gramajo/nouns-proposals huggingface dataset:
# bound.wtf

## TLDR

Funding for one quarter to focus on the development of [bound.wtf](https://bound.wtf) as a platform for awarding small/micro grants to creators in the Nouns ecosystem.

## Background

In December I launched a MVP ([web application](https://bound.wtf) and [smart contract](https://explorer.zora.energy/address/0x35fe23CF325A687540e67263Cc5b8feC9f8090D5?tab=contract)) that allowed anyone to create content with an onchain attribution to Nouns using [Zora protocol rewards](https://support.zora.co/en/articles/8192123-understanding-protocol-rewards-on-zora).

Over 60 NFTs (non spam) were created by the community on both Zora and Base L2s generating more than 500 mints and protocol rewards that can be claimed by Nouns through a proposal. Many collections came from a TNS hosted art competition where I sponsored a 1 ETH prize pool to support submissions celebrating Art Basel. Other collections consisted of [content](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xB732Ca1fD00a80A4f45fC5542fdC2bAF3C4354E5) [ranging](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x65D9eF9f69eB97D1f01E2b04d1d3c04811dEa95d) [from](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x8e50a976fdd47287022aa2b7688a6c06fbd71c60) [memes](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x3D899DD34b9eEB7888b12eEB2a2720d7372Ba653) [to](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xa6dCE571100FfF10bA97a9D48b8e329cf929a066) the [Nouns Esports yearly recap](https://zora.co/collect/base:0x9c1a5b04215dbb4961f09b35e95e71073b0c56b7). 

Going forward I plan to create a mostly automated system that incentivizes others to produce content by rewarding them with ETH, an alternative to small grants funding that can scale past a centralized team. 

## Focus

Currently I'm preparing a large update that incorporates feedback received since launch. Moving forward my goals are to:

**1) Create a public and transparent process for earning rewards from the Bound prize pool**
**2) Increase discovery of collections through the website and a publicly exposed API**
**3) Support multimedia content and a consumer grade UX**

My overarching goal is to build towards a platform that supports a Nouns creator and minting economy.

## Compensation & Terms

I'd like to request **115k USDC** to fund Bound for the next quarter. An additional 4.20 ETH is requested to seed a prize pool which will be used to reward collection creators.

- 90k USDC streamed over 3 months
- 25k initial release to cover infra and misc costs
- 4.20 ETH for use as rewards and incentives

ETH for the prize pool will be held in a 2/3 [multisig](https://etherscan.io/address/0x367EEa3811f120517244Fb6EBf0558B96FDCF0CF) with signers:

- wiz
- index
- sasquatch

Outcome: DEFEATED
# Cancel Stream of Prop 476 ( Part 1 )

Hey all,

This is us again, Team CC0-LIB.

## Issues

- we are using split contract as the recipient for the stream in Prop 476 *(compensation funds)*
- we found out that a split contract are not able to interact with the stream contract
- thus, we are not able to actively withdraw our compensation funds
- the funds are locked in the stream contract as vested token

## Action

We are splitting the actions into **two parts** ;

**Part 1**

- cancel the stream
- recover all the non-vested token to the DAO's treasury

**Part 2**

- withdraw the remaining vested token
- set a new stream of funding **(42 WETH - total vested tokens)**

## Learnings

- proposer cannot use a split contract as the funds recipient under a 'Stream Funds' action
- once the stream started, the fund will be vested and canceling the stream will only allow Payer (DAO) to recover the non-vested token
- remaining vested token will always be available for withdrawal by the recipient. in our case, we have no way to interact / withdraw from the stream contract due to limitations of the split contract

## Suggestions

- frontend / nouns clients should display remarks on a 'Stream Funds' action stating "EOA / multisig only"
- transaction simulation before voting period starts to prevent any issues

## Why do we require two proposals

- we are not able to withdraw the remaining vested token due to the funds are being vested on every block. thus, we are not able to put any exact numbers
- to avoid any confusion for the DAO members

## Our follow up proposal

Another proposal '*New Stream of Prop 476 (Part 2)'* will follow through once *'Cancel Stream of Prop 476 (Part 1)'* has been executed

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Meet Quack & Lola - March to 500K Fans

### Tl ; dr

- Atrium is seeking Noun 632 (Quack's inspiration) as retro-reward for the work done on Quack between June 2023 - Dec 2023.
- Scale Quack Ops (Frugally): 36 ETH streamed over 6 months of operations to scale Quack & put fuel to the fire.

