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Ens, Namespaces, and Governance

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:44:07 GMT

This week we dive deep into the world of namespaces, identity, and DAOs, with a focus on ENS and the innovative solutions being developed in the space. We're joined by Alex, also known as Slobo, an ENS steward and the founder of NameStone, to discuss the latest advancements in ENS, the future of decentralized identity, and how NameStone is revolutionizing the way we use subdomains.

Agenda:

Introduction
Slobo's Background
ENS and Name Wrapper
NameStone
ENS DAO and Governance
Closing Thoughts

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News Update - Week 30, July 27th

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:10:50 GMT

This week Cam and Laurence draw on Boardroom's weekly governance updates to provide an overview and insights into the biggest proposals across top protocols. In this episode, we dissect Optimism's bold "Law of Chains" proposal, the highly anticipated launch of Worldcoin, and groundbreaking governance proposals from SuperRare and Aave. Plus, we highlight controversial forum discussions across Aave, Gitcoin, Maker DAO, and more.

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News Update - Week 29, July 20th

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 22:48:20 GMT

This week Cam and Laurence draw on Boardroom's weekly governance updates to provide an overview and insights into the biggest proposals across top protocols. It covers the latest at Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, and Compound. This includes Polygon's new tokenomics, Optimism's season 4 governance goals, phase 1 of Arbitrum foundation's grants programs, and Compound's proposed grant program.

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Arbitrum - DAO Governance Highlight

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:33:31 GMT

This week we chatted with three prominent figures in Arbitrum governance to understand the ins and outs of the leading Layer 2’s governance structure. Kicking off the episode, we speak with Patrick McCorry; research lead at the Arbitrum Foundation, and two prominent delegates, Matt Fiebach from Blockworks and Frisson from Tally. We discuss the challenges with AIP-1, the reason for the DAO, current proposals, and the plan for Arbitrum’s future governance!

Timed Agenda:

2:20 Interview with Paddy
15:20 Interview with Fig
24:35 Interview with Krys

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Links:

Boardroom

Boardroom Newsletter

Blockworks Delegate Profile

Frisson Delegate Profile

Arbitrum Proposals

About Arbitrum Governance

Patrick McCorry Twitter

Matt Fiebach Twitter

Frission Twitter

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News Update - Week 25, June 22nd

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:19:08 GMT

This week Cam and Laurence draw on Boardroom's weekly governance updates to provide an overview and insights into the biggest proposals across top protocols. It covers the latest at Compound, including Gauntlet's parameter analysis for stMatic and MaticX, Aave and its movements on the GHO stablecoin, Uniswap's $ARB distribution, Optimism's season 4 developments, MakerDAO's DSR changes and so much more.

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Links

MakerDAO Profile
Aave Profile
Uniswap Profile
Compound Profile
OP Profile
Gnosis Proposal - Should xDAI bridge deposit into DSR

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News Update - Week 23, June 8th

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:08:35 GMT

This week Cam and Laurence cover the biggest proposals on their radar over the last month. We look at MakerDAO's increase in the DAI Savings Rate, Uniswap on Fantom, Linea and Base, Tornado Cash governance hack and Aave's collaboration with Flipside.

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Optimism Season 4 - DAO Governance Highlight

Thu, 25 May 2023 17:15:08 GMT

This week we are trying out a new format for a triple interview on Optimism’s Season 4 governance! Our guests include Justine, the governance lead over at the Optimism Foundation, and delegates Krys from L2BEAT and Fig from Flipside. We delve deep into the history of Optimism’s governance, the changes in Season 4 and the reasons why Optimism’s governance process is seen as a trailblazer in the ecosystem.

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Timed Agenda

2:35 Interview with Justine
19:16 Interview with Fig
26:48 Interview with Krys

Links

OP Season 4 Preview

Justine Twitter

Flipside Delegate Profile

L2BEAT Delegate Profile

Boardroom

Boardroom Newsletter

Boardroom Boost

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News Update - Week 19, May 11th

Thu, 11 May 2023 16:28:15 GMT

This week Cam and Laurence cover the biggest proposals on their radar over the last month. We review Aave's GHO stablecoin and its initial proposed parameters, Aragon's hack protection, the Uniswap fee switch, FWB's proposal to establish a software company, and more! Tune in to stay updated with the latest in DAO governance across April and May.

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Timed Agenda

1:20 Aave Governance Update
5:48 Maker Governance Update
8:00 Uniswap Governance Update
11:50 FWB Governance Update
16:40 Aragon Governance Update
21:50 Tally's Delegation Week & Uniswap's Delegate Race!

About Boardroom

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Links

AAVE: [TEMP CHECK] Aave V3 GHO Genesis Parameters
MakerDAO: Announcing the Spark Protocol launch ⚡️
UNiswap: Making Protocol Fees Operational
FWB: System Upgrade: Establishing A Software Company
Uniswap: Making Protocol Fees Operational
Aragon: Aragon Repurposes DAO
Uniswap: Launch of Uniswap Agora & Delegate Race
Tally: Delegation Week

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Gitcoin - Public Goods, Quadratic Funding, and Governance

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:49:27 GMT

On this week's episode, we had a fascinating discussion with Shawn, the governance lead at Gitcoin! We delved into the workings of Gitcoin's governance, explored some of their latest proposals, and learned how they improve Web3. Shawn's backstory is among the most intriguing we've encountered, and his dedication to finding solutions for challenging governance issues is awe-inspiring. Take a look at his bio below!

