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  • Ens, 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


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    About Boardroom

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


    Links:

    Boardroom

    Boardroom Newsletter

    ENS App

    ENS Forum

    Namestone


    Slobo Twitter

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    37 min
  • News 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.


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    About Boardroom

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


    Links

    • Boardroom
    • Boardroom Newsletter

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    9 min
  • News 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.


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    About Boardroom

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


    Links

    • Boardroom
    • Boardroom Newsletter

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    10 min
  • Arbitrum - 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    


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    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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    36 min
  • News 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.


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    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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    19 min
  • News 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.


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    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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    22 min
  • Optimism 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.


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    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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    38 min
  • News 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.


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    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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    25 min
  • Gitcoin - 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!


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    About Boardroom

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



    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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    48 min
  • News 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.


    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Boardroom.


    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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    19 min

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