There’s a lot of building for Builder DAO happening in the background at the moment. We’re gearing up for migrating Builder as well as assisting DAOs Built on Builder in their migrations, and also preparing for a busy week buidling at ETH Denver! So while it may seem quiet at the moment, rest assured that we are laying the foundations for big things to come. As soon as it’s available I’ll be sure to provide a more detailed timeline on the migration process for Builder DAO’s governance operations.
If you’re attending ETH Denver next week be sure to keep an eye out for the Nouns events! Nouns DAO representatives will be there connecting with Buidler Night participants throughout ETH Denver and answering questions Nouns, Lil Nouns, Gnars, Nouns Builder, and related projects from the Nouniverse! If you’re interested in the events please reach out for more details. Also, check out the GM Farcaster meetup if you’re around!
Builder DAO Engineering Residency
Neokry’s engineering residency for Builder DAO is coming to an end. We are extremely grateful for the thoughtful and impactful work that has been accomplished during his time here! Now we look forward to what’s next and passing the baton to the next engineer. If you are or know someone who has the right skills, be sure to send them our way!
Nouns x Farcaster
Nouns are running a Prop House round to fund teams to spend 3 months building Nouns-focused Farcaster clients. The 3 teams whose proposals get the most votes will receive $50k USDC to build out their idea! Read more details at https://nounsfarcaster.com/.
WTF is Farcaster?
We’ve been talking about Farcaster for quite some time now, but maybe you struggle to understand or even explain it to your friends. If that’s the case, check out the video from The Noun Square below. You can even collect the video on Base here or watch the HD version on YouTube here.
TNS’s @JackWyldes explains in Episode 1 of a new onchain series: Farcaster 101.
Watch right here and mint below for free on @base via @ourZORA.
GM Farcaster
Can’t get enough of the Farcaster talk? Tune in to the GM Farcaster show for 21 minutes of Farcaster updates with Prof and Adrienne on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8:30 AM ET. Find all the details at gmfarcaster.com. Head over to Zora at the link below to collect the latest episode onchain!
Purple Retroactive Round 5
Voting is set to conclude in a few hours for the 5th Retroactive funding round hosted by Purple for Farcaster contributions. There were so many great proposals, give them a read on Prop House here.
Purple Nouns Watches
Interested in purchasing a limited edition Purple Nouns Watch? Join the Party on Base here to reserve yours today.
fridays at the park season 2
Episode 1 from season 2 of fridays at the park is now available. This release is already crushing it, with over 11,500 mints in just 5 days! Check it out on Zora below.
STRONG HVNDS
In case you missed it, check out the new theme song for BLVKHVND created by HENO. It’s a banger.
Energy Transfer
Not literal energy, a grant transfer to Energy! Art Haus voted to transfer the remaining 20.4 ETH from their grant from Builder DAO to Energy in Proposal 12. The proposal has been executed and the funds are now safe in the Energy treasury.
OP Loves the Art
Airdrop 4 from Optimism included disbursing over 10M OP tokens to over 22,000 addresses. The best part about this airdrop is that it rewarded people creating on the Superchain. So whether you were releasing editions on Base, 1/1s on Zora, or generative collections on OP – you probably earned some free tokens! Head over to the Optimism Airdrop 4 website to claim your tokens today.
Today, @Optimism unveils Airdrop #4.
Allocating 10M+ OP to over 22k unique addresses.
Read more about how to claim here: optimism.mirror.xyz/3tkU-Y5479JPw8…
Nounish Farcaster Punks
NFPs, or Nounish Farcaster Punks, are birthed from a collab between gami and Five. Find out more in the announcement and mint link below.
Kinda like NFT and PFP but Nounish Farcaster Punks
My collab with @fiveoceans_dev ↓
Ripe’s First Onchain 1/1
Check out Builder member Ripe’s first onchain 1/1 piece which just sold on auction for 0.269 ETH! Congrats and looking forward to many more!
i’m honored to have my first onchain 1/1 piece in the hands of such a legendary artist and collector
feels good man
BuilderBox on Unlonely
The BuilderBox show is every other week on Fridays at 12:30 pm ET. Prof Werder and Toady Hawk will continue to host, but the show will now be streamed live on Unlonely and distributed by The Noun Square!
Builder DAO Meetings
The weekly Builder Office Hours call hosted by Prof Werder is your chance to ask all of your Builder DAO and Nouns Builder questions! Register your interest in the next Office Hours call this next Tuesday, February 27th, at 12:00pm ET in Discord here.
In addition to the weekly office hours, the Builder bi-monthly call takes place on Thursdays at 5:00pm ET, the next call is scheduled for February 22nd. You can register your interest in Discord here. This past Builder monthly meeting occurred on January 25th, the agenda is below and the recording can be found in our Discord here.
Builder Channel on Farcaster
The Builder Channel on Farcaster displays a feed of activity from members of Builder including casts and onchain activity such as auctions, proposals, and votes. You can also see the DAO feed directly on the nouns.build website by clicking ‘Feed’ as shown in the screenshot below!
It’s a great way to keep up to date with your fellow Builders! Head to your Farcaster client of choice, such as Warpcast, and sign up today. Signups are now FREE for certain locations. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out for assistance!
Builder DAO Fun Fact
There are 5 smart contracts for each DAO built on the Nouns Builder protocol: NFT, Auction House, Governor, Treasury and Metadata. You can see them on the Smart Contracts tab here.
Protocol Stats
DAOs Launched on Builder Protocol: 200 (+1) DAOs Created [ETH, OP, Base, Zora]
Nouns Builder Deployed: 116 DAOs Deployed [ETH]
DAOs income from Auctions: 553 ETH (+3) [ETH, OP, Base]
Nouns Builder Proposals: 814 Total Proposals (+8) [ETH, OP, Base, Zora]
For regular updates, follow the Nouns Builder DAO Bot on Twitter or Farcaster.
Proposals
Pending
Passed
Built on Builder
This week’s featured DAO built on the Builder protocol is ENERGY. Launched on the 2023 Nouniversary (8/8), it is one of the first DAOs launched on Zora Network using the Nouns Builder Protocol. It was founded by a group of 11 creators and innovators to fund creative arts and engineering projects on the Zora Network. The team removed Founder’s allocation, making this an entirely community-owned and run initiative, and recently acquired an additional 20.4 ETH grant as described at the top of the newsletter.
Auctions: https://777.energy/
