voter requirements and telegraphing to interested parties were discussed.
- Public Goods & Ecosystem will sync the Small Grants Round dates.
- Dates & details are not yet finalised – however it is expected submissions will begin early September.
5. Open space for additional topics
Over time.
August 22nd, 2023
Details
Time/Day – 12pm ET, Tuesdays.
Google Meet Link – https://meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Agenda
- General DAO Updates
- Octant Presentation
- Learning and experiences from their epoch 0 public goods funding
- Q&A
- Open space for additional topics
Minutes
Attendance
coltron.eth, vegapy.eth, simona.eth, 5pence, alisha.eth, daniel hannum, eskender abebe, greg skriloff, james kiernan, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus estmcmxci, senad dilji (senad.eth), 184.eth
1. General DAO Updates
@gregskril (ENS | Twitter) gave high-level updates
- Recent ENS Labs team hires and repositioning.
- New developer tooling and products.
- Imminent deployment of ‘Gasless DNSSEC’ to testnet.
@esk3nder.eth (ENS | Twitter) shared the Multi-Delegate Manager
- Read the PRD: ENS Multi-Delegate Manager
- This is recognised as a Public Good, is open-source and permissionless.
- The next phase involves integrating and promoting to other DAOs.
- The code is currently under review. A merged version might be available this week.
Small Grants Round
- The Small Grants redesign is still underway.
- The round is anticipated to begin in the first week of September.
- Submission period will be ~10 days, followed by a 4-5 day voting window.
2. Octant Presentation
James Kiernan
from Octant (Web | Twitter)
JJames attended the call to share his learnings and experiences from their Epoch Zero’s public goods funding.
Discussion included:
- Octant’s background, relationship to Golem Foundation, and how their funding & rewards system works.
- Epoch Zero’s recent vote, distribution of funds, and challenges experienced, including:
- Users’ lack of awareness about Snapshot & POAP.
- Other technical misunderstandings.
- Lack of engagement and understanding of the process, which affected projects differently and involved their having different-skilled user bases/followings.
- Sybil resistance, including how it relates to Gitcoin Passport.
- The importance of due diligence when assessing third-party tools.
- Integrity of the voting process and skew/impact of non-unique votes.
- Epoch Zero’s next steps, goals to highlight projects doing crucial work, and transition to Octant app.
- Limitations of POAPs, and composability of NFTs.
- Some takeaways:
- Be clear about the process and expectations to ensure participants understand what’s required of them.
- Consider the NFT route for more control over the voting process, especially for larger initiatives.
- Take the time to verify & validate third party tools to ensure intended outcomes.
3. Open space for additional topics
Growth Grants
- Discussions on growth grants, large grants, and the extended cadence of small grants.
- Seeking suggestions on potential changes or enhancements.
Administrative
- Ahead of events – EthRome & FundingTheCommons – vegayp discussed administrative processes & bounties when sponsoring hackathons and payments.
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Public Goods Meeting, August 29th, 2023
Details
Time: Tuesdays at 12pm ET (4pm UTC)
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter), @vegayp (ENS | Twitter), @simona_pop (ENS | Twitter)
Please contact @Coltron.eth, @vegayp or @simona_pop via forum message to have an item added to the agenda.
Agenda
- General DAO Updates (Happy Hour NYC)
- DescentralAmerica Sponsorship (Marcus)
- Public Goods Hackathon
- Discuss: Grants stream for p256 precompile
- Open space for additional topics
Notes by @184.eth
Attendance
coltron.eth, vegayp.eth, simona.eth, 5pence, accessor, avsa.eth, daniel hannum, emmanuel ikwuoama, estuardo polanco bobadilla, evan, francis sanchinelli, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus am, marcus estmcmxci, 184.eth
1. General DAO Updates
ENS NYC Happy Hour
- @limes shared about ENS event during ETH New York happening on September 23rd from 6-9pm (ET).
- The event is planning to use technology from some our partner projects - supporting those who support us - including:
- An NFT ticket that is ‘Built on Base[.eth]’.
- Token gated communication on Forecaster.
- Many from the Working Groups, ENS Labs and community will be attending.
- The forum post ENS Happy Hour @ ETH NY 2023 will be updated next week with more details.
Discussion flowed into ENS events channels on Farcaster
- Farcaster supports ENS Primary Names as identifiers and has had dedicated channels for events (e.g. EthCC).
- Suggestion was made for an ENS events channel and layered threads: some token-gated, and some open.
- Limes is meeting with Forecaster to explore possibilities.
2. DescentralAmerica Sponsorship
@marcus AM & Francis Sanchinelli from Hackathon DescentralAmerica
Following the success of ETH Guatemala, Public Goods WG wanted to discuss and learn more about this hackathon, to better understand whether to sponsor/contribute.
- Marcus outlined how Ethereum Guatemala has used previous grants to host the first Ethereum event in Guatemala, and run the largest in-person solidity training program at a leading university
- Marcus announced the new Hackathon “DescentralAmerica” set to take place 3-5 November.
- Their aim is to engage Central American students and broader tech community.
- They are seeking funding for event and bounties (starting at 2k).
- They anticipate 100 in-person and 100 online attendees.
- Discussion included:
- Attendees included participants from the recently run Solidity Bootcamp
- Event budgeting, potential sponsors and different bounty amounts.
- @simona_pop advised the value in having more clarity in sponsorship tiers, especially regarding allocations towards bounties versus production.
- Those on the WG call showed interest in sponsoring.
3. Public Goods Hackathon
- PG WG is funding a Public Goods Hackathon with a 5K award.
- The Focus is on ‘Expanding Decentralized Identities’. Information can be found here.
- The submission deadline is ~48 hours from this call, and there have already been five submissions.
- Please share and retweet.
4. Discuss: Grants stream for p256 precompile
This RFP is highly technical. The ongoing discussion is intended to get more eyes on this body of work.
- The EIP-7212 PR has been merged with Ethereum’s GitHub repo.
- A main debate centres around using verification versus a recovery interface.
- A recommendation from the all-core devs is to implement the new EIP in L2 solutions first.
- @avsa commented about this potentially being a huge improvement for Ethereum as a whole.
- Additionally that efforts and support for an RFP may include mentorship and assistance in navigating the social aspects of getting an EIP approved, in addition to funding/scholarships & exposure.
- @estmcmxci emphasised P256’s potential and called for community, steward & veteran support to increase exposure & awareness.
- Find more information here:
5. Open space for additional topics
No additional topics were discussed.
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Public Goods Meeting, September 5th, 2023
Details
Time: Tuesdays at 12pm ET (4pm UTC)
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter), @vegayp (ENS | Twitter), @simona_pop (ENS | Twitter)
Please contact @Coltron.eth, @vegayp or @simona_pop via forum message to have an item added to the agenda.
Agenda
- General DAO Updates
- Grants Updates (Small, Growth, Large)
- Public Goods Hackathon
- Open space for additional topics
Attendance
coltron.eth, vegayp.eth, simona.eth, 5pence.eth, daniel hannum, emmanual ikwuoma, greg skriloff, limes.eth, marcus estmcmxci, 184.eth
Notes by @184.eth
1. General DAO Updates
ENS NYC Happy Hour
- An ENS event during ETHNewYork is happening on September 23rd from 6-9pm (ET).
- Tickets will be via NFT.
- Keep an eye on forum post ENS Happy Hour @ ETH NY 2023 for updates, or attend the Ecosystem WG call on Thursday.
Upcoming Proposals
- Two proposals are expected during September ENS DAO Voting Window:
- Karpatkey will post a proposal for the Endowment’s second tranche of funding on the forum.
- Invalid Name Refund Proposal.
2. Grants Updates (Small, Growth, Large)
Discussion: Small Grants
- Small grants have been delayed until next week.
- The technology of the voting system is still being worked on.
- Discussion topics included:
- Possible methods for voter list additions: data scraping past small grants submission, manual addition, and by forum application.
- The advantages and disadvantages to making the ERC1155 non-transferrable.
- Possibility to open for submissions on 11th September, ahead of the NFT distribution.
- Stewards will sync with Greg in the coming days to confirm various options.
- A forum post about small grants will be made in the lead-up to the release of key information.
Discussion: Large and Growth Grants
- It was proposed to merge growth and large grants into a single pool with a flexible budget cap.
- A more flexible system, over use of fixed amounts for grants, includes allowing the submitter to assign their requested value.
- Differing amounts requested will lead to various levels of evaluation.
- Example: Optimism grants under a certain amount require fewer approval processes or lockup.
- The idea of a Public Goods Calendar, including grants information, was suggested to provide clear communication to projects.
3. Public Goods Hackathon
Call ran over time
4. Open space for additional topics
Call ran over time
Public Goods Meeting, September 12th, 2023
Details
Time: Tuesdays at 12pm ET (4pm UTC)
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter), @vegayp (ENS | Twitter), @simona_pop (ENS | Twitter)
Please contact @Coltron.eth, @vegayp or @simona_pop via forum message to have an item added to the agenda.
Agenda
- General DAO Updates
- SI HER & The KI (Kara)
- Small Grants Submissions Open
- Open space for additional topics
Attendance
coltron.eth, vegayp.eth, simona.eth, daniel hannum, emmanual ikwuoma, kara, limes.eth, maintainer, marcus estmcmxci, senad dilji, tyler caldonia, 184.eth
Notes by @184.eth & @coltron.eth
1. General DAO Updates
- Significant work being done on Gasless DNS
- ENS Labs will have representation at various upcoming events like ETH New York
- Small grants are being worked on to begin accepting submissions.
- Vegayp is speaking about ENS at a student conference in Tokyo.
- ENS Labs team will also be at EthRome to help people build with ENS.
