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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.

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.

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.

For

10,829 votes

1 year ago

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

10,841 votes

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

10,876 votes

AIP-326: Platform to Enable ApeCoin Powered Payments & Rewards for Apps & Games

ABSTRACT

We’re proposing the creation of a low-code platform to enable all of the required infrastructure for ApeCoin powered payments and rewards for games. Although the primary focus is browser and mobile games, the platform is also applicable to any web or mobile application.

LINK TO VIDEO

Benefit to Developers: Easy blockchain integration and access to passionate web3 player community network effects through ApeCoin game interoperability.

Benefit to Players: Easy wallet creation and management enabling purchasing in-game digital collectibles, and earning rewards & achievements.

Benefit to ApeCoin: Expansion of ApeCoin to web and mobile game ecosystem, creating multiple sinks for Ape.

Example Use Case As a Made by Apes brand you want to enable ApeCoin payments on your platform (game or app). With our platform you can add ApeCoin payments functionality with just a few lines of code and then distribute ApeCoin rewards (cashback style) & digital collectibles (e.g. spend 100 ApeCoin & get a free NFT) to your users.

Platform Diagram

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BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM

We imagine a future where ApeCoin powers a sizable percentage of web/mobile game transactions.

Unity-powered games: 50% of games across devices are made with Unity, powering more than 70% of all mobile games [1]
Web-based Games: $7.91B in 2022 and projected to grow 4.4% in 2023 [2]
Mobile Games (Android & iOS): $226 billion of total app revenue in 2022, with ad revenue ($116 billion) and app store revenue ($110 billion) [3]

Google changing its policy toward blockchain-based apps in July of ‘23, suggests that the mobile web3 gaming wave is just around the corner [4]. Apple is likely not far behind considering games like NFL Rivals already offer NFT purchases in their game that’s available both on iOS and Android, surpassing over 1 million downloads this July [5].

Our platform will help to introduce ApeCoin to new users, create additional sinks for $APE, and position ApeCoin to become one of the most popular gaming tokens.

OVERALL COST

Cost breakdown and allocations are only an estimation and are subject to change.

$340K - Platform Design & Development

$110K Allocated to CR3 Labs/Vora Labs Joint Venture:
- Product architecture, design, and management - $20,000
- Unity Template Design & Development - $30,000
- Unity SDK - $50,000
- Backend Development Support - $5,000
- Dashboard / UI Development Support - $5,000
$230K Allocated to Solidity.io:
- UI/UX Design - $15,000
- Admin Dashboard UI Development - $25,000
- Player Dashboard UI Development - $25,000
- Backend/API Development - $46,000
- Typescript SDK (server) - $15,000
- Typescript SDK (client) - $15,000
- Smart Contract Development - $54,000
- Smart Contract Audit - $20,000 (third party)
- Platform security audit/testing - $15,000 (third party)

$140K - Marketing, Biz Dev, Partnerships, Community, Legal

$135K Allocated to CR3 Labs/Vora Labs Joint Venture:
- Business Development, Partnerships - $40,000
- Developer Relations - $20,000
- Marketing - $25,000
- Illustrations, Videos & Marketing Assets - $24,000
- Community management & moderation - $8,000
- Event management - $8,000
- Legal - $10,000
$5K Allocated to Solidity.io:
- Marketing - $2,500
- Legal - $2,500

~~$100K~~ - Hosting Costs (Subsidized by Vora / CR3 AWS credits)

Infrastructure hosting
Blockchain indexing / data storage

Total Cost: $480,000 - to be paid in $APE

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-326-platform-to-enable-apecoin-powered-payments-rewards-for-apps-games/17725

For

10,876 votes

1 year ago

AIP-314: Beyond the NFT: NFT Lab Magazine's Plan for Empowering ApeCoin's Global Community

ABSTRACT

NFT Lab Magazine is a well-established physical publication that has distributed over 20,000 magazines through 4 issues spread across 1,000 locations, reaching over 35,000 readers. This proposal aims at promoting Apecoin and Yuga ecosystem news and projects to the existing audience base and beyond. Our strategy includes generating content that spotlights community projects, ApeCoin DAO news, Yuga projects and approved AIPs, thus enriching the ApeCoin ecosystem and drive mass adoptions, potentially increase the $Apecoin and Yuga collections value.

BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM

As of right now, ApeCoin primarily revolves around Yuga Labs NFTs and their upcoming Otherside metaverse, but by promoting new use cases through NFT Lab, we can faster adoption for more real-world applications and mainstream adoption in Asia. We will also promote other approved AIPs including becoming an official mentor and collaboration partner with the other ApeCoin funded magazine project called Beyond The Swamp, which is releasing its first issue later this summer based out of North America.

OVERALL COST

To supplement NFT Lab existing operating costs, implementing this proposal to facilitate our proposed expansion, for one year, will be the equivalent of $92,000.00 paid in $APE.

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-314-beyond-the-nft-nft-lab-magazines-plan-for-empowering-apecoins-global-community/17038

10,832 votes

AIP-317: ApeCoin DAO Governance and Operations Budget

ABSTRACT

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The primary objective of this budget proposal is to outline a strategic plan for the Governance Working Group (GWG) that ensures continued smooth operations of ApeCoin DAO and effective management of the AIP process. It initiates a more decentralized ApeCoin DAO through the GWG adopting a new non-profit DAO LLC structure, distinctly separate from the Foundation as a grouping of grant recipients and service providers.

The budget also includes provisions for conducting inclusive third-party sustainability and compliance studies tailored to the ApeCoin DAO and outlines plans to create a global community committee, bringing representatives together from delegations worldwide in a think-tank environment. Additionally, there are plans for a governance-centric community rewards program to incentivize actionable suggestions for operations process improvements.

An ApeCoin DAO voting and AIP analytics dashboard will be developed and a collaboration with Alex McCurry and Solidity.io will elevate the Apecoin.com website by providing language selection choices and enhancing the overall user experience to motivate visitors to delve deeper into the ApeCoin ecosystem. The GWG will closely coordinate with the recently approved Marketing & Communications Working Group to ensure that alignment with the ApeCoin brand identity is adhered to.

The proposal presents a comprehensive framework of Objectives and Key Result (OKR) measurements designed to ensure accountability, inform the community about initiative progress, and hold Governance Working Group personnel accountable for their roles.

The Governance Working Group is a seven-person team comprised by Amplify, ALL CITY, Tiger, Lost, 12GAUGE, CryptoLogically and Vulkan.

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BENEFIT TO THE APECOIN ECOSYSTEM

This proposal is aimed at enhancing the ApeCoin ecosystem in multiple ways. First, it seeks to uphold our commitment to providing seamless day-to-day DAO operations and an efficient AIP process. It introduces critical research and development ventures focused on broader economic sustainability and compliance for the ApeCoin DAO. Moreover, it places significant emphasis on community empowerment through various committee programs, thereby giving community members a more impactful role in the ApeCoin DAOs decision-making processes.

To recap, the proposal's core benefits encompass continued operational efficiency, sustainable legal frameworks, fiscal responsibility towards DAO spending, innovative R&D initiatives, and enhanced community involvement.

Ongoing Operations of the ApeCoin DAO: Continue to effectively manage the day-to-day operations of the ApeCoin DAO including AIP processing, facilitating Discourse and Discord, overseeing elections, drafting and implementing budgets, coordinating community committees, and implementing process improvements.
Sustainability and Compliance Strategies: Contract research firms to gain actionable insights and assess on-chain structures to better understand economically sustainable options for the broader ApeCoin DAO, prioritizing a non-custodial environment.
Increased Adoption of APE: We anticipate that our sustainability study and enhanced governance will stimulate both adoption and value within the ecosystem. This will offer an essential strategy for the APE token, enabling its widespread utilization across DeFi and web3 platforms.
Enhanced Transparency: Provide detailed quarterly reports on expenditures, offering comprehensive insights into the DAO's spending patterns for the community, while identifying potential areas for optimization.
Building the Working Group Blueprint: As the first Working Group to be established and newly assembled, we will take no chances in building a safe, compliant organizational structure with the right professional service providers and advisors mentoring our every step. Our goal is simple: to become the gold standard of all Working Groups and build out the framework for others to follow.
Website and Dashboard Development: Elevate the user experience on Apecoin.com by creating a captivating interface that welcomes users, enables language selection and motivates visitors to explore and discover more about ApeCoin and the ApeCoin DAO. Our governance dashboard will display real-time analytics on key voting and AIP metrics as well as the ApeCoin DAO treasury.
Community Empowerment: Increase decentralized decision-making within the ApeCoin DAO and empower members to drive impactful change through committees and other initiatives aimed at providing a larger voice to constituents.

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OVERALL COST

This budget proposal requests the allocation of APE tokens totaling $488,600 USD to cover the ApeCoin DAO’s six-month governance and operational needs.

Budget spreadsheet download.

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The Governance Working Group shall invoice the Foundation against this budget as needed but still reserves the right to take custody in full, as approved through this AIP.

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-317-apecoin-dao-governance-and-operations-budget/17165

For

10,819 votes

1 year ago

AIP-304: Create the Digital Art Movement Collection to acquire Yuga Assets(BAYC, MAYC, BAKC, and Punks and other notable NFTs...

ABSTRACT

Create the Digital Art Movement Collection’, which will curate an NFT collection consisting of Yuga assets (BAYC, MAYC, BAKC and Punks), along with other notable NFTs (art and otherwise), to accelerate the advancement of the digital art movement globally.

BENEFIT TO THE APECOIN ECOSYSTEM

This will benefit the ApeCoin ecosystem by increasing awareness of ApeCoin’s cultural influence in digital art.

Staking ApeCoin to receive governance for the Digital Art Movement Collection.

OVERALL COST

11,000,000 ApeCoin to be provided in tranches via a mechanism to be determined together with the APE Foundation at a later date.

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-304-create-the-digital-art-movement-collection-to-acquire-yuga-assets-bayc-mayc-bakc-and-punks-and-other-notable-nfts-for-exhibition-and-donation-to-art-institutions/15737/1

AIP-292: Inclusive Governance: Delegate Community Program

ABSTRACT

This proposal seeks approval to establish a process and framework to build out a “Delegate Community Program" for the purpose of fostering inclusivity, further decentralization of cultural governance, and encouraging collaboration with ApeCoin from diverse web3 communities.

A ‘Delegate Community’ in essence acts as a sub-DAO and utilizes voting rights delegated to it by the ApeCoin DAO. Per any other delegate voting entity, the $ape tokens remain in the custody of the owner - in this case the ApeCoin DAO

‘Delegate Communities’ will establish Snapshot Organisations which will deploy ERC-721 strategies, enabling their respective communities to vote on proposals using their own NFTs. In turn, the result of their internal vote will dictate the direction of their delegated ApeCoin vote. This mirrors the Mocaveerse model.

To incentivise participation, ‘Delegate Communities’ will receive a share of TBD $ape grant on a TBD frequency for participating in a TBD percentage of AIPs.

Much like recent Working Group AIPs, this proposal is not requesting approval for the final program implementation. Rather, this proposal is introducing voters to the concept of delegating power to and incentivising communities across web3 to engage with ApeCoin and its governance.

For the avoidance of doubt, there is NO COST FOR THIS INITIAL PROPOSAL.

