Delegate

By Laurence Smith

DAOs are evolving how communities interact, collaborate and innovate. DeFi and DAO token engineer Laurence Smith and DAO governance strategist Cameron O'Donnell have combined forces to discuss the la... more

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The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.

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August 08, 2023Ens, Namespaces, and Governance
This week we dive deep into the world of namespaces, identity, and DAOs, with a focus on ENS and the innovative solutions being developed in the space. We're joined by Alex, also known as Slobo, an ENS steward and the founder of NameStone, to discuss the latest advancements in ENS, the future of decentralized identity, and how NameStone is revolutionizing the way we use subdomains.

Agenda:
Introduction
Slobo's Background
ENS and Name Wrapper
NameStone
ENS DAO and Governance
Closing Thoughts

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Links:
Boardroom
Boardroom Newsletter
ENS App
ENS Forum
Namestone

Slobo Twitter
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37min
July 27, 2023News Update - Week 30, July 27th
This week Cam and Laurence draw on Boardroom's weekly governance updates to provide an overview and insights into the biggest proposals across top protocols. In this episode, we dissect Optimism's bold "Law of Chains" proposal, the highly anticipated launch of Worldcoin, and groundbreaking governance proposals from SuperRare and Aave. Plus, we highlight controversial forum discussions across Aave, Gitcoin, Maker DAO, and more.

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Links
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Boardroom Newsletter
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9min
July 20, 2023News Update - Week 29, July 20th
This week Cam and Laurence draw on Boardroom's weekly governance updates to provide an overview and insights into the biggest proposals across top protocols. It covers the latest at Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, and Compound. This includes Polygon's new tokenomics, Optimism's season 4 governance goals, phase 1 of Arbitrum foundation's grants programs, and Compound's proposed grant program.

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Boardroom is a governance intelligence portal helping users make faster, smarter, and more informed decisions.

Links
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Boardroom Newsletter
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10min
July 11, 2023Arbitrum - DAO Governance Highlight
This week we chatted with three prominent figures in Arbitrum governance to understand the ins and outs of the leading Layer 2’s governance structure. Kicking off the episode, we speak with Patrick McCorry; research lead at the Arbitrum Foundation, and two prominent delegates, Matt Fiebach from Blockworks and Frisson from Tally. We discuss the challenges with AIP-1, the reason for the DAO, current proposals, and the plan for Arbitrum’s future governance!

Timed Agenda:
2:20 Interview with Paddy
15:20 Interview with Fig
24:35 Interview with Krys

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About Boardroom
Boardroom is a governance intelligence portal helping users make faster, smarter, and more informed decisions.

Links:
Boardroom
Boardroom Newsletter
Blockworks Delegate Profile
Frisson Delegate Profile
Arbitrum Proposals
About Arbitrum Governance

Patrick McCorry Twitter
Matt Fiebach Twitter
Frission Twitter
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36min
June 22, 2023News Update - Week 25, June 22nd
This week Cam and Laurence draw on Boardroom's weekly governance updates to provide an overview and insights into the biggest proposals across top protocols. It covers the latest at Compound, including Gauntlet's parameter analysis for stMatic and MaticX, Aave and its movements on the GHO stablecoin, Uniswap's $ARB distribution, Optimism's season 4 developments, MakerDAO's DSR changes and so much more.

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About Boardroom
Boardroom is a governance intelligence portal helping users make faster, smarter, and more informed decisions.

Links
Boardroom
Boardroom Newsletter
Boardroom Boost
Compound Updates
Uniswap Updates
Aave Updates
ENS Small Grants

MakerDAO Profile
Aave Profile
Uniswap Profile
Compound Profile
OP Profile
Gnosis Proposal - Should xDAI bridge deposit into DSR
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19min
June 08, 2023News Update - Week 23, June 8th
This week Cam and Laurence cover the biggest proposals on their radar over the last month. We look at MakerDAO's increase in the DAI Savings Rate, Uniswap on Fantom, Linea and Base, Tornado Cash governance hack and Aave's collaboration with Flipside.

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About Boardroom

Boardroom is a governance intelligence portal helping users make faster, smarter, and more informed decisions.

