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Wait, are we distributing 900 ETH among builders?
Big Coordinape round with 100 ETH in rewards is coming soon (Proposal 63), if you were active and building in Nouns in the past, please submit your info using the AddressForm (basically google form with wallet connect built by brianj) - Discord.
Apart from that a new platform for rewarding projects with the biggest impact “Retro House” is being discussed on Discourse, the first version of the proposal includes an ask for 800 ETH to be distributed among the best projects.
John Hamon x Nouns
Parisian street artist John Hammon recently put noggles on his famous picture and made it his Twitter PFP! Stayed tuned for more shenanginans!
Community
The Nouniverse
New contest by SerNoadz - Twitter.
ArtIsMyWeapon minting POAPs in AR - Discord
Nouns3D game is live! - Discord.
Nounish art by Niazi.eth - Twitter.
Incredible POAPs for Noun o Clock by Greta Gremplin:
Mutated Noun by Doctor Bullfrug - Twitter link.
Nounish UMA by Greta Gremplin - Discord.
Nouns Cat robot by Scarf Cats - Discord.
Nounsmols collection sneak peeks by apeblond - Discord.
Mirakai Scrolls - a CC0 NFT project has noggles as traits! - Twitter.
The Nouns Museum July exhibition - Twitter.
New artist on the block - jheee!
Even more blockheads by Ian - Discord.
Ideas and proposals
Discussion: Nouns Governance Survey 2022 - Results - Discourse.
Discussion: Nouns with Sounds (Small Grants) - Discourse.
Small Grants - Nouns Fair @ ETH MX - Discourse.
Nouns Clients Prop #646 - Nouns Multi Auction Tracker - Discourse.
Prop 56 ETH to Dollar Conversion Reevaluation - Discourse.
Feedback - lil nouns Delegation Proposal - Discourse.
Proposal: Nounding Partners of NFT Seattle - Discourse.
Nouns Emojis Server - Discourse.
Proposal: Build Retro House — Retroactive Reward House - Discourse.
Nouns Radio Network: Syndicated Broadcast Pilot - Discourse.
Proposal: NOUNS Wellness APP (iOS + Android) - Discourse.
Tech Grants Pod: Szn 2 Ideas and Priorities - Discourse.
Small Grants: Nounish Jewelry - Discourse.
Nouns Esports - Funding the Nouns Esports Pod - Discourse.
Small Grants: Nouns Booth @ COMEX Singapore - Discourse.
Auction experiment idea by outerpockets:
Grants And Retro Funding
Full list of Nouns DAO small grants.
The Noundry
A shortlist of new traits that are being considered for the admission - Discord.
Prop House
Nouns Launchpad Round 7 begins in a day, 10 best proposals will get 2 ETH each!
1-click DAO
Nounsbuilder update on Twitter - link.
Projects
You can see an overview of all funded proposals here - Notion link.
Brave Takeover
Brave wants to highlight NounsDAO, as one of the first projects to enable connecting with Brave wallet, with a blog post, social media posts and bonus advertising on Brave Ads - Discord.
Coloring Book
Messhup’s coloring contest has ended with 60 submissions! See all the art here - Twitter link.
Skate Decks
Benbodhi is running a skateboard deck design contest, see all the submissions here - Twitter link.
Tech Grants
New descriptor is live now (proposal passed), this means significantly cheaper (5x) on chain art deployment (awesome for nouns forks), improved external API, improved descriptor upgradability & slight changes to the artwork.
Help choose what issues the tech team should tackle next here - Discourse.
Fun Glasses
FUNGlasses will come with a lil charm for your keys and a POAP! The production is starting next week - Discord.
CDT residency
The Idea Garden is live on Nouns Center - a place to put your half-baked or moonshot ideas so they don’t get lost in the discord - Discord.
Stoopid Buddy documentary
The team has started working on the Noun costumes - Discord.
Space Image Bank
We have the first image of our CC0 Space Image bank and it has already been shared by NASA! - Twitter link.
Nouns in Rio
Awesome short video from RIO ! - Discord.
Nouns On the Ground
Big update from aubtoshi explaining some changes and transactions - Discord.
Nouncil
Nouncil: (noun) A special council of Nounish BUIDLers and project leaders working within the framework of NounsDAO to proliferate cc0 and nounish culture.
All Noucil call notes can be found here. Nouncil now votes with these nouns.
Nouner section
Nouns Weekly Call:
Proposal 112 - Esports Extension
already passed, no further comments
Proposal 113 - Nouns Explainer with Ordinary Folk
in the process of voting, doesn't seem to be contentious, no further comments
Proposal 114 - Descriptor Upgrade
cool tech and some bug fixes, no further comments
Proposal 115 - FWB Fest
the deal seems very one-sided
surprised it didn't go through discourse first, the longest conversation right now is in nouncil-votes-chat - link
people on call are not excited, no one spoke in favor
Nouns Animated Series Update
the original prop requested 2 mil USD, after pushback it is now revised and is asking for 500k for a pilot, which still seems like a lot but it seems that's the market rate
this now stands on whether we want to fund this particular team
Sam has been very active in the community, and would surely go above and beyond
wish there were more steps, its either 0 or 500k
USDC acquisition
the consensus seems to be in favor of the DAO holding some stablecoins for builders that want to be paid in stables
what is the best mechanism?
a direct, trustless swap would be cumbersome and take too long if it's even possible?
probably best to send ETH to small grants or another multisig, that ETH would then be swapped and sent back to the DAO
if anyone wants to take on the task or be part of the multisig msg 22
Noun o Clock update
The Noun Square @ Noun O’ Clock Midway Checkpoint (Prop 101) - HackMD
36 consecutive daily spaces!
the first coordinape finished, second round is starting soon
on-track or surpassed the engagement goals fleshed out in the prop (even though they are only midway through the prop) → new goals set
plan for an audacious 24 hour celebration spaces on the Nouniversary (Aug 7-8) with contests, games, etc
All call notes can be found here.
On-chain proposals
112.Nouns Esports - Dota Extension July - October - Executed.
113.Nouns Explainer with Ordinary Folk - Executed.
114.Descriptor V2 Upgrade - Executed.
115.Nouns DAO at FWB FEST - Cancelled.
116.Monthly Nouns Comics for mass market release - Active.
Noun sales
New nouns from this week:
Average auction price: 107 ETH
OpenSea floor: 131 ETH