If successfully passed, however, there will be a follow-up proposal to outline and agree the process for:

Implementation
- Period Covered: Fixed, Rolling etc
Vote Delegation
- How many votes to ring fence and delegate
Delegate Community Selection
- How many
- Qualifying Criteria
Rewards/Incentives
- Amount of $ape for the rewards
- Frequency of rewards
- Qualification/KPIs
Administrative Oversight
- People - who is managing this stream
- How are they incentivised
- How is success (theirs and the proposal) measured
- Detailed overview of the deployable process including systems, transparency and community engagement

I intend to work with the Ape Assembly to propose the above items and any other considerations that will be needed to implement the final process.

BENEFITS TO THE APECOIN ECOSYSTEM:

By creating delegate communities, the DAO benefits from distribution via new, currently disengaged communities. New, diverse perspectives from these communities will increase and improve AIP creation potentially leading to better governance and growth of the ApeCoin ecosystem.

OVERALL COST

The overall cost for this proposal is zero.

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-292-inclusive-governance-delegate-community-program/16199

Against

In this AIP, we will detail how Good Month Labs will drive ApeCoin DAO voting adoption. Over the past 6 months, Good Month Labs has established a web3 podcast called Never Fade. The Never Fade podcast has proven distribution across multiple web3 communities and can be used as a distribution point to drive hype around the Active AIPs to show the DAO’s consistency & effectiveness. Using its Cake platform, Good Month Labs will create a custom dApp to incentivize adoption of governance by allowing the engaged audience of Never Fade to earn $APE. A scalable dApp will allow for deeper integration of networks in the future.  Solution: Voter Adoption dApp UI/UX Demo - YouTube

AIP-268: ApeCoin DAO Voting Adoption Driven by Good Month Labs

ABSTRACT

OVERALL COST

$31,000 for 3 month custom dApp build – Scope & User Stories (DONE - included in proposal) – UI/UX Prototypes (DONE - included in proposal) – 8 full-time engineering sprints including audit sprint (640 hours of development at $80/hr) – Engineering + audit cost is $51,200 – $20,200 is subsidized by Cake App
$15,000 for 3 month dApp subscription – Ongoing product support throughout duration of proposal — $40/hr for approx 120 hours for support issues ($4,800 total) — $80/hr for approx 60 hours every two weeks for development maintenance ($4,800 total) — $70/hr for approx 77 hours of product management to maintain $AIP roadmap, create prototypes for future solutions and entertain partnerships throughout duration of proposal
$18,000 for 6 months of podcast production for AIP initiatives – 24 episodes cost a total of $73,200 to produce — Talent cost is $1,250 per show — Show Production cost is $800 per show — Social content production is $1,000 per show — We are asking for 24% of total cost of Never Fade Show to be subsidized by the ApeCoin DAO so we can continue to promote and amplify the importance of voting for AIP as well as every individual and active AIP
$6,000 for 3 months of $APE coin to give away for users who earn it – This value will be held in $APE and provided to all users who earn it, this $APE will not be used for operations or execution
(-$580) discounted for the culture
- A discount to make the number meme right

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-268-apecoin-dao-voting-adoption-driven-by-good-month-labs/12433

Against

10,819 votes

1 year ago

AIP-250: Development of Staking Service Maximizing Ape Staking Rewards and Flexibility

ABSTRACT

This proposal presents Pawnfi’s Ape Staking solution, designed to enable users to simultaneously receive upfront payment while selling BAYC, MAYC, BAKC, and stake $APE with compounded rewards. Moreover, beyond the $APE rewards, NFT holders will be able to capitalize on their NFT value by generating additional passive income. This innovative approach provides a more flexible and profitable staking experience for users in the ApeCoin community.

OVERALL COST

Breakdown of total 10,000 APE cost

Code Audit: 5,000 APE
UX/ UI Design: 1,500 APE
Development: 2,500 APE
Future Gas Cost: 1,000 APE

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-250-development-of-staking-service-maximizing-ape-staking-rewards-and-flexibility/12076

Against

AIP-242: Working Group Charter - Treasury

ABSTRACT

As indicated in this AIP, the following Treasury Working Group Charter outlines how a Treasury Working Group would operate within the ApeCoin DAO in order to oversee decentralized ownership of assets with a mandate of exploring options for sustaining the daily operations of the DAO.

