August 9-16
Here is another weekly update from the NEAR Community Squad :
This category is dedicated to Grassroots DAOs and nodes within Near
More updates via @NEAR_mates , @NEAR_daily and @NEARweek :
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Thanks for all your help
Highlight: Launching NEAR Data Center
Guild Name: NEAR Data Center
Guild Leader(s): @tiffanygyj Tiffany Gao, @yifang Yifang Ma, @jlwaugh James Waugh
Guild SputnikDAO Address: The domain name sputnik.fund is for sale
Mission
To fully utilize the power of data to increase the visibility of NEAR protocol and ecosystem, increase accountability in governance, and build tools / products that help NEARians thrive.
Values and Vision
Our community upholds expectations of participants being open and collaborative. We intend to experiment ā¦
Most Referred Forum Topics
Governance Update
Ecosystem Metrics | Sputnik DAO Stats
This category is for the Analytics Guild to share metrics and insights related to NEAR Ecosystem. We hope to build trust in our governance systems by promoting accountability.
Time: August 08 - August 15
NEAR Explorer Stats
NEAR Ecosystem Scoreboard
If you donāt have the access to the dashboard or reports, or have any questions would like to discuss, please feel free to contact Tiffany(tiffany@near.org )
What happened?
Monthly Active Developer ā MAD
MAD Internal (based on CLI data in the last 30 days)
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Monthly active developers increased to the level of 650 in the middle of last week and returned to 600 by the end of the week.
Ecosysā¦
Last Week: 28,423 NEAR
7 Approved Proposals
Total Distributed: 159,732 NEAR
72 Approved Proposals / 97 Total
Active Proposals
1000 NEAR to nyc.sputnikdao.near for initial funding to rent space for NYC Hack Node:
The Big Dapple
Responding to this open call:
As a local guild, we intend to find overlap between goals of Near Yorkers and the global NEAR ecosystem. Our mission: coordinate projects for sustainable community growth + development. Letās create a world where all people control their data, money, and the power of governance.
CONTEXT:
GOALS:
Understand Problems
Ask Questions
Explore Solutions
Build Community
Reward Hackers
https://twitter.com/NearYorkCity/status/ā¦
1600 NEAR to jc-rewards.near for Community Moderator payouts: stanis.near, yunusemre.near, andrbenz.near
Hey team, today marks the first month of our community moderators.
In addition to responding to queries on Telegram, Reddit, and Discord. They have been working on the following:
Moderatorās FAQ
Testing out Daily Reporting & Scheduling
General Moderator workflow
which can be found in their recent reports here (another one will be posted today in their local time):
Total payout for these moderators amount to 1600N.
Our moderators are now working closely with theā¦
10000 NEAR to china_charity_dao.sputnikdao.near for a donation to Henan Relief Fund:
4150 NEAR to sandbox.sputnikdao.near for the August budget of OWS:
This is the OWS Request for 4150N monthly budget for August.
The OWS is requesting 4150N for August which includes 4000N baseline and extra 150 for the moderator @videvidts who was too late to apply for her July moderator reward (her request happened after extra 1500N has been paid out to the contributors so we have to account for it in August: https://www.sputnik.fund/#/dao/sandbox.sputnikdao.near/proposals/121 ).
To shed some light on the financial situation of the OWS, we have attached someā¦
195 NEAR to portuguese.sputnikdao.near for the July distribution:
Guild Name: Portuguese Guild
Guild DAO: Portuguese Guild SputnikDAO
Guild Timeline: July 1st to July 31th
Marketing
In July we just translated a documentation page that teaches how to run a validator node. We were focusing on organizing the platform that we use to translate (Crowdin), will discuss it in the Organization section.
Translated Run a Validator Node - waiting to be added to the documentation - 30N
Also, we started a branding guideline, to create a more unique and professional ā¦
Recent Proposals
APPROVED ~ 1000 NEAR to near-data-center.sputnikdao.near for the NEAR Data Center, so we can reward contributors who submit questions and requests:
Guild Name: NEAR Data Center
Guild Leader(s): @tiffanygyj Tiffany Gao, @yifang Yifang Ma, @jlwaugh James Waugh
Guild SputnikDAO Address: The domain name sputnik.fund is for sale
Mission
To fully utilize the power of data to increase the visibility of NEAR protocol and ecosystem, increase accountability in governance, and build tools / products that help NEARians thrive.
Values and Vision
Our community upholds expectations of participants being open and collaborative. We intend to experiment ā¦
APPROVED ~ 150 NEAR to annabellec.near for Q2 Guilds Survey data extraction, manipulation, and analysis:
I am happy to announce that the Q2 Guilds Survey / Ecosystem Survey results have been turned into usable and presentable visual representations, and data insights have been extracted for the development of the baseline metrics for MarComās NPS index and Guilds Program-specific next steps for Q3 and Q4! The high-level insights and takeaways will be presented here on the Forum under the Guilds subcategory (cc: @shreyas ) in the coming days.
As @Grace outlined in MarComm Q3 OKRs Bi-weekly Reportingā¦
APPROVED ~ 4500 NEAR to wiki.sputnikdao.near for a new guild focused on populating wiki.near.org through curation and content creation:
TLDR of the proposal:
The Community Buidlers guild is a new guild that will focus on creating and curating information throughout the NEARVerse to keep the new portal relevant and updated. The NEARVerse Portal servers the needs of the overall community to provide both a landing zone and launch pad to learn, engage and grow with the NEAR community. The guild members will be comprised of curators, writers, editors, translators, and liaisons to the NEAR core team.
Purpose
To curate, create, and ā¦
APPROVED ~ 2100 NEAR to curators.sputnikdao.near for the August Trial - Curators DAO elevates the quality of art on NEAR by (1) socializing NFTs we collect (2) critiquing why we like them (3) commissioning new artists
Funding Proposal
To: DAO
communitysquad.sputnikdao.near
From: Project Name
CuratorsDAO
curators.sputnik-dao.near
Summary / Purpose
We elevate the quality of art on NEAR by
(1) socializing NFTs we collect
(2) critiquing why we like them
(3) commissioning new artists
Description
Spurred by a suggestion by INFINITY CuratorsDAO will drive excitement around NFTs on NEAR.
We believe that providing abundance for a group curators will result in more engagement and higher quality art than if ā¦
APPROVED ~ 20000 NEAR to creatives.sputnikdao.near for monthly payouts to Creative Guilds:
For the month of August 2021, we wanted to share an overview of the Creativeās DAO budget with the creative community so that we as the council (@mecsbecs and I) can be held accountable.
Also, this serves to update the community on what else we are planning on funding as support and incentives for our Creative Guild Leaders
Please also review and respond to our Creatives DAOās OKRs for Q3 (July - September 2021), for which this budget was designed to support.
Budget:
1: Guilds/DAOs Monthly ā¦
APPROVED ~ 123 NEAR to fritzwagner.near for making landing pages:
APPROVED ~ 550 NEAR to cizi31.near for the monthly budget of NEAR Turkey Guild:
REJECTED ~ 7100 NEAR to near_india_guild.sputnikdao.near for their monthly budget:
Iām planning to execute 2 events this month
One event with the employees of Wipro tech(Bhubaneswar) where I will teach them about NEAR and I will invite them to use NEAR and at the end of the event I will help them to create their NEAR id. Iām Expecting 30+ attendees for this event.
The second event will be with a local college students where Iām planning to teach them the use case of NEAR and I also teach them to create their NEAR id. Iām expecting 50+ attendees at the event.
During thā¦
Updates from the Squad
Evolving NEAR Community Fund
In the last three months, we have made significant strides in our goal to become an Ecosystem-First Community.
One of those strides has been developing and implementing our multi-level DAO strategy with the mission to create a fully-fledged decentralized playbook that allows our Ecosystem Contributors to be an integral part of our process and roadmap.
But as with breaking new ground, there are always opportunities for reflection and learning that we need to take on board before moving forward.ā¦
Guilds, DAOs, and DAO Verticals
Bear with me if you have already been active in the community and know some of this already, but please read through this quick guide to understanding how the NEAR Community (especially through the Guilds Program) is working to disseminate funding throughout the ecosystem through our DAO Verticals.
What is a Guild and what is a DAO?
This is not a new conversation topic for many, but hereās a swift refresher for those familiar and an overview of foundational NEAR terminology for those new to tā¦
Q2 Guilds Survey Results
Hey everyone!
Over the last couple of weeks, one of the projects that weāve been working on is the Guilds Survey. Iām really excited to be able to share this, on behalf of the Guilds Crew . All of us from the crew have been speaking with all the different guilds and working closely with you all.
The survey is to get a sense of where weāre at right now and what can we do better (we can always do better ). But, the goal was also to see what should we be prioritising.
So, wiā¦
Community Etiquette
Over past few days we have seen a flame war on this forum and across few channels. Iām deeply sadden by what have happened and would like to remind everyone what we stand for and how we should be working with each other.
NEAR Ecosystemās values are:
Transparency - unless otherwise limited by law, contract or morality, all the decisions and work should be open for the community to see and participate in.
Growth mindset - we are continually learning, thriving on challenge, see failure as a waā¦
Implementing NEAR Community Guidelines
Hey everyone,
Goal
To clearly define the rules of the forum in order to mitigate spam, encourage a positive environment, and share basic guidelines on how to interact with others in the NEAR Community.
Below is a proposal for general community guidelines which will pertain to everyone participating in the NEAR Governance Forum.
This will be sent as a welcome message to every new user who signs up.
As is always the case in an open-source ecosystem like NEAR, Iād love to hear your input on howā¦
Development: v2 Sputnik DAO Platform (Astro)
Context/Reference:
Milestones in Taiga
Ecosystem Map
Integration
DONE:
Kickoff of commonwealth integration of sputnik v2 is underway and expected to be ready for August 27th
Kickoff of integration with DeepDAO
Middleware API to dApp Radar for more accurate Sputnik reporting
Astro UI
DONE:
Forked v1 middleware app for v2 Sputnik contracts
Layout for DAO home and 1st step of DAO creation
TODO (in progress):
Page layouts
Middleware
Sputnik v2 Contract Audit
Namestorming
Reskin UI
DONE:
ā¦
NEARweek forming a DAO
Community Moderation Reports
MONTHLY REPORT for TELEGRAM
In this report Iām going to explain what Iāve done during the first 4 weeks period (July to August) of my Near social channels moderation, present official telegram channel statistics, share my opinions, and talk about future plans.
I currently monitor and moderate official telegram, discord and the reddit channels. I mainly monitor, analyze telegram statistics, keep an eye of scammer impersonator channels and accounts, fix accidental restrictions done by combot ediā¦
Hey there! I am writing this post to share with you this weekĀ“s Discord metric analysis!
Discord Metrics Analysis
To start with this report, iĀ“d like to mention that i have already decided with other NEAR moderators which bot we are going to use in our Discord server, we decided to use āMEE6ā bot, i am learning to use it, and it will contribute in our serverĀ“s growth! IĀ“d love if you have any advice on how to configure the bot or anything you consider useful!
LetĀ“s get started with metrics:
Tā¦
Our Team
We are here to share key results from last week, plans for this week, and current blockers. Transparency is crucial for accountability and governance. Click here to see all weekly updates from the Community Squad.
Council Members: @chloe @3UN1C3 @Grace @jcatnear @jlwaugh @JMaenen @mecsbecs @norah.near @ross @shreyas @starpause @David_NEAR
Previous Weekly Update:
Opportunities!
MetaBUIDL Hackathon Starts August 27
NEAR is the network for a world reimagined. Through simple, secure, and scalable technology, millions are empowered to invent and explore new experiences. Business, creativity, and community are being reimagined for a more sustainable and inclusive...
Hiring PM for NEAR Ecosystem Treasury DAO
Hey community,
Iām looking for help with PMing the NEAR Ecosystem Treasury DAO project.
There are a lot of piece there but Iām constantly behind and other stuff has been diverging attention to actually drive it forward.