Links
Boardroom
Boardroom Newsletter
Uniswap V3 to Fantom
MakerDAO DSR
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22min
May 25, 2023Optimism Season 4 - DAO Governance Highlight
This week we are trying out a new format for a triple interview on Optimism’s Season 4 governance! Our guests include Justine, the governance lead over at the Optimism Foundation, and delegates Krys from L2BEAT and Fig from Flipside. We delve deep into the history of Optimism’s governance, the changes in Season 4 and the reasons why Optimism’s governance process is seen as a trailblazer in the ecosystem.

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About Boardroom
Boardroom is a governance intelligence portal helping users make faster, smarter, and more informed decisions.

Timed Agenda
2:35 Interview with Justine
19:16 Interview with Fig
26:48 Interview with Krys

Links
OP Season 4 Preview
Justine Twitter

Flipside Delegate Profile
L2BEAT Delegate Profile

Boardroom
Boardroom Newsletter
Boardroom Boost
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38min
May 11, 2023News Update - Week 19, May 11th
This week Cam and Laurence cover the biggest proposals on their radar over the last month. We review Aave's GHO stablecoin and its initial proposed parameters, Aragon's hack protection, the Uniswap fee switch, FWB's proposal to establish a software company, and more! Tune in to stay updated with the latest in DAO governance across April and May.

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Timed Agenda
1:20 Aave Governance Update
5:48 Maker Governance Update
8:00 Uniswap Governance Update
11:50 FWB Governance Update
16:40 Aragon Governance Update
21:50 Tally's Delegation Week & Uniswap's Delegate Race!

About Boardroom

Boardroom is a governance intelligence portal helping users make faster, smarter, and more informed decisions.

Links
Boardroom
Boardroom Newsletter

AAVE: [TEMP CHECK] Aave V3 GHO Genesis Parameters
MakerDAO: Announcing the Spark Protocol launch ⚡️
UNiswap: Making Protocol Fees Operational
FWB: System Upgrade: Establishing A Software Company
Uniswap: Making Protocol Fees Operational
Aragon: Aragon Repurposes DAO
Uniswap: Launch of Uniswap Agora & Delegate Race
Tally: Delegation Week
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25min
April 28, 2023Gitcoin - Public Goods, Quadratic Funding, and Governance
On this week's episode, we had a fascinating discussion with Shawn, the governance lead at Gitcoin! We delved into the workings of Gitcoin's governance, explored some of their latest proposals, and learned how they improve Web3. Shawn's backstory is among the most intriguing we've encountered, and his dedication to finding solutions for challenging governance issues is awe-inspiring. Take a look at his bio below!

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About Boardroom
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Shawn's Bio
As a serial entrepreneur, educator, and refugee from the corporate world, Shawn spent his corporate career leading Global ERP projects ending with CIO and CEO roles. He was introduced to the blockchain in 2015 and began investing in 2017. In 2020, he jumped full-time into crypto as a technical trader. In November of 2021, he joined Index Coop leading the people operations & governance communications. In August 2022, he found his way over to Gitcoin where he currently leads Governance. His writings and research on DAO topics can be found below.

LinkTree

Timed Agenda
1:40 About Shawn
7:45 Quatric Funding
14:25 Gitcoin Governance
37:34 The Grant Stack
41:24 The Future of Gitcoin
46:00 Live! Gitcoin Grants Round

Links
Boardroom
Boardroom Newsletter
Gitcoin Governance Activity
[GCP-004] Gitcoin Citizens Round
Gitcoin - Upgrading Gitcoin’s Governance Contracts
Gitcoin Grants

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48min
April 13, 2023News Update - Week 15, April 13th
This week we discuss some of the hottest DAO governance updates curated from the Boardroom newsletter, This week in Governance. Over the next 20 minutes, we cover major DeFi platforms and governance activities that should not be missed.

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Timed Agenda
1:00 Arb Governance Update
5:00 Uniswap Governance Update
7:50 Sushi Governance Update
13:00 Illuvium Governance Update
16:00 Yearn Governance Update

About Boardroom
Boardroom is a governance intelligence portal helping users make faster, smarter, and more informed decisions.

Links
Boardroom
Boardroom Newsletter
AIP 1.05: Return 700M $ARB to the DAO Treasury [REAL]
Uniswap v3 Gnosis
Uniswap V3 Launch on zkEVM
Sushi Treasury Diversification
IIP-32 Governance V2
[Proposal] Launch yETH
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19min

FAQs about Delegate:

How many episodes does Delegate have?

The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.