OVERALL COST

$0. This AIP serves as an initial framework to establish this Working Group. The three elected Stewards will propose a budget 1-3 weeks after being onboarded.

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-242-working-group-charter-treasury/11835

Against

10,819 votes

1 year ago

AIP-282: Information Request - Role of Special Council

ABSTRACT

The goal of this AIP idea is to establish a clear understanding of the current responsibilities of the Special Council. The Ape Foundation and the current SC are asked to provide this information to the community within 15 days of this AIP passing in the form of a written document that clearly outlines the day-to-day responsibilities, requirements, and expectations of the SC members.

OVERALL COST

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-282-information-request-role-of-special-council/13887

Abstain

AIP-260: Forever Apes // Welcome To ApeCoin, The IRL Onboarding Kit

ABSTRACT

This proposal aims to create ApeCoin branded Welcome Kits to serve as onboarding and educational tools to attract newcomers. Provided to event organizers (at no cost) for giveaways at IRL events, these kits will educate newcomers about the DAO via printed guides (available in 4 languages), scannable invites to social channels, and serve as event takeaways to be filled with event-specific merchandise provided by event organizers / sponsors.

(MOCK UP - NOT FINAL DESIGN) We will collaborate with other ecosystem AIPs including ThankApe to reward new users for participating in our community. These Welcome Kits will be available to event organizers worldwide (quantity TBD) as a free promotional tool for approved events. This proposal also includes:

• Holographic ApeCoin logo sticker • Foam insert and / or gift wrap • 4-page quick start mini booklet on how to onboard & get involved in the DAO (available in English, French, Mandarin, and Spanish) • A scannable code to drive users to the DAOs channels (Discord, Discourse, Twitter)

These Welcome Kits will be an engaging educational experience in which users can gain a deeper understanding of the DAO, its potential, and how they can contribute to its growth.

(MOCK UP - NOT FINAL DESIGN)

OVERALL COST

This section highlights the rough cost structure including collaborations, design, production, and storage.

100% ApeCoin payment would be preferred. Total Estimate: $17,500 (USD PAID IN $APE)

Budget Breakdown.

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-260-forever-apes-welcome-to-apecoin-the-irl-onboarding-kit/12566

For

10,819 votes

1 year ago

AIP-279: Bored Apes Storm Hollywood (BASH-AIP): Expanding the Ecosystem with Battle-tested IP Veteran and the Batman Producers

ABSTRACT

This proposal aims to expand the ApeCoin DAO ecosystem through the creation of an animated series pilot and three spin-off comic books, featuring characters owned by ApeCoin DAO holders. We envision a gritty, action-packed, and comedic, anime-inspired adaptation of the American Ape comic book series that prominently features ApeCoin as the primary currency of the Metaverse, reaching beyond the echo chamber of “Crypto Twitter” that is primed to be pitched directly to international streamers via our producing team’s existing development, production and distribution pipelines.

OVERALL COST

The team is requesting $300,000 USD in $APE to produce the animated series pilot and three (3) spin-off comics, expanding the ApeCoin DAO ecosystem’s lore and raising awareness of the ApeCoin ecosystem through an ongoing mainstream animated television show and secure an international distribution deal for the comic books.

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-279-bored-apes-storm-hollywood-bash-aip-expanding-the-ecosystem-with-battle-tested-ip-veteran-and-the-batman-producers/12858 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.

52,738 votes

AIP-288: Adopt Shielded Snapshot Voting for Elections and AIP’s

ABSTRACT

Engagement is diminished and voices silenced, with potential for corruption greatly increased, when voting identities are visible during a live vote.

Shielded voting is a right everyone should have, and the proper way to go.

