BanklessDAO
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Writers Guild
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Council of Writers
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Council of Writers

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Attendance
Meeting Date
Sep 19, 2022
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Last edited time
Sep 19, 2022
Detailed Notes
Person
Agenda
Action Items
Agenda
  1. Announcements
    1. Halfway through season 5
      1. Project budget planning
      2. Role holder transition
    2. Gitcoin grants QF matching
    3. WG multisig
      1. Buy ETH?
      2. Frank Client Services?
    4. Governance Proposals
      1. https://commonwealth.im/banklessdao-writers-guild/
  1. Guild Updates
    1. Talent Scout (hirokennelly)
      1. Tuesday office hours
      2. Cohort first piece this week!
    2. Treasurer (EthHunter)
    3. Governance Coordinator (nonsensetwice)
      1. 3 proposals up
        1. Active contributor tiers
        2. Contributor duration
        3. Coordinape changes
      2. Today’s call
        1. Codifying operational procedures
        2. Responsibilities of Coordinape management
        3. Gov framework for Collaborations/. partnerships (GMN)
    4. Education Coordinator (Trewkat)
      1. Successful paraphrasing workshop this Wednesday
      2. https://discord.com/channels/834499078434979890/840312946651037746/1019440164566741092
    5. Marketing Coordinator (Winverse)
      1. Anointingthompson L2 nomination in polls
      2. Twitter spaces: for our newsletters
  1. Project Updates:
    1. Newsletter
      1. Changes to Rollup roles
      2. Defi Download: The Merge
    2. Bankless Publishing
      1. Newsletter! Shipped
  1. Discussion
    1. Week 1 posts
      1. Due Tuesday
      2. 100 sign ups, 40 onboarded
    2. Mapping out the Bankless Journey
    3. Where does it start?
      1. Buying crypto
        1. Dollar-cost averaging
        2. BTC/ ETH
        3. Crypto crash, inflation hedge, money printer
      2. Fall down rabbithole
        1. Discovery, reading, curiosity,
        2. Transition from dismissive/scam to curious, use cases
          1. What’s the point to real world uses
          2. Scams, phishing, danger
        3. Technical specs of BTC/ETH
        4. Smart contracts, setting stage for innovation
          1. Renaissance
      3. Finding work in Web3/ crypto
        1. Accept crypto payments for businesses
      4. Ownership/ self-sovereignty
        1. vs. institutional mindset
      5. DAOs as unique ownership structure
        1. vs. founder get paid well, but contributors not necessarily
      6. Get rich quick (to the moon)
      7. Local currencies inflationary and losing value
        1. Earning crypto in other countries
    4. Core Values
      1. Decentralization
      2. Self-custody/ self-sovereignty
      3. Regenerative systems (carbon, impact, etc)
        1. Build better systems
        2. Broken systems, outdated, web2 data/ privacy
      4. Open-source/ transparency
      5. Permissionless
      6. Inclusivity
        1. Global community to make something beautiful
        2. Moves beyond nation state borders into global citizen
      7. Freedom of expression: creator economy
      8. Cryptography: privacy
      9. What are pressing problems?
        1. wealth gap, dwindling middle class vs. equitable distribution of wealth
        2. some hope of addressing that
        3. where does the value accrue
    5. Key Actions (how do we participate)
      1. Two levels Generic journey vs. banklessDAO
        1. journey of becoming comfortable with crypto in general vs. bankless journey which is more ideological and values based
        2. positions of power with capacity to act selfishly vs. equitable distribution of wealth
      2. Self-custody wallet (Metamask, Tally)
      3. Capital efficiency: swap/ lend/ borrow/ earn yield
      4. People, finance, tech, org structures
      5. How we use language
        1. maxis vs more accessible and inclusive language
        2. evangelicism vs. open
      6. BDAO
      7. Crypto as part of more complete financial health
        1. vs. going bankless as goal
      8. Is it a pill (to solve pain) vs. a vitamin (something you desire)
      9. the goal is to be on the journey
        1. no end goal, spectrum from beginning to end
        2. end is emergent state, not end
      10. bankless journey
        1. problems: frames everything through economic lens
        2. enable humans to live better, more productive life
        3. I am on a journey for freedom
        4. aware of opportunities and able to act on them
      11. what does freedom look like?
