Ep 16 - On making decentralised governance more accessible

Aug 6, 2024

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Before we begin… Last week, we announced the launch of DCo.build. As our publication grew, it was time to create a single hub for founders looking to collaborate with us on advisory, distribution and go-to-market strategies. The newsletter will continue to be the place where we showcase our research. DCo.build, will be where we put it to practice through our portfolio of companies. If you are an early-stage operator or a pre-token founder, make sure to reach out.

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Last week, we wrote about how one of Compound's members raided its DAO. The lack of voter activity on-chain is partly to blame for such events. For all the surrounding noise and excitement, decentralised governance still has a long way to go.

Our guest today, Steve Ngok, is one of many contributors building tooling for improving it. We had previously written about Dora Factory in Stealth Democracy.

The conversation today explores how DoraHacks played a pivotal role in nurturing projects that would become major players in the space. Steve recounts stories of hosting hackathons that birthed influential protocols like Injective and Polygon, offering listeners a glimpse into the grassroots origins of today's blockchain giants.

Unlike the voting you do for things like selecting a political leader, on-chain voting is public. Imagine if everybody knew who voted for whom. It might be far from ideal. Steve and his crew have been building tools to bring privacy to the equation.

Imagine if civic governance ran with on-chain tools. Or if art and music were ranked with on-chain votes? How can consumer apps get better feedback from users regarding on-chain elections? We cover all of this and more in today’s episode.Tune in to learn from an operator who has closely observed the evolution of on-chain governance over the years and built critical tooling for it. Signing out,Saurabh

From The Community

Many of our community members have been busy shipping. Highlighting some of them below in today’s issue.

* Stormzer0 from Anagram, announced the launch of Glider - a personal, customizable hedge fund that runs on-chain

* Sage announced the release of Rolodex.social. Think of it as a private member directory for communities.

* Aditya Shetty from Superteam announced a grant for analysts looking to explore the state of consumer applications.

* Charliemarketplace.eth shipped a trending dashboard for crypto-twitter.

* Saumya Saxena has been tinkering with a prediction market that runs natively on Telegram and Farcaster. Get an early preview here.

* Swastik dropped a beautiful compilation on GTM strategies.

Join us on Telegram to talk directly with the people behind these products and for some fun debates.