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As the Founder of Solidity.io and Solidity.com, my focus in my community involvement in ApeCoin DAO is centered around advocating for improved operations, software infrastructure, and decentralization in the DAO. I hope to vote for fair, economically responsible, forward-looking, and impact-oriented AIP's.
Past Votes
ApeChain: Selection of proponent to build ApeChain
ABSTRACT
This vote is to choose the proponent to build ApeChain, a dedicated ApeCoin blockchain that scales $APE and supports the growth of the ApeCoin ecosystem.
The available options reflect the providers who chose to apply and qualified for the Request for Proposals (RFP) advertised here: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/apechain-request-for-proposals/21139
The ApeCoin community is encouraged to review the details of each proposal via the links included below.
APECHAIN RFP PROPOSALS
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AIP-377: ApeChain Bid // ApeChain A-Team - Research, Deploy, Manage ApeChain: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-377-apechain-bid-apechain-a-team-research-deploy-manage-apechain/20163
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AIP-378: ApeChain Bid // ApeChain Developed with Arbitrum Technology with Growth Led by Horizen Labs: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-378-apechain-bid-apechain-developed-with-arbitrum-technology-with-growth-led-by-horizen-labs/20779
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AIP-384: ApeChain Bid // Built using the fastest and cheapest ZK technology in production (zkSync’s ZK Stack): https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-384-apechain-bid-built-using-the-fastest-and-cheapest-zk-technology-in-production-zksync-s-zk-stack/20955
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AIP-388: ApeChain Bid // ApeChain - A zk-Powered Layer-2 to Support ApeCoin Growth (Resubmission): https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-388-apechain-bid-apechain-a-zk-powered-layer-2-to-support-apecoin-growth-resubmission/21306
OVERALL COST
$0 - none of the ApeChain RFP bids are requesting a grant from the ApeCoin DAO.
PROPOSAL
Link to the full Request for Proposals: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/apechain-request-for-proposals/21139
The implementation of the chosen AIP is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.
AIP-379: Thank APE - Phase II: Amplifying a Movement
ABSTRACT
ApeCoin must create value now. To do that, we must attract, fund, and coordinate the best talent to address our DAO’s biggest needs. Speed and accuracy matter. Trust matters. Automation and decentralization matter. Utility is essential.
Thank APE - Phase II is a one-year initiative that proposes to:
- Continuously sense into the biggest needs and opportunities for ApeCoin DAO
- Attract, fund, and coordinate the best talent to quickly respond to those needs
- Incentivize community members to engage and support value-creating projects
Initially funded nearly a year ago, Thank APE has attracted, funded, and coordinated more talent to create value for ApeCoin DAO than the rest of our DAO AIP process - combined. And we’ve done it with less than 0.4% of the treasury.
Thank APE's Motivation: We are Apes. Our motivation is to create enormous value for ApeCoin DAO - by rewarding and recognizing valuable decentralized contributions to our DAO. We’ve been doing this since our first Thank APE Proposal AIP-124 passed almost a year ago.
Our motivation - combined with our tech and expertise, and your partnership - has helped support significant accomplishments since we launched in April of this year. We’ve done it all through a bear market, decreasing ApeCoin value, and wide-ranging coordination problems in the DAO:
Recently, big proposals have passed that reflect a shared realization that we must create more value now. Examples include AIP-297, AIP-304 , and AIP-317 - all of which are seeking to shake things up and help build value in new, big ways for our DAO.
While the impact of these proposals isn’t yet known, the DAO recognized they we must invest to ignite an ecosystem whose future depends on us. Thank APE is proposing another big bet - one that, we believe, addresses the biggest need in the DAO:
We must create greater value, utility, and efficiency in our DAO now.
To do that, our Thank APE - Phase II will support effective decision-making and allocation of resources - and attract, fund, and coordinate top talent that quickly addresses the biggest needs in the DAO.
- Our DAO has passed some proposals - but few have created significant impact yet.
- Our DAO has organized into various groups - but much is still left to be desired.
- Our DAO has built some things - but not enough people use them and none generate revenue.
Thank APE has already been a consistent force in ApeCoin DAO fixated on solving this massive need. We’ve funded and coordinated the building of hundreds of projects creating value in alignment with the feedback of our community and the needs of our DAO.
Background: Our ApeCoin community was founded with a simple mission of driving culture forward into the metaverse. This mission requires building a thriving ecosystem around our culture and community.
A year ago, we had a treasury war chest valued in the billions. Today that same treasury is valued at a fraction of what it was. This is largely because the DAO has generally had a hard time consistently attracting top talent to contribute to our ecosystem.
There is a simple reason for this: Passing an AIP in our DAO environment is hard. It requires that a builder also be a diplomat and a salesperson, not get paid for months, and - at times - put themselves in the crosshairs of public misinformation campaigns from people with their own interests.