    6. Tool belt
      1. DEX: Uniswap, Balancer
      2. Gnosis Safe
      3. Discord
        1. sesh-bot: calendar, events,
      4. POAPs
      5. Voting mechanisms: Governance Basics
        1. Snapshot, Discourse, Commonwealth
      6. Coordinape
      7. NFTs
      8. Google docs/ Notion/ Slack/ email/ information sharing platforms
        1. How do we communicate
      9. Web3 Wallet
        1. Setting other chains Polygon, Optimism
      10. Wallet management: Argent, Rainbow
      11. InfoSec
      12. Zapper: connect all wallets together
      13. Layer 2 bridge
      14. Etherscan
        1. Tx history
        2. Gas tracker
      15. Other blockchain explorers: Cosmos, Algorand,
    7. Bankless movement (group) vs. Bankless journey (person)
      1. journey: using these tools and technology to expand opportunity and freedom
      2. movement: mission, vision, values
        1. too evangelical?
        2. not for everyone?
        3. exclusive vs. inclusive
        4. Movement should support the journey, empower, lift up, give tools and resources, guidance, accompaniment
        5. build in parallel vs working against
    8. What is end state?
    9. Resources
      1. Going Bankless: The Ultimate Guide
    10. Goals (from HQ)
      1. Going bankless is a journey towards freedom—self-sovereignty. Financial independence.
        2. Why go bankless?
      2. To maximize your crypto wealth (independence & wealth)
      3. To become a Bankless Jedi (skills & knowledge)
        4. And it’s about a better system for future generations:
      4. It’s about rejecting authoritarianism (read the deeper reason)
      5. It’s about building it up not burning it down (read the cities burn below)
      6. It’s about how we can change the world (read the 3.5% rule)
      7. It’s about access for developing world (read straddling two worlds)
      8. It’s about a hedge against their money printing (read the cost of money printing)
        9. Bankless means freedom and upside for each of us as individuals and an opportunity make the world a better place for future generations. If bankless wins, the world wins.
Action Items
ACTION:
ACTION:
ACTION:
 
BanklessDAO
BanklessDAO
/
⌨️
Writers Guild
/
✍️
Council of Writers
✍️

Council of Writers

Created
Created by
Type
Weekly Sync
Note-taker
Attendance
Meeting Date
Sep 19, 2022
Last edited by
Last edited time
Sep 19, 2022
Detailed Notes
Person
Agenda
Action Items
Agenda
  1. Announcements
    1. Halfway through season 5
      1. Project budget planning
      2. Role holder transition
    2. Gitcoin grants QF matching
    3. WG multisig
      1. Buy ETH?
      2. Frank Client Services?
    4. Governance Proposals
      1. https://commonwealth.im/banklessdao-writers-guild/
  1. Guild Updates
    1. Talent Scout (hirokennelly)
      1. Tuesday office hours
      2. Cohort first piece this week!
    2. Treasurer (EthHunter)
    3. Governance Coordinator (nonsensetwice)
      1. 3 proposals up
        1. Active contributor tiers
        2. Contributor duration
        3. Coordinape changes
      2. Today’s call
        1. Codifying operational procedures
        2. Responsibilities of Coordinape management
        3. Gov framework for Collaborations/. partnerships (GMN)
    4. Education Coordinator (Trewkat)
      1. Successful paraphrasing workshop this Wednesday
      2. https://discord.com/channels/834499078434979890/840312946651037746/1019440164566741092