![](https://i.postimg.cc/T2qGSPjb/Group-228.png)

### How it came to be

We started by looking into what can be universally loved as a character and is relevant to all-age groups. Observing the giants as well as newcomers was pretty critical to this.

![](https://i.postimg.cc/Y2VJDDyf/Screen-Shot-2024-01-16-at-8-47-59-PM.png)

After much deliberation, we found a repeatable common denominator that worked over & over.

- Cute
- Playful
- Animalistic feature set >> Inanimate objects (cat ,dog ,frog , ducks ,chicken , pokemon?)
- Groups OR Pair >> Lone-some (Virality factor)

![](https://i.postimg.cc/HnJFsbjy/Screen-Shot-2024-01-16-at-8-47-06-PM.png)

.. and Quack & Lola were born in June 2023.

### Quack was created with following ideas in mind

- Build a wide top of funnel for an IP that transcends borders and is based on Nouns character primitive (Noggles).
- Can translate to all types of things for ancilliary markets.
- Can be used in places like [Nouns Movie](https://nouns.movie) and get plugged into a lot of existing properties we have for cross-over promos.

### Quack stats at a glance

- 229K Followers on Instagram and climbing.
- 65% female audience skewing younger (15-34).
- 15.4mil users reached in the last month.

![](https://i.postimg.cc/tTrn6qxh/Frame-10.png)

### People Love Quack (all over the world)

Including some frens we have in web3 :)

![](https://i.postimg.cc/VsCH4zLq/Frame-10.png)

## Where are the funds going

- Scale production throughput to guarantee 2x output per week.
- Optimise asset generation.
- Experiment with Quack & Lola's demeanor and personality for more reach.
- Introduce more media formats (Sticker packs, GIFs, AR filters) for more proliferation.

![](https://media.giphy.com/media/23mdvQsxTVIAM88hn3/giphy.gif)

### Mint-maxxing

- We want to create Quack mints every time we publish the content. Partner up with Bound.wtf future iterations to have a tighter value flow onchain.
- You can mint some Quack [here](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xd5a78c4830946f1dd5ea807cd56a916849b818af) (Not on bound currently)

![](https://i.postimg.cc/NjZYB3xB/Screen-Shot-2024-01-17-at-8-33-32-AM.png)

---

### Who is working on this

- [3dprintguy](https://twitter.com/3D_PrintGuy) - Creative Supervision
- [Blizzy](https://twitter.com/artbyblizzy) - Animation swissknife (one man production army)
- [Brianna](https://twitter.com/Bri_Zzeyy) - Content Ideation

![](https://i.postimg.cc/GhPPQwXt/5afd3ce8-7017-4431-9729-0bf8d155c2aa.jpg)

Outcome: EXECUTED
# New Stream of Prop 476 (Part 2)

Hey all,

This is us again, Team CC0-LIB. [Prop 482 - Cancel Stream of Prop 476 (Part 1)](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/482) has been executed and we will follow through with another proposal **'New Stream of Prop 476 (Part 2)'**.