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Shawn's Bio

As a serial entrepreneur, educator, and refugee from the corporate world, Shawn spent his corporate career leading Global ERP projects ending with CIO and CEO roles. He was introduced to the blockchain in 2015 and began investing in 2017. In 2020, he jumped full-time into crypto as a technical trader. In November of 2021, he joined Index Coop leading the people operations & governance communications. In August 2022, he found his way over to Gitcoin where he currently leads Governance. His writings and research on DAO topics can be found below.

LinkTree

Timed Agenda

1:40 About Shawn
7:45 Quatric Funding
14:25 Gitcoin Governance
37:34 The Grant Stack
41:24 The Future of Gitcoin
46:00 Live! Gitcoin Grants Round

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News Update - Week 15, April 13th

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:06:43 GMT

This week we discuss some of the hottest DAO governance updates curated from the Boardroom newsletter, This week in Governance. Over the next 20 minutes, we cover major DeFi platforms and governance activities that should not be missed.

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Timed Agenda

1:00 Arb Governance Update
5:00 Uniswap Governance Update
7:50 Sushi Governance Update
13:00 Illuvium Governance Update
16:00 Yearn Governance Update

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Incentivizing Governance with Butter

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 19:21:02 GMT

In this week's episode, we had an insightful conversation with the co-founder of Butter, a pioneering start-up working to enhance governance structures by offering delegate incentives. We delved into Butter's significant impact on protocols like AAVE, discussing how their innovative approach reduces the cost of governance delegation, increases the number of delegates for protocols, aligns interests with the protocol rather than external factors, and ensures accountability through reporting and communication. Don't miss this engaging discussion on the future of governance!

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Timed Agenda

1:40 About @NoturHandle
9:30 How Butter Works
13:13 Protocol Incentives
22:11 Funding Incentives
28:00 Final Thoughts on the Aave Election

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News Update - Week 13, March 30th

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:26:05 GMT

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Timed Agenda

1:00 Uniswap Governance Update
4:30 Sushiswap Governance Update
8:40 Optimism Governance Update
10:12 DeFi Llama
13:00 Maker Governance Update
15:00 Arb Governance Update
18:00 Aave Governance Update

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MakerDAO - Constitutional Comeback and the Endgame (Part II)

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:21:15 GMT

We continue the conversation from our last episode with a contrasting opinion on MakerDAO’s MIP 101: The Constitution with MakerDAO facilitators, Juan and Retro. This episodes dives into the structural challenges within the DAO, the need for change and how they are approaching it with the Endgame, and the role that the Constitution plays within it.

Once again, voting is live and will go on until the 28th March - if you’re able to, now is the time to vote.

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Maker MIP101: The Maker Constitution

Maker Constitution MIP set vote

Juan Twitter

Retro Twitter

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Timed Agenda

1:50 Introducing Juan and Retro from MakerDAO
4:00 How does the constitution fit into the Endgame?
15:48 Lets talk about scopes
27:00 MetaDAOs & SubDAOs
34:47 Closing thoughts and takeaways

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MakerDAO - Constitutional Concerns (Part I)

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:27:44 GMT

This week we are covering one of the biggest governance proposals in DeFi - MakerDAO’s MIP 101: The Constitution. We speak with two of the top delegates over at MakerDAO, PaperImperium and CodeKnight, to understand the proposal in more detail, what its implications are for token holders, users, and participants, and how you can get involved with voting.

Voting kicked off on 14th March and will go on until the 28th March - if you can vote we urge that you do as this proposal will change MakerDAO at its very core.

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Maker MIP101: The Maker Constitution

Maker Constitution MIP set vote

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CodeKnight Twitter

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A day in the life of a Maker Facilitator

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:17:05 GMT

This week we chat to two of the primary Maker Delegates, Patrick J and Payton Rose, as they dive into the world of DAO delegation, life at Maker, and the latest proposals that the protocol's community are considering. A must listen for anyone interested in DeFi, DAOs or delegation!

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Crypto Regulation 101

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:31:46 GMT

In this episode of Delegate, Cam and Laurence chat with Bill Hughes, Senior Counsel & Director of Global Regulatory Matters at ConsenSys, and go deep into the weeds of crypto regulation. We cover everything from how regulation is formed within the US through to the European Union's MICA proposal.

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DAOs and Taxes

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:54:22 GMT

In this debut episode of Delegate, Cam and Laurence chat with Tony Tuths, KPMG’s digital asset tax lead, and go deep into the complex world of DAOs and taxes. We cover the full timeline from the inception of DAOs to predictions of the future, whilst parsing the events that have shaped the space so far.

Show Highlights:

0:50Tony Tuths background
3:30An overview on Digital Asset Taxation
9:24NFT Taxation and embedded contracts
12:36DeFi Tax
14:46Understanding Tax Law
16:34Where does the IRS fit in
20:20DAOs and Governance Tokens
25:08Benefit of legal entities
28:26Concerns around entity structures
36:13How Tax law is created
39:47Incentive engineering Tax
44:23Tax considerations for DAOs
48:13More information on Tony Tuths

Links:

Tony Tuths LinkedIn

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