    5. Marketing Coordinator (Winverse)
      1. Anointingthompson L2 nomination in polls
      2. Twitter spaces: for our newsletters
  1. Project Updates:
    1. Newsletter
      1. Changes to Rollup roles
      2. Defi Download: The Merge
    2. Bankless Publishing
      1. Newsletter! Shipped
  1. Discussion
    1. Week 1 posts
      1. Due Tuesday
      2. 100 sign ups, 40 onboarded
    2. Mapping out the Bankless Journey
    3. Where does it start?
      1. Buying crypto
        1. Dollar-cost averaging
        2. BTC/ ETH
        3. Crypto crash, inflation hedge, money printer
      2. Fall down rabbithole
        1. Discovery, reading, curiosity,
        2. Transition from dismissive/scam to curious, use cases
          1. What’s the point to real world uses
          2. Scams, phishing, danger
        3. Technical specs of BTC/ETH
        4. Smart contracts, setting stage for innovation
          1. Renaissance
      3. Finding work in Web3/ crypto
        1. Accept crypto payments for businesses
      4. Ownership/ self-sovereignty
        1. vs. institutional mindset
      5. DAOs as unique ownership structure
        1. vs. founder get paid well, but contributors not necessarily
      6. Get rich quick (to the moon)
      7. Local currencies inflationary and losing value
        1. Earning crypto in other countries
    4. Core Values
      1. Decentralization
      2. Self-custody/ self-sovereignty
      3. Regenerative systems (carbon, impact, etc)
        1. Build better systems
        2. Broken systems, outdated, web2 data/ privacy
      4. Open-source/ transparency
      5. Permissionless
      6. Inclusivity
        1. Global community to make something beautiful
        2. Moves beyond nation state borders into global citizen
      7. Freedom of expression: creator economy
      8. Cryptography: privacy
      9. What are pressing problems?
        1. wealth gap, dwindling middle class vs. equitable distribution of wealth
        2. some hope of addressing that
        3. where does the value accrue
    5. Key Actions (how do we participate)
      1. Two levels Generic journey vs. banklessDAO
        1. journey of becoming comfortable with crypto in general vs. bankless journey which is more ideological and values based
        2. positions of power with capacity to act selfishly vs. equitable distribution of wealth
      2. Self-custody wallet (Metamask, Tally)
      3. Capital efficiency: swap/ lend/ borrow/ earn yield
      4. People, finance, tech, org structures
      5. How we use language
        1. maxis vs more accessible and inclusive language
        2. evangelicism vs. open
      6. BDAO
      7. Crypto as part of more complete financial health
        1. vs. going bankless as goal
      8. Is it a pill (to solve pain) vs. a vitamin (something you desire)
      9. the goal is to be on the journey
        1. no end goal, spectrum from beginning to end
        2. end is emergent state, not end
      10. bankless journey
        1. problems: frames everything through economic lens
        2. enable humans to live better, more productive life
        3. I am on a journey for freedom
        4. aware of opportunities and able to act on them
      11. what does freedom look like?
    6. Tool belt
      1. DEX: Uniswap, Balancer
      2. Gnosis Safe
      3. Discord
        1. sesh-bot: calendar, events,
      4. POAPs
      5. Voting mechanisms: Governance Basics
        1. Snapshot, Discourse, Commonwealth
      6. Coordinape
      7. NFTs
      8. Google docs/ Notion/ Slack/ email/ information sharing platforms
        1. How do we communicate
      9. Web3 Wallet
        1. Setting other chains Polygon, Optimism
      10. Wallet management: Argent, Rainbow
      11. InfoSec
      12. Zapper: connect all wallets together
      13. Layer 2 bridge
      14. Etherscan
        1. Tx history
        2. Gas tracker
      15. Other blockchain explorers: Cosmos, Algorand,
    7. Bankless movement (group) vs. Bankless journey (person)
      1. journey: using these tools and technology to expand opportunity and freedom
      2. movement: mission, vision, values
        1. too evangelical?
        2. not for everyone?
        3. exclusive vs. inclusive
        4. Movement should support the journey, empower, lift up, give tools and resources, guidance, accompaniment
        5. build in parallel vs working against
    8. What is end state?
    9. Resources
      1. Going Bankless: The Ultimate Guide
    10. Goals (from HQ)
      1. Going bankless is a journey towards freedom—self-sovereignty. Financial independence.
        2. Why go bankless?
      2. To maximize your crypto wealth (independence & wealth)
      3. To become a Bankless Jedi (skills & knowledge)
        4. And it’s about a better system for future generations:
      4. It’s about rejecting authoritarianism (read the deeper reason)
      5. It’s about building it up not burning it down (read the cities burn below)
      6. It’s about how we can change the world (read the 3.5% rule)
      7. It’s about access for developing world (read straddling two worlds)
      8. It’s about a hedge against their money printing (read the cost of money printing)
        9. Bankless means freedom and upside for each of us as individuals and an opportunity make the world a better place for future generations. If bankless wins, the world wins.
Action Items
ACTION:
ACTION:
ACTION: