Hello and welcome to all Aragon fans and decentralization advocates! During these two weeks a lot of essential news considering Aragon appeared. The project has passed 600 organizations on mainnet! And the list of DAOs keeps endlessly increasing! Development is ongoing. Last week the team released Aragon 0.7.5 — a minor release with a few bug fixes. All Aragon Devs call #25 took place and notes are available in the Aragon Wiki. Aragon co-founders Luis Cuende and Jorge Izquierdo introduced their new ‘In Flight’ podcast and discussed the evolution of crypto since 2017, IEOs, blockchain fundraising, and decentralized infrastructure. Online workshop ‘DAO Crash Test’ took place. This time the team was focusing on the Aragon ecosystem and had a special guest — Luke Duncan researcher and core contributor. The team attended ‘Open 2019 Community Gathering — Decentralised Collaboration’ event in London and ‘Building an Unstoppable Organization with Aragon’ meetup in San Francisco. As for upcoming events, Aragon One CTO Jorge will be presenting on the latest work of Aragon research team at Dappcon in Berlin at the end of August. These weeks Autark was rebranding That Planning Suite to Open Enterprise, to reflect its evolution into a suite of apps for the general coordination of organizations. They’re targeting a soft-launch to mainnet during Q4 2019 and aim to expand the functionality of the existing suite (e.g. add support for bounties that aren’t connected to GitHub issues and for reviewers to get a percentage of the bounty), to enable new governance mechanisms (e.g. new voting patterns, dispute resolution, and vetoing), and to work on various initiatives that will support the Aragon ecosystem. New section on Aragon Black blog was introduced — VADE MECUM, the latin for «comes with me» and refers to a guide kept on you to register technical information. This section will be user-focused! The first article is about Aragon Fundraising and the return of the commons. Aragon Black Blog is also looking for fresh ideas and papers. So do not hesitate to contact the team. Time flies! Aragon Governance Proposals for Aragon Network Vote #3 are due in a week! You can find details about the upcoming vote, including important dates and instructions about how to submit your own proposal, in the Aragon Network Vote #3 Megathread in the forum. One more step towards decentralization! More to follow!
Development
GitHub metrics:
Developer activity (from Coinlib.io):
Aragon 0.7.5 is live 🚀
This is a minor release with a few bug fixes 🐛 Enjoy a smoother Aragon experience.
Aragon Network Vote #3
Aragon Governance Proposals for Aragon Network Vote #3 are due in a week!
You can find details about the upcoming vote, including important dates and instructions about how to submit your own proposal, in the Aragon Network Vote #3 Megathread in the forum.
- Proposals for this vote are due, Aragon Association review begins: 2019–07–11 at 16:00 UTC
- Aragon Association review ends, final community review begins: 2019–07–18 at 16:00 UTC
- Aragon Network Vote #3 begins: 2019–07–25 at 16:00 UTC
- Aragon Network Vote #3 ends, final results announced: 2019–07–27 at 16:00 UTC
Publications from Aragon forum
Autark Flock AGP for ANV-3: Autark Flock proposal draft for Aragon Network Vote #3.
DAO introduction + Sponsorship request: Hackathon Muñón by Ahmed Castro.
Decentralized Help Center Development by Fabio Bonfiglio.
Implementing Aragon :: what would a real-life MVP look like? by Frederic.
Title: AnonDAO: An Experimental Decentralized Anonymous Organization.
Other:
New section on Black blog; VADE MECUM is the latin for «comes with me» and refers to a guide kept on you to register technical informations. This section will be user-focused! The first article about Aragon Fundraising & the return of the commons.
Call for papers! Aragon Black Blog is looking for fresh ideas and papers. So do not hesitate to contact them. Let’s decentralize! Here’s the Raven website.
Updates from Aragon chat (18th June — 2nd July)
@luis (Luis Cuende, CEO at Aragon One Team):
- Catch up with tons of notifs, tasks, etc.
- Work towards 0.8
- Write
- Work with @osarrouy and @louisgrx
- Keep improving A1 product process
- Help curate devcon5 talk submissions
@jorge (Jorge Izquierdo, CTO at Aragon One Team):
- Continue working on Court code reviews
- Polish Proposal Agreements spec (some changes required after offsite conversations)
@light (John Light, Community at Aragon One):
- A1 offsite, hosted a workshop about improving the AGP process, gave a lightning talk about the Aragon working groups proposal, and synced with team members about plans for DevCon V
- Working on some upcoming blog posts
- Following up on discussions and decisions made during the offsite
- Hiring related tasks (https://aragon.one/#growth-marketing)
@tatu (Tatu Kärki, Communications at Aragon One):
- Wiki redesign
@monica (Monica Zeng, Human Relations at Aragon One):
- Aragon One Offsite! Made an HR Update and had 1:1s with some team members
- Prepared/coordinated 4 team building activities
- Hiring: screen new applications, interviews, and technical challenges reviews
- Payroll and reimbursements
- Hiring: screen new applications, interviews and technical challenges reviews
- Offsite post-mortem
@LorenaGM (Lorena González, Assistant at Aragon One):
- Agenda management
- Logistics: Offsite feedback + upcoming events (Blockchain Week)
- A1 HQ: suppliers follow up & supplies orders
- Accounting: Q1 Accountants meeting & payments
- Other admin. tasks & run errands
@sohkai (Brett Sun, Lead Developer at Aragon One):
- Sync and catch up with team
- Discuss 0.8 roadmap
- A1 offsite, refined 0.8 scope and explored potential new product enhancements
- Work towards 0.8
- Release Aragon client 0.7.5
- Payroll: review audit
- Catch up on previous weeks of work, sync on ongoing 0.8 work
- Review aragon.js PRs, release new versions
- Contribute to Flock-related discussions
- Continue work towards 0.8
@bingen (Bingen Eguzkitza, Solidity Engineer):
- A1 Offsite
- Continue working on Aragon Court
- Court: Subscription fees
- Court: address PRs feedback (final appeal round and batch settle round slashing)
- Payroll: review audit
@aquigorka (Gorka Ludlow, Frontend at Aragon One):
- Aragon One offsite
- Continue work onto 0.8
- Continue writing 2nd technical blog post
- IPFS Camp
- Worked on items for 0.7.5
- Attended IPFS camp
- Catch up to work towards 0.8
- Continue working on Global Settings
@danielnorman (Daniel Norman):
- Infrastructure maintenance
- Notification service
@jon:
- write spec for resolving identities to 3box and send to A1 for review
- work on external tx intents in aragon.js and aragon client
- aragon.js methods for fetching current application and other application metadata
- more work on contextual discussion smart contracts + state management
- continue work on IPFS-Cluster specs at IPFS Camp 🙂
- Publish blog post on updated IPFS Cluster spec after IPFS Camp
- Work on contextual discussions in the Dot Voting app
- Meetings around getting our work reviewed and integrated with aragon repos
@gabi (Gabriel Garcia):
- Tested our new Continuous Development strategy for the aragonCLI
- Worked on the aragonCLI Roadmap and a bit in our Q2 Nest update
- Made a simple website for Aragon Mesh (thanks to 1Hive for thieir template 🙏🏻)
- Write two posts about bounties and AGP-28
- Finish WIP `apm publish` improvement
- Add optinal parameter to adjust `gas-price`
- Review open PRs and write a more e2e tests
@louisgrx (Louis Giraux):
- Finish securing Open Enterprise audit
- Write Draft and Coordinate around Association AGPs, post soon
- Finalize Nest mid-year update for publication
- Write a summary of Discussions with Flock teams on stragic topics (ANT packages, OKRs) to post on the forum
- Take care of ongoing Nest PRs
- Flock and Nest coordination
See also:
- All Aragon Devs #25 video.
More sources for developers:
Tutorials
Social encounters
“The Founding Episode” of In Flight by Aragon One, a podcast about Aragon hosted by Luis Cuende and Jorge Izquierdo.
In this very first episode, hosts Luis and Jorge introduce the podcast and the motivations behind it. Then they chat about 2017 and how things have changed in the crypto ecosystem. They also touch on the topics of IEOs, blockchain fundraising, and infrastructure needed for true decentralization.
Luis Cuende @licuende on Jun 25:
I like having relaxed conversations with people in the Aragon ecosystem and the broader crypto space. Talking with almost no pre-defined script or a very strict filter results in new ideas or better ways to express already existing concepts
It will also help raise awareness about Aragon. You want to know what the Aragon Network is, without having to read papers and go through many forum threads? Listen to a podcast, and you will know it all
We will have guests who come by Zug, but we will also have remote guests. We have some hot episodes in the pipeline with @lkngtn @bingentxu @stellarmagnet @stefanobernardi @LuigiGrx. Looking forward to releasing more episodes!
June 27th-28th: OPEN 2019 Community Gathering — Decentralised Collaboration, Tech City College, London. An open space event designed to strengthen the network of communities and organisations that are working on building a collaborative, regenerative economy.
Phoebe Tickell @solarpunk_girl on Jun 28:
We have @MyPaoG from @AragonProject giving us a demo of current Aragon applications and governance. Thank you Maria! I think the potential for programmable organisations to bust implicit power asymmetries and force them into explicit form is very exciting.
June 28th, 2019: Aragon Crash Test Online Workshop, Berlin.
Online workshop “DAO Crash Test”, based on the ritual dissent technique 5 to spawn more idess, support and improve DAO concepts, Aragon Nest, Flock and Governance Proposals.
This 3rd workshop of this format (find reports first 1 and second 5 here). This time they was focusing on the Aragon ecosystem and having a special guest — Luke Duncan (@lkngtn) researcher and core contributor.
July 1st: Building an Unstoppable Organization with Aragon, Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St · San Francisco, CA.
Upcoming events:
August 21st-23rd: Dappcon, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin. Aragon One CTO Jorge will be presenting on the latest work of Aragon research team.
Finance
Token holders and the number of transactions dynamics (from Etherscan.io):
There is a slight grows in the number of token-holders these weeks.
Information from Coinmarketcap.com:
ANT is now available on ParaSwap exchange.
Roadmap
Aragon Network
Current
Granular areas of focus with well defined scope and product specifications.
- Delegate voting
Allow people to delegate their voting power to delegates (i.e. representatives) who can vote on their behalf and continue experimenting with new voting mechanisms. Enhanced voting. Aragon One
- Staking and Lock Managers
Provides a secure foundation for managing collateral deposits for agreements while allowing collateral assets to be used in to participate in governance. Dispute Resolution. Aragon One
- Aragon Court PoC
This deliverable includes the Aragon Court protocol, an interface for users of the court to review and manage agreements and disputes, and an interface for jurors to participate in the arbitration process. Dispute Resolution. Aragon One.
Near-term
Wider areas of focus with some flexibility on the scope.
- Proposals agreements
Aragon Agreements are a core component of the Aragon Network, they enable users to define human-readable obligations and lock collateral to provide assurances to their counter-parties. Dispute Resolution. Aragon One.
- Vote Relay Protocol
Improve the experience and scalability of voting by implementing a protocol for votes to be submitted to a set of bonded relayers. Enhanced Voting. Aragon One
Aragon Client
Current
Granular areas of focus with well defined scope and product specifications.
- Responsive view
Make the platform and core apps responsive so Aragon can be used from mobile browsers such as Status or Cipher. Mobile experience. Aragon One.
- Local identity (custom labels)
As an intermediate solution for the full Aragon identity experience, we will allow people to create custom local labels to identify addresses that represent different members of the organization. Identity experience. Aragon One.
- Finalize Planning Suite
Finalize the development of the Planning Suite, which enables issue curation, allocating bounties as a DAO, budgeting via range voting, and on-chain mapping of human-readable names to Ethereum addresses. Autark.
- Upgrading apps from the UI
Provide users with a secure way to upgrade app versions, fixes for features or enhancements to already installed/in use apps. App center. Aragon One.
- Agent application
This application will enable organizations to interact natively with other web3 applications (including other Aragon organizations). Agent application. Aragon One.
- Rewards App
Allow organizations to distribute payments to token holders based on the number of tokens earned in a specific period (one-time reward) or based on total holdings (dividend). Autark.
- Payroll app
This app will allow organizations to manage on-chain salary payments and for employees to request payments and see their available balance. UX improvements. Aragon One.
- Notifications & user feedback
Implement an activity panel that will provide people information about ongoing and past transactions as well as a toast component for immediate feedback on users’ actions. UX improvements. Aragon One.
- Concierge project
Guided on-boarding of projects interested in collaboration with Aragon or use Aragon tools for their governance needs. UX improvements. Aragon One.
- Organization Identity
Allow organizations to manage their manifesto, mission statement, values, code of conduct, and contact information so it’s easily accessible to prospective and current members of the organization. Autark.
Near-term
Wider areas of focus with some flexibility on the scope.
- Browsing, installing & uninstalling apps
Enhance app discovery and app management for end users. Expand the on-boarding and app center experience. App center. Aragon One.
- Individual identity
Allow individuals to create and manage their user profiles, mapping their address to a human readable name that can be used to interact with apps within the organization. Identity experience. Aragon One.
- Rich User Profiles
Allow individuals to associate additional details to their identity such as Github commit history, work history, portfolios, and membership to other Aragon organizations. Autark.
- Data Storage and Standards
Design the implementation strategy and information architecture for user profiles and contextual discussions. Document infrastructure solutions and recommendations for Aragon apps that require fast and queryable data that is hosted on distributed storage. Autark.
- Organizations templates
Research new organizational models, define the apps and permissions required to realize them and create kits that people can use. UX improvements. Aragon One.
- Organization identity & membership
Allow users to create and manage their organizations’ profiles, providing an intuitive way to add members to a given organization and granting them permissions & privileges. Identity experience. Aragon One.
- Reputation Support
Expand governance possibilities by providing more features for reputation-based organizations, including the ability to allocation non-transferable tokens in place of (or in addition to) traditional bounties. Autark.
- aragonSDK: Split aragonUI and Lorikeet
Push Lorikeet as an ecosystem-wide project, while still providing an Aragon-opinionated experience with aragonUI. Lorikeet design system. Aragon One.
- Expanded Forwarder Options
Allow for more tightly coupled forwarder interactions where the forwarded call data can be leveraged and modified within the Forwarder contract. Autark.
Partnerships and team members
- Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) executed between an Aragon org and a DAOstack.
- Open Work Labs was partnering with Autark on another Aragon grant proposal:
Inside:
⌁ dashboards for users and organizations
⌁ smart contract based IPFS pinning
⌁ native discussions
⌁ accessibility and internationalization
⌁ project management
⌁ bounties
⌁ grants management
- Check out job openings at Aragon One and Autark.
Rumors
Twitter:
Last week was @AragonOneTeam’s Offsite 6 somewhere in the Spanish countryside!
Here’s a recap of our Team Building Activities
…
Team Building Activities are an important piece of our offsites and we purposefully design them ad-hoc to our goals and needs.
Liked what you’ve read?
We’re hiring! http://aragon.one/#jobs
Tell me if you’d like a how-to guide to run these activities with your team
Aragon Fundraising & the return of the commons: https://blog.aragon.black/aragon-fundraising-the-return-of-the-commons/ … [excited to see this go live in a few months!]
Delighted to announce first subsidiary venture // Primal ETH, Inc.
// has been successfully registered in Delaware.
Primal is a crowdfunding portal built on @OpenLawOfficial for #Ethereum ventures
Currently managing Board decisions and assets on @AragonProject DAO
Following the integration of Aragon with @LivepeerOrg, we have formally requested funding from @AragonProject’s Nest programme, to integrate with @compoundfinance, @UniswapExchange, @MakerDAO and @ensdomains.
You can give feedback on this request here.
Great project! And they use @AragonProject to manage their finances transparently!
Reddit discussions:
Other:
- Check Awesome Aragon list curated by Luke Duncan!: the list of resources related to the Aragon Ecosystem.
- Aragon added to “The Convergence Tracker 1.0”.
- The Aragon Network, the World’s First Digital Jurisdiction: Aragon review on Trybe.
- Community governance has been a core value of the Aragon project from Day 1. Check out the new Governance page on Aragon website to learn how to participate.
Social media metrics
Social media activity:
Social media dynamics:
Aragon community continues to grow. There is a constant slight growth in Aragon social media channels. The number of subscribers of Aragon Black Twitter increased by 14% these weeks.
Twitter — Average number of retweets is 10–15 for one post.
AragonBlackTeam @AragonBlackTeam Twitter: The Pando network team is applying to join Aragon project & become the 3rd team that will stand beside Aragon One Team and Autark in its fight for freedom.
The number of Reddit threads’ comments are: 1–15.
Aragon chat — Active discussions on development and development help.
The Aragon Chat channels are also available through Matrix.org / Riot.im, bridged with the Rocket Chat channels so you can choose which client / interface you prefer to use to chat with the community. The Aragon community in Matrix / Riot.
Popular topics from Aragon forum:
[GUIDE] Custom Aragon Organization Deployment using the CLI
Community Initiative: Aragon Cooperative
EthDAO: Making Ethereum great again
AGP Townhall Meeting (This Thursday!)
Aragon Flock proposal: Aragon Black
Aragon Network Vote #2 Megathread
Aragon Network Vote #1 Megathread
How to make proposals to the Community Funding
There is a slight growth in Aragon community over time. The graph above shows the dynamics of changes in the number of Aragon Reddit subscribers and Twitter followers. Aragon project has no Facebook page. The information is taken from Coingecko.com.