## Action Completed

**Part 1 - Completed**

- the stream is canceled - [link](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xeacf13dcaa7bc2dd24b6d4190510eba806c917db7b5ec413958e1f8c29f6de0f)
- we have recovered all the non-vested token, with the amount of **39.683592414529914530 WETH** to the DAO's treasury - [txn link](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xeacf13dcaa7bc2dd24b6d4190510eba806c917db7b5ec413958e1f8c29f6de0f)

## Action Pending

**Part 2 - Upcoming**

- the remaining vested token will be recovered in total of **2.316407585470085470 WETH** - [link](https://etherscan.io/address/0x44e8282B4F84e10486e1b75E4f6F041A83AB2b6b#readContract%23F7)
- setting up a new stream of funding for our compensation (13th February 2024 - 13th July 2024) with the new amount of **39.683592414529914530 WETH** *(42 WETH - vested token)*

Thank you!

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Donate 40 ETH to Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm's Legal Defense Fund

"In August 2022, the US authorities blacklisted Tornado Cash as a "sanctioned entity," resulting in the arrests of two developers: Alexey Pertsev (Netherlands) and Roman Storm (US). The arrests of Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev are considered a direct attack on the open-source development space and may have devastating consequences for developers who write and publish code.

The outcome of Alexey and Roman’s upcoming 2024 trials will set precedents for privacy in web3 and the freedom to publish code without fear of government persecution. Roman and Alex need your help to build a strong defense not just for their sake, but for crypto users and developers worldwide. In response to the arrests, a group of sympathizers came together to form WeWantJusticeDAO to advocate on their behalf and help raise funds for legal defense. However, time and money are running out, and we need your support.

Complete breakdown of associated funding and costs: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P69NhyLshI6kwfo7KqaA_rNUV5vpRw9JTJOfFAsdqAk/edit?usp=sharing"](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P69NhyLshI6kwfo7KqaA_rNUV5vpRw9JTJOfFAsdqAk/edit?usp=sharing)

View Roman's statement here: [https://x.com/rstormsf/status/1749490246000238942?s=20](https://x.com/rstormsf/status/1749490246000238942?s=20)

This proposal would donate 40 ETH (around $90K at current prices) via Juicebox towards support for Alexey and Roman's legal defense.

Outcome: QUEUED
# Currents by Propdates

***TL;DR:*** *Continue funding Onnnnnion and Martin to improve Propdates and build more infrastructure around payments and accountability*

### Problem

A majority of proposals do not use streams and do not post updates because they have no incentive to do so. In order to increase accountability in the DAO and long-term proposal quality, we need to increase usage of streams and Propdates.

### Solution

To solve this, we suggest an upgrade to the current Nouns streaming contracts, which were a fork of Sablier by the Verbs team built in 2022. 

We propose **Currents**, an NFT-based streaming approach, with new features that fit the ecosystem's needs:

- **More streaming strategies**: linear, exponential, cliffs, etc..
- **Propdates-required**: currents will need an update within the last 30 days to unlock, increasing accountability
- **Transferable**: claiming access belong to the NFT, so contributors can transfer to other wallets if needed
- **Onchain Metadata**: just a nice touch to have the NFT render the current's data nicely :-)

*You can read the technical document *[here](https://hackmd.io/@onnnnnnnion/currents)*.*

In the next three months, we will:

- Finish the Currents contracts (we've already begun work on them), get them fully tested, and audited.
- Integrate Currents into Propdates, as well as other Nouns front-ends
- Continue bringing upgrades and quality of life improvements to Propdates (including new designs). This might include features such as community updates, Prop House updates, personal channels, etc.

![](https://i.ibb.co/GkBgkjK/Mac-Book-Pro-16-3.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/rb395f4/Mac-Book-Pro-16-3.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/tp2wwrg/Mac-Book-Pro-16-5-1.png)

**Propdates Metrics**

- 80 proposals updated (53 completed)
- 153 updates
- 30,000 words
- 1 update every day on average
- Check out all of our updates [here!](https://www.updates.wtf/prop/412)

**Team**

- Martin (front-end, full-time, 6 ETH / month): built Propdates, Mogu, Payroll
- Onnnnion (contracts, full-time, 6 ETH / month): built Propdates v2 contracts, designed Currents contracts

We will also contract solidity development and design help with the rest of the funds. We would also like to run  a community contest for the art of the Current NFTs. This

**Ask**

- 50 ETH streamed over 3 months, not including audit funding

Outcome: DEFEATED
# Orca2Orca Fix

Due to a bug which generated a malformed function signature and inserted it into the transaction parameters for [Prop 490,](https://nouns.wtf/vote/490) the transfer of Noun 175 to CoralOrca is blocked. The cause of the bug is still being investigated, but this proposal uses correct transaction parameters and will allow the transfer to occur. Apologies and thank you.

![](https://noun.pics/175.png)

Outcome: EXECUTED
# NounsAuctionHouse V2 Upgrade

**tl;dr: This upgrade gives bidders the ability to attach an optional comment to their bid. It's vwr for auction bids.**

[`NounsAuctionHouseV2.sol`](https://etherscan.io/address/0x91B2899e03Ec50c555127C07534EceAaa7A40131#code): Introduces a new function `createBidWithComment` that allows users to submit a bid with an accompanying string comment.

**Why?**

 **Capture useful information:** reasons as to why a particular noun resonates, who/what inspired prospective members to bid for their first noun, and what value they hope to bring to the DAO – useful information to both nouners and builders but difficult to collect given DAO social layer decentralisation. Asking for this information at point of bid and emitting it onchain via core contract makes it much easier to collect and find, as it enables trustless capture across all clients that serve nouns auctions and direct fetching via subgraphs that index auction events.

 **Make auctions multiplayer**: introducing a vwr-esque multiplayer dynamic to auctions could seed new nounish layers of interaction for players to play and for builders to build on top of. New meta = new games :)

**Technical Breakdown**
`NounsAuctionHouse.sol`: Contains the basic functionality for creating bids on auctions without any additional data. When a bid is made, an AuctionBid event is emitted (noun ID, bidder address, bid amount).

`NounsAuctionHouseV2.sol`: Extends functionality by adding an overloaded version of the ``createBid`` function, named ``createBidWithComment``. This function takes an additional parameter, ``string calldata comment``. When a bid is made, an `AuctionBid` event is emitted as normal. If the bid is made with an accompanying comment string, an `AuctionBidComment` event is emitted alongside the `AuctionBid` event. The events are separate to ensure that frontends and subgraphs do not break as a result of not upgrading to NounsAuctionHouse V2.

Alongside the contract upgrade, the nouns.wtf frontend, its subgraph, and bots have all been updated to collect, fetch, and show bid comments. Thank you Solimander for reviewing the contract upgrade.

[Here](https://master--stellular-cat-047478.netlify.app/) (sepolia testnet) for anyone keen to test it out.

**Ask**
8 eth for work on contracs, frontend, subgraph, bots

Outcome: CANCELLED
# Donate 40 ETH to Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm's Legal Defense Fund (Round 2)

Due to a bug in the creation of the initial proposal (see context here: [https://warpcast.com/krel.eth/0xb5486c67)](https://warpcast.com/krel.eth/0xb5486c67) that prevents it from being executable, we are re-proposing Prop 493.

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Reimburse a Nouner

**Disclaimer: Nobody asked me to put this prop up, it just makes sense to me.**

Indexcard.eth loaned 7Ξ in order for [Prop 173](https://nouns.wtf/vote/173) to be successfully completed without any hiccups. This was certainly a loan, however, **over a year has passed** with 0 signs of any reimbursement.

Whilst this is not a loan to Nouns DAO directly, it was ultimately done in order to benefit the DAO. With no reimbursement in sight from the original proposer, the quickest (and potentially only) route to resolution is to pay back a valued DAO member and finally put this to bed.

