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In this episode, we chat with Tarun Chitra, founder and CEO of Gauntlet. Tarun shares the inspiration behind starting Gauntlet, how it has evolved over time, and their future plans. He condenses his years of experience building products for DAOs into tangible lessons for new founders. We also cover the history behind Robert Ventures, the venture fund he started with Robert Leshner. Other topics discussed include the current state of DeFi and DAOs, MEV, and governance in emerging L1s. If you're building a product for protocols, this one is a must-listen!

In this episode, we catch up with punk4156, Noun40, and Noun22 about all things Nouns. We go over why NounsDAO is a thriving DAO with a consistent stream of quality governance proposals. We also cover key Nouns Primitives, such as the daily continuous auction mechanism, Prop house, and derivative projects. We also cover what are some open challenges for NounsDAO, and where it must continue to innovate going forward. --- Prop House, Nouns Build, Lil Nouns

In this episode, we catch up with MonetSupply about MakerDAO. As one of the first DeFi protocols, MakerDAO is a great case study on progressive decentralization, the working group model, and DAO governance broadly. We cover Maker's core unit model, its focus on real world assets, Rune's recent return and proposal, Hasu's proposal, as well as recent drama around the Lending Oversight Core Unit. Other topics covered in the latter half of the episode include Cosmos Governance, DAO tooling, governance frameworks, veToken models, and the Terra collapse. --- Rune: The Endgame Plan, Hasu: Simple MakerDAO - Governance from first principles, Proposal: Lending Oversight Core Unit (LOVE-001)

In this episode, we catch up with Hasu about the current challenges of DAO governance and how it can be improved. Hasu is a prolific researcher, and is active in many protocols including MakerDAO, Lido, and Flashbots. We conduct a bird's eye retrospective of DAO governance, and discuss his takeaways as a leading delegate and participant. Specific themes we touch on include Treasury Management (again), MakerDAO's roadmap and structure, the capped stETH supply debate, and many more.  --- Hasu - Lido, Hasu - MakerDAO

In this episode, we chat with Trent Van Epps and Tim Beiko, long-time contributors to Ethereum. We chat about different ways of funding L1 development, Ethereum's strategy, and the Ethereum Foundation's past, present, and future role. We also talk extensively about their new initiative - the Protocol Guild, a new program to fund core development and contributors to Ethereum. It's funded by some of the top projects building and benefiting from Ethereum, and there is a current proposal to fund it from the UNI treasury. --- Protocol Guild, Uniswap Proposal --- Twitter: @trent_vanepps | @TimBeiko | @lsukernik | @derek_hsue

In this episode, we chat with Evgeny Gaevoy, the co-founder and CEO of Wintermute. They're one of the largest market-makers in crypto, and are active across many different markets, chains, and products. Evgeny does not mince any words here, and we go into many topics including the origins of Wintermute, the current state of DeFi, and which protocols have moats (and which don't). We also discuss Wintermute's increasing participation in governance, why he thinks DAO governance is fundamentally flawed currently, and how it can be improved.  --- Twitter: @EvgenyGaevoy | @lsukernik | @derek_hsue

In this episode, we explore VectorDAO, a new group of artists, creators, and designers focused on the web3 ecosystem. VectorDAO consists of over 70+ contributors, and works for a variety of startups, protocols, and DAOs. This conversations features VectorDAO's creators, Jon Yan and Yitong Zhang, who have thought extensively about structuring this new collective and have also explored the broader landscape of product and service DAOs.  --- Twitter: @jonjyan | @zhayitong | @lsukernik | @derek_hsue --- Show Notes: The origin and history behind VectorDAO How Vector finds and evaluates potential contributors VectorDAO as a marketplace that connects contributors with customers How contributing to VectorDAO is different from working at a company Learnings from creating and scaling a DAO VectorDAO's future participation with protocols  General thoughts on protocol governance, and B2DAO Thought on the Nouns DAO model, and why VectorDAO is working with them

In this episode, I chat with Stefan George, the Co-Founder and CTO of Gnosis, the quintessential DAO tool. We cover the history of Gnosis, from its inception as a prediction markets protocol to where it stands today. In particular, we discuss the Gnosis multi-sig product, which secures billions of dollar in assets and is considered as one of, if not the most important DAO tool. We also cover Gnosis Chain, Cowswap, and what the future holds for Gnosis. --- Twitter: @StefanDGeorge | @lsukernik | @derek_hsue --- Show Notes: The history of Gnosis, and the original vision as a Prediction Market. The intention behind Gnosis Chain and xDAI Where Gnosis Multi-sig came from, and its importance as a public good The recent SAFE fundraise, and plans for protocol governance Thoughts on the emerging DAO tooling ecosystem emerging on top of Gnosis Multi-sig. Future innovations for the multi-sig product, including the Zodiac Module and more. Gnosis' cross-chain deployment strategy. The role of Gnosis Treasury, and how funds are allocated.

In this episode, Larry and I talk with Tina He from Station, a new platform meant to transform the DAO contributor experience. Tina is one of the most thoughtful builders in the DAO tool landscape and has worked with her team to put together a very unique onboarding experience for contributors.  We cover many areas in this podcast, including the vision and history behind Station, the current pros/cons of working for a DAO, Station's long-term plan, and more!  --- Resources: Station --- Twitter: @fkpxls| @lsukernik | @derek_hsue

This week Larry and I chat with Bored Ghost Development (BGD) Labs about their Aave development proposal. BGD is a development team composed of the former Aave Genesis core engineering team, and have been working on Aave for the past few years. With this new proposal, they are now working full-time for the DAO over the next 15 months.  The $11m proposal has a large scope, and includes: Maintenance of Aave V2 contracts until migration to V3 Implementation of Aave v3 Deployment on new chains UI upgrades for essential components New research, partnerships, etc. Many more This is one of the most impactful proposals we've come across in B2DAO, and recommend checking this one out! --- Resources: Proposal: Aave <> Bored Ghosts Developing (BGD) BGD Labs  --- Twitter: Emilio Frangella | Andrey Ko | @lsukernik | @derek_hsue ---- Show Notes The history and creation of BGD Labs Thoughts on Aave's current market positioning vs. its competition The major changes in Aave v3 the BGD will work on How working for a DAO is different from working for a centralized dev team B2DAO vs working groups vs. individual contributors What the governance process has been like for BGD The longer-term vision for BGD in the broader crypto ecosystem