Just DAO It: A Podcast for People Starting DAOs

This week's guests: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guest Jan Brezina (Puncar), who recently released his book, How to DAO: Mastering the Future of Internet Coordination. Beyond drafting this book, he’s currently working on another DAO, MotherDAO, a decentralized network where AI agents work, govern, and grow. Puncar is truly a DAO OG, as he co-founded Bankless Consulting, the DAO Governance Collective, and Workout DAO, among other projects. We look forward to having this DAO expert on the podcast! Check out the book here: How to DAO: Mastering the Future of Internet Coordination: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729257/how-to-dao-by-kevin-owocki-and-puncar-foreword-by-don-tapscott/ Find us on Socials: @PuncarH2D on Twitter @puncar on Farcaster @0xThriller on Twitter @thethriller on Farcaster @leohenkels on Twitter @leohenkels on Farcaster

This week's guests: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Travis and Sam from DAOHaus, a no-code DAO launchpad built using the Moloch V3 governance toolkit. Beyond working together on DAOHaus, they’ve also helped build or contribute to: Yeeter, Bootleggers, Raid Guild, Meta Cartel, and RaidBrood, among other projects. Most recently, they’ve been experimenting at the intersection of DAOs and Farcaster, a sufficiently decentralized social network. Their current project is called Farcastles, and they’ve received a grant from the Octant Accelerator to continue developing it. We look forward to having these DAO experts on the podcast! Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show: California Court Rules DAO Members Can Face Legal Liability as Business Partners BIO Protocol DAOs Get Backing From Binance Labs and Tarun Chitra on Twitter / X weighs in Decentralization Is Why We Fight for Crypto ICOs are back? Good Conversation Sparked Under This Tweet: Haseeb ＞|＜ on Twitter / X Aave DAO considers exiting Polygon after a proposed bridge Find us on Socials: @samskuhlmann on Twitter @samskuhlmann on Farcaster @earth2travis on Twitter @earth2travis on Farcaster @0xThriller on Twitter @thethriller on Farcaster @leohenkels on Twitter @leohenkels on Farcaster

Introducing the Just DAO It Lawyer Series: On this episode, leading Marshall Islands DAO Lawyer Tatyana Cerullo and MIDAO Co-Founder Adam Miller sit down for a discussion about DAO legal issues, Tatyana's experience with DAOs, Operating Agreements for DAO LLCs, and a recent controversial post on X from Gabriel Shapiro Find us on Socials: @RMILawyer on Twitter @0xThriller on Twitter @thethriller on Farcaster @leohenkels on Twitter @leohenkels on Farcaster

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Anthony Leutenegger, CEO of Aragon, and Jessica Smith, Head of Communications at Aragon. Aragon is a no-code DAO platform that lets you launch a DAO. You can mint tokens, create a governance structure, and onboard your community from the same Dashboard. They've been one of the leading DAO tools in the space for several years now and have helped launch some of the most prominent DAOs in crypto. It's exciting to have these two esteemed guests join our stream! Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show: Mango Markets Mull $500K CFTC Settlement Amid ‘Ongoing’ Investigation Snapshot, Popular DAO Voting Platform, Finally Moves On-Chain, Atop Starknet Aragon Unveils Gasless Voting On-Chain DAOs Need a Vibe Check - Compound Governance Overview Crypto Governance is Slept On @votecaster Is the First GovernancePplatform for Farcaster-first DAOs Find us on Socials: @A_Leutenegger on Twitter @leuts.eth on Farcaster @heyjessicasmith on Twitter @heyjessicasmith on Farcaster @0xThriller on Twitter @thethriller on Farcaster @leohenkels on Twitter @leohenkels on Farcaster

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It, join Leo Henkels and Adam Miller from MIDAO as they break down the recent DAO Regulation passed in the Marshall Islands. They'll dive into what it means for Marshall Islands DAO LLCs and the regulatory landscape for DAOs in general! Tune in to learn more about the Marshall Islands and its relationship with DAOs! Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show: RMI DAO Regulation: https://docsend.com/view/ku2747hgg4ean8b7 RMI DAO Legislation: https://docsend.com/view/duyb4848wvpkr5cw Balaji Podcast: https://thenetworkstate.com/episode/cryptoislands MIDAO Blog Page: https://www.midao.org/blog Find us on Socials: @leohenkels on Twitter @leohenkels on Farcaster @0xThriller on Twitter @thethriller on Farcaster @MIDAODS on Twitter @JustDAOItPod on Twitter @MIDAO on Farcaster

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Al Mithani, aka “Links.” Links is a DAO OG who got his introduction into the web3 world as a core contributor at BanklessDAO, where he led the Grants Committee while spearheading some major governance overhauls. He now champions BCard, a debit card that allows web3 communities to fund themselves by redirecting tradFi fees from banks to their favorite DAOs. Between DAOing, you can find Links sharing founder and DAO experience on Farcaster @links and on Twitter @almithani. News of the week: ‘Raider’ investors are looting DAOs — Nouns and Aragon share lessons learned Entropy Advisors on Twitter / X - "DAO delegates dealing with too many votes?" Lido DAO Votes To Appoint Entity to Respond In Pending Class Action Litigation Decentralized Science: A Better Way to Fund and Grow Breakthrough Ideas ZynCoin Meme Token Patches Things Up With Tobacco Giant Philip Morris Cardano Community Elects Inaugural Constitutional Committee Members Aave DAO Delegate Takes Aim at MakerDAO Over Spark Profit Sharing Deal - Unchained Find us on Twitter: @almithani @getbcard @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome Arnold Almeida, known as 1a35e1 (the hexadecimal code for "Blue"). He's the founder of Lighthouse, a mobile native client that helps users (new and old) participate in on-chain communities. Right now, Lighthouse works with Snapshot-enabled DAOs and custom Open Zeppelin Governor-based DAOs such as Nouns, Optimism, and Uniswap. Their mission is to help users participate in on-chain communities and help these organizations grow and engage their communities. News of the week: Crypto Zeinab on Twitter / X: "A deep dive into DeXe..." Tally Unveils New Liquid Staked Governance Protocol Curve DAO Token (CRV) Price Plunges 30% Amid Founder's Liquidation a16z crypto on Twitter / X: "a16z's resources to learn about DAOs" Julian Assange Freed with 11k ETH: Assange DAO's Victory - Altcoin Buzz Hedera Abandons Decentralization, Removes Community Nodes from Roadmap A couple of posts describing the relationship between Co-ops and DAOs: Warpcast & What Co-ops and DAOs Can Learn From Each Other Find us on Twitter: @1a35e1 @LighthouseGov @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome Bryan Peters, known as BPetes. He's the founder of Team Sobol, where they're building applications like tipster.bot and sobol.io. Everything they're building is backed by the mission to accelerate the global transition to decentralized work. He's currently active as a Steward at HatsProtocol, ProtoDAO, and a delegate at RnDAO and DimoDAO. In previous crypto chapters, BPetes was an early contributor to BanklessDAO, a founding citizen at CityDAO, a member of the Consensys Mesh during the Hub and Spoke era of 2017, and a product portfolio leader in a rapidly growing startup in the SmartCity sector. News of the week: BDA legal committee establishes new DAO ZkSync introduces a decentralized governance framework called ZK Nation vitalik.eth on Twitter / X: "On this cycle’s celebrity experimentation so far" Why the future of democracy could depend on your group chats Digital assets and DAOs: new theories of liability Cardano’s next upgrade makes it more like a DAO @Coulter on Warpcast: "Is incorporating a DAO contradicting its purpose? Find us on Twitter: @BryanPetes @TeamSobol @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Graham Novak, from Mezzanine Labs. Mezzanine is building an open-source library of applications that makes it easy for anyone to operate an onchain organization. Organizations choose from an expanding list of features, all under a unified interface. Prior to founding Mezzanine, Graham was a partner at SALT’s crypto fund, started ConstitutionDAO, led crypto investing at 28th Street Ventures, and previously founded NomadX. News of the week: CityDAO on Twitter / X: "Citizens - it's time for an important vote. Should CityDAO return our remaining funds to Citizens?" Dan Robinson on Twitter / X: "It’s disappointing to see a large VC try to bully the token governance process and delay community proposals at the last minute in order to advance their own pet projects" DAO Accelerationism Movement Aims to Advance Decentralized Organizations Crypto Governance Advisory MetaLeX Raises $2.75M Why Arbitrum Might Shower Crypto Games with $200m The Sandbox's DAO Launch Raises Concerns Over Centralized Control and Weighted Voting Find us on Twitter: @mezzaninelabs @gnovak_ @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Isaac Valadez. Isaac is a leading developer, investor, and thought leader in the ICP ecosystem, working on and building several projects, including Code and State, the ICP Community Conference, and Ntangle! If you’re interested in learning about DAOs on ICP, Isaac is the person to talk to! News of the week: Sushi Team Under Fire For Proposed Treasury Takeover DAOs Beware: Neo-Imperialism Is on the Rise in Crypto-Land Vana Launches Reddit Data DAO Enabling Users to Control and Monetize Their Data SEC