You can read more context about what this loan paid for [here.](https://nouns.wtf/candidates/0xdf6e59c6df1e9500fd35a76ff4c62f9901e90019-refund-an-additional-expenses-for-prop-173-sail-nouns)

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Fund Retroactive Rounds via Rounds.wtf

**tldr:**
Allocate 50 ETH towards retroactive rounds via new Farcaster-native UX: [rounds.wtf](https://rounds.wtf).

**Context:**
The Prop House team is exploring a new UX via Farcaster for Nouns to allocate funds through. There are several reasons why we feel compelled to experiment in this direction:

- Rounds are inherently social. Therefore, a user experience that embeds itself into a social platform makes running rounds a frictionless experience.
- Leveraging the Farcaster’s social graph, we can expand Nouns participants beyond our immediate voting pool in order to scale allocation efforts.
- Building atop of Farcaster makes our development cycles shorter.

**Experiments:**
We’ve run two rounds so far:

- [Round 1](https://rounds.wtf/rounds/nouns-weekly-retro-1):
  - Test: Will we receive quality submissions through “reply to submit”.
  - Results: 71 submission of which 37 were awarded via 48 unique addresses allocating 1200+ votes. The allocation can be seen [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tgfqDf-5bws8NZp171J_kNPPQUiNwKGtteSeyd93gUk/edit?usp=sharing).
- [Round 2](https://rounds.wtf/rounds/nouns-weekly-retro-2): 
  - Test: Will "likes as votes" function equal to or better than voting. 
  - Results: 69 submissions, 46 were awarded via 43 unique fids allocating 300+ likes.
- [Round 3](https://rounds.wtf/rounds/nouns-weekly-retro-3): (ongoing)
  - Test: Will "tag to submit" work as well as reply to submit
  - Results: We had a very slow start (yesterday) so today we added reply to submit alongside tag to submit. Conclusions pending. 

**What's next?**

We're taking everything we've learned since Prop House inception and speed running it on a new medium. Our goal is to ship a new feature to test assumptions on a weekly basis. Items we're actively thinking about:

- Fine tuning the selected voter base.
- Automating payouts to handle 100s of award recipients.
- Activating new people into Nouns via voting (likes) and/or submissions (replies).
- DIY round creation.
- Adapting to channels as the community primitive.

**Ask:**
50 ETH, 100% will be used towards funding Nouns contributors. The funds are being sent to a [1/2 safe](https://app.safe.global/home?safe=eth:0xeB497C01d8dc95d1813281Ae29CbC6cCED70C615) managed by soli & seneca.

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Refill fomonouns with 1 ETH 

We’ve been without fomo for quite some time due to it being botted and insta-settling, so it was deactivated as a settling mechanism.

It was recently fixed and has been settling auctions effectively as we play on The Noun Square’s “Noun O’Clock” show.

As most would know, it is open to anyone to play, which we celebrate and encourage every single day! We play at nounoclock.live (the original site is at fomonouns.wtf).

The contract that fomo settles with is running super low on funds and only has a few days left in it at the time of writing this prop (https://etherscan.io/address/0xb2341612271e122ff20905c9e389c3d7f0F222a1).

This proposal is to refill the contract with 1 ETH to continue to utilise the fomonouns interface to settle nouns every day. It’s estimated to last at least 2 or 3 months before needing to be refilled again.

⌐◨-◨

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Bowlcut Head Trait (Nouns x CrypToadz)

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I present to you, [the Bowlcut head trait](https://gallery.noundry.wtf/trait/6574cf46c4e7aa32f47e3077) *(by Gremplin)*: 


![Screenshot 2024-02-27 at 3.58.23 PM](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1g_T6snT.png)



My first entry to web3 was via CrypToadz (Created by Nounder, Gremplin).  There are already Toadz with "Nounish" glasses (noggles) and I think it would be amazing to add a trait from CrypToadz into Nouns.  

My favorite CrypToadz trait, the bowlcut is hilarious and looks so so good as a Noun head asset.  