Top builders don't need to put themselves through that kind of pain. They can fund their projects in easier ways than our AIP process provides. For example, ThriveCoin is funded by well-recognized web3 VCs, all of which provided an easiest, less stressful path than passing an ApeCoin AIP.
Thank APE has been changing this.
Through Thank APE, top builders have been able to quickly and easily contribute to ApeCoin DAO in ways that are aligned with the biggest needs of our DAO. The impact is that we've attracted thousands of new contributors that has resulted in hundreds of new projects for ApeCoin DAO.
This is just the beginning. With Phase II, we are doubling down on everything that's worked, making our tech even more accessible and extensible, and focusing all of our energy on attracting greater builders from across our ecosystem to build with ApeCoin!
With Phase II, we are proposing to take a bigger role in helping our ApeCoin community create greater value, efficiency, and utility now. Our shared future requires that we get this right.
BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM
ApeCoin must expand the size of our talent pool and continue to create more and more value now. This requires being faster, better, and bolder.
Thank APE is proposing to expand our role as a trusted party in maximizing value creation for our DAO - and doing it in a way that ensures greater utility, value, and efficiency across our decentralized community. The benefit to the ApeCoin ecosystem will be:
- Greater community-wide clarity about the biggest needs of our ecosystem
- Quick, precise funding of decentralized talent to address our biggest needs
- Incentives for members to use and engage projects addressing our biggest needs
We expect to predominately serve three areas of known ecosystem needs (the details of which will be further clarified in the continuous Sense process described below):
- Tech builders: e.g. development teams, developers, etc.
- Culture builders: e.g. influencers, artists, writers, events, local communities, etc.
- Small businesses: e.g. online and offline merchants, service providers, etc.
** If ApeChain is funded, we intend to be a strong support for onboarding and building on ApeChain.
** We intend to give special consideration to projects that drive revenue for the ApeCoin ecosystem.
OVERALL COST
We request 4.2M APE for a 1-year deployment. Like with Phase I, the proposal is 100% Performance-based.
- 80% of requested funds allocated back to the ApeCoin community for value-creating contributions.
- 20% allocated to service provider fees.
Below is an overview of how we expect to allocate funds for Phase 2 over one year (final allocations clarified during ongoing Sense processes, which all community members can influence):
3.36 million APE allocated back to the community in the form of rewards. Includes:
- 1.68M to Tech Builders
- 1.18M to Culture Builders
- 500k to Small Businesses
- 336k to Emerging Opportunities
840k APE allocated to ThriveCoin, Thank APE Board, and other support services. Includes:
305k - Protocol and Platform Design & Development
- Product Architecture, Design, and Management - 70k
- Backend Development Support - 90k
- Dashboard / UI Development Support - 50k
- UI/UX Design - 10k
- QA - 20k
- Admin Dashboard UI Development - 25k
- Smart Contract Development - 20k
- Smart Contract Audit - 20k (third party)
400k - Deployment Support, Partnerships, Community, Legal
- Community Project Manager - 60k
- Integrations / Contributions Specialist - 60k
- Community Relations / Support - 60k
- Community Management / Moderation - 60k
- Data Analyst - 40k
- Funding Allocator - 60k
- Event Management - 40k
- Legal - 20k
75k - Hosting Costs
- AWS Infrastructure Costs - 60k
- Blockchain Indexing / Data Storage - 15k
60k - Thank APE Board Members not part of the APE Foundation
PROPOSAL
Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-379-thank-ape-phase-ii-amplifying-a-movement/20324
The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.
ApeCoin DAO – Special Council Nominees - Term Beginning January 2024
The nomination process for the ApeCoin DAO was established by AIP-137, which outlines a process for community members to apply for the Special Council. Applicants put themselves forward and nomination profiles were posted on Discourse for community discussion. Now it is time to vote for the 5 candidates who will move to the Special Council election vote that will take place from December 14th - 20th.