serves Wells notice to Uniswap Optimism DAO delegates now get accountability scores — but not everyone thinks it’s fair AssangeDAO’s crypto activities suspicious, analysts urge caution Find us on Twitter: @codeandstate @isaac_icp @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Filip and Jango from Juicebox. Juicebox is a popular open-source crowdfunding protocol built on Ethereum that allows Web3 projects and creators to fund their best ideas. Juicebox took off with DAOs as it allowed these organizations to fund, operate, and scale their projects transparently. Today, it is community-owned, and anyone can go to their DAO and start contributing. News of the week: @dcfgod on Twitter / X: "Aragon gets on stage to talk DAOs..." @MetaDAOProject on Twitter / X: "Introducing Vota, a vote market on @Solana. Trade your 🗳️ for 💸, starting with @The_Saber_DAO gauge votes." Wyoming Passes Law Granting DAOs Legal Status What are Bitpacs? Bitcoin's Version of DAOs This City Pilots Web3 Quadratic Funding for Public Infrastructure ‘Doomed To Fail’? DAOs’ Steps To Overcome Pitfalls Of Decentralization Find us on Twitter: @juiceboxETH @filipviz @me_jango @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guest Joseph Schiarizzi from Open Dollar. Open Dollar is a DeFi stablecoin protocol built on Arbitrum designed to help users earn yield and leverage their assets with safety and predictability. Prior to founding Open Dollar, Joseph spent time working for OpenSea, Gitcoin, and ConsenSys. He's a member of Nouns DAO, Raid Guild, and a DAO veteran. News of the week: Anticapture Why Crypto’s Most Altruistic Project Is Going (Kinda) Corporate DAOs Have More Power Than You Think Japanese Lawmakers Want To Carve Out New Web3 Policies Andy on Twitter / X: "Imagine thinking DAOs were this good at coordinating" Find us on Twitter: @open_dollar @CupOJoseph @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guests: On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Eliza, Joshua, and Tara from DAO Science. DAO Science is a nonprofit project stewarded by Metagov that catalyzes impactful work on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and other digitally constituted organizations. With the help of these three brilliant researchers, the project recently published a research paper titled: “Open Problems in DAOs.” News of the week: Without Privacy, DAO Governance Fails UN Internet Governance Group to Create Trial DAO for Public Sector BarnBridge DAO Settles with SEC for $1.7 million, Agrees to Stop Selling Crypto Bond Product ENS Token Jumps 50% as Vitalik Buterin Hails It as 'Super Important' Eliza Oak on X (Twitter): "In a new paper, @ahall_research and I study which incentives encourage participation in democracy by analyzing a massive experiment in online governance." Find us on Twitter: @eliza_oak @mpg_dd @joshuaztan @metagov_project @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Samantha Marin. Samantha is a content editor at Aragon and was formerly involved with the Quorum Newsletter and Bankless DAO. Aragon builds modular and secure DAO tools for governing assets and permissions onchain. News of the week: HairDAO Becomes the First #DeSci DAO to File a Patent! What to Know About Jito’s $165M JTO Airdrop Optimism Squabbles Over Public Goods Funding to VC-backed Projects DAOs are the Future of Web3 Futarchy Meta DAO The Ends of Aragon Find us on Twitter: @samanthajmarin @aragonproject @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Lisa Wocken. Lisa is one of the Co-founders of TalentDAO. TalentDAO researches the DAO ecosystem, advancing and accelerating its potential to help humans realize a better world of work. News of the week: Aragon Association to Dissolve, Will Disburse $155M in Assets to Tokenholders Marshall Islands Further Strengthen's Law That Made DAOs Legal Entities Abu Dhabi Pioneers DLT Regulation for DAOs, Web3 Innovations Justitia DAO LLC Filed Demand for Arbitration Against Amazon for Seizing and Permanently Retaining Sellers' Funds Superdao Shuts Down, Will Return Investor Funds Llama Raises $6M for Role-Based Governance Platform Token Engineering (TE) Stakeholder Study Overview (scroll to the bottom to sign up to receive the report) Find us on Twitter: @LisaWocken @talentDAO_ @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz. Pablo is the founder of MoonDAO. In 2022, MoonDAO crowdfunded to send its members to space and successfully purchased two seats on a Blue Origin rocket. Now, the DAO is focused on funding research and exploration that accelerates the technological development of the first human settlement on the Moon. Previously, he was a core member of ConstitutionDAO, a software engineer at Google working on autonomous vehicles and virtual reality. News of the week: Pfizer-Backed DAO Launches Community-Funded Biotech Firm Barnbridge DAO Votes to Comply with SEC Order Doxxing Allegations on Optimism Grants Spark DAO Debate Hamas Has Raised Millions in Crypto Donations @CryptoAidIsrael on Twitter: "Thousands