![Screenshot 2024-01-27 at 10.01.18 AM](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SydCqcG96.png)


**My proposal is to add this head trait to the NounsDAO collection both because it's awesome and also adds amazing lore to the Nouns x Toadz relationship.**

**!vibe** 

**@SuperTightWoody**

Outcome: DEFEATED
# Double down on Nouns x Farcaster

**tldr:**

Allocate another $150k to bring the total to $300k (3x100) in funding towards Nouns x Farcaster round in order to attract the best builders possible.

**Context:**
Through [proposal 498](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/498), Nouns voted to fund a Nouns x Farcaster round for $150k USDC where three teams will receive $50k each to run a three month sprint. Reflecting on the level of commitment that we’re asking for and our hope to attract the best builders possible - we may be undervaluing the task at hand. Top tier teams’ opportunity cost is far greater than Nouns’ current offer.

Additionally, given the small but real possibility of the new app becoming the everyday Nouns app - $150k does not properly price in the upside. Initially this app will try to solve for communication within Nouns but it may evolve to encompass more Nouns functions (governance, funding, etc) thanks to Farcaster’s expanding feature set. If any of these ideas play out, it is critical for us to do so with the best team(s) possible.

Lastly, capital is nowhere near as scarce as talent. It seems like a reasonable trade.

**Logistics:**
The $150k would go into the same safe that the initial funds were sent to in prop 498.

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Droposal: Nouns x Protocol Guild short film

![](https://i.imgur.com/4pkVzly.jpeg)

Funded 4 months ago via [Proposal 407](https://www.nounsagora.com/proposals/407), this 1 minute short film celebrates the tireless work of Ethereum core contributors. We spent the last 4 months working on this short film with [The Line](https://www.thelineanimation.com/) to produce this film, and now this labour of love is coming to a chain near you.

We'd like to release the premiere of this short film by minting it from the DAO and thereby canonize it along other amazing nouns-funded media like The Wizard's Hat, This is Nouns, and more. 

Once deployed, the mint will be available at fundcoredevs.xyz. Please find the mint details below:

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**Title:**
Delivery at Dawn | a 4844 film

**Description:**
The 1min short film NFT  “Delivery at Dawn” is a celebration of EIP-4844 arriving to mainnet, core Ethereum contributors and their ongoing stewardship. Brought to you by the Nouns Community, Agora, The Line, & Stateful Works. Proceeds go to cover cost of production and as a donation to Protocol Guild: a collective of Ethereum core contributors!

**Edition Type:**
Timed Open Edition

**Start date:**
March 11th (2 days before 4844 lands on mainnet)

**End date:**
April 1st (21 days total)

**Price:**
0.004844 ETH

**Split:**

80% [Protocol Guild](https://app.splits.org/accounts/0x84af3D5824F0390b9510440B6ABB5CC02BB68ea1/)

20% Nouns DAO Treasury

**Note on proposal mechanics:**
This is a signal only proposal that whose outcome will be executed as follows: 

1. On March 11th, if the proposal is successful, but still queued, nounsfilm.eth will manually create a zora drop with the above parameters with the final video of the short film
2. As soon as possible following the creation of the NFT contract, ownership of the NFT will be transfered to nouns.eth, securing the provenance of the drop
3. Most users minting the NFT will be seeing its owner as nouns.eth
4. When the proposal is executed, nothing will happen as the drop will already have been created

This unconventional proposal process is due to the fact that I miscalculated the total proposal lifecycle. Unfortunately, a normal proposal would put us 2 days behind launch schedule. This unconventional set up allows us to meet our deadline while also maximize the provenance.

Outcome: EXECUTED
# Refill voteRefund balance

I propose we top up the contract that refunds voters' gas fees. The contract was last refilled with 15 eth on May 11th 2023, and as of today around 1 eth remains.

More context can be found in previous proposals:

- [https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/292](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/292) 
- [https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/152](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/152)

Outcome: EXECUTED