2. SI HER & The KI
- Read SI HER & The KI’s ENS Grant Proposal
- Kara introduced her non-profit based in california, ‘Si Her’, which is aimed at fostering women’s participation in tech.
- Project is exploring providing subdomains for their members/users.
- Stewards and the community provided feedback concerning the kinds of information they want from grantees, including metrics that enable benchmarking and performance reviews…
- Additional feedback included being able to show success stories which move beyond conceptual messaging, and enable the DAO to align with and measure intended outcomes.
- Further highlighted were that grants informally follow a graduation program, and that Small Grants are a great area to start in as they provide exposure and engagement opportunities with community.
3. Small Grants Submissions Open
ENS Small Grants Round - Update
- Submissions will open for Ecosystem & Public Goods Small grants on ensgrants.xyz shortly.
- Keep an eye on the forum and tweet announcement from ENS DAO twitter account.
- Discussion included:
- The importance and impact of small grants and showcasing success stories to communicate the tangible impact of the small grants.
- Details about the upcoming launch and tiered award structure.
- Use of voting cards based on past submissions, active participation, and for those who request.
- Voting token power being equal across the board as one voting card = 1 vote.
- The future of grant structures and iterative nature of them.
- The possibility of open application periods for large grants.
4. Open space for additional topics
- Coltron attended funding the commons event and shared some interesting projects that he talked to
- Privacy + scaling Explorations: pse.dev
- Reference to a paper by Ledger about a decrease in gas costs for p256 signature verification.
Public Goods Meeting, September 19th, 2023
Details
Time: Cancelled
Google Meet link: Cancelled
Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter), @vegayp (ENS | Twitter), @simona_pop (ENS | Twitter)
Please contact @Coltron.eth, @vegayp or @simona_pop via forum message to have an item added to the agenda.
Agenda
Cancelled. The next meeting will be at the normal time next week.
- Small Grant closes in three days! Direct any questions to the steward contacts above. Applicants can submit here: https://ensgrants.xyz/.
Public Goods Meeting, September 12th, 2023
Details
Time: Tuesdays at 12pm ET (4pm UTC)
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter), @vegayp (ENS | Twitter), @simona_pop (ENS | Twitter)
Please contact @Coltron.eth, @vegayp or @simona_pop via forum message to have an item added to the agenda.
Agenda
- General DAO Updates
- Small Grants Applicant Presentation (DeSpace QF)
- Small Grant Voting Updates
- Open space for additional topics
Attendance
coltron.eth, vegayp.eth, simona.eth, limes.eth, alexandro netto, daniel hannum, greg skriloff, manuel olariu, marcus estmcmxci, 184.eth
Notes by @184.eth
1. General DAO Updates
ETH New York Hackathon
- Many from the ENS DAO, ENS Labs, and the community attended and participated in the ETH New York Hackathon over the weekend.
- Stewards asked if anyone identified notable public goods projects, and if so encouraged they reach out to PG Stewards.
- FrENSday is happening – Go to or ens.day or frensday.ens.domains
- The first ENS conference in Istanbul, Turkey on the premier day of DevConnect 2023 - tweet.
- Simona will be a judge at the ETH Istanbul and discussed ideas about how to incorporate public goods into these events.
- Simona is helping to organise a public goods track at frENSday, which will feature various panels, discussions, and more.
- There was an idea to showcase stories from small grant winners and participants.
- And an idea of doing live mini grants during the event.
2. Small Grants Applicant Presentation
Manuel Olariu (ENS | Twitter) from DeSpace QF (Web | Twitter)
- Manuel came on the call to share details about their project and their submission for the upcoming Public Goods small grants round - here.
- “DeSpaceQF is a pioneering initiative aimed at fostering growth and innovation within the Decentralized Space Exploration Ecosystem. Leveraging the power of Quadratic Funding, we aim to democratize access to resources, enabling both newcomers and established players to contribute to the advancement of space exploration technologies.”
3. Small Grant Voting Updates
- Small Grants are still being worked on. While the submission window is technically closed, backfilling continues for those who had issues.
- The Forum thread above will be updated when progress is made and voting is live. This could go live Thursday.
- This round’s eligible voters include those who have submitted in past grant rounds, those past voters with at least one $ENS Governance Token, and individuals who have filled out the form mentioned here.
- PG Stewards have reviewed many Public Goods submissions. Some were duplicates or spam, while others were not Public Goods and were therefore relocated to Ecosystem Small Grants.
4. Open space for additional topics
No additional topics were discussed.
Public Goods Meeting, October 3rd, 2023
Details
Time: Tuesdays at 12pm ET (4pm UTC)
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/iko-moej-rxc
Stewards: @coltron.eth (ENS | Twitter), @vegayp (ENS | Twitter), @simona_pop (ENS | Twitter)
Please contact @Coltron.eth, @vegayp or @simona_pop via forum message to have an item added to the agenda.
Agenda
- General DAO Updates
- Public Goods Presentation (Ethereum Follow Protocol)
- Small Grant Voting Updates
- Open space for additional topics
Forum: