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# Lowering the USDC amount held by the Payer contract from the current 500,000 USDC to 200,000 USDC

With the first version of the upcoming upgrade the treasury assets are currently held by the TokenBuyer (0x4f2aCdc74f6941390d9b1804faBc3E780388cfe5) and the Payer (0xd97bcd9f47cee35c0a9ec1dc40c1269afc9e8e1d) contracts are not included in the forking calculation so members who decide to fork wouldn't receive their fair split.

In order for a fair forking mechanism I propose to reduce the USDC amount held by the Payer contract from the current 500,000 USDC to 200,000 USDC.

At the moment the TokenBuyer contract has a balance of 114.73 ETH, approximately 213K USD which means there is some buffer left still at the current price of ETH after the swap of ETH for 200,000 USDC.

The proposal contains 2 actions:
1. lowering the baseline USDC amount from the current 500,000 USDC to 200,000 USDC
2. withdrawal of the current USDC balance of the Payer contract to the Nouns treasury address  

I believe that this is a fair and good compromise and won't affect the smooth operation of the DAO in the possible short time while implemented.

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Integrate 8/8 Anniversary Art 2023

To celebrate the two-year anniversary of Nouns DAO, we're proud to submit 8 new heads and 2 new accessories for approval and addition to the protocol.

The 10 traits are creations by Amiyoko, Facu, Goldy, Index, Krel, and Tummlin, a group of six passionate contributors to the noundry community. The group came together with a mission to design, refine, and curate a selection of traits worthy of addition to the Nouns collection.

We propose to continue the tradition of adding to the Nouns body of artwork on the project's anniversary, August 8. See last year's [art upgrade proposal (125)](https://nouns.wtf/vote/125) for reference.

Below are the final traits as well as a birds-eye-view of the work that went into creating the selection. Additionally, [this Figma document](https://www.figma.com/file/nVsK03C1B1CjmbipYqiIGY/Noundry-2023-curation-board?type=design&node-id=0%3A1&mode=design&t=Z1HLZIrpLKF0Ei9E-1) functioned as the heart of ideation and alignment throughout the process.

**The Heads**
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HyKqYz1o2.png)

**The Accessories**
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BJVF4ekoh.png)

**The Heads (Playground Generated)** 
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HyvY_yJoh.png)

**The Accessories (Playground Generated)** 
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/ryrKNeks3.png)


**The Design and Refining Process**
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Sky81oA9h.gif)

**Troubleshooting**
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/H1lUyoC92.png)

**Colour Correcting**
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1x8JjCc3.png)

**Final Palettes**
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SklI1sC5h.png)

**Assets prepared for deployment**
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/S1ASyiAqn.png)

**Playground Testing**
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1AuaiC93.png)
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/S10O6jCq2.png)
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rJR_TsCq3.png)
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SkC_6oA93.png)
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1ROTj052.png)
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1ZJ-AC5h.png)
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Bk0u6sA5n.png)
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/r1eR_6iRq3.png)

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Outcome: EXECUTED
# Pay Dustin Yellin 50 eth to complete purchase of PERSON, PLACE, or THING

This proposal is a continuation of proposals 327 and 328.  328 was not properly executed and all of the NAC eth was transferred back to the nouns treasury.  As such, i am proposing that we approve a final 50 eth payment to complete the purchase of this sculpture.  As detailed below, we will then submit a new proposal for the first placement of the sculpture at Zero Bond in New York City.

Previous proposal text:

In April 2022 the Nouns DAO voted on and executed Proposal 48 - Nouns Psychogeography Sculpture with Dustin Yellin, wherein the Brooklyn-based artist was commissioned to update the Leviathan image by creating PERSON, PLACE, or THING, a new sculptural portrait layering each Nouns avatar into one fantastic body. For the commission, Yellin hand painted the 402 Nouns minted in Year One, integrating them into a unique glass artwork to forge a record of the history of the Nouns DAO, while branding its newest emblem.

Much like a yearbook, a ship’s manifest, or the signatures under a document, this snapshot provides a freeze frame of the DAO’s founders and builders. This in-all-is-one super-avatar represents the shared vision and trust between all stakeholders, while providing a rallying banner - an art object - that crystalizes how individuals are more powerful when they come together, and how a community can achieve the seemingly impossible by focusing its collective resources and talents around a common task.

Upon acceptance of Proposal 48, the Nouns DAO compensated the artist with an initial deposit of 50ETH and made a donation of 100,000 USDC to the non-profit cultural center, Pioneer Works.

A second payment of 50ETH and 1 Noun NFT (Noun 252 from the Nouns treasury) was agreed to be paid upon completion of the PERSON, PLACE, or THING sculpture and its accompanying NFT.

Link to images of the finished sculpture: https://www.dustinyellin.com/d/6afb72
Link to the NFT: Psychoprogeny - https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x3dde7d56735d5ab659544070679e9350d23d5b0b/2

Upon acceptance of this proposal, the NFT for PERSON, PLACE, or THING will be transferred from DustinYellinDeployer to a Nouns DAO wallet.

Dustin Yellin Studio will then submit a new proposal to Nouns DAO requesting 12ETH to cover the expense of crating, transporting, and installing the 3,000 lb sculpture in the foyer of the main dining room of the Manhattan social club, Zero Bond, and back to the artist's studio at the conclusion of the loan period. The expected loan period will be 1-3 years, during which time Dustin Yellin Studio will work on additional loan placements for the work at museums and relevant cultural institutions worldwide.

The artist will provide an informative label to accompany the sculpture at Zero Bond, including details about the work and its ownership by Nouns DAO.

50 ETH Deposit and transfer of Noun 252 to Dustin Yellin Studio:
0x0B789Ef2A2cda2fb5B5c7cdB278C2Cb8BdC96e4C

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Compensation for Anniversary Art Inclusion (Prop 348)


This proposal aims to compensate Amiyoko, Facu, Goldy, Index, Krel, Solimander, and Tummlin with a total of 88 eth for the collective efforts that went into [Prop 348](https://nouns.wtf/vote/348); inclusion of new traits on the Nouns DAO anniversary.

![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1koufSi2.png)

Nouns is truly an infinite work of art. It's a living, dynamic thing that can be upgraded, improved, altered -- or defaced -- via proposal. It is yet another wondrous piece of lore that make up the ever growing nounish cultural landmark.

Adding to the Nouns collection on the Nouniversary is a [tradition](https://nouns.wtf/vote/147) that we cherish deeply. One that we believe is worth protecting and nourishing until it can stand on its own non existent feet. Only time will tell how this tradition evolves, but we believe in a future where adding art to the Nouns contract is a worldwide event and cause for widespread celebration and recognition.

By compensating our efforts to keep this tradition alive, we hope that it can encourage more people to participate in growing, caring, and tending to the Nouns collection.

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There is a non-obvious amount of work and knowledge required to develop new traits for the Nouns collection. The design space of a 32x32 pixel grid is surprisingly large, and its only a narrow band -- a goldilocks zone -- that fits the style and feel of the original collection.


![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rymk9MHsn.png)

We request 88 eth for the work done over the course of 8 weeks. Funds will be split among Amiyoko, Facu, Goldy, Index, Krel, Solimander, and Tummlin equal to their individual participation and degree of effort in making prop 348 a reality.

*In the event of prop 348 failing, this proposal will be cancelled.*

⌐◨-◨

Outcome: CANCELLED
# Buy an Alien CryptoPunk using stETH

## Summary

Since most of the treasury has been converted to stETH, the previews proposal to acquire an Alien punk had to be cancelled.
Here I, tycoon.eth, prepared a smart contract that will help the Nouns DAO to acquire an Alien punk token using stETH.

## Methodology

The contract has been deployed to [0x0260Ba2dAe8b85b5A1Bd492829738BDCC7956F35](https://etherscan.io/address/0x0260ba2dae8b85b5a1bd492829738bdcc7956f35#code)

The contract would receive stETH from the treasury and hold it for up to 69 days. In the meantime, any Alien CryptoPunk owner could sell their punk to the contract, in exchange for the balance of the contract’s stETH. The Alien owner would need to use the “Offer to Address” feature for selling the punk to the contract. After settlement, the punk token will be sent to the Nouns DAO treasury address. If the deal is not closed within 69 days, the entire stETH balance will be sent back to the Nouns DAO treasury.

A walkthrough of the code has been posted here [https://0xtycoon.medium.com/nounsalien-solidity-contract-walkthrough-9233a4b9ee4e](https://0xtycoon.medium.com/nounsalien-solidity-contract-walkthrough-9233a4b9ee4e)

The contract has been simulated on block 17781581 using this simulation test posted to Github [https://github.com/0xTycoon/alien-flip/blob/master/test/simulate.js](https://github.com/0xTycoon/alien-flip/blob/master/test/simulate.js)

Outcome: CANCELLED
# Nouns DAO V3 migration cleanup

I propose the second part of the migration as in my understanding everybody just waiting for this upgrade process to fully finish, therefore until it's finally finished the DAO can't function at 100% as the focus is highly diverted on this upgrade process.
I included all the transactions originally planned, then top of that I added the withdrawal from the Payer contract after there was some argument for it from DAO members.
This proposal is submitted less than 2 days after the first upgrade proposal (Prop 356) which means that by the time/if the first one gets executed we will also know if this proposal failed or passed, so basically if this fails the DAO can just resubmit without any delay of the planned process, but if this passes we just saved ourself from another 10 days of headache.

This proposal contains 10 transactions:

1.Move leftover ETH from treasury v1 to treasury v2
2.Approve treasury v2 to transfer lil nouns from treasury v1
3.Transfer ownership of TokenBuyer to treasury v2
4.Transfer ownership of Payer to treasury v2
5.Approve unlimited stETH to be transferred by the ERC20Transferer contract
6.Invoke ERC20Transferer to send remaining stETH to the new treasury
7.Transfer all wstETH to treasury v2
8.Transfer all rETH to treasury v2
9.Transfer all USDC to treasury v2
10.Withdraw from Payer to treasury v2

Outcome: CANCELLED
# Join NOUNS At Your Own Risk; a note on v3 for prospective members

v3 of Nouns (prop 356) implements a standing bid at the protocol level to buy back a block of Nouns ≥ the 'forking threshold' (20% of circulating supply at time of execution) with an equivalent % of the treasury's fungible assets. 

While this may offer you opportunities to exchange your token for some Eth (and other DAO assets), it also enables, under certain conditions, other Noun holders to bypass the proposal process and partially or fully drain treasury assets, resulting in possible total loss of funds.

The Foundation veto and/or exiting (by signaling an interest to join a block sale) will not be able to prevent this in all cases. Please review and understand these risks prior to joining the DAO.

Outcome: DEFEATED
# Nouns DAO V3 Upgrade follow up proposal

This is a follow up proposal to proposal #356.

This is the second part of a treasury contract migration as described in the previous proposal.


## Transactions

1. Move leftover ETH from treasury v1 to treasury v2
2. Approve treasury v2 to transfer lil nouns from treasury v1
3. Transfer ownership of TokenBuyer to treasury v2
4. Transfer ownership of Payer to treasury v2
5. Approve unlimited stETH to be transferred by the ERC20Transferer contract
6. Invoke ERC20Transferer to send remaining stETH to the new treasury
7. Transfer all wstETH to treasury v2
8. Transfer all rETH to treasury v2
9. Transfer all USDC to treasury v2

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Withdraw from the TokenBuyer/Payer contracts

The treasury assets are currently held by the TokenBuyer/Payer contracts are not included in the forking calculation and in the upcoming Proposal 360 there is a ∼105 ETH refill for the TokenBuyer/Payer which might cause some disagreement just before a possible fork so I propose to withdraw from the 2 contracts.

The contracts will refill with the first USDC proposal after this one so it wont cause any issues.

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Place Dustin Yellin's Nouns Sculpture at Zero Bond (NYC)

The DAO recently acquired a Dustin Yellin sculpture (See Proposals 48 and 350). Part of the agreement was for Dustin Yellin Studio to help us show the piece in prominent locations.  This proposal is to fund the transportation and installation for the first location. Dustin Yellin Studio is requesting 9ETH to cover the expense of crating, transporting, and installing the 3,000 lb sculpture in the foyer of the main dining room of the Manhattan social club, Zero Bond, and back to the artist's Brooklyn studio at the conclusion of the loan period. The expected loan period will be 1-3 years, during which time Dustin Yellin Studio will work on additional loan placements for the work at museums and relevant cultural institutions worldwide.

Relatedly, earlier this month Yellin partnered with OpenSea and Friends With Benefits on an open edition set of NFT's to commemorate the completion of his Nouns sculpture. 15% of the total proceeds from the primary sale - 4.027ETH - have been donated by the artist to the Nouns DAO Treasury: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x40d94b6d84024b4b903b53f3f04238b979645eb8d837eef358820ac9f318eb5b

9 ETH Deposit to Dustin Yellin Studio:
0x0B789Ef2A2cda2fb5B5c7cdB278C2Cb8BdC96e4C

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Nouns iOS Gov Client

We propose developing an iOS native app that enables Nouners to engage in governance activities on the go. We believe the app will enhance voter participation and democratize decision-making. The app will also serve as a valuable onboarding tool for new members and complement our existing governance clients. 

## Description
We have been developing an iOS app for NounsDAO. Our primary objective is to boost voter participation by providing Nouners with a user-friendly app that simplifies interactions with the Nouns protocol. We firmly believe that casting votes should be as effortless as sending a text message.
The core features will empower Nouners and community members to access the latest information and interact seamlessly with the Nouns protocol. Additionally, our experimental features will open doors to new onboarding methods, enhance community engagement and discover new utility. This app will be a valuable addition to existing governance clients, such as Nounsagora, Voter, Mmmogu, Nounoclock, Shenounigans, and many others.

## Core Features List
* Feed tab: Featuring the latest community, auction, trade, and proposal information in a clean and concise format.
* Community tab: Providing an easy and concise way to find Nouners and delegates.
* Auctions tab: Displaying the latest auction and market information from platforms like Opensea, LooksRare, Blur, etc.
* Proposals tab: Read, track, and share proposals.
* Wallet tab: Connect your wallet, check your Noun bags, cast and delegate votes (with Metamask, Rainbow, etc., integration).
* Push notifications: A flexible notifications center for all activities, including notifications for specific trait minting, trades, delegations, etc.

## Experimental Features
* AirPlay support: Stream "A Nouns Movie: Rise of Blus" from the app to a monitor or TV.
* Maps support: Display cities where Nouners and community members travel and reside (limited to locality).
* NFTs: Distribute commemorative NFTs to active participants (those who check auctions more than three times a week receive a code to mint a unique Nounish NFT).

## Timeline
* Core features delivered in 1-2 months
* Experimental Features in 4 months

## Git repo
* We welcome PRs at
https://github.com/fiveoceans-dev/nouns-mobile/tree/main/ios-swift

## Budget
10 eth - UI design
15 eth - retrofund
30 eth - R&D next 5 months
12 eth - maintanance ∞
**Total: 67 eth**

## Transaction

Send 67 eth to [Five](https://twitter.com/fiveoceans_dev)
0x7Bd4cdbD92ab09fA689ED899cddDD6ECCFeF7a54

## Screenshots
* ### Splash screen
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Hy-zc4OR2.gif)

* ### Auction
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HklGc4_Rn.gif)

* ### Proposals
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BklzcVO0n.gif)

* ### Wallet
![](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/S1Jf5EuC2.gif)

Outcome: DEFEATED
# Nouns for sale (76, 81, and 208)

https://blur.io/asset/0x9c8ff314c9bc7f6e59a9d9225fb22946427edc03/76

https://blur.io/asset/0x9c8ff314c9bc7f6e59a9d9225fb22946427edc03/81

https://blur.io/asset/0x9c8ff314c9bc7f6e59a9d9225fb22946427edc03/208

Outcome: CANCELLED
# Call for a Public Boycott on Nouns Auctions *** URGENT ***

OG Nouners (like myself) are calling for a public boycott on Nouns auctions until 4156 voluntarily RESIGNS as a Nounder and FORFEITS his future distribution of Nounder’s rewards. The list of deficiencies are numerous. Very poor decision making, weak leadership, lack of vision, zero HR conflict resolution skills, but most importantly a condescending attitude towards the earliest members of the DAO that helped financially contribute thousands of ETH for the DAO.  

Don’t just take my word for it, read what other Nouners have recently said:  

“Not happy to hear that Nouners are actively considering a fork. People are trying to raid the treasury for their portion of the ETH. That's not good at all, nor fair to early noun adopters!” —Xaix.eth (Noun 1)   

“With about 3 hours left, over 50% of nouns are forking.  that's a huge vote of no confidence on leadership.  hope all founders take notes and learn something from this. 
 —gmoneyNFT   

“Up to half the DAO is leaving. 70%+ of Nouns that are active and have contributed to the treasury are being forked. This is not great.“   —0xhindsight.eth    

“…nuking the discord was not optimal, not making the same mistakes matters, auction prices matter and create your future budget and inform your current one, creating a culture and foundation where coordination is easy and productive and making good marginal decisions that compound over and over matters, poison pills, bidding on the assets of friends with DAO assets and indicating plans to reinflate the newly reduced supply are all suboptimal signals, and so on” —0xdc...ff8f

  “This is a spectacular failure on the part of the @thenounders but more specifically @punk4156. His lack of leadership during the fork was very obvious to the community (esp OG Nouners). The only way Nouns move past this is for 4156 to do the honorable thing and RESIGN.”  —beautifulnfts.eth   

“Fuck around, find out” —Noun 86   

“DAO's need leadership or the madness of the crowd will destroy it.” —0x86...b6ba

Over the next several months, proposals will be put on chain to notify and remind the investing public that they should STRONGLY consider avoiding Noun auctions until certain  Nounder changes occur (which include but are not limited to 4156 exiting the project).

Outcome: CANCELLED
# Update proposal turnaround parameters

The current proposal flow takes 10 days to complete:
- 5 day voting delay
- 5 day voting period

This proposal updates three properties:
- Turns on the editing period (introduced in v3) to 2.5 days
- Sets the voting delay to 0.5 days
- Sets the voting period to 4 days

If passed, the proposal flow would take 7 days to complete:
- 2.5 day editing period
- 0.5 day voting delay period
- 4 day voting period

The main reason for the update is to move quicker. Post-fork, the size of the voting pool decreased significantly and is more aligned which should enable us to lower the time required to pass/reject props.

The periods were chosen with the goal of having a one week turnaround time:
- 2. 5 day editing period should be enough to integrate any minor feedback into a prop
- 0.5 day voting delay to prevent voters from seeing outdated props at voting period start
- 4 day voting period for voters to cast their votes

⌐◨-◨

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Call for a Public Boycott on Nouns Auctions * URGENT * (#002)

Please read: [https://nouns.wtf/vote/374](https://nouns.wtf/vote/374)

Noun auctions now closing at 50% discount post-fork (and likely heading much lower). 
![noun_auction](https://imgpile.com/images/DTf2lc.png)

It's time for 4156 to resign.

Outcome: CANCELLED
# Lower fork threshold to 10%

I propose to lower fork threshold to 10% (from 20%) and fork period to 3.5 days (from 7 days).

By lowering the fork threshold, we increase alignment among those who stay while leaning into the fact that [forks can be inherently good](https://jacob.energy/forks-are-good.html) for Nouns.

We don't yet understand the full implications of having many separate funding bodies co-existing under one Nouns umbrella brand. But, Nouns being cc0, we're uniquely capable of leaning into the potential of having multiple funding bodies, each with different approaches but individually highly aligned.

**Isn't a lower threshold just making it easier for arbitrageurs?**
It is widely understood that we need to accelerate spending to close the arbitrage opportunity. Yet, figuring out exactly how to *thoughtfully* accelerate spending is a process that takes time. In the meantime, it seems like we'll be co-existing with arbers and should make the most out of the situation. Lowering the threshold increases arber competition, accelerating the process, decreasing their profits, and allowing them to drain less of the treasury.

**Doesn't inviting arbitrageurs disrupt governance?**
A lower threshold doesn't change that arbers will vote No on proposals and attempt to block spending. Conversely, it makes it less likely that arbers grow into a big cohort with significant voting power, which is a side effect of accumulating to reach the fork threshold.

**Why not raise the threshold instead?**
While raising the threshold might seem like a good stopgap to defend the dao against further arbitrage, it comes with an air of intellectual dishonesty and risks being [regressive](https://warpcast.com/vapeape/0xfc9dd9), while not accomplishing _that_ much in terms of protection.

**Why decrease the fork period?**
One downside of a lower fork threshold and potentially consecutive forks is that proposal execution is blocked during the fork period. The fork period is decreased to mitigate governance disruption while still providing honest minorities ample time to coordinate.

*Thanks to 40 and Elad for co-penning this proposal, and to Necfas for providing a Noun.*

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Retro Fund Wilson for Propdates & Refill Gas Refund Balance

[Wilson](https://twitter.com/WilsonCusack) built the initial [Propdates](updates.wtf) contract, which has been getting a lot of use and positive feedback from the community.

I propose retro funding Wilson 5 ETH for his work on the contracts, as well as refilling the Gas Refund which reimburses gas costs for updates posted on successful transactions. These costs hover around $2 per update. 0.5 ETH should have us covered for the foreseeable future.

[Propdates Contract](https://etherscan.io/address/0x94b4fb16893c0fb4e470eef2559c24fd87fed5f1)

Outcome: EXECUTED