Long time no see my dear friends!
I have taken a much-needed month-long vacation (and sadly broke my 2-year weekly newsletter streak) to recharge, but now I am finally back with this update-packed issue that gets you up to speed on all that happened in Nouns in February.
We have a lot to get through, so buckle up (and don’t forget to subscribe)!
First 1000 Nouns, a project by mike good, index and sqx – Warpcast.
Should Nouns use L2 for voting? Cast by Wilson Cusack.
More sneak peeks from the game Brennen is working on – Warpcast.
ng made a frame that allows you to quickly check active proposals in Farcaster – Warpcast.
Nouns appeared in Interface’s App Store page – Warpcast.
Projects updates
You can find new proposal updates on propdates.wtf.
Prop House
Seneca is pioneering weekly retro reward rounds on Farcaster with the ability to both submit a proposal and vote directly in-app – truly groundbreaking! You can test out the current Round #3 here. More info on rounds.wtf
Finished Gardeners Season 1, exploring Frames as the UX for interacting with PH rounds, running Farcaster-powered retroactive rounds – Propdate.
Nouns Esports
Nouns Esports has signed the No.1 Super Smash Bros Melee player Cody, and launched a commemorative merch drop.
Read through Nouns Esports’ 2024 partnership deck in this Farcaster Frame.
Nouns Esports’ PPD talked to the #1 esports journalist Richard Lewis – Youtube.
The Noun Square
TNS hosted over 600 episodes of Noun O’Clock LIVE – Warpcast.
New ZeroPod – episode 22 with Winny.eth, the founder of Chipped and Gossip protocol – Twitter.
TNS’s The Yellow Collective also recently minted a great artwork by GulamanYow which has been minted over 3500 times so far!
Meet Quack and Lola
Quacks growing at an insane rate, with over 1.3 million followers on Instagram already! Those chicks really are taking Nouns mainstream.
“We had our most viral moment just yet with the latest content hitting around 87M views.”
Donating to Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm’s Legal Defense Fund
Ameen Soleimani shouted out Nouns and Brennen on stage at Ethereum Denver, quoting Brennen’s incredible vote-with-reason on the proposal to donate 40 ETH to the Free Pertsev and Storm fundraiser – Twitter.
Nouns Deli
The deli is finally open and it came with a BANG! Great food, great people, and 4.6 stars on Google (the reviews are truly amazing)! This is what success looks like to me!
Delivery at Dawn
The Nouns-funded short film celebrating EIP4844 and Protocol Guild, Delivery at Dawn, will go live on March 11! You can find more info and some WIP clips in this Mirror article.
Noggle Changer
The website has finally been launched, but sadly only 50 pieces have been sold during the initial sale (out of 400 pieces)! I hope Kurage will re-open the shop again soon.
Open Source Nounish Hardware
Big update from Tigris – the keychains should be available in the next few weeks and she is also finishing up a tutorial on replicating the thermal paper “polaroid” camera – Propdate.
Nouns Fest
Over 300 submissions received! – Twitter.
Nouns X Ledger
Official Ledger account on Twitter teasing the Nouns x Ledger collab!
TSP x ASK Long Beach: Silverado Skatepark
TSP celebrated the Grand Reopening of the Silverado Skatepark this past weekend with the community of Long Beach CA! The event was a true testament to the hard work and dedication of so many! Shout to lead advocate Mike Donelon & his nonprofit ASK + support from @nounsdao & more! – Twitter.
The project also received some local media coverage here and here.
Nouns Camp
The team recently added a few new features, such as editing proposals and candidates, and they are working on enabling a smooth Prop House Round creation – Propdate.
Verbs
Verbs have been working on Client Incentives, and recently proposed to fund an audit of their new smart contract, you can read more about the project in this blog post.
Noun en Scène
Another WIP pics from Chris – Chip and Benny lookin’ amazing (especially in love with Chip’s chin haha) – Twitter.
Nouns Winter Shelter
Great update from the team, they produced over 200 mini shelters for animals! – Propdate.
Nouns x Pudgys
Finally, a proper unboxing on the Pudgy Penguins x Nouns figurine collab! – Twitter.
Onchain Myth
Big update from Messhup, who has been working heavily behind a closed door until now. Go read more about the story he is developing in his latest Propdate.
Nouns: A Movie
The team is optimistic they will be able to complete chapter 3 by the end of March. They are also working on a second social media account dedicated to the movie – Propdate.
Nouns School
All going according to plan – the parties involved have signed an agreement and a land survey has already been done as well – full update with pictures can be found here.
Book of Nouns
The team started posting videos on Instagram and Twitter.
A Very ⌐◧-◧ Nounish Christmas Party for 5,000 Kids in Need
The Giving Block featured the Nouns x Variety collab in their annual report – Twitter.
Nounish
New episodes of Three artists you might’ve missed:
You can see an overview of all funded proposals here – link.