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Project Updates

Highlights from 3 inspiring projects:

ECF Pensieve

New features & enhancements added: Pensieve launched Pensieve Ads (Harberger-tax ad slots, open-source contracts) and MySieve (sorting/curation for grant/project discovery); upcoming Pensieve AI agent and integrated project discourse space. A 10-week experiment funding public-good, pre-investment projects weekly via Pensieve Transparency & Accountability scores, without gatekeepers & black boxes. Apply once, and receive rainfall. Week 7 is open, check rules and mechanisms! TG support Group. 
👥 @QJ, @Reno

Zuzalu Software

ZuVillage Special Grant, supported by the ECF Pensieve Perennial Grant Experiment is finished, with ETHChiangmai and ZuKas winning the prize, and announces a year-end pause in December and a restart in 2026. 
👥 Kelly

ETHChaingmai

A two-month unconference and bootcamp (Dec–Jan), hackathon and summit, university partnerships, speakers/workshops, and tracks on blockchain, privacy, digital residency, and AI+blockchain.
👥@zik

#🔗 Stay in Touch and Jump In!

• 📚 Docs & Stories: bit.ly/ZuSoftware-doc

• 💬 Builder Chat: Discord

• 🌍 Socials: X · Warpcast

• 📬 Contact Point: @Kelly

💡 Zuzalu Software Vision: A CommunityOS for Every Innovative Community

• Perennial Grant Experiment: A 10-week ongoing funding experiment rewarding public-good, pre-investment projects through Pensieve’s Transparency and Accountability scores — without gatekeepers or black boxes. Apply once, and receive recurring support. Week 3 is live: see rules and mechanisms. Join the Telegram Support Group.

🧩Community Huddle Notes

• How the grant works: Projects remain live on Pensieve — no need to reapply weekly. Keep your page updated to stay eligible.

• Multiple projects per team: Allowed. Use the Ecosystem tab to connect related work.

• Voting mechanics: Simple voting for now; future rounds will introduce conviction or linear models to stabilize results.

• Passing funds: Winners may choose to donate their award to the next-ranked project.

👥 @QJ, @Reno

• • Zuzalu Software: Launching a dedicated grant round for Zuvillages, powered by the ECF Pensieve Perennial Grant Experiment. Runs October 30 – November 13 (2 weeks).

👥 @Kelly

• • AAStar: Key updates include: AirAccount 0.15 (BLS + TEE) released; SuperPaymaster 0.16 (AOA+) near completion; CoinJar and more on the way — learn more

👥 @Jason

1. ZuKas & ZuGov: ZuKas continues exploring ancient democracy through decentralized tech, announcing Zukas II and the ZuGov protocol alpha, an open-source governance framework. 🎥 Watch the video.

👥 @Tarik

• • Equity / Token Swaps & Investment Graphs: Introducing SAFE-like agreement templates for equity and token swaps, generating a visual investment graph that maps relationships between projects and investors.

👥 @Jesse

#🔗 Stay in Touch

📚 Docs & Stories: bit.ly/ZuSoftware-doc 💬 Builder Chat: Discord 🌍 Socials: X · Warpcast 📬 Contact: @Kelly

💡 Zuzalu Software Vision: Building a CommunityOS for every innovative community.

Zuzalu.city emerged from the first techno-optimistic pop-up community of Zuzalu. It aims to become the most user-friendly operating system for exploring decentralized tools built by Ethereum communities.

Zuzalu Software represents a d/acc movement — a call to builders to create a world where communities can own and shape their civilization through open, decentralized tools.

Timestamp Reference:

• ECF Pensieve Updates — 02:48

• Perennial Grant Experiment — 20:51

• ZuVillage Special Grant — 28:17

• AAStar — 38:30

• Equity / Token Swaps — 44:35

• ZuKas & ZuGov — 48:56

• Community Huddle — 54:42

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🚀 Project Updates

Highlights from 6 inspiring projects:

🧠 ⁠ECF Pensieve

New features added:

• New project tabs for Fund Contributions and Ecosystem

• New sort/filter for Contributions & lists of Profile pages

• Simplified Homepage layout

All aimed at profile mapping out infra and web3 tech stack dependencies.