OVERALL COST

Zero

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-288-adopt-shielded-snapshot-voting-for-elections-and-aips/14879

Against

52,738 votes

ApeCoin DAO – Governance Working Group Steward Elections - Term Beginning July 2023

ABSTRACT

The election process for the ApeCoin Governance Working Group was established in AIP-239, which outlines the process for an equal and fair opportunity to be elected as a Governance Working Group Steward. These 5 candidates were selected from the conclusion of the nomination process. In this vote, the top 2 will be elected as Stewards of the Governance Working Group. The term shall begin 1 July 2023 and will last for one (1) year.

OVERALL COST

Each Governance Working Group Steward shall receive compensation as stated in AIP-239, or $9,000.00 of ApeCoin equivalent each month for the length of the current Governance Working Group budget, which expires at the end of August.

ELECTION CANDIDATES

Listed in alphabetical order

0xSword: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/0xsword-governance-steward-nomination-7-2023/13245
AllCityBAYC: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/allcitybayc-governance-steward-nomination-7-2023/13248
Sasha: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/sasha-governance-steward-nomination-7-2023/13240
ssp1111: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/ssp1111-governance-steward-nomination-7-2023/13244
tigerisfine: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/tigerisfine-governance-steward-nomination-7-2023/13242

PROPOSAL

Link to the Nomination Announcement: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/nomination-announcement-governance-working-group-steward-term-beginning-july-2023/12394

Link to AIP-239: Working Group Guidelines & The Governance Working Group Charter: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-239-working-group-guidelines-the-governance-working-group-charter/11462

tigerisfine

50,955 votes

ApeCoin DAO – Special Council Elections - Term Beginning July 2023

ABSTRACT

The election process for the ApeCoin DAO was established in AIP-138, which outlines the process for an equal and fair opportunity to be elected to the Special Council. These 5 candidates were selected from the conclusion of the nomination process. In this vote, the top 2 will be elected to the Special Council. The term shall begin 1 July 2023 and will last for one (1) year.

OVERALL COST

Each Special Council member shall receive compensation as stated in AIP-1, or $20,833.00 of ApeCoin equivalent per month for the term.

ELECTION CANDIDATES

Listed in alphabetical order

capetaintrippy: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/capetaintrippy-nomination-7-2023/13230
KarmaPocket: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/karmapocket-nomination-7-2023/13302
swickie: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/swickie-nomination-7-2023/13227
ThreadGuy: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/threadguy-nomination-7-2023/13303
Waabam: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/waabam-nomination-7-2023/13237

PROPOSAL

Link to the Nomination Announcement: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/nomination-announcement-ape-foundation-special-council-term-beginning-july-2023/12395

Link to AIP-138: The Special Council Election Process: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-138-the-special-council-election-process/8850

Link to AIP-1: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-1-proposing-the-dao-process/39

capetaintrippy

4 votes

ApeCoin DAO – Special Council Nominees - Term Beginning July 2023

ABSTRACT

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. Since May 28th, the community has been discussing, engaging, and providing feedback to the nominees. Now it is time to vote for the 5 candidates who will move to the Special Council election vote that will take place from June 22-28.

OVERALL COST

None

PROPOSAL

Link to the Nomination Announcement: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/nomination-announcement-ape-foundation-special-council-term-beginning-july-2023/12395

Link to the Nomination Profiles: https://forum.apecoin.com/c/special-council-elections/special-council-nominees/35

50,955 votes

ApeCoin DAO – Governance Steward Nominees - Term Beginning July 2023

ABSTRACT

The nomination process for the Governance Working Group Stewards was established by AIP-239, which outlines a process for community members to apply for Steward of the Governance Working Group. Applicants put themselves forward and nomination profiles were posted on Discourse for community discussion. Since May 28th, the community has been discussing, engaging, and providing feedback to the nominees. Now it is time to vote for the 5 candidates who will move to the Governance Working Group Steward election vote that will take place from June 22-28.