OVERALL COST
None
ELECTION NOMINEES
Listed in alphabetical order
0xAndy.eth: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/0xandy-eth-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20208
AaronHaber: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aaronhaber-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20200
Airvey: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/airvey-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20207
Balou: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/balou-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20228
BoredApeG: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/boredapeg-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20225
Buuvei: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/buuvei-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20203
DareVader: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/darevader-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20212
dhaheri_12: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/dhaheri-12-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20229
Grimyfrankie: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/grimyfrankie-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20222
Halina.eth: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/halina-eth-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20243
Hamman247: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/hamman247-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20206
Hazel: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/hazel-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20220
herb: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/herb-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20239 irvinxyz: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/irvinxyz-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20241
JasonJape: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/jasonjape-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20204
JVB: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/jvb-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20237
MemeBrains: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/memebrains-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20231
NFD: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/nfd-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20210
phibacka31: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/phibacka31-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20233
Raymond: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/raymond-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20230
ssp1111: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/ssp1111-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20216
thechaingamer: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/thechaingamer-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20213
TheFatherOfAllStorms: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/thefatherofallstorms-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20209
Uzi: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/uzi-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20236
ZastrowBradley: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/zastrowbradley-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20219
Zmoney: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/zmoney-special-council-nomination-01-2024/20214
PROPOSAL
Link to the Nomination Announcement:
https://forum.apecoin.com/t/nomination-announcement-ape-foundation-special-council-term-beginning-january-2024/19790/13
Link to the Nomination Profiles:
https://forum.apecoin.com/c/special-council-elections/special-council-nominees/35
The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.
AIP-335: Bored Ape Gazette Powered By ApeCoin
ABSTRACT
The Bored Ape Gazette is asking the ApeCoin DAO to fund the Bored Ape Gazette for another year to further amplify the DAO and Yugaverse, and enable the Gazette to add weekly Twitter spaces and daily short form animated video content to its output!
Since June 1, 2021, the Bored Ape Gazette has been a part of the Yugaverse, providing daily coverage from the swamp and giving the community a go-to news source across the growing Yuga ecosystem. Over the last year, we have seen the community grow larger with several projects contributing to the Yugaverse such as Applied Primate, Mutant Cartel, and Mocaverse, among others. The Gazette is committed to continuing to build a trusted source of information for this ecosystem for years to come and would love for the paper to be powered by ApeCoin for another year!
Thanks to the ApeCoin DAO’s support of AIP-70 last year, The Bored Ape Gazette was able to expand daily news coverage from 1.5 stories published per day to an average of 4 stories published per day and grow its Twitter audience from 10,000 Followers to nearly 30,000 followers. Today the Gazette averages over 500,000 monthly impressions on Twitter! Along with increased exposure on Twitter, the Gazette has also seen its website viewership go from a few thousand views a month to an average monthly viewership of 13,000! To date, the Gazette has published over 2,200 news articles, 52 weekly newsletter recaps, covered IRL events, live tweeted from important DAO meetings, and reported on important Twitter Space every week! In addition, with funds from last year’s approved AIP-70, the Gazette hired a website designer who has made the website more user-friendly, added a cryptocurrency ticker, an ApeCoin price chart page, and a new community calendar to reflect current and future events and Twitter Spaces!
With the funds requested in this proposal, the Gazette will continue to produce 3-5 Yugaverse/ ApeCoin stories per day, continue its two bi-weekly newsletters (Keeping Tabs On The Lab And The ApeCoin DAO-N Low), add daily animated news segments that will be shared across Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, start a Twitter Space series where the paper will interview builders, and add more amazing features to its website such as a language plug in, Yugaverse timeline, an “on this day in Bored history” section, additional ApeCoin metrics and numbers such as staking analytics, a new email blast campaign that will send subscribers a quick rundown on the swamp, the addition of dark mode, among other things!
With your continued support, the future of the Bored Ape Gazette will be very $Ape-ish and everyone inside and outside the Yugaverse will see a lot more $Ape content!
Here’s how much Ape and Yuga Labs content the Gazette will be putting out with this expansion every month!
BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM
The Bored Ape Gazette currently produces an average of four written articles per day, providing both those within and outside the Yugaverse with a go-to news source for information on all things $Ape! This AIP will empower the Gazette to maintain this level of written output while also enabling the addition of daily short-form video news content that will be shared on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. This new video content will reach new audiences who may not have the time to read the Gazette or be familiar with the ecosystem, giving them a chance to learn about all things $Ape and Yuga. This, in turn, will lead to increased exposure for the DAO, expand $Ape’s reach, and make the community better informed!
OVERALL COST
Total: $150,000 USD worth of $Ape:
- Cost Breakdown
**Content Creation For The Year: $120,000 USD. The Gazette will produce at least 1460 articles, 365 animated videos, 48 Twitter Spaces, 26 Keeping Tabs on The Lab Newsletters, and 26 ApeCoin DAO-N Low Newsletters, in the next year. That breaks down to $63.93 per article/video/ newsletter cost basis.
Cost to create news video animations: $18,000 USD
Language plug in: $1200 USD
Additional website building and new Ape analytics $10,000 USD
PROPOSAL
Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-335-bored-ape-gazette-powered-by-apecoin/18124
The AIP implementation is administered by the Ape Foundation. Implementation may be immaterially or materially altered to optimise for security, usability, to protect APE holders, and otherwise to effect the intent of the AIP. Any material deviations from an AIP, as initially approved, will be disclosed to the APE holder community.