🧪 Pensieve Alpha Bug Bounty is almost here. Temporary priority access is given to ZuKas residents, but global rollout will open soon with plenty of bounties left. Hunt to earn!
👥 @QJ, @Reno

📝 Simple Page

A censorship-resistant publishing platform on Ethereum, ENS & IPFS featuring:

• Added file uploads (images, audio) for embedding in sites

• Enabled page search functionality

• Added sidebar navigation options

• Included Table of Contents sidebar

• Improved appearance customizations and UI tweaks
  👥 @Joel

  
  

🌐 AAStar

Updates include:

• AirAccount BLS aggregation tested and being integrated

• New tools (Contracts, token and landing)

• Working on AirAccount TEE KMS now
  👥 @Jason

  
  

📻 Web3Radio.it

A decentralized community radio platform for audio content creators featuring:

• Supports EOA Wallet and Google login

• Allows live stream bookings via smart contracts

• A continuous player with live or community playlist modes (depending on schedule)

• Plans include decentralized advertising integration

  👥@Matteo

  
  

🏛️ ⁠ZuKas

A 10-day Governance & Collective Future Lab will take place Sept 9–19 in Kaş, Turkey.

• Strong local support and collaboration; warm hospitality

• Intimate, productive vibe; local ties enabled low-budget success

• Rich activities: scuba, historic visits, Vitalik’s talk, jamming with OpenSourceOrchestra

• Refreshing experience to see how a local community can host the Zu-Event

  👥@ SHAKA

• Will openly share playbooks on localizing and facilitating communities

• Aim: build durable, locally rooted hubs

• Site’s history inspires today’s democratic practices

  👥 @Tarik

🏅 POAP

Collect your POAP from the September edition of the Zuzalu Software Townhall!
👥 @Salmanneedsajob

• 📚 Docs & Stories: bit.ly/ZuSoftware-doc

• 💬 Builder Chat: Discord

• 🌍 Socials: X · Warpcast

• 📬 Contact Point: @Kelly

🔗 Stay in Touch and Jump In!

Timestamp:

ECF Pensieve 01:43

Simple Page 05:17

ZuKas: 09:12

Web3 Radio 17:50

AAStar : Slides only

Zuzalu Software Townhall POAP: 23:07

🎉 Hey friends! Welcome to the Zuzalu Software Townhall - a vibrant space where everyone is invited to contribute to the discussion and weave connections! See all Slides here. Check full content on Youtube, Spotify, and ApplePodcast.

Moderator: @Kelly

Exciting Updates from 8 projects in a nutshell!

ECF Pensieve: Shipping My Lists, financial transparency items, smarter categories, a new Transparency Score, and continuing to integrate on-chain verification solutions such as Sablier. Pensieve bug bounty campaign will launch in September. Join Discord to get your alpha-tester code and explore Pensieve Alpha.

👥 @QJ @Matteo

Zuzalu.City: WE ARE BACK, with hybrid storage mode (Web2 & Web3) still on the horizon. Pensieve project listings are now integrated on Dapp store. ZuSoft Townhall September will be happening on Sep. the 18th.

👥 @Reno

Statecraft.tech:  a modular governance platform for online communities enabling network states. It features a drag-and-drop State Builder, a Citizen app for on-chain voting and discussions, and a configurable voting module with privacy-focused encryption options, inviting collaborators and testers.

👥 @Vladislav

Social Layer : building a modular community event platform with new features like party programs, membership management, API enhancements, and image optimization for better app performance. 👥 @Jiang

ETHCluj: lit up in late June, the event featured diverse first-timers and seasoned builders packed workshops, forged RWA and liquidity-aggregator collaborations, and proved that a strong community is built on resilience and creativity. Post-event, academia workshops and a 10-year Ethereum hackathon kept momentum rolling—with more initiatives coming.

👥 @Simona

POAP: shared some positive experiences at Network School, highlight on learnathons, robotics classes, and a POAP collectible project showcasing monthly cohort activities and achievements. Inviting attendees to collect the POAP of Zuzalu Software Townhall August.
👥 @Salmanneedsajob

REcity: a pop-up city coming to Recife & Olinda (Brazil) in October 2025.

👥 @Zeugh

ETH Floripa: going to happen the week right before Buenos Aires Devconnect, a couple of days by the beach to connect with other builders before going to Argentina.
👥 @Zeugh

**Timestamp:**

Zuzalu.City 01:39

ECF Pensieve 03:22

Statecraft.tech 12:11

Network School POAP Collection 22:30

Zuzalu Software Townhall POAP 26:24

ETHCluj 28:03

🎉 A vibrant space where everyone is invited to contribute, discuss, and weave connections.
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Moderator: @Kelly

🚀Project Updates

Highlights from 8 inspiring projects:

🧠ECF Pensieve

New features added:

• Featured lists

• Sablier link references

• Search, notifications, new filtering & sorting

• One-click item sharing

All aimed at helping you discover like-minded projects and forge new connections.
🧪 Alpha testers can request access via the ECF Discord.
👥 @QJ, @Reno

🏙️ Zuzalu.City

Zuzalu.City is BACK with:

• Launch of event.zuzalu.city with SocialLayer integration for easier event discovery and hosting

• Pensieve integration via the dApp Store

• ✅ Security audit completed

• Backend transition to Supabase for increased stability

• Hybrid storage mode (Web2 + Web3) in the works
  👥 @Reno

📝 Simple Page

Beta launch of a censorship-resistant publishing platform on Ethereum, ENS & IPFS featuring:

• Version control

• Markdown editing

• ENS publishing

• Decentralized backend for full content ownership
  👥 @Joel

🎭 Social Layer

New dashboard live—enabling organizers to:

• Manage events and teams

• Export data

• Access new venue-based views

• Import events via Luma for seamless onboarding and sharing best practices
  👥 @Eggy

🌐 AAStar

Updates include:

• Development of Mycelium Craft for cooperative coordination

• Infra V0.2 underway

• A working open-source demo is expected next month
  👥 @Jason

🧳 Nomadia

A decentralized, peer-to-peer OTC platform addressing travel and banking access challenges.
Currently building:

• Escrow smart contract with multisig

• Off-ramp verification tools

🛠️ Looking for technical contributors (escrow and wallet devs welcome!)
👥 @Tarik

🏛️ ZuKas

A 10-day Governance & Collective Future Lab will take place Sept 9–19 in Kaş, Turkey.
Focus:

• Designing a plurality-based smart contract

• Exploring new voting models

• Inviting community participation

📹 Watch the presentation video
👥 @Tarik

🏅 POAP

Collect your POAP from the July edition of the Zuzalu Software Townhall!
👥 @Salmanneedsajob

• 📚 Docs & Stories: bit.ly/ZuSoftware-doc

• 💬 Builder Chat: Discord

• 🌍 Socials: X · Warpcast

• 📬 Contact Point: @Kelly

Zuzalu.city was born from the original techno-optimistic pop-up experiment Zuzalu, and aims to become the most user-friendly OS for engaging with Ethereum-based tools for decentralization.

Zuzalu Software is a d/acc movement—a call to builders to help every community own and shape its own civilization with the tools it needs.

Participation Guidelines:

• All projects are welcome to present at Software Townhalls

• We neutrally promote all presentations on our channels

• Please DYOR (Do Your Own Research) before testing, collaborating, or investing

• Hosting ≠ Endorsement: A project featured at Zuzalu.city does not imply official endorsement

Timestamp:

ECF Pensieve 01:35

Zuzalu.City 07:35

Simple Page 11:06

Social Layer 17:21

Nomadia 24:08

ZuKas: 26:42

POAP: 31:30

🎉 Hey friends! Welcome to the Zuzalu Software Townhall - a vibrant space where everyone is invited to contribute to the discussion and weave connections! Moderator: @Kelly

Exciting Updates from 8 projects in a Nutshell!

1. ECF.Pensieve: Alpha version has launched, enabling community-verified truth with dynamic, transparent consensus, inviting 500 early participants to test and explore projects. Join via Discord to get your alpha-tester code. @QJ

2. CarbonVote: Following a recent internal audit, CV will relaunch soon with a new one-click voting process, and will introduce a Twitter bot to simplify community decisions and boost engagement. @Reno

3. ZuKas: 10 days of Web3, decentralized governance & collective future Lab is about to happen from September 9th to 19th, based in Kas, the birth place of the ancient democracy, aiming to foster pluralistic governance to support diverse, connected inhabitants and nomads with Web3 tools. @Tarik

4. Nomadia: a peer-to-peer, decentralized OTC platform addressing travel and banking access issues, aiming to enhance transparency and safety with escrow and ZK ID integrations. @Tarik

5. Speech Without Borders: Introducing Speech Without Borders, a nonprofit serving that will support the development and distribution of censorship-resistant technologies, including blockchain, VPNs, mesh networks, and satellite technologies. @Jesse

6. Community Tooling for Privacy: A research on modular privacy that combines off-chain data self-attestation with on-chain zero-knowledge proofs, enabling confidential DAO voting, private trades, and secure operations. @Eugenio

7. AAStar Team: AirAccount 0.12 demo finished with a double-signature 95%, starting Mycelium Protocol, and SuperPaymaster 0.12 in July, aiming to build decentralized infrastructure for communities. @Jason

8. POAP: Inviting attendees to collect the POAP of Zuzalu Software Townhall May. @Salmanneedsajob

Timestamp:

06:28 ECF Pensieve

04:23 CarbonVote

13:42 ZuKas& Nomadia

21:20 Speech Without Borders

24:31 Community Tooling for Privacy

35:38 POAP AAStar: slides only

Exciting Updates from 10 projects in a nutshell!

• ZuBuilder Guild (Pilot 1): Rewarding long-term contributors in infrastructure, dApps, and community testing through trustless funding tools like 0xSplits. Membership opening soon—join Discord for the latest updates. @QJ , @Cathy

• Zuzalu.City: Now supporting role-based permissions in space management, gated access via POAP or Zupass, and flexible Web2/Web3 storage (Supabase available, Ceramic coming soon…). Communities can install apps directly from the dApp Store, use a new public forum on Discourse, receive updates via Discord, and access a private Element room for privacy-conscious users. @Reno, @Kelly

• ECF.Network: Developing a decentralized, identity-agnostic coordination platform that tracks contributions, verifies information, and evolves shared understanding. MVP in progress, with a v0 launch expected in 2–3 weeks. @QJ

• AAstar Team: Working on a new version of AirAccount (permissionless accounts) and SuperPaymaster (a decentralized gas payment protocol). Future plans include COS72 and the Mycelium Protocol. @Jason

• Nomad Collective: Running 45 pop-up cities worldwide, offering “pop-up as a service,” exploring real estate tokenization, and inviting collaboration on community-driven pop-up hubs. @Dianel

• AI-CNS: Building infrastructure to help communities self-govern, allocate resources, and make decisions using AI. Features include on-chain agreements, smart accounts, and AI agent delegation tools. @dayan

• Web3PrivacyNow Hackathon: Coming June 13–15 in Berlin! Reimagining Web3 hacking with veteran mentors, no bounty hunting, and a focus on usability, privacy-first AI, cryptography, and deep interdisciplinary collaboration. @web3privacy

• Palm Protocol: Bridging crypto to physical cash. New partnerships in Turkey and Kenya, with a pilot program planned for Devcon arrivals—real-world utility on the horizon. @Ziz

• Zuzalu POAP Collection: A nostalgic look back at Zugrama through its POAPs, offering creative inspiration for anyone looking to build their own POAP story for a future pop-up.@Salmanneedsajob

• USDC-NEAR-ME: Almost ready for MVP! An interactive map showing physical businesses that accept USDC. Businesses can add their locations and info—making it easy for users to find them.@Samuel

Community Graphs⁠: Mapping Social Interactions and Trust Across Communities @Leo; @Jesse

Timestamp:

00:02:01 ZuBuilder Guild (Pilot 1)

00:05:41 AAstar Team

00:08:10 Zuzalu.City

00:11:15 ECF.Network

00:18:05 Nomad Collective

00:21:33 AI-CNS

00:36:06 AKASHA Hub Barcelona

00:48:57 4seas

01:00:00 Community Graphs

01:15:36 Zuzalu POAP Collection

01:20:01 USDC-NEAR-ME

01:22:02 Palm Protocol

01:25:32 Web3PrivacyNow Hackathon

🎉 Hey friends! Welcome to the Zuzalu Software Townhall — a vibrant space where everyone’s invited to join the discussion and connection!

Zuzalu Software Vision: CommunityOS for Every Innovative Community.

Zuzalu.city was born in the first of its kind techno-optimistic pop-up community of Zuzalu, and commits to becoming the most user-friendly operating system to interact with the tools and applications built by Ethereum’s decentralisation communities.

Zuzalu Software is a d/acc movement, it is to call upon builders to create a world where every community can own and innovate their civilisation with the decentralised tools they need.

Exciting Updates from projects in a nutshell!

Launching ZuBuilder Guild（Pilot 1): Rewarding Contributions and Shaping Future Community Governance @QJ;@Cathy

• A collective funding mechanism that rewards contributors based on their ongoing impact and participation in Zuzalu Software’s ecosystem.
• Aims to identify, compensate, and encourage long-term and impactful involvement allowing contributors to directly benefit from collective rewards through calculations via split and vesting 0xsplits.
• A foundation for future community governance that fairly recognizes and compensates every contribution.
• Huge thanks for your support during the ENS x Octant Public Good Grant Round on Giveth! With the grant now complete, all donations and future grants will flow directly into the ZuBuilder Guild to reward the builders shaping Community OS.
• Join the ZuBuilder Guild space for the latest updates and check out the Guild Doc for full details. Membership OPENS SOON with mainnet launch!

Zuzalu.CityUnveils Major Updates: dApp install flow, Role-Based Access, and Zuland Integration @Reno

• New Beta version is coming soon, with default on mainet.
• dApp install flow v0.1 is now live! This feature allows anyone to list their dApp in the dApp store, and community admins can exploreand install these apps. Future phases will support iframes for community apps.
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) System has been introduced with four initial roles: owner, admin, member, and follower. A customized role, space gating and invitations will also be introduced later.
• Zuland Integration, a tokenized decentralized social network,is now complete and is fully integrated as a native app on Zuzalu.City for community spaces.
• UI/UX Improvements have been made for smoother space creation flow and more personalized spaces styles.
• Zuzalu.City’s builder chat has moved to Discord, hop into our Discord to stay tuned.

Urbe.eth: Leading Italian Web3 Builders and Building Italian Permanent Space @Limone

• Urbe.eth is an Italian Web3 community focused on developer education and onboarding. They’ve opened the first Italian Web3 permanent space, offering free access to boot camps, workshops, and hackathons.
• Urbe.eth is now collaborating with Zuzalu.City on dApp store development and the integration of Zuland.
• ETHRome, the leading ETHalian Hackathon, combined with Urbe Village — a 2-week pop-up event — will take place in October 2025.

Zuzalu Software Events POAP Collection @salmaneedsajob

• POAP Collection was introduced as a fun way to engage the community during events.
• The first POAP was distributed at Zuzalu Software townhall in Bangkok and continued for every subsequent event.
• The goal is to create a POAP collection page where participants can track their involvement in Zuzalu events.
• Future events will feature new collectible POAPs, and the project is designed to be community-driven. Members can also contribute by creating artwork for upcoming POAPs.

