Dear Bankless Nation 🏴,

Last week, tlBANK went live and almost eight million BANK tokens are already locked! We encourage you to show your commitment to the BanklessDAO mission by minting now. Remember that if you mint and then sell or transfer your tokens, you won't be eligible for the benefits.

Speaking of mission alignment, Bankless Publishing and the Newsletter Team are two major projects to have grown out of the Writers Guild and the DAO community, shipping content on different issues in the DAO and the ecosystem. After two years of working in tandem, the Bankless Publishing Team is now officially joining forces with the Newsletter Team and this week's editorial announces their union.

Season 8 comes to a close on August 27, so we urge you to check out the Forum, make your voice heard on Season 9 proposals, and consider running for Grants Committee when the election is announced.

We wish you a safe, relaxing weekend, frens.

Contributors: Warrior, Paulito, theconfusedcoin, Feems, anointingthompson1.eth, Vi-Fi, Lucent1, trewkat, HiroKennelly

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✅ Action Items

🌏 Join the Crypto Sapiens Discord and help grow the web3 media network.

📆 Attend the Moonbounce demo on August 2 in the Amphitheater.

🖊 Sign up for How To Crowdin, courtesy of Translators Guild.

🏃‍♀️ Catch up: Review this week's Community Call notes or listen to the recording.

🏛 Governance

Snapshot Votes

⚡ Passed: Withdraw USDC From Deprecated GMI Pool

This Snapshot vote has ended with 19M BANK / 99.73% approval. Therefore, the bDAO multisig will now submit a ‘withdraw’ transaction to collect all the USDC from the deprecated GMI contract and the USDC will be deposited into the BanklessDAO Vault multisig.

Proposals in Discussion

🧐 Season 9 Proposals Review

The submitted proposals for Season 9 have all been compiled in this spreadsheet. Please take a look and ensure your team’s information is correct. The Grants Committee will be reviewing your proposals over the next two weeks so please pop into the Forum to answer any questions your reviewer may ask!

Grants Committee reviewers will use polls and comments to gauge DAO sentiment on these proposals, so please take the time to add your input.

Member Sentiment Survey

We are currently running a survey to gauge member sentiment and see how much activity we have in the DAO. Prove that you’re one of our active members by filling this survey out!

A New Chapter for Bankless Publishing

Authors: HiroKennelly and trewkat

For as long as BanklessDAO has been in existence, two projects within the DAO, the Editorial and Publishing Arm (EPA) and the Newsletter Team, have shipped hundreds of newsletters and articles to help the crypto curious find their way into and around web3. The EPA adopted the Bankless Publishing brand last year, and we’re now proud to announce that the Newsletter Team project is merging with Bankless Publishing to create a unified identity for the next chapter of our history.

For more than two years, these DAO-incubated teams have focused on producing written content designed to inform, investigate, educate, and entertain audiences who want to learn more about going Bankless and the opportunities afforded by the technologies underpinning web3. We’ve been doing this work as separate but overlapping project teams, but have decided to merge both projects under the Bankless Publishing brand!

Bankless Publishing and the Newsletter Team projects are merging for a very simple reason: as these projects enter their third year, they have created deep refinements to the decentralized content curation and production model, and we believe it’s time to unify forces to create greater internal efficiencies as we mature into a self-sustaining project.

By shipping all of the content produced by these projects under one banner, we’ll be able to create consistent brand messaging, unify our audience, and consolidate shipping resources to set the foundation for the next phase of our growth. Operating as a single project under the Bankless Publishing brand, we’ll refine the shipping schedule to deliver daily web3 educational content, whether articles, newsletters, threads, or topical stories.

Apart from changes to branding and a more regular shipping schedule, you can expect to see Bankless Publishing become more active in this space, whether sponsoring industry events, hosting regular Twitter (X!) Spaces, or delivering timely updates as events unfold. We’ll continue to set the standard for the production of high-quality content through decentralized processes.

These initiatives are also intended to foster a sense of community among our readers, supporters, and contributors. With these goals in mind, we look forward to establishing a strong and united presence in the web3 publishing space, proudly carrying the flag of the Bankless Nation along with us.

— The Bankless Publishing Team 🏴

👀 In Case You Missed It

⏳ Time-Locked BANK is Live!

Time-Locked BANK (tlBANK) is now live and ready for public minting! Locking up your BANK for a period of time indicates long-term alignment with the DAO and will become the standard for L1 membership and maybe even more! Minting a tlBANK NFT will equate to L1 membership and only the tlBANK minting address receives L1 access to Discord. Mint the NFT and secure your L1 status!

🌐 ETH Barcelona

Author: Feems

ETH Barcelona (July 5-7), now in its second year and amidst a bear market, exceeded expectations with an exceptional event. The layout and design remained top-notch and intentional, just like the previous year. The Lunar and Solar Punk theme offered a unique perspective on the space, exploring both its dark and light aspects.

BanklessDAO had a strong presence, not only as attendees but also as speakers. I had the opportunity to give a presentation titled The Sovereign Web3 Contributor, and I also moderated a panel on DAO Governance.

Bankless Academy led the way in education with their workshop: Crypto Compass: Finding Your Path in the Web3 World, and Jasu led a discussion on onboarding women from LATAM to web3 for a Spanish panel titled Onboarding de mujeres de LATAM a la web3: aprendizajes, experiencias y oportunidades.

What stood out the most to me about the conference was how inclusive it was. The talks and workshops catered to everyone, from the seasoned crypto native to the crypto curious. The content felt down-to-earth, and attendees could easily apply the knowledge gained. There was a genuine desire to connect and collaborate rather than just promote projects, which was refreshing.

Despite the bear market conditions, the atmosphere was vibrant and positive. The focus was on fostering meaningful interactions rather than pushing sales pitches. I'm eagerly looking forward to attending next year's event!

🔷 ETHGlobal Paris Hackathon Finalists

ETHGlobal Paris was a hackathon weekend that fostered creativity and collaboration within the Ethereum community, held July 21-23. Take a look at the projects of the 13 Finalists below:

🔶 ETHGlobal in Nairobi and Lagos

ETHGlobal also supports the thriving local ecosystems in the countries Kenya and Nigeria with events for participants to talk about building, community and L2s!

The Nairobi event happened on July 27 but there is still time to sign up for Lagos! Say hi to hackers, speakers, and companies from the ETHGlobal community by attending the first ever community meetup in Lagos, Nigeria, presented in cooperation with Borderless Africa.

Borderless is a movement to create an open and permissionless internet to power Africa's economy. We are bringing to Africa global Web3 leaders, and nurturing African founder communities.

ETHGlobal is a thriving community of developers, builders, investors and community leaders. As the use of blockchain technology grows, the world will need more talented engineers, designers, and product leaders to build the future that it promises. We work with exactly these kinds of people every single day through the products and events we organize for our community. Our goal: scaling Ethereum and onboarding more people for the cryptonative digital economy of the future.

🍔 Grab It While It’s Hot

🧠 Crypto Sapiens

✍️ Bankless Publishing

🌏 Bankless Africa Newsletter

👩🏼‍💼 Bankless Consulting Newsletter

🗓 Set A Reminder

🤩 New Joiner Session S8 x 05

Join the New Joiners Session to learn more about BanklessDAO and how to get involved. You will meet mentors who could guide you on your journey into DAO life as well as other new joiners who may become fellow travelers. This session will be held on Zep. Please be prepared to share a little about yourself.

RSVP to have Zep meeting details emailed to you nearer to the event, which will be held on Monday, July 31 at 13:45 UTC.

💬 How To Discord

Are you eager to understand how BanklessDAO operates within the Discord platform? Look no further! In this session, we will guide you through the intricacies of using Discord to engage with the BanklessDAO community effectively. Join the Education Department on Tuesday, August 1 at 14:00 UTC in the watercooler voice channel.

🔭 How To Etherscan

Have you ever wanted to track the movement of your coins and tokens or would you like to know how to scan the bDAO treasury? To learn the common properties of block explorers, what can be explored, and how to read your own personal wallet or NFT contract, join the Education Department on Wednesday, August 2 at 14:00 UTC in the watercooler voice channel

👏 How To Praise

Praise is an open-source community intelligence and rewards system designed to strengthen online communities through peer recognition and tokenized incentives. Praise allows community members to openly acknowledge and appreciate each other's contributions through simple peer-to-peer messages called "praise statements." These statements recognize efforts both big and small, creating a transparent record of community participation.

To learn how to appreciate folks within the DAO using the Praise bot, join the Education Department on Thursday, August 3 at 14:00 UTC in the watercooler voice channel.

🌔 Moonbounce Demo

Moonbounce browser extension helps people have more fun and capture more value out of the time they spend online by providing an immersive layer on top of the internet. This layer unlocks exciting live interactions and integrated rewards while surfing. To learn more about Moonbounce, join this demo in the Amphitheater on Wednesday, August 2 at 18:30 UTC.

🤣 Meme of the Week