OVERALL COST

None

PROPOSAL

Link to the Nomination Announcement: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/nomination-announcement-governance-working-group-steward-term-beginning-july-2023/12394

Link to the Nomination Profiles: https://forum.apecoin.com/c/working-group-steward-elections/working-group-steward-nominees/49

50,955 votes

Create .ape naming infrastructure to expand the Ape ecosystem further Previous discussion and reviews from the community can be read here

AIP-224: Ape Protocol Extension (.ape domains)

ABSTRACT

OVERALL COST

Total : 67,900 APE

Infrastructure : 25,000 APE Maintenance and Deployment : 24,600 APE  Community Management : 18,300 APE  

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-224-ape-protocol-extension-ape-domains/11246

For

61,762 votes

2 years ago

ApeCoin DAO – Discourse Facilitator Elections - Term Beginning July 2023

Abstract

The nomination process for the ApeCoin DAO was established by AIP-240, which outlines a process for community members to apply to become a community Discourse Facilitator. Applicants put themselves forward and nomination profiles were posted on Discourse for community discussion. Since May 13th, the community has been discussing, engaging, and providing feedback to the nominees across various platforms.

This election process for the ApeCoin DAO was also established in AIP-240, which outlines the process for an equal and fair opportunity to be elected as a Discourse Facilitator.

These 14 candidates were selected from the conclusion of the nomination process. In this vote, the top 2 will be elected as Discourse Facilitators. The term shall begin June 2023 and will last through August 2023.

Overall Cost

Each Discourse Facilitator member shall receive compensation as stated in AIP-240, which is $8,000 of ApeCoin equivalent per month for the term.

Election Candidates

Listed in alphabetical order:

12GAUGE: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/12gauge-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12614/1
8zal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/8zal-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12636/2
BojangleGuy: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/bojangleguy-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12616/3
CryptoLogically: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/cryptologically-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12615/1
CSW: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/csw-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12633/1
danlogi: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/danlogi-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12634/1
dvee: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/dvee-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12780
Evil: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/evil-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12613/2
Hangout: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/hangout-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12617/1
JVB: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/jvb-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12637/1
Ms_NFTy: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/ms-nfty-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12782
racs: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/racs-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12781
sasha: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/sasha-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12635/5
ssp1111: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/ssp1111-discourse-facilitator-application-for-term-beginning-june-2023/12718/1

Proposal

Link to the Nomination Announcement: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/application-announcement-apecoin-community-discourse-facilitators-term-beginning-june-2023/12190

Link to the Nomination Profiles: https://forum.apecoin.com/c/discourse-facilitator-elections/discourse-facilitator-applicants/40

60,886 votes

AIP-223: A Community-First ApeCoin DAO DEX - Ecosystem Fund Allocation

ABSTRACT

The ApeCoin DAO is built on the fundamental goal of enabling Yugaverse and ApeCoin holders with value. To date, the focus has been enabling marketplaces, communications, IRL events/education, and physical assets. We believe a DEX can be the next big thing. ApeCoin itself is trading on most major CEXs and DEXs (centralized exchanges and decentralized exchanges). There are a wide range of fees charged by these exchanges associated with opening and closing positions, and conducting swaps. Our vision is to create an ApeCoin DAO decentralized exchange (DEX) to benefit ApeCoin holders. The ApeCoin DAO DEX will enable the decentralized exchange of ERC-20 tokens supported by multi-asset pools that earn liquidity providers fees from market making and swap fees. We expect to help create the lowest possible trading fees available in all of DeFI for $APE holders, stakers, and buyers. Our core contract functionality will include rewarding LP providers in $APE, thus creating an important use-case around utility for $APE and activating significant deflationary pressure on the token. The impact should be greater utility, engagement, and value for our DAO. 

Draft UI mockup

OVERALL COST

39,000 $APE

PROPOSAL

Link to the full proposal: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-223-a-community-first-apecoin-dao-dex-ecosystem-fund-allocation/11062

60,969 votes