Timestamp:

00:01:19 ZuBuilder Guild Pilot

00:09:14 Zuzalu.City

00:14:45 Urbe.eth

00:19:12 Zuzalu Software Event POAP collection

00:29:44 Palm Protocol

🎉 Hey friends! Welcome to the Zuzalu Software Townhall - a vibrant space where everyone's invited to join the discussion and connection! 

Zuzalu Software Vision: CommunityOS for Every Innovative Community.

Zuzalu Software is a d/acc movement, it is to call upon builders to create a world where every community can own and innovate their civilisation with the decentralised tools they need.

While Zuzalu.city is the host, here are some tips for getting the most out of your experience:

• We welcome all projects to attend and present our Software Townhalls and neutrally promote all presentations on our socials.
• Do your own research on projects before testing, collaborating, or investing. Hosting and platforming a project does not equal official endorsement by Zuzalu.city.

Moderator:  @Veronica, @Kelly

Exciting Updates from 12 projects in a nutshell! 

• Launching ZuBuilder Guild: Introducing a Zubuilder Guild Pilot 1, a collective funding mechanism that is based on learnings from Protocol Guild to explore more on public goods funding, aiming at rewarding contributors based on their ongoing impact and participation in Zuzalu Software’s ecosystem. @Cathy
• Zuzalu.City: dApp Explorer V0.1 is live with Ceramic-based SDK in progress, list your dApp and get discovered by community, new strategies have been implemented to boost data security and reliability.  @Reno
• No Cap, All dApps Hackathon @ETHDenver:  Building with Real-World use cases: decentralized tooling for permanent crypto hubs & Zuzalu nodes with Zuzalu.City, Recall, TACo, and Gardens.fund, join us in-person or virtually to build, network, and demo. RSVP here. @Veronica
• ReZu Coworking Hub @ ETHDenver:  Open for Zuzalu Software builders for networking, collaboration, governance discussions, debates, and karaoke night, on Feb. 25th, hosted by HETU Protocol and Zuzalu.City.  RSVP here @Veronica 
• Intersubjective Summit: Panels on network societies, governance, longevity, AI, and more, with Hetu, EigenLayer, Nethermind, and QuarkChain. RVSP here. @Veronica 
• ZuBazaar: Introducing P2P commerce layer for Pop-Ups, enabling Talent & Resource Discovery across the Zuzalu Ecosystem. @orishim Looking for tech partners!
• ZuCasa: Product V1 is live! featuring the property list, relisting a booking, and purchasing a relisted booking, also seeking UX/UI and integrations hacker for ZuTech Hackathon. @Xenofon
• Social Layer: Ready to release for the new refactored app, with enhancement in user experience, speed and reliability. @jiang
• The Career Block:  Introducing a template for local impact for popups, featuring a ready-to-implement initiative to connect pop-up city with local schools. @Salmanneedsajob
• Web3 Radio: Revolutionizing radio with decentralized, community-curated playlists, where users can upload content, even ads, between songs. They’re exploring Ethereum-focused radio and are excited to bring new tools for community spaces. @Spaghett-eth
• Trust Protocol: Introducing a programmable onchain trust primitive, on-chain Trust Bonds - One Way or Two Way Bonds where users deposit funds to signal Trust, earning yield while building a Verifiable Reputation. @Nithin
• AA Star team: working on Arcadia, a blockchain game offering an open framework for communities to run their own games,  and testing zuCoffee for a new contract with a new verification algorithm. @Jason

Stay in Contact and Jump on!

Links and contacts:

• Socials: https://linktr.ee/zuzalucity
• Contact Point: Veronica & Kelly

Timestamp:

00:01:08 ZuBuilder Guild

00:08:08 Zuzalu.City

00:13:45 No Cap, All dApps Hackathon @ETHDenver

00:19:08 ReZu Coworking Hub @ ETHDenver:

00:22:50 Intersubjective Summit

00:23:19 ZuBazaar

00:28:05 ZuCasa

00:40:16 Social Layer

00:43:04 The Career Block

00:47:36 Web3 Radio

00:49:54 Trust Protocol

00:59:19 AA Star team

Moderator: @Veronica, @KC, @Kelly