of Israeli lives have been destroyed by Hamas 💔. Israel WILL prevail 💪, but we need your help! Send your crypto to help the victims who need it most. Crypto unites with Israel 🇮🇱. https://cryptoaidisrael.com #CryptoAidIsrael" @IDriss_xyz on Twitter: "Announcing meta-infinite public goods funding round powered by @optimismFND 🌱✨. We're consolidating all the major PGF mechanisms @gitcoin, @giveth, @clrfund, @dao_drops, @retropgf, and enabling perpetual donations to grantees directly from Twitter. Model adapted from @owocki." Find us on Twitter: @pablo_moncada_ @OfficialMoonDAO @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Chris Biele. Chris, aka NFThinker, has been a stalwart in the Bankless DAO community for over 2 years. During his time at Bankless, Chris has worked on Bankless Card, Fight Club, Global Events, facilitated AMAs and Demos Work Streams, and various other BanklessDAO projects. Right now, he’s working on building a new Web3 marketing company, D3centra (pronounced Decentra or D3 for short). When he’s not working on Bankless or Web3, Chris is a photographer by trade! News of the week: The Community of the DAO: Research DAOs Advancing Scientific Research The “DAO Jungle” Chronicles: Federal Judge Upholds Treasury Department’s Sanction of Tornado Cash for Involvement in Laundering Hacking Proceeds Machiavelli for DAOs: Designing Effective Decentralized Governance (part 2) Gitcoin DAO Gaffe Sees $500,000 in GTC Tokens Lost Forever DAOs Need to Learn From Burning Man for Mainstream Adoption Find us on Twitter: @theNFThinker @BanklessDAO @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guest: On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guest, Navin. Navin is the Co-Founder of Samudai, a DAO project management platform that enables collaboration and bounty management for admins, project managers, and contributors. Prior to founding Samudai, Navin was a consultant at Capco Innovation & Design Labs, an Investment Analyst at Lunar Ventures, a Project Manager at ICG, and a consultant at RedSeer Consulting. In addition to his impressive resume, Navin is a crypto OG and has contributed to the space for the past three years. News of the week: Are DAOs Overhyped and Unworkable? Lessons From the Front Lines Hundreds of Nouns Holders Rally to Exit DAO, Leading to Treasury Split From Fukuoka to the World? The Japanese DAO Trying to Shake Up Sports Fandom Crypto Companies form Texas Blockchain Group to Advocate for Clear Regulations AI Will Reinvent DAOs and Tokenized Models will be Valuable: Vance Spencer Find us on Twitter: @0xNavin @Samudaixyz @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This week's guests: On this week’s Just DAO It!, we welcome on guests, Paulo and Kohei. Paulo and Kohei and the Co-Founders of Senate Labs, a DAO governance tool that allows contributors to check all the governance proposals from their favorite DAOs and see which proposals they still haven't voted on. With their app, DAO members can now track governance proposals directly from Telegram or Discord. To date, Senate supports over 30 DAOs and is rapidly growing! News of the week: Privacy Mixer Tornado Cash Is an Entity, Judge Says What Is the Law of Chains? What’s a DAO to Do? Gitcoin Backlash Shows Crypto Governance Is More Than a Meme Can Maker’s Rune Christensen Fix the Sad State of DAO Governance? The Collective DAO Archives: Governance Library @lalalavendr on Twitter: "This week in @lalalavendr’s DAO research series, we’re exploring one of the most important tools in a DAO’s toolbelt: COMMUNICATION. Let’s get into it:" Find us on Twitter: @koheingt @paulofonseca__ @senatelabs @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels

This Week's Guest: MemeBrains is the host of the CityDAO podcast that focuses on discussing the impact of DAOs on our Civilization as a whole. MemeBrains is a seasoned veteran in the DAO space, working as a contributor for multiple DAOs like Bankless, Collab Land, and Afropolitan, to name a few. Finally, MemeBrains is also an EthDenver winner from earlier this year in the DAO and Community track, recognized for his work with building infrastructure for decentralized communities. News of the week: DAO Pain Points and Paths Forward Combating Climate Change: The Power That DAOs Have Lido Finance DAO Mulls Introducing New Dual Governance Model Israel Consults Public on DAO Regulation Optimism (✨🔴_🔴✨) on Twitter: "It’s time for the next chapter of @lalalavendr’s DAO research! This week, we're unpacking the complexities of ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES, specifically the power dynamics that exist within DAOs. Let’s jump in:" Regan Bozman on Twitter: "There is a ton to be excited about in crypto rn, but the funding environment is bad and going to worse, especially for anything beyond seed. We sent this letter to our portfolio companies last week - strongly believe founders should tread carefully in this market." Find us on Twitter: @memebrains @MIDAODS @JustDAOItPod @0xThriller @leohenkels