Needs:
Kick ass understanding of governance (ideally you have worked on something like this already, may be in traditional governance)
Can run a project: managing engineers on implementation, talking with community, creating next steps and more.
Believe DAOs are future of thā¦
Open Web Sandbox
Open Web Sandbox Full List of Rolling Rewards August 2021:
Below is a list of the rolling rewards for the Sandbox for the month of August. For detailed instructions on how to post rewards and how to claim rewards please see: The Sandbox SputnikDAO Guide for Claiming Rewards
Note 1:
We tried to make the list of rolling rewards posted below as detailed as possible. If you have any additional ideas or suggestions regarding the list, please contact one of the Sandbox moderators. There is always rā¦
Guide for Claiming Rewards:
Dear Sandboxers and NEARians,
As of November 2021 all rewards for your contributions will be paid out through the Sandbox AstroDAO. This change is entirely in line with the core values of the NEAR Ecosystem: transparency and decentralization.
Creating a proposal through the NEAR Forum is possible between 20th and 25th of each month (If you submit your forum post after 25th, it will be reviewed during the next payout period).
Simply put, you will have to create a post on NEAR governance forum ā¦
Contribute To NEAR Ecosystem WIki
TLDR of the proposal:
The Community Buidlers guild is a new guild that will focus on creating and curating information throughout the NEARVerse to keep the new portal relevant and updated. The NEARVerse Portal servers the needs of the overall community to provide both a landing zone and launch pad to learn, engage and grow with the NEAR community. The guild members will be comprised of curators, writers, editors, translators, and liaisons to the NEAR core team.
Purpose
To curate, create, and ā¦
NEAR Warzone Showcases
Upcoming Events: August 29 and September 26
Open DeFi DAO Hackathon (Sponsored by NEAR)
GameJam Until September 13
Want to bring to attention to NEAR community:
Game jam is starting now: https://js13kgames.com/ (The competition will start at 13:00 CEST, 13th August and end at 13:00 CEST, 13th September 2021)
HumanGuild.io is sponsoring prizes - 1460 in NEAR across first 10 places ā we will help with dev support, itās a great place to build out MVP for your game)
if you want to join game jam, join this Slack: https://slack.js13kgames.com/
https://js13kgames.com/decentralized
NEAR Town Hall: August 26
Hello!
Itās time for another NEAR Town Hall! Join us on 8/26 at 4pm PDT | 7am BJT. This time Human Guildās Co-Creator, Sasha Hudzilin / @sashahudzilin will be MCāing and presenting Also presenting includes @riqi / Riqi RA, Founder of Paras Digital, and @sirjadbox / Jonathan Dunlap, CEO of Mintgate
We will host a similar flow as last time where each presentation is about 20 minutes each (updates, how to get involved, etc.), followed by 30-minute Breakout AMA sessions ā¦
Octopus Guild Event on Cryptovoxels
https://www.octopusguild.com/metaverseevent
NEAR + Filecoin: $300K Joint Grants Program
NEAR is the network for a world reimagined. Through simple, secure, and scalable technology, millions are empowered to invent and explore new experiences. Business, creativity, and community are being reimagined for a more sustainable and inclusive...
Hackathon Guild
Hello, people of NEARverse!
Who doesnāt love attending and hosting hackathons right? So, we decided to build a community of people who love hackathons!
Guild Name: Hackathon Guild
Guild Leader: Pratik Parmar, Pranshu Khanna
Guild Location: Worldwide
Guild Details:
Vision/Mission: Build a community of people who are passionate about hosting and attending awesome hackathons. Become a part of the hackathon guild to empower yourself with NEAR-owned hackathons and hackaā¦
Learn About NEAR
Intro to NEAR.
Quick summary
In this tutorial, weāll learn the core concept behind NEAR and its ecosystem. Weād discuss its features, compatible stacks, case studies and how to get started. Weād be building a DApp dice game. Weād be using NEAR protocol for storing, managing and deploying our application; by doing this, weād master the use of NEAR in building DApps.
Note: All code and resources used in this post are from NEAR in minutes, you can find it here
Introduction
This tutorial will helpā¦